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Lawmakers have only two days left to approve proposals aimed at stabilizing the state’s correspondence program after court ruling.
The district is moving most sixth graders from elementary to middle school, changing school start and end times and implementing a mandatory career academy course for all freshmen.
The House and Senate are advancing competing bills to ensure correspondence schools can continue to operate amid the legal challenge.
The tracks, meant to better prepare students for the job market, could have a significant impact on how education is structured.
A student brought a handgun onto campus at King Tech High School and Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School, before leaving and returning without the weapon, police said.
About 500 of the more than 900 students who earned certificates, undergraduate degrees or graduate degrees from UAA this spring took part in Sunday’s ceremony.
Three members of the debate team from Anchorage’s West High headed to New York City for the finals of the International Public Policy Forum, one of the nation’s biggest debate competitions for high school students.
The governor previously said lawmakers should avoid passing legislation prior to an appeal to the Alaska Supreme Court.
The judge also said the state is unlikely to overturn the decision through the Alaska Supreme Court, writing in the order that the state “has not shown a likelihood of prevailing on the merits on appeal.”
The Partners Clubs for the rival schools faced off for the first time since before the COVID-19 pandemic, on the same night as an annual fundraiser to benefit gynecological cancer research.
A recent court ruling could be a potential “disaster” and “emergency” for more than 20,000 students, Gov. Dunleavy said.
The agreement must be approved by the university Board of Regents and the state Department of Administration, as well as be ratified by the union.
Union members say time is running out for a contract to be approved by the Legislature before the end of session.
Bob Griffin told lawmakers he supported Gov. Dunleavy’s veto of an education funding bill earlier this year.
Ben Eielson Junior Senior High School will be the second Fairbanks North Star Borough school to sit empty on Eielson Air Force Base and the fourth school the deficit-plagued district has closed since 2022.
New bills have been introduced in the wake of a judge’s ruling that state statutes allowing public funds to be spent for private and religious schooling are unconstitutional.
The House passed a non-binding resolution Wednesday calling for a 14-month stay on a court decision that blocked public funds from being used for private school tuition.
The district plans to announce in October or November which schools it proposes closing, and the Anchorage School Board would vote on whether to approve that plan in December.
House GOP members have proposed a constitutional amendment to allow public money at private schools. Senate members want a targeted legislative fix.
The results of the Alaska System of Academic Readiness, known as AK STAR, were delayed this year.
The governor floated an “education dividend” to replace correspondence program allotments.
The state owes $17.5 million to four school districts after not adequately funding them during the COVID-19 pandemic, the feds said.
Over 20,000 correspondence students in Alaska could see significant changes to their education under the ruling late Friday.