Alaska Education Officials Dispute Federal Claim on School Funding During Pandemic

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Alaska state education officials argue against the federal government's accusation of inequitable school funding during the pandemic.

A group of first grade students play on the playground at Sayéik Gastineau Community School on Jan. 14, 2021, in Juneau, Alaska .

Bishop said districts lost students during those years. Since state funding is based on enrollment in a district, a drop in enrollment means a drop in state funding.and then makes adjustments All those factors mean state funding varies from year to year. During the pandemic, as some students dropped out of brick and mortar schools andBishop stressed that the maintenance of equity requirement was the first of its kind.

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