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Advocates say it will help more Alaska students qualify for and use the program, which gives money to Alaska’s high performing students to use at in-state universities.
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Rep. Justin Ruffridge and Sen. Jesse Bjorkman join us to debrief the most recent session of the Alaska Legislature.
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Senate Bill 93, signed into law last month by Gov. Mike Dunleavy, increases the maximum payout from the fishermen’s fund to $15,000. The fund is generated from fishing license fees and serves injured commercial fishermen.
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The budget — which uses 100% of the district's unrestricted fund balance and still includes $7.8 million in cuts to staff and programs — was approved in an 8-1 vote Monday.
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Alaska’s four-year statewide transportation plan has received partial approval from federal agencies, with some exclusions. Most major Kenai Peninsula highway projects, including the Cooper Landing Bypass, haven’t been affected, but the state is still waiting to hear about outside funding that will affect the timeline of that project.
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In a board meeting Monday and joint session with the Borough Assembly Tuesday, school board members continued to discuss a tentative budget that accounts for no increased funding from the state. “We’re hopeful that this isn’t the budget that’s gonna last,” Board Vice President Jason Tauriainen said.
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Federal education officials said in a Wednesday letter that Alaska has failed to resolve the way it reduced funding to certain school districts when distributing COVID relief funds. They say the state owes almost $30 million to districts, and is now considered a high-risk grantee for its non-compliance.
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In a Monday finance committee meeting, Board of Education members created budgets that account for no increase to state funding, a modest increase, and a large increase. The full board will approve a preliminary budget in April.
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DOT Commissioner Ryan Anderson told senators the department is removing or changing expensive projects from the plan before the March 1 deadline from federal agencies. That list of changes isn't yet public.