Education Funding Action
Contact your Borough Assembly representative, or testify 9-15-20, 6:00 PM Assembly Meeting
ACTION: On 9-15-20, request Assembly Members support of Kenai Peninsula Borough Resolution 2020-061 “Resolution in Support of the State’s Use of Estimated Student Count Data to fund K-12 Education for Fiscal Year 2021”
- cause:
Decline in projected KPBSD student school enrollment due to COVID-19 global
pandemic in the 2020-2021 school year
- effect:
without “Hold Harmless” the enrollment decline creates a potential loss of
already budgeted $2,361,550 (est.
9-8-20) from State of Alaska education funding to KPBSD
- solution: State of Alaska can “Hold Harmless” school district funding, creating a safe harbor for FY21 education funding in the year of COVID-19
Links
- 9-15-20 Borough Assembly Agenda, Meeting begins at 6:00 PM on zoom
- Borough Assembly members
- 9-14-20: School district finance committee documents
- 9-15-20: Superintendent O’Brien email to Assembly Members and Mayor Pierce
The school district Board of Education adopted Resolution 20-20-21 on August 3, 2020, and conveyed it to Kenai Peninsula legislators. KPBSD Board of Education Resolution to support the State’s use of estimated student count data to fund K-12 Public Education for FY21
