Alaska Senate majority and House minority leaders have said they want to vote to override the governor’s veto of $87 million for K-12 schools. But House Republicans can likely block the effort.
stemming from the end of federal coronavirus relief dollars, coupled with a lack of significant funding increase from the state since 2015. The one-time funding measure was largely seen as a compromise; many lawmakers supported a larger, permanent change to the state’s annual education appropriation process, but settled on smaller, temporary spending as a stopgap measure.
“Unfortunately, I don’t believe the House is going to be able to get the number of the votes that will put us over the edge,” said Stevens. “So we’re doing what we can, but the Senate has only 20 members, compared to the House, which has 40 members. The Senate does not have equal standing in that.”House Speaker Cathy Tilton, a Wasilla Republican, did not respond to several phone calls and messages seeking comment on the vetoes this week.
In a text message later, McCormick said it is “unclear” whether enough House majority members would support a special session, but that he thinks “it would be the right thing to do.” Ruffridge said Clayton Holland, superintendent of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, told him the district would instate a hiring freeze “until they understand what the full ramifications of this are” with “probably more changes to come.”
“I’ve always wanted the school funding at $680, so I’m less than happy about that,” said Sumner. The $175 million one-time funding boost approved by the Legislature translates to a $680 increase to the Base Student Allocation — the formula used by the state to allocate per-student funding to districts. The governor’s cut dropped the equivalent figure to a $340 formula boost.
“I’m content during the interim to say we need to continue to fund education during inflationary times, but we also need to continue to take a hard look at, ‘are we spending our money wisely?’” said Ruffridge. “Sometimes, people look at that funding mechanism as the only lever.”
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