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Kelly Lessens
41:46 - 42:45
"my inclination would be to recommend at this time that we move forward with the pilot project so that our educators are able to implement and evaluate this program and intend to come back to the remaining dollar amount in this fiscal year with this board sometime in the fall."
“my inclination would be to recommend at this time that we move forward with the pilot project so that our educators are able to implement and evaluate this program and intend to come back to the remaining dollar amount in this fiscal year with this board sometime in the fall.”
- Speaker
- Kelly Lessens
- Timestamp
- 41:46 – 42:45
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- July 7, 2026
From the transcript
And what I don't see is that it's an all or nothing, right? I don't see that if we don't hit the target, we simply will get nothing. What I— my understanding is that there would be, you know, if we hit a lower level than the state's target, as long as PFDs and energy checks get made, we could get, I don't know, $10 million or $27 million. I'm making numbers up. My point is that it, it seems reasonable to assume that some amount of, of revenue will be coming to the district at some point this fall, and my inclination would be to recommend at this time that we move forward with the pilot project so that our educators are able to implement and evaluate this program and intend to come back to the remaining dollar amount in this fiscal year with this board sometime in the fall.
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