Jharrett Bryantt
121:27 - 122:05
"we do have a pretty sizable structural deficit along the way. So that is why this proposal also sets aside a smaller but meaningful portion of the waterfall funding for stabilizing our FY28 needs. And I want to be very clear about this because I could see this as something being misunderstood by the public, that the administration's proposing to save the money without some sort of purpose."
“we do have a pretty sizable structural deficit along the way. So that is why this proposal also sets aside a smaller but meaningful portion of the waterfall funding for stabilizing our FY28 needs. And I want to be very clear about this because I could see this as something being misunderstood by the public, that the administration's proposing to save the money without some sort of purpose.”
- Speaker
- Jharrett Bryantt
- Timestamp
- 121:27 – 122:05
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- September 1, 2026
From the transcript
So with all of that said, we have needs today. I saw them in every school that I've visited, and there are many more schools that I've yet to see. But we also need to consider that a smaller— that we do have a pretty sizable structural deficit along the way. So that is why this proposal also sets aside a smaller but meaningful portion of the waterfall funding for stabilizing our FY28 needs. And I want to be very clear about this because I could see this as something being misunderstood by the public, that the administration's proposing to save the money without some sort of purpose.
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