Jody Tow
20:46 - 21:27
“By last year, or I guess this current year, we're using $770,000 of Secure Rural Schools. Next year, proposing to use just $660,000. We're trying to ratchet it down, and then, but in doing so, we're having to use more taxes to help pay for the school.”
- Speaker
- Jody Tow
- Timestamp
- 20:46 – 21:27
- Transcript
- Assembly Meeting
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- April 30, 2026
From the transcript
One of the things I wanted to show you about this slide is we use Secure All Schools to help fund our local contribution, and we're trying to not use as much Secure All Schools since we only get about $600,000 a year, and sometimes they say, no, you're not going to get any more. And so So this is doing that. By last year, or I guess this current year, we're using $770,000 of Secure Rural Schools. Next year, proposing to use just $660,000. We're trying to ratchet it down, and then, but in doing so, we're having to use more taxes to help pay for the school.
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