Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to override the Governor's veto and pass a bill that increases the basic input into the state's public school funding formula, the base student allocation, by $700 in Alaska.

Highlights:

• Increases the basic input into the state's public school funding formula, the base student allocation, by $700 in Alaska (Sec. 1-21).

• Increases overall school funding and appropriates funding for a 10% increase in student transportation (Sec. 1-21).

• Requires school districts to regulate student cellphone use and simplify the process of creating a new charter school or renewing its contract (Sec. 1-21).

• Establishes a task force to study education funding (Sec. 1-21).

• Establishes a literacy incentive program (Sec. 1-21).

• Requires school districts to set nonbinding target class sizes, with maximum targets set in state law, 23 for elementary schools and 30 for middle and high schools (Sec. 1-21).

• Specifies that school districts would be tasked with tracking actual average class sizes and reporting them to the state (Sec. 1-21).

• Requires lawmakers to study, but not necessarily implement, an open enrollment system that would allow families living in one school district to enroll their children in another (Sec. 1-21).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect July 1, 2025 (Sec. 22).

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Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to override the Governor's veto and pass a bill that increases the basic input into the state's public school funding formula, the base student allocation, by $700 in Alaska.

Highlights:

• Increases the basic input into the state's public school funding formula, the base student allocation, by $700 in Alaska (Sec. 1-21).

• Increases overall school funding and appropriates funding for a 10% increase in student transportation (Sec. 1-21).

• Requires school districts to regulate student cellphone use and simplify the process of creating a new charter school or renewing its contract (Sec. 1-21).

• Establishes a task force to study education funding (Sec. 1-21).

• Establishes a literacy incentive program (Sec. 1-21).

• Requires school districts to set nonbinding target class sizes, with maximum targets set in state law, 23 for elementary schools and 30 for middle and high schools (Sec. 1-21).

• Specifies that school districts would be tasked with tracking actual average class sizes and reporting them to the state (Sec. 1-21).

• Requires lawmakers to study, but not necessarily implement, an open enrollment system that would allow families living in one school district to enroll their children in another (Sec. 1-21).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect July 1, 2025 (Sec. 22).

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Vetoed by Governor Michael Dunleavy

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with Senate amendments and pass a bill that increases the basic input into the state's public school funding formula, the base student allocation, by $700 in Alaska.

Highlights:

• Increases the basic input into the state's public school funding formula, the base student allocation, by $700 in Alaska (Sec. 1-21).

• Increases overall school funding and appropriates funding for a 10% increase in student transportation (Sec. 1-21).

• Requires school districts to regulate student cellphone use and simplify the process of creating a new charter school or renewing its contract (Sec. 1-21).

• Establishes a task force to study education funding (Sec. 1-21).

• Establishes a literacy incentive program (Sec. 1-21).

• Requires school districts to set nonbinding target class sizes, with maximum targets set in state law, 23 for elementary schools and 30 for middle and high schools (Sec. 1-21).

• Specifies that school districts would be tasked with tracking actual average class sizes and reporting them to the state (Sec. 1-21).

• Requires lawmakers to study, but not necessarily implement, an open enrollment system that would allow families living in one school district to enroll their children in another (Sec. 1-21).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect July 1, 2025 (Sec. 22).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that increases the basic input into the state's public school funding formula, the base student allocation, by $700 in Alaska.

Highlights:

• Increases the basic input into the state's public school funding formula, the base student allocation, by $700 in Alaska (Sec. 1-21).

• Increases overall school funding and appropriates funding for a 10% increase in student transportation (Sec. 1-21).

• Requires school districts to regulate student cellphone use and simplify the process of creating a new charter school or renewing its contract (Sec. 1-21).

• Establishes a task force to study education funding (Sec. 1-21).

• Establishes a literacy incentive program (Sec. 1-21).

• Requires school districts to set nonbinding target class sizes, with maximum targets set in state law, 23 for elementary schools and 30 for middle and high schools (Sec. 1-21).

• Specifies that school districts would be tasked with tracking actual average class sizes and reporting them to the state (Sec. 1-21).

• Requires lawmakers to study, but not necessarily implement, an open enrollment system that would allow families living in one school district to enroll their children in another (Sec. 1-21).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect July 1, 2025 (Sec. 22).

Full Bill Text