1 00:08:05,599 --> 00:08:07,919 All right, good morning. We'll uh call 2 00:08:07,919 --> 00:08:10,800 this Friday, June 6, 2025 joint school 3 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:13,000 board and Anchorage assembly meeting to 4 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:17,720 order. It is 10:07 here in the ASD 5 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:19,520 boardroom. We'll call We've called 6 00:08:19,520 --> 00:08:20,720 ourselves to order. We'll conducting a 7 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:22,479 roll call at this point. Miss Sullivan, 8 00:08:22,479 --> 00:08:23,680 could you call the role for the ASD 9 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:28,309 school board? 10 00:08:28,319 --> 00:08:31,360 President Jacobs. Present. Member 11 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:34,800 Bellamy. Present. Member Hollerman. 12 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:37,519 Present. Member Donley. 13 00:08:37,519 --> 00:08:40,880 Here. Member Higgins. 14 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:42,959 Member Lessons. 15 00:08:42,959 --> 00:08:46,800 Here. Member Wilson. 16 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:49,200 Chair. We have a quorum. Thank you, Miss 17 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:51,680 Sullivan. Vice Chair Broly. 18 00:08:51,680 --> 00:08:53,680 Thank you. Um, Miss Acres, will you call 19 00:08:53,680 --> 00:08:56,160 the role for members? 20 00:08:56,160 --> 00:08:59,120 Member Baldwin Day, present. Vice Chair 21 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:00,720 Broly 22 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:02,880 here. It's my understanding that Chair 23 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:04,880 Constant is excused. Yes, that's 24 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:07,440 correct. Member Girker 25 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:10,320 here. Member Johnson here. Member 26 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:13,760 Martinez present. Member McCormack here. 27 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:16,800 Member Meyers. 28 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:19,920 Member Perez Verdilla. 29 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:27,150 Member Rivera present. Member 30 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:30,920 Silvers, she is on YouTube or on 31 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:35,560 Zoom. Member 32 00:09:35,560 --> 00:09:38,560 Voland chair, you have a quorum. Thank 33 00:09:38,560 --> 00:09:40,720 you. 34 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:42,640 Okay. Um, Vice President Bellamy, would 35 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:52,470 you please lead us in the flag salute? 36 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:55,440 To the republic for it stands, one 37 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:58,560 nation under God, indivisible, with 38 00:09:58,560 --> 00:10:04,230 liberty and justice for all. 39 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:06,160 Member Martinez, would you please read 40 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:08,480 the land acknowledgement? 41 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:10,399 We acknowledge that we gather here today 42 00:10:10,399 --> 00:10:12,399 on the traditional lands of the Denina 43 00:10:12,399 --> 00:10:14,880 people of the Upper Cook Inlet. For 44 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:17,519 thousands of years, the Dina people have 45 00:10:17,519 --> 00:10:19,600 been and continue to be the stewards of 46 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:22,800 this land. ASD is committed to diversity 47 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:26,240 and inclusion. It is with honor and 48 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:28,399 respect that we recognize all indigenous 49 00:10:28,399 --> 00:10:30,480 people who live and learn in our 50 00:10:30,480 --> 00:10:33,040 community. 51 00:10:33,040 --> 00:10:35,600 Thank you, sir. All right. Moving on to 52 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:37,760 minutes of a previous joint meeting. 53 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:39,200 Members from both bodies have in front 54 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:41,360 of them our March 7, 2024 meeting 55 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:43,839 minutes. 56 00:10:43,839 --> 00:10:45,519 It should be 25. Thank you, Vice Chair 57 00:10:45,519 --> 00:10:47,560 Broly. Um, so we'll correct that in our 58 00:10:47,560 --> 00:10:49,680 agenda. Please take a moment to read 59 00:10:49,680 --> 00:10:51,440 those and we can note any corrections 60 00:10:51,440 --> 00:11:02,550 before we uh move to approve. 61 00:11:02,560 --> 00:11:04,720 And I will move to approve the March 7, 62 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:08,320 2025 minutes. 63 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:10,120 Is there any 64 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:11,959 discussion? 