The Alaska Supreme Court affirmed a lower court decision against a handful of Alaska college students who sued the administration of Gov. Dunleavy, challenging a decision that drained Alaska’s $410 million Higher Education Investment Fund.
The University of Alaska Anchorage held commencement ceremonies on Sunday, May, 1, 2022.
“No one disputes that the performance scholarships are an important program, which is why Governor Dunleavy included appropriations to pay for the scholarships in his budget. But that does not mean that the Higher Education Investment Fund falls outside of the reach of the constitutionally required sweep into the CBR ,” Mills said.
The fund “is too important,” Pitney said. “Our state’s future is inextricably linked to the success of our people and their access to high-quality workforce training and higher education.”That bill would create separate accounts for higher education scholarships and for the Alaska Marine Highway System.
“It’s about our workforce. It’s about our future engineers, our future business accountants, our teachers. Many important jobs that need to be filled,” Rep. Andi Story, D-Juneau, said on the House floor, before the House voted 25-15 to pass the bill.
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