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HB261

Education Funding Effective Dates

Last scannedSep 10, 2026, 12:32 AM

In one sentence

This bill changes the start dates for rules about counting students in early education programs, limits on school construction funding based on enrollment size, and applying standard district rules to state boarding schools.

What it does

  • Requires department approval before a student in an early education program can be counted toward a district's Average Daily Membership (ADM).
  • Sets spending caps for school construction projects at $190,644,901 and allocates funds to municipalities based on their public school enrollment numbers from fiscal year 2000.
  • Sets additional spending caps of $177,256,000 and $14,644,000 for other construction projects, allocating funds based on municipal enrollment data from fiscal year 2005.
  • Applies specific school district rules to state boarding schools regarding operations, annual audits, funding procedures, and teacher employment restrictions.

Who it affects

  • School districts in Alaska
  • Municipalities with public school construction projects
  • State boarding schools
  • The Department of Education

Limits and unknowns

  • The bill text amends the effective dates of previous laws but does not list the new specific calendar dates in this excerpt.
  • Funding allocations rely on historical enrollment data from fiscal years 2000 and 2005, which may differ from current student numbers.

Plain language

Terms to know

ADM
Average Daily Membership, a count used to determine how many students are in a district for funding purposes.
Municipality
A city or town that receives specific amounts of construction money based on its student enrollment size from fiscal years 2000 and 2005.

Official record

Sources

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Official summary

EDUCATION FUNDING An Act relating to education funding; providing for an effective date by amending the effective date of secs. 10, 11, 13, and 15, ch. 5, SLA 2025; and providing for an effective date.

Official activity

Bill history

  1. (S) REFERRED TO FINANCE2710
  2. (S) FN12: (EED)2710
  3. (S) FN11: (EED)2710
  4. (S) FN10: (EED)2710
  5. (S) FN9: (EED)2710
  6. (S) FN8: ZERO(EED)2710
  7. (S) NR: BJORKMAN2710
  8. (S) DP: TOBIN, KIEHL, STEVENS2710
  9. (S) EDC RPT SCS 3DP 1NR SAME TITLE2710
  10. (S) -- Testimony <Invitation Only> -- -- MEETING CANCELED --Text
  11. (S) EDUCATION at 01:00 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)Text
  12. (S) -- Testimony <Invitation Only> -- -- MEETING CANCELED --Text
  13. (S) EDUCATION at 12:00 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)Text
  14. (S) Minutes (SEDC)Min
  15. (S) Moved SCS CSHB 261(EDC) Out of Committee -- Please Note Time Change --Text
  16. (S) EDUCATION at 11:00 AM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)Text
  17. (S) Heard & HeldText
  18. (S) EDUCATION at 03:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)Text
  19. (S) EDC, FIN2636
  20. (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS2636

Changes

Amendments

9 stored

AM 1

AM NO 1 ADOPTED UC 2476

AM 2

AM NO 2 FAILED Y19 N21 2476

AM 3

AM NO 3 OFFERED AND PENDING 2487

AM 4

AM NO 4 NOT OFFERED 2490

AM 5

AM NO 5 FAILED Y19 N21 2490

AM 6

AM NO 6 ADOPTED UC 2492

AM 7

AM NO 7 ADOPTED Y24 N16 2493

AM 8

AM NO 8 ADOPTED UC 2494

AM 9

AM NO 9 NOT OFFERED 2495