65 00:11:11,959 --> 00:11:14,240 Hearing and seeing none, I'm asking for 66 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:15,920 unanimous consent to approve the March 67 00:11:15,920 --> 00:11:17,800 7th, 2025 meeting 68 00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:20,000 minutes. Hearing no opposition, those 69 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:21,600 meeting minutes are approved. We're now 70 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:23,040 at the approval of the agenda. We have 71 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:25,040 an agenda in front of us. Uh is there a 72 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:29,360 motion to approve the agenda as drafted? 73 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:31,760 Move to approve. 74 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:34,800 Second. Made by member Baldwin Day, 75 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:36,880 second by member Lessons. Is there any 76 00:11:36,880 --> 00:11:38,880 discussion or amendments before we ask 77 00:11:38,880 --> 00:11:42,710 unanimous consent and approval? 78 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:44,399 Okay, asking for unanimous consent to 79 00:11:44,399 --> 00:11:46,120 approve the agenda as 80 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:48,240 drafted. Hearing no opposition, we have 81 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:50,519 an agenda. Thank you, 82 00:11:50,519 --> 00:11:53,200 everyone. All right, first up is a 83 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:55,600 public comment. We have one member of 84 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:57,440 the public who has signed up today. Uh, 85 00:11:57,440 --> 00:11:59,600 Mr. William Baxter. I think we have a 86 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:01,839 empty seat to my left. If you'd like to 87 00:12:01,839 --> 00:12:04,079 come up to the microphone and join our 88 00:12:04,079 --> 00:12:06,399 table, and you will have three minutes 89 00:12:06,399 --> 00:12:17,750 once you're seated and ready to speak. 90 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:20,320 Welcome, sir. 91 00:12:20,320 --> 00:12:22,560 I'm William Baxter. I represent uh I 92 00:12:22,560 --> 00:12:26,800 volunteer for FFA and uh I uh a lot of 93 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:28,560 times I've been speaking here like seven 94 00:12:28,560 --> 00:12:31,200 times I think and then I go over to the 95 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:34,959 Miss PI on Tuesdays and I speak there 96 00:12:34,959 --> 00:12:38,079 and I also been speaking at uh Mass 97 00:12:38,079 --> 00:12:43,519 School District too on FFA and uh uh I 98 00:12:43,519 --> 00:12:44,720 don't really don't know what I'm doing 99 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:46,480 but I just let you smart people figure 100 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:51,839 it out. But anyway, um I uh but I have a 101 00:12:51,839 --> 00:12:54,720 burden for MFA and 4 and other things in 102 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:59,279 the M like uh uh 4 and and where 103 00:12:59,279 --> 00:13:02,079 whatever else they can get get me into. 104 00:13:02,079 --> 00:13:05,839 I uh I go to uh do a lot of they have me 105 00:13:05,839 --> 00:13:09,519 do I do a lot of things that help to do 106 00:13:09,519 --> 00:13:12,880 it. Thank you. 107 00:13:12,880 --> 00:13:16,399 for your testimony. Thank you. 108 00:13:16,399 --> 00:13:18,160 All right. Before we be begin our um 109 00:13:18,160 --> 00:13:19,519 discussion items and business today, I 110 00:13:19,519 --> 00:13:20,720 just want to note a housekeeping items 111 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:22,720 for members that um your microphones can 112 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:24,240 act as you entering the queue because we 113 00:13:24,240 --> 00:13:25,920 should have you labeled on those. So, 114 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:27,600 please feel free to to um sign up for 115 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:29,920 the Q to speak, ask questions that way. 116 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:31,920 With that said, we've completed item D, 117 00:13:31,920 --> 00:13:33,519 public comments. We'll move on to E, 118 00:13:33,519 --> 00:13:36,079 financial planning, uh budget ASD. Uh 119 00:13:36,079 --> 00:13:37,760 Dr. Brian, I believe you'll take lead on 120 00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:40,240 this. Thank you, President Jacobs. So, 121 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:41,680 I'll go ahead and hand it off to our 122 00:13:41,680 --> 00:13:43,839 chief financial officer, Andy Ratliff. 