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Home-school ruling: Agreement on pause, disagreement on duration

Education Matt Acuña Buxton -
Both the state and plaintiffs — a group of parents of children in traditional schools — agree that a pause before the ruling goes into effect is justified
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Alaska House says unconstitutional home-school spending should continue through 2025

Education Matt Acuña Buxton -
Alaska House Republicans aim to prolong unconstitutional funding of private and religious schools, rejecting swift resolution to home-school law challenges.
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Lawmakers to wait on Alaska Supreme Court as families reel in wake of correspondence ruling

Education Claire Stremple, Alaska Beacon -
Over the last 26 years, Penelope Gold has used the state’s correspondence school program to homeschool six of her seven children. Most have graduated, but her youngest daughter is in fifth grade. For all that time, Gold said she...
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Proposed Ambler road project cited as threat to Kobuk River in Arctic Alaska

Environment Yereth Rosen, Alaska Beacon -
This story was originally published in Alaska Beacon. Alaska’s Kobuk River, which flows out of the Brooks Range above the Arctic Circle, is among the most threatened rivers in the nation because of potential development of a 211-mile road that would...
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Dunleavy floats new ideas to continue flowing public money into private religious schools

State Government Matt Acuña Buxton -
At another rambling news conference on Wednesday, Alaska Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy floated several ideas to continue spending public money on religious private schools despite a court ruling that struck down the practice as unconstitutional. While legislators across the political...
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Dunleavy’s home-school allotment scheme is a warning for his charter school plan

Education Matt Acuña Buxton -
It might have taken nearly a decade, but Mike Dunleavy and his allies were able to essentially set up a “shadow school voucher program."
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Alaska’s home-school payment scheme that sent public dollars to religious schools ruled unconstitutional

Education Matt Acuña Buxton -
A family appealed to the court, arguing they would be put in a tough financial position if they were to lose the ability to spend the public home-school payments on private and religious education.
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Biggest Anchorage K12 private school enrolled all students in public correspondence to qualify for $3,000 reimbursement

Education Dermot Cole -
Mountain City Christian Academy, formerly Anchorage Christian School, used public correspondence school funds, raising questions about the legality of state funding for private education.
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Alaska House passes operating budget amid looming spending uncertainty

Economy Matt Acuña Buxton -
The $12.3 billion operating budget includes a $2,270 dividend and $175 million one-time school funding, matching the $680 BSA increase vetoed by the governor.
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Dunleavy’s poll draws scrutiny: leading questions, misleading data

News Yarrow Silvers -
Gov. Mike Dunleavy's commissioned poll raises questions about skewed samples and misleading data.
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