Dunleavy cuts Legislature’s education funding increase by $200 per student

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy gestures to his wife, Rose Dunleavy, during the opening moments of his seventh annual State of the State address in Juneau on Jan. 28, 2024. (Eric Stone/Alaska Public Media)
Alaska’s public schools likely won’t get all the money lawmakers approved in a bipartisan vote last month after Gov. Mike Dunleavy unilaterally reduced education funding with a line-item veto.
Dunleavy cut $50 million from state education spending, equivalent to $200 in basic per-student