Kelly Lessens
60:38 - 61:33
"It would approve and authorize the superintendent to appropriate $6.8 million of the $7 million remaining in the district's unreserved fund balance to reinstate up to 45 school-based FTE and restore levels of service for secondary student athlete for the '26-'27 school year"
“It would approve and authorize the superintendent to appropriate $6.8 million of the $7 million remaining in the district's unreserved fund balance to reinstate up to 45 school-based FTE and restore levels of service for secondary student athlete for the '26-'27 school year”
- Speaker
- Kelly Lessens
- Timestamp
- 60:38 – 61:33
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- August 4, 2026
From the transcript
It would approve and authorize the superintendent to appropriate $6.8 million of the $7 million remaining in the district's unreserved fund balance to reinstate up to 45 school-based FTE and restore levels of service for secondary student athlete for the '26-'27 school year as outlined at the bottom of the memo. I'll talk about that in a minute. The second component in this recommendation is, should the district receive additional one-time funding from HB 263, it is further recommended that the superintendent or designee shall fully restore the district's unreserved fund balance to no less than 5%— back to where we were today, back to where we are today— prior to recommending any other allocation or obligation with those funds. It doesn't say save it all. It says give us back a $7 million buffer so we have it in case of an emergency.
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