{"id":1724,"date":"2015-04-03T15:16:29","date_gmt":"2015-04-03T23:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/wpmu\/?p=1724"},"modified":"2015-04-03T15:16:29","modified_gmt":"2015-04-03T23:16:29","slug":"news-release-proposed-reductions-to-education-funding-in-alaska","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/2015\/04\/03\/news-release-proposed-reductions-to-education-funding-in-alaska\/","title":{"rendered":"News Release: Proposed reductions to education funding in Alaska"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kenai Peninsula Borough School District<a href=\"http:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/wpmu\/files\/2015\/01\/KPBSD-50-years-logo-Smallest-version.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1646\" src=\"http:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/wpmu\/files\/2015\/01\/KPBSD-50-years-logo-Smallest-version.png\" alt=\"KPBSD 50 years logo Smallest  version\" width=\"100\" height=\"80\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nContact: Pegge Erkeneff, 907.714.8888<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #008080\">News Release<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong><em>Proposed reductions to education funding in Alaska<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong> Soldotna, April 3, 2015\u2014The Senate Finance Committee has amended <a href=\"http:\/\/www.legis.state.ak.us\/basis\/get_bill.asp?bill=HB%20%2072&amp;session=29\">HB 72<\/a>, proposing a 4.1 percent reduction to the <em>Foundation Formula<\/em> educational funding. The reduction to the state contribution also impacts the maximum allowable contribution the Kenai Peninsula Borough (KPB) can contribute to the school district. KPBSD is analyzing the potential impact of this additional reduction in revenue to our 2015-2016 budget, together with our commitment to provide stability for our students, staff, and community within the changing fiscal climate. The impact of the unanticipated <a href=\"http:\/\/www.legis.state.ak.us\/basis\/get_bill.asp?bill=HB%20%2072&amp;session=29\">HB 72<\/a> reductions to the KPBSD budget are:<\/strong><br \/>\nSenate Finance Committee proposed education <em>Foundation Formula <\/em>reduction of 4.1 percent:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reduces state contribution to KPBSD: $4,238,432<\/li>\n<li>Reduces local (borough) contribution to KPBSD: $977,007<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Governor Walker\u2019s proposed operating budget reduction of educational <em>One-Time Funding<\/em>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reduces state contribution to KPBSD: $2,262,989<\/li>\n<li>Reduces local (borough) contribution to KPBSD: $520,487<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Potential FY16 revenue loss: $7,998,915<\/strong><br \/>\nTotal possible reduction in state funding to KPBSD: $6,501,421<br \/>\nTotal possible reduction in local (borough) funding to KPBSD: $1,497,494<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI\u2019m very concerned that the legislature is proposing these further reductions to education funding, particularly this late in our process of budgeting and staffing for next year,\u201d said Superintendent Sean Dusek. \u201cKPBSD is committed to deliver a quality education to our students, and provide stability for our staff and communities. These reductions compromise our ability to prepare our students for their future. We will discuss the budget and potential ramifications with the school board during a previously scheduled <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/WorkArea\/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=33262\">worksession<\/a> on Monday, April 6, 2015.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Over 80 percent of the 2015-2016 budget is related to staff (salary and benefits). An $8 million reduction translates into the potential loss of up to 100 positions.<br \/>\n<strong>Links<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.legis.state.ak.us\/basis\/get_bill.asp?bill=HB%20%2072&amp;session=29\">HB 72<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/communications.aspx?id=30098\">KPBSD and the Legislature webpage<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/w3.legis.state.ak.us\/index.php\">The Alaska State Legislature webpage<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/wpmu\/files\/2015\/04\/KPBSD_2015_04_03-Legislative-Reductions-to-Education-Funding.pdf\">April 3, 2015 News Release: Legislative Reductions to Education Funding<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>###<\/strong><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=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1016\" src=\"http:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/wpmu\/files\/2014\/01\/KPBSD-logo-4c-no-tag-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Print\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Contact: Pegge Erkeneff, 907.714.8888 News Release Proposed reductions to education funding in Alaska Soldotna, April 3, 2015\u2014The Senate Finance Committee has amended HB 72, proposing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/2015\/04\/03\/news-release-proposed-reductions-to-education-funding-in-alaska\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;News Release: Proposed reductions to education funding in Alaska&#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":[17],"tags":[355,471,912],"class_list":["post-1724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-release","tag-education-funding","tag-hb-72","tag-senate-finance-committee"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1724","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=1724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1724\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}