{"id":1104,"date":"2014-03-18T14:35:17","date_gmt":"2014-03-18T22:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/wpmu\/?p=1104"},"modified":"2014-03-18T14:35:17","modified_gmt":"2014-03-18T22:35:17","slug":"public-education-legislative-action-alert-hb-278","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/2014\/03\/18\/public-education-legislative-action-alert-hb-278\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Education Legislative Action Alert &#8211; HB 278"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The House Finance\u00a0Committee\u00a0is sponsoring a\u00a0public\u00a0hearing to discuss\u00a0<a title=\"HB 278\" href=\"http:\/\/www.legis.state.ak.us\/basis\/get_bill.asp?bill=HB%20278&amp;session=28\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">House Bill 278<\/a>. &#8220;Education: Funding\/Tax Credits\/Programs&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Two minute public testimony is\u00a0invited on\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Tuesday, March 18, 2014, beginning at 5:30 PM.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SUPPORTS the need to increase public school funding through the Base Student Allocation (BSA). A $268 increase would provide a balanced Fiscal Year 2015 budget.<\/li>\n<li>SUPPORTS the repeal and replacement of the High School Graduation Qualifying Exam (HSGQE)<\/li>\n<li>BELIEVES the current process for charter school approval and school district oversight works well. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/communications.aspx?id=26384\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KPBSD school choices<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/wpmu\/files\/2014\/03\/HB278-KPBSD-to-Representative-Austerman-2014_03_17.pdf\">Read the letter<\/a>\u00a0Superintendent Steve Atwater sent to Representative Austerman, regarding HB278, on March 17, 2014. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/communications.aspx?id=30098\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click to see all KPBSD letters to legislators.<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Please consider <a href=\"http:\/\/alaskalegislature.tv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">watching or\u00a0listening online<\/a>, or testifying from your local Legislative Information Office (LIO) when the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.legis.state.ak.us\/basis\/get_hearing.asp?session=28&amp;Chamb=H&amp;Date1=3\/18\/2014&amp;Date2=3\/18\/2014&amp;Comty=FIN&amp;Root=&amp;Sel=1&amp;Button=Display\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> House Finance Committee hears public testimony<\/a>.<\/strong><br \/>\nLink: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/communications.aspx?id=30098\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LIO office locations<\/a><br \/>\n<b>House Finance Committee<\/b><br \/>\nCo-Chair Alan Austerman \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Representative.Alan.Austerman@akleg.gov\">Representative.Alan.Austerman@akleg.gov<\/a><br \/>\nCo-Chair Bill Stoltze\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:RepresentativeBill.Stoltze@akleg.gov\">Representative.Bill.Stoltze@akleg.gov<\/a><br \/>\nVice Chair: Mark Neuman \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Representative.Mark.Neuman@akleg.gov\">Representative.Mark.Neuman@akleg.gov<\/a><br \/>\nMia Costello \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:Representative.Mia.Costello@akleg.gov\">Representative.Mia.Costello@akleg.gov<\/a><br \/>\nBryce Edgmon \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:Representative.Bryce.Edgmon@akleg.gov\">Representative.Bryce.Edgmon@akleg.gov<\/a><br \/>\nLes Gara \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:Representative.Les.Gara@akleg.gov\">Representative.Les.Gara@akleg.gov<\/a><br \/>\nDavid Guttenberg \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:Representative.David.Guttenberg@akleg.gov\">Representative.David.Guttenberg@akleg.gov<\/a><br \/>\nLindsey Holmes \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:Representative.Lindsey.Holmes@akleg.gov\">Representative.Lindsey.Holmes@akleg.gov<\/a><br \/>\nCathy Munoz \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:Representative.Cathy.Munoz@akleg.gov\">Representative.Cathy.Munoz@akleg.gov<\/a><br \/>\nSteve Thompson \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:Representative.Steve.Thompson@akleg.gov\">Representative.Steve.Thompson@akleg.gov<\/a><br \/>\nTammie Wilson \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:Representative.Tammie.Wilson@akleg.gov\">Representative.Tammie.Wilson@akleg.gov<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/wpmu\/files\/2014\/01\/KPBSD-logo-4c-no-tag.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1016\" alt=\"Print\" src=\"http:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/wpmu\/files\/2014\/01\/KPBSD-logo-4c-no-tag-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Kenai Peninsula Borough School District \u00a0| \u00a0www.KPBSD.org \u00a0| \u00a0907.714.8888<br \/>\nLink:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/communications.aspx?id=30098\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> KPBSD and The Legislature webpage<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House Finance\u00a0Committee\u00a0is sponsoring a\u00a0public\u00a0hearing to discuss\u00a0House Bill 278. &#8220;Education: Funding\/Tax Credits\/Programs&#8221; Two minute public testimony is\u00a0invited on\u00a0Tuesday, March 18, 2014, beginning at 5:30 PM. The Kenai Peninsula Borough School &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/2014\/03\/18\/public-education-legislative-action-alert-hb-278\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Public Education Legislative Action Alert &#8211; HB 278&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[474,509,812],"class_list":["post-1104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legislature","tag-hb278","tag-house-finance-committee","tag-public-education"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1104\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}