Education funding standoff creates uncertainty as Alaska districts budget for next year • Alaska Beacon

As school districts are writing their budgets in preparation for the 12 months starting in July, a standoff between legislators and Gov. Mike Dunleavy leaves the amount of state funding they can expect to receive per pupil up in the air. The districts that serve Alaska’s three largest cities have multimillion dollar budget deficits after years of flat funding for education, compounded by inflation and population loss. If the state funded the recently passed Senate Bill 140, districts would have been able to plan on a $680 per student increase...