APPROP: SPECIAL EDUCATION APPROPRIATION

Plain English Breakdown

The official status label says 'Passed Legislature' but the last action listed is 'REFERRED TO FINANCE', which creates uncertainty about whether final passage has occurred.

Special Funding for Public Schools in Alaska

This bill gives money to the Department of Education and Early Development so it can pay school districts based on a set amount per student.

What This Bill Does

• Sets aside funds from the general fund for public schools.
• Uses $6,640 as the base amount calculated for each student.
• Sends money to school districts based on their average daily membership count adjusted by specific rules.
• Applies this funding formula for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Department of Education and Early Development
• Public school districts in Alaska

Terms To Know

Appropriation

Money officially set aside by the government for a specific purpose.

Base student allocation

The fixed dollar amount used to calculate funding per student, which is $6,640 in this bill.

Average daily membership

A count of students attending school each day that determines how much money a district receives.

Limits and Unknowns

• The exact total dollar amount is not listed in the text; it depends on student counts.
• This funding only applies to the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.
• The bill does not explain how this money changes other existing school budgets.

Official Summary Text

APPROP: SPECIAL EDUCATION APPROPRIATION
An Act making a special appropriation to the Department of Education and Early Development for public education that appropriates the same base student allocation equivalent funding appropriated for fiscal year 2025; and providing for an effective date.

Current Bill Text

HB0112a -1- HB 112
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HOUSE BILL NO. 112

IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA

THIRTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION

BY REPRESENTATIVE BYNUM

Introduced: 2/21/25
Referred: Finance

A BILL

FOR AN ACT ENTITLED

"An Act making a special appropriation to the Department of Edu cation and Early 1
Development for public education that appropriates the same bas e student allocation 2
equivalent funding appropriate d for fiscal year 2025; and provi ding for an effective 3
date." 4
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 5
* Section 1. The amount necessary, after the appropriations for state aid fo r public schools 6
that take effect in the fis cal year ending June 30, 2026, and t hat are made in an Act passed by 7
the Thirty-Fourth Alaska State Legislature in the First Regular Session and enacted into law, 8
to fund the total amount for the fiscal year ending June 30, 20 26, of state aid calculated under 9
the public school funding formula under AS 14.17.410(b) using a base student allocation 10
(AS 14.17.470) amount of $6,640 is appropriated from the genera l fund to the Department of 11
Education and Early Development to be distributed as grants to school districts according to 12
the average daily membership for each district adjusted under AS 14.17.410(b)(1)(A) - (D) for 13
the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026. 14
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HB 112 -2- HB0112a
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* Sec. 2. This Act takes effect July 1, 2025. 1