Andi Story

Native languages council to decide if state education employees can serve

“we really have a crisis in our Alaska Native languages here across the state in that we are not producing the speakers that we want to”

Sealaska Heritage Institute wins federal grant for Juneau's Tlingit language school program

“It highlights our Indigenous culture and languages. It is the 25th year of their program. It elevates Elders and children,”

Native Village of Paimiut gets $900,000 to teach the Hooper Bay dialect of Yup'ik

“we really have a crisis in our Alaska Native languages here across the state in that we are not producing the speakers that we want to”

An Alaska village will own its solar power — and sell it back to the utility

Daniel J. Sullivan sued the state today over a denied Senate ballot spot

State board approves UAS master's program for Native language teachers

“an urgent and escalating crisis, the rapid loss of Alaska Native languages and the academic infrastructure that supports their preservation”

Alaska early intervention bill awaits governor's signature

“Alaska currently has chosen to maintain one of the most restrictive eligibility standards for children to receive these Early Intervention Services requiring their— our children to show a 50% delay before they qualify for services. That means families may have to wait months or even years before their child can receive help and miss this important window for improving their development.”

TCLL graduates first 8th grade class after years of Tlingit immersion

Alaska House passes education package with teacher loan repayment, energy relief

Alaska Passes Age of Consent Bill After Weeks-Long Senate Delay

Senate panel advances education bill with energy relief, loan program

Alaska House passes fisheries tax credit expansion unanimously

Senate panel advances bill to stabilize Alaska school funding with enrollment averaging

“our education funding process is broken. School communities routinely do not learn their final funding levels for the upcoming school year until late May, after critical staffing and program decisions must be made.”

Senate panel advances full funding for pre-K students statewide

Alaska schools face May 15 deadline for improvement plans, funding

House panel adopts fiscal note for Alaska Native languages task force bill

Alaska House passes education funding reform despite split votes on transparency

“Alaska's education funding process is broken. School communities routinely do not learn their final funding levels for the upcoming school year until late May, after critical staffing and program decisions must be made.”

Alaska House Passes Required Local Contribution Cap for Schools

Senate Finance considers $1M teacher loan repayment pilot program

House rejects Senate's $1,000 PFD budget, sets up conference talks

House Judiciary advances consumer data privacy bill with 'duty of loyalty'

State Defends Transboundary Mining Oversight as Stakeholders Demand Stronger Protections

House panel advances Alaska Native languages task force bill after rejecting university, state agency seats

“I too speak against this amendment. I do believe that it is a legislative task force and it is important to have people coming before the task force representing so many different things having to do with the Tlingit language and culture and many other languages.”

House panel advances daylight saving time bill with Western Alaska carve-out

House Finance Advances Education Funding Bill Despite Fiscal Concerns

“We know it will cost $47 million, so that's one reason to vote no in addition.”

Alaska Legislature Falls Two Votes Short of Overriding Elections Bill Veto

Alaska residential schools seek doubled stipends to cover rising costs

House Finance cuts West Susitna road funding from capital budget

House panel advances Alaska Native language task force bill

“I think what's really important is we really have a crisis in our Alaska Native languages here across the state in that we are not producing the speakers that we want to.”

Alaska House Weighs $113M Education Funding Overhaul

“It seeks to give our districts more stability and more confidence in the public education that we provide. And so I just want to go through that really quickly. There's not many points, but right now what this would do, this bill, was we— our districts would start the year in July knowing their funding number.”

Alaska House passes dementia training bill for nursing aides

House Finance considers multi-year school funding averaging bill

“35% of our districts are in hold harmless status right now. And so what this bill does is it lets them finish out their hold harmless status and then it grandfathers them into— they just would smooth into the averaging.”

Galena School District Shows Early Learning Drives Math, Reading Gains

House panel debates $113M education funding formula shift

House Judiciary rejects consumer data privacy bill after 3-3 vote

Alaska lawmakers urge federal reclassification of 911 dispatchers

House panel hears Fairbanks road service area reform proposal

State employee per diem frozen since 2010 despite 40% inflation

House panel advances tribal victim advocate confidentiality bill

Residential Schools Seek Doubled Funding Tied to Base Allocation

House passes bill requiring transparency at psychiatric hospitals for minors

Alaska House panel hears bill to overhaul school funding timelines

“It is the norm that communities do not know their funding levels until after critical staffing program decisions have been made and local municipalities have finalized their budgets. Last year, community and districts didn't know their current budgets until right before school started.”

House panel hears bill to extend confidentiality to tribal victim advocates

Senate Education Committee advances teacher loan repayment pilot program

House Education Committee advances CPR training bill with rural flexibility

Alaska Tribes Removed 1.5M Pounds Marine Debris Despite Funding Barriers

Alaska parole board grants 85% of recent applications, reversing trend

Alaska House committee advances bill to expand early intervention eligibility