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Wednesday, 19 June 2013

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Rep. Kawasaki’s Juneau Note: Legislation is moving fast

Education: Oh yeah. That happened.

“School vouchers” is a term you will hear discussed regularly this session. If education and school funding are important to you and your family then I urge you to pay attention. There are proponents of Constitutional changes to adopt a voucher system for corporate schools – but the danger hidden within this legislation is the number of children who will lose educational opportunities that are currently provided through a robust public education system. Right now, SJR9 is being fast-tracked through the Senate after being stripped of its Education Committee referral and is heading instead straight from the Judiciary to Finance committee.

Category : Newsletter, Rep. Kawasaki.
Tags: bills, bills on the move, community event, constituents, EDUCATION, fairbanks, giveaway, governor, newsletter, production before reduction, survey.

Posted on 20th February 2013

NEWS: Democrats Introduce School Funding Measure

Alaska’s Schools Need a Lasting Commitment to Build on Successes

JUNEAU – Today, House Democrats introduced legislation to make a lasting commitment to Alaska’s schools by guaranteeing inflation will not lead to more school staff cuts. Nine members of the House Democratic Caucus signed on to the legislation.

Category : Caucus Press, Rep. Drummond, Rep. Gara, Rep. Gruenberg, Rep. Josephson, Rep. Kawasaki, Rep. Kerttula, Rep. Kreiss-Tompkins, Rep. Tarr, Rep. Tuck.
Tags: bills, caucus press, EDUCATION, schools.

Posted on 30th January 2013

Rep. Kawasaki’s Juneau Note: Sine Die to Another Special Session

Dear Neigbors,

The 27th Alaska Legislature adjourned in the early hours on Monday with acclamation from the House on a job ‘well done.’ The Legislature satisfied the Constitutional requirement of passing a budget and passed a handful of bills to improve the lives of people, lower the cost of energy and keep Alaska on firm economic footing. Within an hour of adjournment, members received the unfortunate news that we would be forced into special session to reconsider the Governor’s tax breaks for big oil corporations. It has been a contentious issue for the last two years and has not received sufficient statewide support from lawmakers. The 30-day special session began today at 1pm at a price tag of around $35K per day.