Alaska Legislature
Legislators salvage an education bill as the clock ticks down on the session
As the final days of the session approach, hopes give way to what's doable.
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Just when things looked doomed in the wake of Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s school veto standing, the Senate reached and passed a breakthrough deal that ostensibly addresses the two main complaints around funding schools: It has policy and a way to pay for it.
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A lot can change in a few months, and even more can change in a year.
House passes budget that needs more work, approves cellphone ban that doesn't ban cellphones
There's still a long way to go on the budget.
As everything falls apart, school funding advances and much-delayed salary study is released
Oh how things can change in 80 days.
Education bill advances with homeschool testing requirement and UA Regents rebuked for anti-DEI measure
The new provisions are aimed at shining light on just how effective homeschool programs actually are. Meanwhile, regents were forced to squirm a bit over their decision to preemptively censor the university system.
House GOP pushes expanded use of force in the classroom, because of course
Because of course.
Deep Dive: The flaws in Dunleavy's two-tier education system
The governor's proposals would leave most students out in the cold in educational environments that are both figuratively — and literally — condemned.
Deep dive: Let's be honest about Dunleavy's two-tier education system.
Behind all the rhetoric that neighborhood schools must do the impossible with less, what Dunleavy is proposing is a system that funnels what little funding he will support to the few — while leaving everyone else to fight over the scraps.
So, what the heck happened last week?!?
Education bills, town halls and complying in advance, oh my.
