As Alaska’s schools struggle, lawmakers announce task force to study why

Students walk off a bus to the Thunder Mountain Middle School entrance for the first day of school on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024. (Clarise Larson/KTOO)
A group of state lawmakers is set to meet this summer and fall to study and discuss ways to improve Alaska’s public schools.
Lawmakers passed a bill last month boosting the base of the state’s school funding formula by $700 after overriding Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto. The bill also made a variety of education policy changes aim