House Finance committee forwards education funding bill after contentious debate over three‑year averaging and special‑education counts
The Alaska House Finance Committee on May 5 advanced House Bill 261 out of committee as amended after rejecting multiple amendments including a proposal to mandate three‑year averaging of intensive special‑education counts; the committee debated maintenance‑of‑effort risks and district fiscal impacts.
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Co‑chair Foster presided May 5 as the House Finance Committee considered House Bill 261, a sponsor‑led measure to change how the state calculates school funding by moving many student counts to a three‑year average. Sponsor Representative Andy Story said the bill would smooth funding by using an average daily membership (ADM) across three years for most counts and would smooth the statutory funding cliff around the 1,0425‑student mark.
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