Federal education officials say Alaska owes millions to Juneau, Kenai and North Slope school districts

The U.S. Department of Education says Alaska underfunded three school districts when they distributed COVID relief funds in the 2021-2022 school year.

Yet in a December letter to Alaska Department of Education and Early Development Commissioner Deena Bishop, federal education officials said state funding fell short by more than $5 million for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, $2.5 million for the Juneau School District and $190,000 for the North Slope School District in the 2021-2022 school year.

Schott wrote that DEED had 30 days to submit a plan describing whether, when and how they would make supplemental payments to the districts. In to Bishop, U.S. Office of State and Grantee Relations Director Laura Jimenez wrote that supplemental payments would be excluded from the disparity test, A U.S. Department of Education spokesperson said Thursday that they have not received a formal response from DEED.

Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)

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