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Lawmakers in the Alaska House passed a bill that aims to stabilize budgets for Alaska school districts by redefining how they calculate their student counts. The student count makes up the base of the state\u2019s education funding formula.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Lawmakers passed <\/span>House Bill 261<\/span> by a 31 to 9 vote, with bipartisan support, on Tuesday. Under the new calculation of the student count, the bill would provide an additional $143 million in state funding to school districts next year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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But with competing education funding and policy proposals in the Legislature \u2014 and just seven days left in the legislative session \u2014 the bill heads to the Alaska Senate for consideration and its future is uncertain. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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