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The Partners Clubs for the rival schools faced off for the first time since before the COVID-19 pandemic, on the same night as an annual fundraiser to benefit gynecological cancer research.
A recent court ruling could be a potential “disaster” and “emergency” for more than 20,000 students, Gov. Dunleavy said.
The agreement must be approved by the university Board of Regents and the state Department of Administration, as well as be ratified by the union.
Union members say time is running out for a contract to be approved by the Legislature before the end of session.
Bob Griffin told lawmakers he supported Gov. Dunleavy’s veto of an education funding bill earlier this year.
Ben Eielson Junior Senior High School will be the second Fairbanks North Star Borough school to sit empty on Eielson Air Force Base and the fourth school the deficit-plagued district has closed since 2022.
New bills have been introduced in the wake of a judge’s ruling that state statutes allowing public funds to be spent for private and religious schooling are unconstitutional.
The House passed a non-binding resolution Wednesday calling for a 14-month stay on a court decision that blocked public funds from being used for private school tuition.
The district plans to announce in October or November which schools it proposes closing, and the Anchorage School Board would vote on whether to approve that plan in December.
House GOP members have proposed a constitutional amendment to allow public money at private schools. Senate members want a targeted legislative fix.
The results of the Alaska System of Academic Readiness, known as AK STAR, were delayed this year.
The governor floated an “education dividend” to replace correspondence program allotments.
The state owes $17.5 million to four school districts after not adequately funding them during the COVID-19 pandemic, the feds said.
Over 20,000 correspondence students in Alaska could see significant changes to their education under the ruling late Friday.
The ruling takes aim at public funds going to private schools and could potentially have major implications for the nearly 20,000 correspondence school students in Alaska.
Planning is underway for a major change to high school education that’s dependent on additional funding and robust staffing.
The bill has cleared its first hurdle with less than 6 weeks left in the legislative session.
Students wearing red walked out of school, held up signs and chanted slogans calling for increased education funding, from Anchorage to Utqiagvik to the state capital.
The proposal follows a move by the Anchorage School District last year to require the overdose-reversing drug naloxone to be in its schools in response to 10 fentanyl overdoses in the space of a month across its campuses.
Alaska has the lowest rate of applicants in the nation, which has been true for at least the last decade, said Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education Executive Director Sana Efrid.
Senate Bill 178 would establish the first Tuesday of September as the earliest a state school could begin classes.
An Anchorage facility leased for the institute remains closed.
In this year’s election, voters were asked to choose between three school board members who often vote with the majority and challengers critical of the board’s current direction.