Paul McDonogh
33:54 - 34:16
“this $11.8 million for all of these backfills is coming out of our BSA fund. Into that, that we could use for next year's budget shortfall. So I really hope to see legislation come through, the 35th AK legislation, that is a universal meal plan.”
- Speaker
- Paul McDonogh
- Timestamp
- 33:54 – 34:16
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- November 2, 2026
From the transcript
And really that's just like an inflation gap that Alaska has compared to Georgia. So I urge as this is passed and as we go to the AASB conference later this week where the AASB is encouraging universal meal reform from the EKLAI that we double down on that, and it really is a cost-saving efficiency, and it really is just one of the best ways to invest in education. And it's dollars that would prevent us in the future from having to do more of these BSA— like, because this, this $11.8 million for all of these backfills is coming out of our BSA fund. Into that, that we could use for next year's budget shortfall. So I really hope to see legislation come through, the 35th AK legislation, that is a universal meal plan.
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