House Bill 69 is not the education bill Alaska’s public-school students and teachers deserve. HB 69 does nothing more than increase the Base Student Allocation. That is a proven recipe for disaster.
HB 69 is unfair to the Anchorage School District’s dedicated students and teachers, and fails to consider current constraints and realities. Time and time again ASD Superintendent Bryantt has demonstrated where his allegiance lies and it is not to ASD students and their education. It is also not to ASD’s dedicated teachers.
On Feb. 25 the Anchorage School District held a special meeting to approve the fiscal year 2025-2026 Preliminary Budget and authorize an upper limit spending authority of $866,250,188. Where was Superintendent Jharrett Bryantt on Feb. 24? He wasn’t in his office fretting over how to improve student outcomes. He was in Juneau lobbying the Alaska Legislature on the subject of competitive wages for teachers…