Feds say Gov. Dunleavy's veto and state inaction are to blame for the penalties; state officials have said feds previously approved state approach to funding.
Deena Bishop , commissioner of the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development, speaks at a news conference on March 15, 2024, with Gov. Mike Dunleavy.
On Friday, Adam Schott, the principal deputy assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, alerted Alaska Education Commissioner Deena Bishop that he would withhold anotherat the end of June. The sum equals the amount the federal government says the state owes certain school districts.
“Alaska is the only State that has not complied with these statutory, non-waivable requirements for FY 2022 and one of just two States to have not met the corresponding FY 2023 requirements,” Schott wrote. “Other states facing the same circumstance, and having been frustrated with this process, have settled with the US DOE simply to halt the endless circles of appeals and unresponsiveness,” her email said.Alaska officials have resisted a federal warning that said the state underfunded certain school districts and failed to fully comply with requirements for spending $359 million in pandemic relief grants.
Schott’s letter says the state must make the required supplemental payments now, or enter a formal written agreement for payment at a future date.
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