{"id":3468,"date":"2017-03-16T14:04:20","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T22:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/?p=3468"},"modified":"2017-03-16T14:04:20","modified_gmt":"2017-03-16T22:04:20","slug":"time-testify-education-funding-absent-sb22-operating-budget-work-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/2017\/03\/16\/time-testify-education-funding-absent-sb22-operating-budget-work-draft\/","title":{"rendered":"Time to Testify; Education funding absent in SB22 operating budget work draft"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District
\nContact: Pegge Erkeneff, 907.714.8888<\/p>\n

News Release<\/u><\/h3>\n

Your opinion counts. Offer your thoughts\u00a0about K-12 education funding to the Alaska Senate Finance Committee<\/a>\u00a0today
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The current version of SB22<\/a> does not include a funding amount for education.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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At the opening of public testimony on March 16, 2017,\u00a0<\/strong>Co-chair Senator Lyman Hoffman clarified that education funding is not included<\/strong>\u00a0in the current budget proposal because the Senate Finance committee,\u00a0<\/strong>\u201ccontemplated that may be reduced by 5%, or a nickel on a dollar.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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Soldotna, March 16, 2017\u2014Education funding is absent in the SB22<\/a> operating budget work draft. State aid for the education foundation formula will be added back in on Monday. Except, testimony on the budget is today and tomorrow, this week. <\/strong><\/h3>\n

Will you please take two minutes to tell the Senate Finance Committee<\/a> why you value funding education? <\/strong>Give your perspective in person, by telephone, via email*<\/p>\n

If the state education funding is cut by 5 cents on every $1.00, it\u2019s likely that 50 KPBSD teachers could be eliminated, and no longer be educating our youth\u00a0in August, 2017.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

*Senate Finance Committee \u2013 SB22<\/a> Operating Budget – Statewide Public Testimony<\/strong>
\nTime limit is two minutes. Thursday, March 16:<\/strong>
\n9:00 – 10:30: Juneau
\n1:00 – 2:00: Glennallen, Seward, Homer
\n2:00 – 3:30: Statewide Offnet
\n3:30 – 5:00: Anchorage
\n5:00 – 6:00: Kenai, Kodiak, Dillingham
\nWritten testimony can be submitted to<\/span>\u00a0finance.committee@akleg.gov<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Superintendent Sean Dusek said today, \u201cI\u2019m very concerned about what the Senate is contemplating. Now is the time for people\u2019s voices to be heard, and fully engaged in this process.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Senate<\/a><\/p>\n

HOW-TO TESTIFY<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Go to a local LIO office<\/a> in Homer, Kenai, or Seward; call-in; or email your testimony.<\/strong>
\nGeneral instructions<\/strong><\/p>\n