123 00:13:43,839 --> 00:13:45,920 So, I I will say before he gets started 124 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:48,079 that this topic is going to get pretty 125 00:13:48,079 --> 00:13:50,079 technical, pretty in the weeds, but I 126 00:13:50,079 --> 00:13:51,519 don't want the people in this room to 127 00:13:51,519 --> 00:13:53,440 forget that we had a very close call on 128 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:55,920 Monday and there was a very high 129 00:13:55,920 --> 00:13:57,600 probability that right now today we 130 00:13:57,600 --> 00:13:59,279 would have been scrambling to find about 131 00:13:59,279 --> 00:14:01,440 $15 million. So, we're going to get 132 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:02,880 through some technical stuff. I'm going 133 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:04,240 to need a lot of your help to really 134 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:06,720 understand this topic because we need to 135 00:14:06,720 --> 00:14:08,639 make a citywide effort to make sure that 136 00:14:08,639 --> 00:14:10,760 everybody understands what exactly is 137 00:14:10,760 --> 00:14:14,240 happening. Mr. Ratliff. All right, thank 138 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:21,150 you. Um, so the first part of 139 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:23,519 this first part of this presentation is 140 00:14:23,519 --> 00:14:25,279 going to look astonishingly similar to 141 00:14:25,279 --> 00:14:26,800 one I gave to the school board about a 142 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:30,720 month ago for um based on some adbacks 143 00:14:30,720 --> 00:14:32,399 that these are still kind of in flux as 144 00:14:32,399 --> 00:14:33,680 well. So I wanted to touch on them 145 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:36,720 again. Um, and then we gave that 146 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:38,880 presentation again to the legislative 147 00:14:38,880 --> 00:14:40,320 committee for the assembly. So, a lot of 148 00:14:40,320 --> 00:14:41,680 you guys in this room have probably seen 149 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:43,360 this, so I don't want to spend a lot of 150 00:14:43,360 --> 00:14:45,040 time on that, but I want to get some to 151 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:47,279 some of the new stuff around uh the 152 00:14:47,279 --> 00:14:49,440 disparity test and change recommended 153 00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:50,959 changes to the local contributions 154 00:14:50,959 --> 00:14:53,199 limits. Um, in your packet, you have a 155 00:14:53,199 --> 00:14:54,800 copy of the presentation that I'm going 156 00:14:54,800 --> 00:14:56,360 to give as well as a couple other 157 00:14:56,360 --> 00:14:59,279 documents. Um, the second attachment in 158 00:14:59,279 --> 00:15:02,000 there is going to be the the 159 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:03,760 determination from the state that this 160 00:15:03,760 --> 00:15:06,160 the local changes were an emergency or 161 00:15:06,160 --> 00:15:08,240 deemed an emergency and then what those 162 00:15:08,240 --> 00:15:09,839 changes were. And then the third 163 00:15:09,839 --> 00:15:12,240 document in there is going to be the the 164 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:13,920 federal government's ruling on the 165 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:16,240 disparity test for the state. So you'll 166 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:17,360 have all those. You can read through 167 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:18,560 them. The one from the federal 168 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:19,920 government's kind of a hard read, but 169 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:22,880 it's uh it's good information. Um we'll 170 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:25,279 kind of try to make that a little more 171 00:15:25,279 --> 00:15:34,069 understandable as we go along. 172 00:15:34,079 --> 00:15:37,680 Uh so the the board presented a budget 173 00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:40,880 revision that included about a $560 BSA 174 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:43,120 equivalent increase above what the state 175 00:15:43,120 --> 00:15:45,959 had in statute. Um this was based on 176 00:15:45,959 --> 00:15:48,480 HB57 passing out of the House and Senate 177 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:50,639 with 48 out of 60 legislators voting in 178 00:15:50,639 --> 00:15:53,680 support. Um that bill increased the base 179 00:15:53,680 --> 00:15:55,800 student allocation by 180 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:58,480 $700 and then had a 10% increase in 181 00:15:58,480 --> 00:16:00,800 transportation and then some CTE 182 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:02,079 multipliers and other student 183 00:16:02,079 --> 00:16:04,000 proficiency incentives that were based 184 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:07,360 on another bill passing. Um that's SB 185 00:16:07,360 --> 00:16:10,560 113 which would be the digital tax or 186 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:12,120 the tax on digital 187 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:15,920 um uh vendors I guess. So, I'm not sure 188 00:16:15,920 --> 00:16:18,440 the status of that, but 189 00:16:18,440 --> 00:16:21,480 uh I thought it' been transmitted to the 190 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:23,680 governor. So, we do anticipate getting 191 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:25,519 some more money based on this. Uh the 192 00:16:25,519 --> 00:16:27,440 governor vetoed this bill originally and 193 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:30,959 then it was voted to override. So, this 194 00:16:30,959 --> 00:16:33,360 still has a the governor will still have 195 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:34,959 another veto opportunity on the 196 00:16:34,959 --> 00:16:37,120 operating budget to trim out education 197 00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:39,360 funding out of there if he so chooses. 