House GOP members have proposed a constitutional amendment to allow public money at private schools. Senate members want a targeted legislative fix.
Updated: 22 seconds agoRepublican Reps. Dan Saddler, Cathy Tilton, Jamie Allard and Justin Ruffridge answer questions from the media about homeschool programs in Juneau on April 16, 2024 after an Anchorage Superior Court judge struck down reimbursements to private and religious schools as unconstitutional earlier in the month. finding it is unconstitutional to use public money to pay for tuition at private and religious schools.
“What Judge Zeman found was that these two statutes were passed in tandem for the specific purpose of enabling unconstitutional spending,” said Scott Kendall, an attorney for the plaintiffs and a former chief of staff to former Alaska Gov. Bill Walker. that he would likely wait until the Alaska Supreme Court issued a decision before proposing new legislation for correspondence programs. To resolve the issue, Dunleavy said that he may propose a constitutional amendment, though it would likely not be ready before the end of the legislative session in mid-May.
“ could provide stability right now and he’s choosing not to do so. And so we’re stepping up, because we have identified this as our top priority, which is adequate, stable, predictable funding for our schools — all our schools,” she said.
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