-
The board approved two groups of contracts. The first was for nontenured teachers. The second was for teachers who will achieve tenure once the next school year begins.
-
The budget now heads to the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly, which’ll decide on school funding next month.
-
State lawmakers failed to override the governor’s veto of a bill that would have increased funding for K-12 schools by $1,000 per student.
-
The tribe expects to enroll up to 65 students in kindergarten through third grade. The school will be hosted at the tribe’s Kahtnuht’ana Duhdeldiht campus in Kenai.
-
House Bill 69 now heads to the Senate, after dozens of amendments, several hours of debate and a somewhat unusual committee process.
-
The three plans are subject to approval by the full school board. Finance committee members will meet again later this month.
-
Deena Bishop is the commissioner of the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development.
-
The visits brought staffers face-to-face with peninsula students, educators and community members, who sometimes pushed back on the governor’s proposals.
-
Those recent federal orders come from President Donald Trump, who’s put diversity, equity and inclusion policies squarely in his crosshairs.
-
Proposed school closures come as the district works to balance a roughly $16.9 million budget deficit for the fiscal year that starts July 1.