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Alaska lawmakers grapple with test-score performance gap between charters and other public schools
Alaska Beacon via Yahoo News· 3 months agoWhen Alaska’s charter schools topped the nation in an analysis of student test scores, even the...
Alaska House votes to require that schools stock overdose-reversal drugs
Alaska Beacon via Yahoo News· 7 days agoAlaska schools may soon be required to stock drugs that reverse opioid overdoses. On a 37-2 vote,...
Alaska legislators hear from school officials about the impacts of flat funding
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 3 months agoFeb. 6—JUNEAU — Alaska state legislators on Monday heard some of the looming budget impacts facing school administrators if they don't receive a substantial funding boost this year, including ...
Alaska Senate plans fast action on correspondence problem, but House is ‘fundamentally divided’
Alaska Beacon via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoAs the Alaska Senate prepared on Wednesday to launch a legislative blitz intended to quickly fix a...
Alaska Senate advances bill to add mental health classes to school curriculum
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 2 months agoMar. 6—JUNEAU — The Alaska Senate on Wednesday advanced legislation that would amend the curriculum used by public schools to include mental health education. Senate Bill 24 requires that the ...
Alaska Senate passes capital budget with focus on school maintenance and housing
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoApr. 13—JUNEAU — The Alaska Senate advanced the $3.9 billion capital budget, which has an emphasis on school maintenance and housing, to the House on Friday. The capital budget is used to fund ...
Facing deadline, Alaska House advances bill to increase rural school internet speeds
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 2 months agoMar. 21—JUNEAU — The Alaska House early Thursday advanced legislation to increase internet speeds at schools, primarily in rural Alaska. House Bill 193 would allow eligible schools to apply ...
Anchorage schools closed again Friday after 3rd major storm deepens snow woes
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDec. 17—winter, snow, storm, weather A third major storm in about 10 days blanketed Southcentral Alaska in snow Thursday, closing public schools in Anchorage and Mat-Su and making driving treacherous ...
Stalled on a fiscal plan, Alaska House Republicans turn to home-school funding
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMay 6—JUNEAU — The House committee tasked with addressing Alaska's long-term fiscal plan has yet to advance any of the dozen bills referred to it that would levy new taxes or change the structure ...
Alaska Senate passes bill to increase public education funding by more than $175 million annually
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 12 months agoMay 11—JUNEAU — The Alaska Senate on Thursday passed a bill to increase public school funding by more than $175 million per year, sending the measure to the House with less than a week to go ...