The 2021 American Rescue Plan Act gave over $125 billion to schools across the nation to help cover pandemic-related costs. As a condition of receiving $359 million in federal aid, Alaska agreed not to cut state funding to its highest-need schools in excess of school cuts made statewide.

Last month, the state was told it owed almost $30 million to four school districts because those reductions had effectively taken place. After a recent recalculation, the federal government said the state owes roughly $17.5 million to four districts.

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The 2021 American Rescue Plan Act gave over $125 billion to schools across the nation to help cover pandemic-related costs. A March 27 letter from the U.S. Department of Education says that as a condition of receiving $359 million in federal COVID funding, Alaska is required to give $30 million to the highest-need schools in four districts.

The Alaska Department of Education said it ���disputes that claim in the strongest possible��� terms. According to a March 22 letter, the state says it has already complied with federal requirements and that it doesn���t believe it needs to give out additional funding to districts.

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���While I support the basic idea of education funding reform, this bill fails to address the innovations necessary to allow Alaskan students to excel,��� Dunleavy said in his veto statement.

The veto came just hours before a midnight deadline to veto the bill, and after days of speculation about how the governor would act on a measure that was billed as a compromise between progressive lawmakers ��� who sought a larger funding increase than what was eventually included in the bill ��� and more conservative legislators.

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���The Anchorage School Board may be forced to eliminate approximately 650 educators, paraprofessionals, and key support staff in May 2024 unless Legislative action is taken,��� the resolution says.

���ASD���s commitment to providing all students an equal and adequate opportunity to achieve to the State���s curriculum and performance standards is now at unprecedented risk,��� it says.

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Deena Bishop, Alaska���s education commissioner, said this week that she believes the rise in absenteeism is a result of a change in routines brought on by the pandemic, when students were kept at home much more as part of virus mitigation efforts.

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