Anchorage School District

2025

Legislative Update

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    Alaska’s Education Investment for ASD:
    Building a Pathway to Success

     

    The pathway to achieving the Anchorage School Board’s goals requires close collaboration and partnership with the Alaska State Legislature. Our Legislative Priorities are the foundation for this partnership and collaboration. 

  • Our three B’s:

    Base Student Allocation

    • Reverse years of flat education funding by changing the statutory formula to inflation proof the BSA.
    • Update the funding formula by directing a state-funded Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER) study of the District Cost Factor. 
    • Prioritize the recruitment and retention of high-quality educators by providing competitive retirement and health benefits in a pension plan that will address the statewide teacher and paraprofessional shortages.
    • Support post-secondary opportunities in order to build an Alaska-based educator pipeline. 
    • Support student wellness and safety with a focus on the whole child, including services for mental and behavioral health, trauma informed practices, Social Emotional Learning (SEL), and restorative justice practices.

    Busing

    • Increase student transportation funding, and adjust for inflation, to a level that will not require districts to reduce classroom funding to pay for transportation. 

    Bond Debt Reimbursement

    • Eliminate the current moratorium on State Bond Debt Reimbursement (SBDR) for voter-approved propositions. This will restore community support that is needed to reverse years of escalating deferred maintenance.

     

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  • The Anchorage School Board’s priorities are directly informed by the District Goals and Guardrails:

     

    Board Goals

     

    Open Book The percentage of grade 3 students proficient in English Language Arts (ELA) on the state summative assessment (currently AK STAR) will increase from 32.4% in May 2023 to 46.4% in May 2028.

     

    Maths

    The percentage of grade 8 students proficient in Mathematics on the state summative assessment (currently AK STAR) will increase from 34.5% in May 2023 to 41.5% in May 2028.

     

     

    Go The percent of students graduating College, Career, and Life Ready as measured by four-year graduation rates, will increase from 81% in June 2023 to 90% in June 2028.

     

     

    Board Guardrails

    Guardrails are based on the community’s values and represent actions which the Superintendent may not allow in pursuit of the District’s student outcome goals.

    • The superintendent will not leave under-representation in lottery/application-based programs unaddressed.

    • The superintendent will not operate without a plan to develop a qualified, diverse, and culturally responsive workforce.

    • The superintendent will not allow unsatisfactory employee performance to go unidentified or unaddressed.

    • The superintendent will not operate elementary schools without mental health services.

     

    Learn more about our Board Goals and Guardrails

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