{"id":3341,"date":"2017-02-16T20:03:56","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T05:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/?p=3341"},"modified":"2017-02-16T20:03:56","modified_gmt":"2017-02-17T05:03:56","slug":"opportunity-testify-hb-115-comprehensive-state-revenue-restructing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/2017\/02\/16\/opportunity-testify-hb-115-comprehensive-state-revenue-restructing\/","title":{"rendered":"Opportunity to testify &#8211; HB 115 Comprehensive State Revenue Restructing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/files\/2017\/02\/Slide7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3343\" src=\"http:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/files\/2017\/02\/Slide7-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Slide7\" width=\"517\" height=\"291\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Statewide Public Testimony Opportunity<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Friday, February 17, 2017<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>1:30 PM \u2013 3:30 PM<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>In person, by telephone, via email*<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.akleg.gov\/basis\/Bill\/Detail\/30?Root=HB%20115#tab1_4\">House Bill 115<\/a> <\/strong>\u2013 <strong>Comprehensive State Revenue Restructuring Act<\/strong><br \/>\nSTATE INCOME TAX; PFD CREDIT; PERM FUND INCOME<br \/>\n\u201cAn Act relating to the permanent fund dividend; relating to the appropriation of certain amounts of the earnings reserve account; relating to the taxation of income of individuals; relating to a payment against the individual income tax from the permanent fund dividend disbursement; repealing tax credits applied against the tax on individuals under the Alaska Net Income Tax Act; and providing for an effective date.&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.legis.state.ak.us\/PDF\/30\/Bills\/HB0115A.PDF\">Read the full bill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #076e6e\"><strong>The number one KPBSD Board of Education legislative priority is, \u201cProvide sustained, reliable, and adequate education funding for Alaska\u2019s students.\u201d <\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If a solution to the state fiscal challenge, and funding public education is a priority to you, please be part of the solution, and make time to tell your story or offer your opinion on Friday. The House Finance committee will listen to public testimony about the proposed bill <a href=\"http:\/\/www.akleg.gov\/basis\/Bill\/Detail\/30?Root=HB%20115#tab1_4\">HB 115<\/a> for two hours.<br \/>\n<strong>*<u>HOW-TO TESTIFY<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Go to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/communications.aspx?id=30098\">local LIO office<\/a> in Homer, Kenai, or Seward; call-in; or email your testimony.<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong><br \/>\nGeneral instructions<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Public testimony limited to 2 minutes per testifier<\/li>\n<li>If you are a member of a group with the same message, in the interest of time, please select a spokesperson to testify for the entire group<\/li>\n<li>Identify yourself (first and last name), the community in which you live, and any relevant affiliations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>By Phone (LIO offices in Homer, Kenai, and Seward, plus Off-Net):<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Public members are strongly encouraged to testify from their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/communications.aspx?id=30098\">Legislative Information Offices (LIOs),<\/a> as there are limited Off-Net phone lines that are prioritized for those who are unable to physically reach their LIO;<\/li>\n<li>If public members cannot reach their LIO, they may use the limited Off-Net phone system<\/li>\n<li>844-586-9085 (toll-free) or 907-586-9085<\/li>\n<li>All Off-Net callers are required to hang up immediately after testifying in order to keep as many lines open as possible for other callers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Written testimony:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Email <a href=\"mailto:housefinance@akleg.gov\">housefinance@akleg.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/files\/2017\/02\/2017-KPBSD-Budget-Awareness_Page_1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3342\" src=\"http:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/files\/2017\/02\/2017-KPBSD-Budget-Awareness_Page_1-791x1024.png\" alt=\"2017 KPBSD Budget Awareness_Page_1\" width=\"517\" height=\"669\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Statewide Public Testimony Opportunity Friday, February 17, 2017 1:30 PM \u2013 3:30 PM In person, by telephone, via email* House Bill 115 \u2013 Comprehensive State Revenue Restructuring Act STATE INCOME &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/2017\/02\/16\/opportunity-testify-hb-115-comprehensive-state-revenue-restructing\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Opportunity to testify &#8211; HB 115 Comprehensive State Revenue Restructing&#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":[411],"class_list":["post-3341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legislature","tag-fiscal-plan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3341","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=3341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3341\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}