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Andy Ratliff

91:17 - 91:45

"this payment would be for our— it would help fund the second semester of school so we could get through the first semester. But if we don't have the funding in place for second semester, it really is going to limit the number of kids that can participate or the classes they can take."

this payment would be for our— it would help fund the second semester of school so we could get through the first semester. But if we don't have the funding in place for second semester, it really is going to limit the number of kids that can participate or the classes they can take.
Speaker
Andy Ratliff
Community
Alaska News
Location
Anchorage
Captured at
July 7, 2026

From the transcript

So this would shore up that, you know, for a timing, you know, it's just a lot about the timing on when this would be allocated. Really, this payment would be for our— it would help fund the second semester of school so we could get through the first semester. But if we don't have the funding in place for second semester, it really is going to limit the number of kids that can participate or the classes they can take. There's a number of position corrections in there. It's about $70,000 in total.

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