APPROP: SPECIAL EDUCATION APPROPRIATION

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and text do not provide specific information about the distribution of funds based on enrollment or impact on special education programs.

Special Education Funding for Fiscal Year 2026

This act provides funding to the Department of Education and Early Development for public education in Alaska based on the same base student allocation equivalent to fiscal year 2025.

What This Bill Does

• Allocates money from the general fund to support public schools in Alaska.
• Funds are based on a formula that calculates how much each student needs.
• The funding amount is set at $6,640 per student for fiscal year 2026.

Who It Names or Affects

• Public schools in Alaska

Terms To Know

Base Student Allocation

The amount of money given per student based on a funding formula.

General Fund

A fund that holds the state's main budget for spending.

Limits and Unknowns

• Does not specify how funds will be used beyond general education support.
• The exact impact on special education programs is unclear without more details.

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