198 00:16:39,360 --> 00:16:41,759 Um but that's not due back until the 199 00:16:41,759 --> 00:16:48,550 19th of June. 200 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:50,480 Um, so really the reasons that the board 201 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:52,320 gave for increasing that was the 202 00:16:52,320 --> 00:16:54,959 governor's bill actually included a $560 203 00:16:54,959 --> 00:16:58,399 BSA increase. Um, onetime funding of 204 00:16:58,399 --> 00:17:01,759 $680 BSA was what we received this year. 205 00:17:01,759 --> 00:17:03,600 So really taking the calculated risk 206 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:05,520 needed to help retain our staff and not 207 00:17:05,520 --> 00:17:07,720 have mass 208 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:11,039 layoffs. What was added back was uh 209 00:17:11,039 --> 00:17:14,319 added we had it originally a plus4 ptr 210 00:17:14,319 --> 00:17:16,880 increase or class size increase for uh 211 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:18,799 all grade levels. We were able to get 212 00:17:18,799 --> 00:17:20,720 that down to a plus one. So we still are 213 00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:23,360 increasing class sizes. Um reverse some 214 00:17:23,360 --> 00:17:26,160 of the cuts to holdbacks gifted adding 215 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:28,480 our charter funding as well as some 216 00:17:28,480 --> 00:17:30,240 other items in here that the board chose 217 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:32,000 to add back. about $30 million in 218 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:34,039 instruct like direct instruction to our 219 00:17:34,039 --> 00:17:39,520 classrooms about 214 FTE were added back through this amendment. So 220 00:17:39,520 --> 00:17:40,960 this is really what kind of prevented us 221 00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:43,960 from having to do these mass 222 00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:46,080 layoffs. Additionally, restored 223 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:48,640 librarians, nurses, uh some teaching 224 00:17:48,640 --> 00:17:50,000 experts and teaching learning for 225 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:53,360 instruct or um interventions as well as 226 00:17:53,360 --> 00:17:55,039 some principles, library assistants and 227 00:17:55,039 --> 00:17:57,360 counselors. another 59 FTE just 228 00:17:57,360 --> 00:18:00,799 instructional support um for a total of 229 00:18:00,799 --> 00:18:03,320 about a little under 40 230 00:18:03,320 --> 00:18:05,760 million. We still do have a significant 231 00:18:05,760 --> 00:18:07,679 number of reductions in place even after 232 00:18:07,679 --> 00:18:11,600 adding those back including the 70 F 70 233 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:14,160 FTE for the PTR adjustment of plus one 234 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:17,360 or 57 FTE sorry and then a loss of 235 00:18:17,360 --> 00:18:19,840 enrollment adjustment. So as our 236 00:18:19,840 --> 00:18:21,280 enrollment went down we were able to 237 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:23,039 reduce the number of staff needed to and 238 00:18:23,039 --> 00:18:26,320 keep the same class sizes. Um a few 239 00:18:26,320 --> 00:18:29,520 other things we're able to that we kept 240 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:30,799 program based teachers hold back 241 00:18:30,799 --> 00:18:33,400 teachers were kind of an addition 242 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:36,640 um but we're still reduced principles 243 00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:38,880 some librarians nurses and clerical due 244 00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:42,880 to uh the schools that we closed in Naka 245 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:46,480 Valley and Lake Hood. 246 00:18:46,480 --> 00:18:47,760 You can read through the list of the 247 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:49,679 reductions there for instruction. We 248 00:18:49,679 --> 00:18:51,360 also have some reductions still in place 249 00:18:51,360 --> 00:18:55,120 about 20 FTEE for special services. Uh 250 00:18:55,120 --> 00:18:57,400 by and large those are coming out of 251 00:18:57,400 --> 00:19:00,640 um mostly out between way and special 252 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:02,400 elementary special education as we're 253 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:04,760 