{"id":5299,"date":"2019-03-22T17:02:56","date_gmt":"2019-03-23T01:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/?p=5299"},"modified":"2019-03-22T17:02:56","modified_gmt":"2019-03-23T01:02:56","slug":"voice-necessary-state-lawmakers-want-know-stand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/2019\/03\/22\/voice-necessary-state-lawmakers-want-know-stand\/","title":{"rendered":"Your voice is essential: state lawmakers want to know where you stand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/files\/2019\/03\/2019_03_22_KPBSD_State-lawmakers-want-to-hear-from-you.pdf\">News Release: Your Voice is Needed<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/files\/2019\/02\/KPBSD_2017-2022_StrategicPlan_Seal.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-5146\" src=\"http:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/files\/2019\/02\/KPBSD_2017-2022_StrategicPlan_Seal-150x150.png\" alt=\"KPBSD_2017-2022_StrategicPlan_Seal\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Community schools, sports and activities, and effective class sizes are critical to continue successful outcomes for K-12 schools on the Kenai Peninsula.<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong> In February, the Governor proposed a budget substitute for the 2019-2020 school year that will result in a cut of $22.4 million from KPBSD schools.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong><br \/>\nHowever, the Governor and state legislators want to hear from you about that proposed budget before it is set in stone. Therefore, now is the time to join the conversation and contribute to positive outcomes for our young people through these opportunities to speak up about what you value in schools and education funding:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>Saturday, March 23, 2019<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>5:30 \u2013 8:30 PM: Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. <a href=\"http:\/\/akhouse.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>House Finance Committee Community Budget Meeting<\/strong><\/a>, public testimony encouraged.*<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>Monday, March 25, 2019<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>4:00 \u2013 5:00 PM: The Birds Eye View weekly KSRM 920 AM radio show, <strong>guest Governor Michael J. Dunleavy<\/strong>. Call in number: 907-283-5811, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/afp-presents-fortifying-alaskas-future-kenai-tickets-59004705663\">listen live online<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>6:00 \u2013 8:00 PM: The Cannery Lodge, Kenai. <strong>Statewide Discussion for a Permanent Fiscal Plan<\/strong> with Governor Dunleavy and team. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/afp-presents-fortifying-alaskas-future-kenai-tickets-59004705663\">Event is full, wait list only<\/a>.*<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>\u201cOne thing is clear, in order to be successful, we must have the engagement and support of the Alaskan people.\u201d<\/em><br \/>\n<\/span>\u2013 Governor Michael J. Dunleavy<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>\u201cCuts and efficiencies are possible and necessary, but these proposed reductions would have significant impacts on\u00a0elders and youth, rural and urban residents, and every facet of our economy. Because of this stark reality, all budget decisions must be informed by input from people across our state.\u201d<\/em><br \/>\n<\/span>\u2013 House Speaker Bryce Edgmon<\/p>\n<p><em>*<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kdll.org\/#stream\/0\">KDLL 91.9 FM<\/a> public radio will stream these events live.<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>District administration, principals, and the Board of Education identified cuts that will be necessary if the Governor&#8217;s proposed budget is adopted. This list is $5 million shy of the proposed $22.4 million cut.<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/files\/2019\/03\/2019_March-KPBSD-22.4-million-in-proposed-cuts.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5242\" src=\"http:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/files\/2019\/03\/2019_March-KPBSD-22.4-million-in-proposed-cuts-660x1024.png\" alt=\"2019_March KPBSD 22.4 million in proposed cuts\" width=\"414\" height=\"642\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Links<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Informational PDF printable flyer:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/2019\/03\/08\/ramifications-governor-dunleavys-proposed-fy20-budget\/\">Kenai Peninsula Borough School District $22.4 million in cuts to KPBSD options identified by administrators and school board<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Informational PDF printable flyer<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/files\/2019\/02\/2019-Kenai-Peninsula-Borough-School-District-state-legislators-with-schools.pdf\">Kenai Peninsula state legislators and their KPBSD schools<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/w3.legis.state.ak.us\/\">The Alaska State Legislature website<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gov.alaska.gov\/\">Office of the Governor of Alaska website<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kpb.us\/assembly-clerk\/meet-the-assembly\">Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly webpage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/departments.aspx?id=38\">KPBSD Finance webpage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/communications.aspx?id=30098\">The Legislature and KPBSD<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News Release: Your Voice is Needed Community schools, sports and activities, and effective class sizes are critical to continue successful outcomes for K-12 schools on the Kenai Peninsula. In February, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/2019\/03\/22\/voice-necessary-state-lawmakers-want-know-stand\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Your voice is essential: state lawmakers want to know where you stand&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[198,447,638],"class_list":["post-5299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-release","tag-budget","tag-governor-michael-j-dunleavy","tag-legislature"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5299","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=5299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5299\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}