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The state of Alaska has filed an appeal with the U.S. Department of Education after federal officials said the state failed a test measuring the differences in funding between school
Signs supporting an increase in education funding are left outside a legislative town hall on Saturday, April 5, 2025 at the University of Alaska Anchorage.
The state failed a test earlier this year that would allow it to use $80 million in federal money to offset its contribution to school districts. If successful, the state can continue using its typical funding structure for this fiscal year.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Three Alaska school districts are joining a lawsuit filed Monday against the Department of Education. The Alaska school districts included in the lawsuit are the Anchorage School District, Fairbanks North Star Borough School District and Kuspuk School District, which encompasses a large section of Western Alaska.
In the fall of 2019, Tom Begich and I sat in the Atwood Building lobby, waiting to meet with Gov. Mike Dunleavy. That meeting marked the start of a four-year effort to pass the Alaska Reads Act — a comprehensive policy aimed at improving early literacy for Alaska’s children.