trying to consolidate some 254 00:19:04,760 --> 00:19:07,840 classrooms. Additionally, another 30 FTE 255 00:19:07,840 --> 00:19:10,559 coming out of our admin pool or about 7 256 00:19:10,559 --> 00:19:12,799 and a half million including you know 257 00:19:12,799 --> 00:19:14,640 more folks from accounting, purchasing, 258 00:19:14,640 --> 00:19:16,400 HR. you know, we continue to have 259 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:20,000 declines in those in those ranks. It 260 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:22,160 then some of that the administrative 261 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:24,080 added duty services, supplies, and 262 00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:26,000 equipment, that's depreciation to 263 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:29,080 replace heavy equipment. 264 00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:31,520 Um, a lot of major maintenance funds, 265 00:19:31,520 --> 00:19:33,440 things like that that we we have to help 266 00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:35,360 support our schools, but those are still 267 00:19:35,360 --> 00:19:36,480 going to be going away under this 268 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:37,880 proposal. 269 00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:41,160 Um just a sign of the times I 270 00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:43,520 guess really you know the risks and 271 00:19:43,520 --> 00:19:45,600 benefits if it's if the amount if some 272 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:49,760 amount less than 560 BSA is allocated uh 273 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:51,679 could result in hiring freezes, funding 274 00:19:51,679 --> 00:19:54,400 reductions and liquidated fund balance 275 00:19:54,400 --> 00:19:56,000 reserves 276 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:57,600 uh that we already have in place for 277 00:19:57,600 --> 00:20:00,160 other other items. But it does allow for 278 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:01,520 the placement of staff prior to the end 279 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:03,280 of school and retaining educators. But 280 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:05,039 this again, the governor can still veto 281 00:20:05,039 --> 00:20:06,760 those 282 00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:09,120 funds. Um, as far as the outlook goes 283 00:20:09,120 --> 00:20:11,760 for FY27 with this in place, you know, 284 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:14,320 we still have a significant deficit as 285 00:20:14,320 --> 00:20:17,200 we are using about $50 million in fund 286 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:19,600 balance to be able to to shore up this 287 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:21,679 budget. So, kind of the the quick 288 00:20:21,679 --> 00:20:23,360 calculation on this is we take our 289 00:20:23,360 --> 00:20:27,600 expected revenue for FY27 or for 26 uh 290 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:30,000 back out the one-time funding and then 291 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:31,600 apply an inflationary factor to what 292 00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:34,159 we're planning on spending. So, after we 293 00:20:34,159 --> 00:20:35,600 back out the one-time funding, we're at 294 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:38,159 about $585 million of ongoing revenue 295 00:20:38,159 --> 00:20:42,799 and about $653 million of ongoing um 296 00:20:42,799 --> 00:20:44,960 expenditures. Then we add a lot of 297 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:47,200 delayed purchases for IT equipment such 298 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:49,679 as Chromebooks and some of that fleet 299 00:20:49,679 --> 00:20:51,600 equipment too and curriculum instruction 300 00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:54,559 things like that that we need to that we 301 00:20:54,559 --> 00:20:56,799 can't delay forever essentially. So that 302 00:20:56,799 --> 00:20:58,960 gets to about a $75 million deficit that 303 00:20:58,960 --> 00:21:02,000 we're looking off looking at for FY27. 304 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:03,760 So this conversation doesn't get fixed 305 00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:08,200 with HP57 p even passing the way it is. 306 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:10,400 Um so there's a lot of things we don't 307 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:12,159 know still. There's unsettled labor 308 00:21:12,159 --> 00:21:14,400 contracts, enrollment variances, uh 309 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:16,640 tariffs, met medical costs, utility rate 310 00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:18,000 changes, things that are still kind of 311 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:21,039 in play for next for FY27 that aren't 312 00:21:21,039 --> 00:21:28,830 really built into this projection as 313 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:31,760 much. Clicking the wrong button here. 314 00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:33,679 Okay, so this is where we get into more 315 00:21:33,679 --> 00:21:35,679 of the new stuff that wasn't on the last 316 00:21:35,679 --> 00:21:38,159 presentation. So for those of you who 317 00:21:38,159 --> 00:21:40,240 saw the earlier version of this, um 318 00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:42,559 here's where we can start paying 319 00:21:42,559 --> 00:21:44,679 attention again, I guess. 