{"id":3787,"date":"2017-06-23T10:27:04","date_gmt":"2017-06-23T18:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/?p=3787"},"modified":"2017-06-23T10:27:04","modified_gmt":"2017-06-23T18:27:04","slug":"news-release-state-funding-set-public-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/2017\/06\/23\/news-release-state-funding-set-public-education\/","title":{"rendered":"News Release: State funding set for public education"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #000080\"><strong><em>State funding set for public education<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000080\"><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/files\/2013\/09\/KPBSD-logo-4c-today.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-907\" src=\"http:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/files\/2013\/09\/KPBSD-logo-4c-today-150x150.png\" alt=\"KPBSD logo 4c today\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Soldotna, June 23, 2017\u2014The Alaska State Legislature adopted a budget which includes Status Quo K-12 education Base Student Allocation (BSA) funding for the 2017-2018 school year. Superintendent Sean Dusek said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cNow that the legislature has come to a budget agreement for K-12 funding, we are able to move forward to prepare for the new school year beginning August 22, 2017. We will fill open teaching positions as best we can, and hope to have a full staffing recommendation for the school board to consider soon. We thank and appreciate the efforts of our legislators and local leaders in this process. We thank our staff, families, and community members who invested time and effort to learn about education revenue and expenditures, as well as advocate to the legislature and borough on behalf of our excellent schools in the KPBSD.<br \/>\nIt is our hope that future funding for K-12 education will be decided much earlier in the process to avoid the uncertainty of programs and opportunities for our students experienced during these past several months. We will continue to work with the legislature to fulfill the goal of a sustainable, responsible, long-term fiscal plan that will allow Alaska to continue to be a vibrant and attractive state in which to live.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.akleg.gov\/basis\/Bill\/Detail\/30?Root=HB%20%2057\">HB57<\/a> is awaiting transmission to the Governor, and the next step in the legislative process is for the Governor to sign and adopt the budget.<br \/>\n<strong>Links<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Employment in the KPBSD &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/employment.aspx?id=30140\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">apply now<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/akleg.gov\/index.php\">The Alaska State Legislature<\/a> webpage<\/li>\n<li>Office of the Governor, <a href=\"https:\/\/gov.alaska.gov\/administration-focus\/2017-legislative-session\/\">2017 Legislative Session, Bills Submitted<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.akleg.gov\/basis\/Bill\/Detail\/30?Root=HB%20%2057\">CCS HB 57: Appropriations: Operating Budget\/Loans\/Funds<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Kenai Peninsula Borough School District<br \/>\nContact: Pegge Erkeneff, Communications Liaison, 907.714.8888, communications @ KPBSD.org<br \/>\n###<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/files\/2017\/02\/Slide7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3343\" src=\"http:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/files\/2017\/02\/Slide7-300x169.png\" alt=\"Slide7\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State funding set for public education Soldotna, June 23, 2017\u2014The Alaska State Legislature adopted a budget which includes Status Quo K-12 education Base Student Allocation (BSA) funding for the 2017-2018 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/2017\/06\/23\/news-release-state-funding-set-public-education\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;News Release: State funding set for public education&#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":[198,968],"class_list":["post-3787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-release","tag-budget","tag-state-funding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3787","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=3787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3787\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}