Over the past 25 years, state officials have largely ignored hundreds of requests by rural school districts to fix the problems that have left public schools across Alaska crumbling, according to an investigation by KYUK and ProPublica.
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Alaska faces consequences as federal education funding equity dispute continues
State officials offered the federal government a $300,000 compromise instead of $17 million adjustment.
Federal education officials say Alaska owes millions to Juneau, Kenai and North Slope school districts
Rules attached to the funding prevented states from disproportionately reducing their funding to high-need districts.
The pandemic is making it especially difficult to recruit teachers to rural Alaska schools
Normally right now, staff would be at recruitment fairs across the country looking for teachers willing to sign up for the ultimate Alaska adventure.