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KPBSD FY18 Budget 101 ~ funding, expenses, links, facts

Published on February 24, 2017 By Pegge Erkeneff

PDF: 2017 Spring KPBSD Budget Awareness KPBSD FY18 Budget 101 Where does revenue come from? KPBSD receives funding from three sources: State funding (this is a constitutional mandate) Borough, or “local” funding ($ linked to state funding) Federal and Grant funds (designated expenditure categories that are non-transferable to other expenses) A school district does not […]

info: Public Invited to Testify on Governor’s Proposed Income Tax

Published on February 22, 2016 By Pegge Erkeneff

The KPBSD Board of Education encourages everyone to participate in Governor Walker’s Sustainable Future: conversations with Alaskans through an interactive revenue and expenditure model that “allows you to fix Alaska’s budget your way.” In addition, this invitation to the public to testify is shared on behalf of the Alaska Senate Majority:   Public Invited to Testify on […]

Balancing Alaska Budgets

Published on February 9, 2016 By Pegge Erkeneff

“I think it’s important for the people in my community to weigh in any opportunity that they get on the budget preference or revenue enhancements. And, while I don’t know how that is going to turn out yet, it will take some combination of both of those in order to come up with a sustainable […]