Gov. Mike Dunleavy has proposed keeping the base student allocation at $5,960 next year. The Alaska Association of School Boards is calling for an increase of at least $860.
Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s proposed budget did not include an increase to the base student allocation, though he acknowledged "inflationary issues that need to be addressed." The base student allocation, the amount of money per student school districts get from the state, hasn't increased substantially since 2017.
The school board for the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District worked past 11:00 p.m. last night and passed a regular budget combined with a second plan for spending pandemic relief funds for a total of $249,502,193. The plan includes secondary school librarians and five district-wide music teachers that were threatened with cuts.
A nearly 70-year chapter in Ketchikan history is coming to an end in the next couple of weeks, when Roland and Alaire Stanton move South. The former City of Ketchikan