State House Representative for District 2 Rebecca Himschoot met with administrators from 15 Alaska school districts to hear directly about the issues facing districts across the state during this month's Alaska Council of School Administrators (ASCA) fly-in. Pictured above are Stedman Elementary Principal Heather Conn, PSD Superintendent Robyn Taylor, Rep. Himschoot, and PSD Finance Director Shannon Baird.
"The Senate's new education bill is a joke!" declared Governor Mike Dunleavy in a social media post last week. "It does absolutely nothing to improve educational achievement... Welcome to Alaska: 51st in the nation in educational outcomes. In what world does one write a blank check with no expectations?"
The governor's comments came as the Alaska Legislature passed House Bill 69 on Friday, April 11, which would increase the Base Student Allocation (BSA) by $1,000 per student. Dunleavy immediately pledged to veto the measure, stating it "hands out a blank check to school districts, taking your...
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