With the start of Alaska’s next legislative session right around the corner, many lawmakers are talking about boosting education funding. But how much? And what strings would be attached?
: So from conversations I’ve had in recent days, it sounds like it’s a really high priority across the political spectrum. And maybe that’s a difference this year compared to previous years, because there have been some legislators that have been prioritizing this, have been talking about it for several years now. What’s different now is that more conservative lawmakers, lawmakers that are less eager to spend public dollars in any given year, are now acknowledging how important this issue is.
But different lawmakers are talking about this differently. And I hear from more Democrats just a willingness to increase funding and to get it so that districts feel whole and they feel like they can provide the services that they need. For more conservative lawmakers, they’re more likely to be talking about this in terms of student achievement as well. And Alaska ranks pretty low in some key metrics in terms of student performance in both reading and math. And that’s been the case for years.
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