Jharrett Bryantt
151:59 - 152:29
"Fiscal stabilization is my number 2 priority because we know that we have about a $40 million structural shortfall."
“Fiscal stabilization is my number 2 priority because we know that we have about a $40 million structural shortfall.”
- Speaker
- Jharrett Bryantt
- Timestamp
- 151:59 – 152:29
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- August 4, 2026
From the transcript
It's because of the soaring prices of energy. It's because of utility costs rising. The status quo is going to be extraordinarily more higher, and it remains to be seen what investment will look like from the state. So the work is not done at the state level, and within the Anchorage School District, we're going to do the best that we can to scrape our pennies together put forward a product for our community, but I need you to understand the headwinds that we face. Fiscal stabilization is my number 2 priority because we know that we have about a $40 million structural shortfall.
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