This week:
KPBSD Board President Zen Kelly and Seward Representative Virginia Morgan talk about school funding and how the state budget affects the school district's budget.
Bills discussed in this episode:
SB 152 Education Tax https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=HB%20152
SB 113 Corporate Income Tax https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?
SB 57 Cell phones and many amendments
https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=HB%2057.
On Wednesday morning, shortly after the show, House Bill 57, the State's school funding bill with a $700 BSA increase, passed the House 31-8.
The bill got 10 more yes votes than the vetoed $1,000 BSA bill. Adding in the Senate, that's a combined 48-11 vote. If legislators don't pull their support, that's enough to override should the governor exercise his veto again .
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