320 00:21:44,679 --> 00:21:48,080 So So uh also included in the operating 321 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:50,400 budget for the state was a 35 reduction 322 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:52,400 35% reduction of state bond debt 323 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:54,159 reimbursement for any voter approved 324 00:21:54,159 --> 00:21:56,480 bond that was um approved prior to 325 00:21:56,480 --> 00:21:59,919 January of 2015. So we still have quite 326 00:21:59,919 --> 00:22:01,200 a few outstanding bonds that we're 327 00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:04,000 paying down from that time period um as 328 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:05,919 we do 20-year bonds. So, this equates to 329 00:22:05,919 --> 00:22:08,159 about $4.5 million of funding that the 330 00:22:08,159 --> 00:22:10,080 state is not going to give us for next 331 00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:11,600 year that's going to have to be picked 332 00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:14,240 up by the Anchorage taxpayers. Um, 333 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:15,600 typically we'll float that with our cash 334 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:17,280 flow and our def our fund balance will 335 00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:18,960 go into a deficit in our debt service 336 00:22:18,960 --> 00:22:20,400 fund and then we'll request that back 337 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:22,400 the following year since we've already 338 00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:25,159 made our tax request for this calendar 339 00:22:25,159 --> 00:22:28,080 year. Um, but that's just one of the 340 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:29,520 unfortunate thing and the governor can 341 00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:31,600 still veto more funds from that line 342 00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:33,120 item as well through the operating 343 00:22:33,120 --> 00:22:36,720 budget. Any questions on the bond debt? 344 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:37,760 This is something we went through for 345 00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:39,760 several years. Um, starting with 346 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:42,480 Governor Walker. Um, we actually got 347 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:45,120 that money back eventually and then now 348 00:22:45,120 --> 00:22:47,360 they're starting to cut it again. Um, 349 00:22:47,360 --> 00:22:48,880 just want to note for the record that 350 00:22:48,880 --> 00:22:51,120 member Silvers joined us at 10:17 and 351 00:22:51,120 --> 00:22:52,640 then if any members with a question 352 00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:54,320 would signify so by turning on their 353 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:55,360 microphone, which will get you in the 354 00:22:55,360 --> 00:22:58,080 queue, that would be great. We've got 355 00:22:58,080 --> 00:23:00,720 Vice Chair Raleigh first. Thanks. Um, 356 00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:02,559 and thanks for the update on school bond 357 00:23:02,559 --> 00:23:05,280 debt reimbursement. So just to be clear, 358 00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:09,360 this says prior to 2015. So this is not 359 00:23:09,360 --> 00:23:11,200 um bonds that passed, you know, this 360 00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:13,840 year or any prior or prior year in the 361 00:23:13,840 --> 00:23:15,840 last 10 years. Is that right? Correct. 362 00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:19,400 So um back in as probably May of 363 00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:22,480 2015, the legislature voted to put a 364 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:24,159 moratorium on bond debt reimbursement 365 00:23:24,159 --> 00:23:26,320 for any new projects. They did 366 00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:28,880 retroactively apply that to January 1 367 00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:31,440 after we had actually passed a bond um 368 00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:34,669 in April. 