0:37
Mike Litzow
42:28 - 43:05
"If state funding had kept pace with inflation at our current enrollment, we would get $7.4 million more from the state in this fiscal year. And critically, the local contribution scales with state aid. If the state aid had kept up with inflation, um, the cap for the local contribution would be $1.7 million higher."
“If state funding had kept pace with inflation at our current enrollment, we would get $7.4 million more from the state in this fiscal year. And critically, the local contribution scales with state aid. If the state aid had kept up with inflation, um, the cap for the local contribution would be $1.7 million higher.”
- Speaker
- Mike Litzow
- Timestamp
- 42:28 – 43:05
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- May 14, 2026
From the transcript
If it had kept pace with inflation, the base student allocation would be $8,220 today. If state funding had kept pace with inflation at our current enrollment, we would get $7.4 million more from the state in this fiscal year. And critically, the local contribution scales with state aid. If the state aid had kept up with inflation, um, the cap for the local contribution would be $1.7 million higher. The district could be coming to you with this ask right now, and it'd be $1.7 $1 million below the cap.
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