The judge who struck down key parts of Alaska’s home-school laws has agreed to hold the ruling until June 30 to allow students to finish out the school year, rejecting Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s request to pause the ruling indefinitely.
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Despite the Alaska Constitution’s explicit prohibition on public funding going to private and religious schools, the governor has been a firm supporter of the practice.
AIDEA claims that once it decides what to do with the $300 million, there will not be enough time to get approval from the Legislature on the specifics.
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...
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.