Kelly Lessens
47:07 - 48:20
"the Assembly requests the mayor identify essentially a ceiling and a floor for how the school district will be funded under the municipal tax cap. And that's worrisome to me because we already know that we have a projected deficit for FY28"
“the Assembly requests the mayor identify essentially a ceiling and a floor for how the school district will be funded under the municipal tax cap. And that's worrisome to me because we already know that we have a projected deficit for FY28”
- Speaker
- Kelly Lessens
- Timestamp
- 47:07 – 48:20
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- August 18, 2026
From the transcript
What I am concerned about is that in AR 2026-11, which was passed on July 21st by all 12 members of the Assembly, the Assembly requests the mayor identify essentially a ceiling and a floor for how the school district will be funded under the municipal tax cap. And that's worrisome to me because we already know that we have a projected deficit for FY28, the 27-28 school year. And two things can be true at once. The resolution and the work of the Right Sizing Committee is important. But should, through the municipality's budget development process between now August, September, October, November, should they come to determination that we will receive less than status quo funding, less than that maximum allowable level under the municipal tax cap that we have quite frankly relied upon utilized for years and years.
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