Alaska homeschool programs can continue with simple law change, Legislature’s attorneys suggest

JUNEAU — The Alaska Legislature’s attorneys on Tuesday suggested that public homeschool programs can continue operating constitutionally with a relatively simple change in state law. Earlier in the month, Anchorage Superior Court Judge Adolf Zeman struck down as unconstitutional two statutes enacted in 2014 that allowed public funds to be spent at private and religious schools. The two statutes, proposed by then-Sen. Mike Dunleavy, have been increasingly used by parents to pay for tuition at private and religious schools. But the extent of the practice is not fully known. Alaska...