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Juneau Empire on MSN2d
Revised education bill with $700 BSA hike gets new policy measures, advances to Senate floor
An education bill with newly added policy provisions as well as a $700 increase in per-student funding was quickly advanced ...
Juneau Empire on MSN3d
Senate adds $700 BSA hike to school phone policy bill a day after veto override on $1,000 increase fails
The $1,000 BSA bill is dead. Long live the $700 BSA bill. A quick revival of efforts to increase the statutory $5,960 Base ...
Juneau Empire on MSN2d
Legislature fails to override Dunleavy’s veto of $1,000 increase in per-student education spending
The Alaska Legislature, as widely expected, failed Tuesday to override Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of a $1,000 increase in ...
Anchorage Daily News4d
With education funding veto override vote set for Tuesday, lawmakers and advocates are pessimistic about its chances
Dunleavy vetoed the stripped-down school funding measure last week, saying that “there’s no policy” in the bill. He also said ...
Peninsula Clarion on MSN3d
Legislature upholds governor’s veto of increased school funding
The governor last week said he vetoed House Bill 69 because it didn’t include any policy changes and because of the state’s ...
Frontiersman2d
Mat-Su legislators praise governor’s veto of HB 69, education bill they see as too expensive
Mat-Su legislators are praising a new education bill being promoted by Gov. Mike Dunleavy as an alternative to House Bill 69, ...