Rural School districts are trying to keep school buildings maintained so kids have a healthy atmosphere for learning, but years of requests that exceed available funding has left many districts in need of hundreds of millions of dollars in repair costs for school buildings. As the state grapples with a financial crisis, what can be done about the health and safety risks these buildings pose?
HOST: Lori Townsend
GUESTS:
- Sen. Löki Gale Tobin - Senate Education Committee Chair, D-Anchorage
- Rep. Rebecca Himschoot - House Education Committee Co-chair, I-Sitka
RELATED:
- Rural schools in Alaska are crumbling. The state is the likely culprit.
- State lawmakers seek answers after report finds squalid conditions at rural public schools
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