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    Education funding
    The Alaska State Senate meets Thursday, where a bill boosting per-student education funding by $1,000 was introduced on the floor. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)
    Education bill with $1,000 BSA hike — and...
    By Mark Sabbatini • April 10, 2025 1:30 am

    Senate president says action on lower per-student education funding increase likely if veto override fails.

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    Nikolaevsk</span> School is photographed on Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Nikolaevsk, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
    ‘We just need more time’
    By Delcenia Cosman • April 7, 2025 1:30 am

    Nikolaevsk advocated keeping their school open during a KPBSD community meeting last week.

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    A draft of three budget scenarios that would implement deep cuts is considered during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s Board of Education in Homer, Alaska, on Monday, March 3, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Homer Flex reacts to potential consolidation plan, staffing...
    By Chloe Pleznac Homer News • March 20, 2025 2:30 am

    Former students and faculty took to social media to share their experiences and perspectives.

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    West Homer Elementary School Principal Eric Waltenbaugh. (Homer News file photo)
    Opinion: Alaska homeschools are in a race to...
    By Eric Waltenbaugh • March 6, 2025 1:30 am

    Imagine a school of nearly 23,000 students in kindergarten through 12th grade with thousands of teachers. There are no licensing…

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    Point of View: Education spending and the future for Alaska’s families
    Point of View: Education spending and the future...
    By Rep. Sarah Vance • February 20, 2025 2:30 am

    As your representative, I want to cut through the confusion surrounding education funding. You deserve the truth. Unfortunately, there’s a…

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    Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Finance Director Elizabeth Hayes takes questions during the Homer budget development meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 11 in the Mariner Theatre at Homer High School in Homer, Alaska. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)
    ‘The fight has to be with Juneau’: Homer...
    By Chloe Pleznac Homer News • February 19, 2025 1:30 am

    The community gathered Tuesday for budget conversation after announcement of potential school closures.

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    Sunrise over UAA's Kenai Peninsula College Kenai River Campus main entrance and Clarence E. Goodrich Building. Photo provided by KRC.
    $2.3 million grant will fund migrant education at...
    By Emilie Springer • November 27, 2024 1:30 am

    The College Assistance Migrant Program is a five-year grant provided by the U.S. Department of Education

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    Homer High School sophomore Sierra Mullikin, center, one of the students who participated in the community walk-in on Wednesday April 24, 2024, holds a sign in front of Homer High School in Homer, Alaska. Communities across the state of Alaska held walk-ins in support of legislative funding for public education. (Photo by Emilie Springer/Homer News)
    Homer community ‘walks in’ to support education funding
    By Emilie Springer • May 1, 2024 1:30 am

    The protest called for an increase to the BSA and legislative support for public education

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    Rep. Sarah Vance, R-Homer, speaks on the floor of the Alaska House of Representatives on Wednesday, March 13, 2024. (James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)
    Vance introduces constitutional amendment to protect correspondence program...
    By Delcenia Cosman • April 25, 2024 1:30 am

    If passed by the legislature, the amendment will be presented to voters in upcoming general election

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    Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)
    City council joins peninsula voices advocating for increased...
    By Delcenia Cosman • January 31, 2024 1:30 am

    The Homer City Council unanimously passed a resolution at their Jan. 22 regular meeting advocating for increased education funding.

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    Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Finance Director Liz Hayes (left) presents preliminary fiscal year 2025 budge information during a school board committee meeting on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O'Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Budget deficit continues to steer school board talks
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • January 10, 2024 2:30 am

    Warnings about the implications and scale of the budget deficit the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is facing for the…

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    From left, Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly members Bill Elam, Brent Johnson, Tyson Cox and Brent Hibbert attend an assembly meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Assembly calls on state to increase K-12 funding
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • January 10, 2024 1:30 am

    School districts across Alaska lobbied lawmakers heavily last session for a meaningful increase to the base student allocation

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