ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – On the tail end of a special session that overrode the governor’s second education funding veto this year, a group of lawmakers met in Anchorage Monday to move toward what they say is their answer to the ongoing crisis: a task force on education funding.
The meeting, the first for a committee created after lawmakers’ first override of the education funding bill, starts a 16-month countdown to come up with solutions they hope the next legislature will pass.
The task force is composed of six members, co-chaired by majority members Sen. Löki Tobin, D-Anchorage, and Rep. Rebecca Himschoot, N/A-Sitka. The other members are Sen. Jesse Kiehl, D-Juneau, Rep. Andi Story, D-Juneau, Sen. Mike Cronk, R-Tok/Northway and Rep. Justin Ruffridge, R-Soldotna…