10:33 - 11:08
"we are eligible to receive up to $32.2 million, but we could also still receive amounts less than that. So it is truly a waterfall amount of funding, meaning there are a few other priorities that the legislature will have to pay out prior to school districts receiving whatever is left over."
“we are eligible to receive up to $32.2 million, but we could also still receive amounts less than that. So it is truly a waterfall amount of funding, meaning there are a few other priorities that the legislature will have to pay out prior to school districts receiving whatever is left over.”
- Speaker
- Unidentified speaker
- Timestamp
- 10:33 – 11:08
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- August 4, 2026
From the transcript
And what we have come to find out out that it is truly waterfall funding, and so we are eligible to receive up to $32.2 million, but we could also still receive amounts less than that. So it is truly a waterfall amount of funding, meaning there are a few other priorities that the legislature will have to pay out prior to school districts receiving whatever is left over. And so there is nuance in terms of how much funding we may get, and also Again, opportunity is a good word to put it.
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