Decision will become a ‘hot-button legislative item’ in final weeks of session, lawmakers say.
Education
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.
This year, colleges must choose between fast financial aid offers, or accurate ones
Colleges don’t yet trust the FAFSA data the U.S. Education Department is sending them, but there’s pressure to get aid offers out to students as soon as possible.
Juneau students stage walkout in protest of Dunleavy’s education veto
Many walked to the Alaska State Capitol to demand a response from lawmakers.
Alaska Pacific will partner with Seattle University to offer the state’s first law program
Alaska is the only state without a law school, forcing prospective lawyers to leave the state.