Kelly Lessens
133:57 - 134:57
"$680,000 to ensure that in the first semester of 2026-27, highly gifted elementary students and student athletes enrolled in any sport retained or restored for FY27 by prior board action can safely and equitably access the educational services for which they are qualified"
“$680,000 to ensure that in the first semester of 2026-27, highly gifted elementary students and student athletes enrolled in any sport retained or restored for FY27 by prior board action can safely and equitably access the educational services for which they are qualified”
- Speaker
- Kelly Lessens
- Timestamp
- 133:57 – 134:57
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- August 4, 2026
From the transcript
So we are talking about, uh, referring to the $680,000 figure So the language would read in its entirety on that second bullet point: $680,000 to ensure that in the first semester of 2026-27, highly gifted elementary students and student athletes enrolled in any sport retained or restored for FY27 by prior board action can safely and equitably access the educational services for which they are qualified, and district-level competitions and regional and/or state-level competitions via district-provided bus transportation, and participation in daily sport-specific practices, including but not limited to daily pool access for every high school swim dive team, and district-provided bus transportation to no less than FY 6 levels of service.
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