The petitioners say board members should have done more to push back on a health clinic that was proposed for the high school in Nikiski.

Dunleavy cited low oil prices as the reason for the veto, but local leaders — from superintendents to mayors to state lawmakers — say it threatens to push young families to seek opportunity elsewhere.

District finance officials say the veto will result in a $4.3 million cut to the budget.

The reduction in education funding is one of more than $100 million in budget reductions Dunleavy made using his line-item veto power.

Alaska’s schools have consistently lagged near the bottom in national rankings. A legislative task force will study funding levels and education policy ideas in an effort to improve.

Marijuana taxes fund the payments to child care facilities and summer camps

The change is meant to help the state meet a federal funding requirement, but school officials and lawmakers say the measure would have unintended consequences for districts.

In the Anchorage School District, a recently-introduced curriculum for young students learning to read is making a major impact. But it’s not without challenges.

What did legislators accomplish this year and what was left for the second session?

Looking for a digestible rundown of what lawmakers spent the last 120 days doing? Look no further.

University of Alaska officials were informed last week that the federal government had terminated their $2.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation.

Unless the state is able to appeal the decision, what’s usually tens of millions of dollars in federal aid won’t count toward the state’s education contribution for the next fiscal year.