NEWS: School Safety: Democrats Introduce Bills to Create School Zones around All Schools
February 19, 2014
JUNEAU - Today, House Democratic Leader Chris Tuck and Senator Berta Gardner introduced legislation to require school zone markings at all school locations, in an effort to slow traffic and improve students’ safety in the vicinity of a school.
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Rep. Guttenberg’s Legislative Report: SOS Save Our Schools
February 17, 2014
Statewide bi-partisan education advocates organized a rally on the front steps of Juneau this week to show support for education funding. These supporters were asking for an adequate increase to the Base Student Allocation (BSA). Money that goes directly into the teaching of our students is the most important fundamental funding we can give.
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Rep. Drummond’s Dispatch: Happy Valentines Day!
February 14, 2014
Next week, the Education Session really heats up! People from across the state are working on ways to make their voices heard. It was just announced that House Joint Resolution 1 (HJR1), the bill that would allow for the amending of the Alaska Constitution to provide public funds for private and religious schools, will be heard in the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, February 9th, at 1:00pm
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Note from Rep. Gara: Threatening the People of Ketchikan: Can’t We All Get Along?
February 10, 2014
Class, welcome to the first day of Third Grade. Oops. I just got reality mixed up with, well, disturbing reality. As you may know, the Governor, and according to him, some unnamed Legislators, threatened they would deny infrastructure and other projects to the people of Ketchikan because the community filed a lawsuit against the state. See here. At least the Governor was honest.
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NEWS: Make February Official Public Education Month, Say Gardner, Drummond
February 3, 2014
JUNEAU – Today, Senator Berta Gardner and Representative Harriet Drummond introduced resolutions to name February of each year Public Education Month in Alaska.
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