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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.