The Alaska Legislature overrode Governor Mike Dunleavy’s veto of state education funding at a special session on Saturday. While the funding is needed, Petersburg School District administrators warn it’s still not enough to be sustainable in the future.
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Petersburg’s school district approved a budget last week which will draw down nearly $700,000 dollars from its reserves to make up for school funding vetoed by Gov. Mike Dunleavy.
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Southeast Alaska’s House District 2 Representative Rebecca Himschoot wrapped up her first legislative session in May. The session ended with weeks of negotiation over the state budget. Rep. Himschoot sat down with KFSK’s Hannah Flor to discuss how the session played out.
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The Petersburg School District did not include state funding when creating its budget for the next school year. So when Governor Mike Dunleavy cut one-time funding for Alaska schools in half, Petersburg wasn’t left scrambling like many other districts.
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Petersburg residents were disappointed Monday when Governor Mike Dunleavy cancelled his trip to town due to snowy weather. He was going to meet with community officials and kick off a series of community meetings around the state on budget issues. A small group of residents went on with a protest anyway.
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Governor Mike Dunleavy’s proposed budget would cut $17 million in state funding for daycare and preschool programs: $8 million for preschools and $9 million for Head Start and other programs directed at low income families.
As Angela Denning reports, that would affect 15 Head Start classrooms in Southeast and another main daycare facility in Petersburg.
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