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HB174

HB 174: Fund for REAA Schools and Teacher Housing

Last scannedSep 20, 2026, 12:32 AM

In one sentence

This bill proposes creating a state fund to provide grants for school construction in specific districts, fix Mt. Edgecumbe High School, and repair teacher housing.

What it does

  • Creates the Regional Educational Attendance Area and Small Municipal School District Fund as an account in the general fund.
  • Allows the department to give grant funding to regional educational attendance area or small municipal school districts.
  • Funds construction and major maintenance projects at Mt. Edgecumbe High School.
  • Pays for major maintenance on teacher housing owned by the state, a district, or located in these specific areas if provided to teachers working there.
  • Sets $70 million as the maximum amount of unspent cash allowed to stay in the fund.

Who it affects

  • Regional educational attendance area school districts
  • Small municipal school districts
  • Mt. Edgecumbe High School
  • Teachers living in state or district-owned housing within these areas

Limits and unknowns

  • The governor vetoed this bill on June 24, 2025.
  • It is not known if lawmakers voted to override the veto and make it law.

Official record

Sources

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Official summary

REAA FUND: MT. EDGECUMBE, TEACHER HOUSING An Act relating to the regional educational attendance area and small municipal school district fund; relating to Mt. Edgecumbe High School; and relating to teacher housing.

Official activity

Bill history

  1. (H) VETOED BY GOVERNOR 6/24/251386
  2. (H) 12:05 P.M. 6/17/25 TRANSMITTED TO GOVERNOR1374
  3. (S) VERSION: HB 1741369
  4. (S) RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT1369
  5. (S) PASSED Y20 N-1369
  6. (S) SHOWER, TOBIN, OLSON, DUNBAR, STEVENS1369
  7. (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): HOFFMAN, STEDMAN, CRONK, GRAY-JACKSON, CLAMAN, GIESSEL,1369
  8. (S) READ THE THIRD TIME HB 1741369
  9. (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC1369
  10. (S) READ THE SECOND TIME1369
  11. (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/20/20251369
  12. (S) FIN REFERRAL WAIVED UC1350
  13. (S) FIN1340
  14. (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS1340
  15. (H) VERSION: HB 1741274
  16. (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S)1274
  17. (H) COSPONSOR(S): STORY1272
  18. (H) PASSED Y34 N5 E11262
  19. (H) READ THE THIRD TIME HB 1741262
  20. (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/17 CALENDAR1227