Lawmakers to vote on Gov. Dunleavy’s veto of $200 million education bill

Alaska lawmakers are set to convene in a joint session at 2:15 p.m. Monday to vote on overriding the governor’s veto of a $200 million education funding package. Last Thursday, Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed a bipartisan funding package that included some Republican priorities alongside a $175 million increase to the state’s per-student funding formula. Dunleavy said he would veto the bill because lawmakers had left out his priorities. Those include a provision to allow a board appointed by the governor to create new charter schools, and a three-year plan...