A state judge is considering whether to delay a ruling that struck down a program used by more than 22,000 students.
Education
Tlingit and Haida unveils plans for new education campus in Juneau
It would serve students from early childhood into college.
Lawmakers to wait on Alaska Supreme Court as families reel in wake of correspondence ruling
Cash allotments are ‘make or break’ for some families, others plan to limit spending.
Dunleavy argues homeschool allotments are an ‘indirect benefit’ to private schools. Lawmakers disagree.
The state plans to appeal the case to the Alaska Supreme Court.
Alaska House committee advances, expands proposal to bar trans girls from girls sports
Amended bill would add elementary, middle school and collegiate sports to limits in place for high school.
A judge has thrown out a key part of Alaska’s homeschool system. Here’s what to know.
The judge didn’t just invalidate spending on private or religious schools — he found that there was no way to narrow the law enough to be constitutional and tossed out the whole correspondence school allotment system.
Tongass Voices: Jeremy Kane on the philosophy of bowl-making
Kane tells his students that even if their creations will go to someone else, they still have to make them for themselves.
Alaska judge strikes down state’s cash payments to families using correspondence school programs
Decision will become a ‘hot-button legislative item’ in final weeks of session, lawmakers say.
Education commissioner disputes feds’ claim that Alaska didn’t fund schools equitably during the pandemic
The U.S. Department of Education says Alaska failed to meet conditions attached to COVID relief funding for schools in Juneau, Anchorage, Fairbanks and the Kenai Peninsula.
States beyond Alaska were surprised by COVID education grant requirement, expert says
More than 40 states were initially deemed out of compliance, but Alaska is the only state that has not resolved the dispute.