The District thanks the thousands of community members who completed the two FY24 budget planning surveys, attended town halls, wrote to the Board, and testified during School Board meetings. | Wikimedia Commons
The District thanks the thousands of community members who completed the two FY24 budget planning surveys, attended town halls, wrote to the Board, and testified during School Board meetings. | Wikimedia Commons
The District thanks the thousands of community members who completed the two FY24 budget planning surveys, attended town halls, wrote to the Board, and testified during School Board meetings. Community feedback is imperative as we face this education funding crisis.
Since 2017, ASD has received an increase of .5% from the State of Alaska (SOA) through the BSA formula. For more than seven years, inflation has reduced purchasing power to a level of approximately $80 million less than what the District could afford in 2017 in real dollars. This, coupled with declining student enrollment in our city, continues to negatively impact ASD’s ability to maintain smaller class sizes to better address student learning.
The pathway to achieving the Anchorage School Board’s goals requires close collaboration and partnership with the Alaska State Legislature. Our 2023 Legislative Priorities are the foundation for this partnership and collaboration.
The public elected officials need to hear from you on school funding and what you value in public education:
Actions you can choose to take include:- Share a public opinion message with all legislators: www.legis.state.ak.us/poms
- Email the governor and legislators: gov.alllegislators@Alaska.gov- Contact your area’s elected representatives: http://myneighborhood.muni.org
If you believe there are cost-saving measures which ASD has not addressed, email the school board at schoolboard@asdk12.org.
More information: www.asdk12.org/legislative
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