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HB174 • 2026

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.

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Vetoed

The latest official action shows the governor vetoed this bill. Check the bill history to see whether lawmakers later overrode that veto.

Sponsor
REPRESENTATIVES BURKE, Himschoot, Story SENATORS Hoffman, Stedman, Cronk, Gray-Jackson, Claman, Giessel, Shower, Tobin, Olson, Dunbar, Stevens
Last action
2025-07-30
Official status
VETOED BY GOVERNOR
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill was vetoed by the governor; its status as law depends on a potential legislative override which is unknown.

HB 174: Fund for REAA Schools and Teacher Housing

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 This Bill 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 Names or 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.

Bill History

  1. 2025-07-30 1386

    (H) VETOED BY GOVERNOR 6/24/25

  2. 2025-07-30 1374

    (H) 12:05 P.M. 6/17/25 TRANSMITTED TO GOVERNOR

  3. 2025-05-20 1369

    (S) VERSION: HB 174

  4. 2025-05-20 1369

    (S) RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT

  5. 2025-05-20 1369

    (S) PASSED Y20 N-

  6. 2025-05-20 1369

    (S) SHOWER, TOBIN, OLSON, DUNBAR, STEVENS

  7. 2025-05-20 1369

    (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): HOFFMAN, STEDMAN, CRONK, GRAY-JACKSON, CLAMAN, GIESSEL,

  8. 2025-05-20 1369

    (S) READ THE THIRD TIME HB 174

  9. 2025-05-20 1369

    (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC

  10. 2025-05-20 1369

    (S) READ THE SECOND TIME

  11. 2025-05-20 1369

    (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/20/2025

  12. 2025-05-19 1350

    (S) FIN REFERRAL WAIVED UC

  13. 2025-05-19 1340

    (S) FIN

  14. 2025-05-19 1340

    (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS

  15. 2025-05-17 1274

    (H) VERSION: HB 174

  16. 2025-05-17 1274

    (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S)

  17. 2025-05-17 1272

    (H) COSPONSOR(S): STORY

  18. 2025-05-17 1262

    (H) PASSED Y34 N5 E1

  19. 2025-05-17 1262

    (H) READ THE THIRD TIME HB 174

  20. 2025-05-16 1227

    (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/17 CALENDAR

  21. 2025-05-16 1227

    (H) READ THE SECOND TIME

  22. 2025-05-16 1227

    (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/16/2025

  23. 2025-05-16 1218

    (H) FN1: (EED)

  24. 2025-05-16 1218

    (H) NR: ALLARD, TOMASZEWSKI, JOSEPHSON

  25. 2025-05-16 1218

    (H) DP: BYNUM, HANNAN, JIMMIE, GALVIN, STAPP, FOSTER

  26. 2025-05-16 1218

    (H) FIN RPT 6DP 3NR

  27. 2025-05-14 Min

    (H) Minutes (HFIN)

  28. 2025-05-14 Text

    (H) Moved HB 174 Out of Committee -- Recessed to 5/15 at 9:00 am --

  29. 2025-05-14 Text

    (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519

  30. 2025-05-02 1000

    (H) COSPONSOR(S): HIMSCHOOT

  31. 2025-04-28 Min

    (H) Minutes (HEDC)

  32. 2025-04-28 Text

    (H) Moved HB 174 Out of Committee

  33. 2025-04-28 Text

    (H) EDUCATION at 08:00 AM DAVIS 106

  34. 2025-04-28 934

    (H) FN1: (EED)

  35. 2025-04-28 934

    (H) DP: UNDERWOOD, EISCHEID, SCHWANKE, DIBERT, ELAM, HIMSCHOOT, STORY

  36. 2025-04-28 934

    (H) EDC RPT 7DP

  37. 2025-04-23 Min

    (H) Minutes (HEDC)

  38. 2025-04-23 Text

    (H) Heard & Held

  39. 2025-04-23 Text

    (H) EDUCATION at 08:00 AM DAVIS 106

  40. 2025-04-16 Text

    (H) -- MEETING CANCELED --

  41. 2025-04-16 Text

    (H) EDUCATION at 08:00 AM DAVIS 106

  42. 2025-04-07 624

    (H) EDC, FIN

  43. 2025-04-07 624

    (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS

Official Summary Text

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.

Current Bill Text

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Enrolled HB 174
LAWS OF ALASKA

2025

Source Chapter No.
HB 174 _______

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.

_______________

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:

THE ACT FOLLOWS ON PAGE 1

-1- Enrolled HB 174

AN ACT

Relating to the regional educational attendance area and small municipal school district fund; 1
relating to Mt. Edgecumbe High School; and relating to teacher housing. 2
_______________ 3
* Section 1. AS 14.11.025(a) is amended to read: 4
(a) In addition to other appropriations and funding sources, t he department 5
may make disbursements [PROVIDE GRANT FUNDING] from the fund 6
established under AS 14.11.030 to 7
(1) provide grant funding to a school district that is a regional 8
educational attendance area or a small municipal school district; 9
(2) fund construction and major maintenance projects at Mt. 10
Edgecumbe High School; and 11
(3) fund major maintenance projects for housing that is 12
(A) owned by the state, a regional educational attendance 13
area, or a small municipal school district; 14

Enrolled HB 174 -2-
(B) located in a regional educational attendance area or a 1
small municipal school district; and 2
( C ) p r o v i d e d t o t e a c h e r s working in the regional 3
educational attendance area or the small municipal school district. 4
* Sec. 2. AS 14.11.030(a) is amended to read: 5
(a) The regional educational a ttendance area and small municip al school 6
district school fund is created a s an account in the general fu nd to be used, in addition 7
to other funding sources, to fund projects approved under AS 14 .11.025 for the costs 8
of school construction and major maintenance in regional educat ional attendance 9
areas, in [AND] small municipal school districts , and at Mt. Edgecumbe High 10
School and for major maintenance projects for teacher housing d escribed in 11
AS 14.11.025(a)(3). The primary function of the fund is to fund school constructi on 12
projects. 13
* Sec. 3. AS 14.11.030(b) is amended to read: 14
(b) Legislative appropriations , including appropriations of in terest earned on 15
the fund, shall be deposited in the fund established under this section. [THE 16
UNOBLIGATED AND UNEXPENDED CASH BALANCE OF THE FUND MAY 17
NOT EXCEED $70,000,000.] 18