369 00:23:34,679 --> 00:23:37,320 So still don't forgive them for 370 00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:43,520 that. But so but yeah, so it's anything past January 1st of 2015 never 371 00:23:43,520 --> 00:23:44,960 had bond debt reimbursement to begin 372 00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:47,679 with. So they had nothing to cut. Thank 373 00:23:47,679 --> 00:23:49,360 you. And then just a quick followup 374 00:23:49,360 --> 00:23:53,039 about uh how much uh bond debt is there 375 00:23:53,039 --> 00:23:56,400 from that time period because I know it drops off every year as we pay off 376 00:23:56,400 --> 00:23:57,919 bonds, but what is the kind of order of 377 00:23:57,919 --> 00:24:00,960 magnitude for um this what's left in 378 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:02,640 this category? 379 00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:04,720 That is a good question that I don't 380 00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:06,240 know the answer to off the top of my 381 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:08,000 head, but we can certainly get that to 382 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:10,640 you. Yeah, a followup is fine. Thanks. 383 00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:13,120 Thank you. Um, member Johnson. Yeah, I 384 00:24:13,120 --> 00:24:15,440 think Vice Chair Broly kind of hinted at 385 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:18,480 the question. Um, but I'm looking at the last line here. You said that the 386 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:20,720 governor can still veto more funds if he 387 00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:22,640 chooses to do so. Do we have a sense of 388 00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:24,559 sort of what the the ceiling is on the 389 00:24:24,559 --> 00:24:27,039 potential impact to Anchorage taxpayers? 390 00:24:27,039 --> 00:24:29,480 I want to say it was 391 00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:32,799 like Jim, you don't 392 00:24:32,799 --> 00:24:36,960 It's like 18 million maybe. 393 00:24:36,960 --> 00:24:38,720 Would that be like 18 in total or 18 394 00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:40,559 above the four and a half? That's um in 395 00:24:40,559 --> 00:24:42,400 total. I think it was less than 20 in 396 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:46,430 total. Okay. 397 00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:48,480 Well, I bet I don't have that in front 398 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:52,000 of me either, but it was um because it's 399 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:54,640 you know those bonds are getting older 400 00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:56,240 and phasing out. So, we have less of 401 00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:58,760 them to pay off now. 402 00:24:58,760 --> 00:25:01,120 Um, but we can get back with you on that 403 00:25:01,120 --> 00:25:02,640 too to make sure you guys have accurate 404 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:03,919 numbers on that. But they could 405 00:25:03,919 --> 00:25:06,159 potentially veto all of it. Okay. Thank 406 00:25:06,159 --> 00:25:08,799 you. 407 00:25:08,799 --> 00:25:11,279 Uh, the kind of good news I guess would 408 00:25:11,279 --> 00:25:13,120 be that bond debt reimbursement for new 409 00:25:13,120 --> 00:25:15,760 propositions after July 1, 2025. Uh, 410 00:25:15,760 --> 00:25:18,480 we'll have a 40 to 50% reimbursement. 411 00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:20,400 The legislature did try to put through 412 00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:22,000 another moratorum that would extend this 413 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:25,120 a new a few more years um but that never 414 00:25:25,120 --> 00:25:27,120 passed through. So, right now that goes 415 00:25:27,120 --> 00:25:29,600 back into effect. Um, again, those 416 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:31,200 funds, if they do approve them, will be 417 00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:33,520 subject to appropriation and they can 418 00:25:33,520 --> 00:25:35,200 always put another moratorium back on 419 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:36,520 when they come back into session in 420 00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:38,720 January. So, certainly not out of the 421 00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:41,520 weeds, but at this point in time, uh, 422 00:25:41,520 --> 00:25:44,080 after after July 1, 2025, new 423 00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:45,919 propositions would be eligible for some 424 00:25:45,919 --> 00:25:48,240 reimbursement. Quick question from 425 00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:50,240 member Brley. Yeah. So, I'm just doing 426 00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:52,480 the the timing math. Obviously, you 427 00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:53,679 know, even if they say they're going to 428 00:25:53,679 --> 00:25:55,120 reimburse and there's no money to do 429 00:25:55,120 --> 00:25:57,279 that, that's a challenge. Um, and then 430 00:25:57,279 --> 00:25:59,279 just a side note, if folks are wondering 431 00:25:59,279 --> 00:26:00,880 why are my property taxes going up for 432 00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:03,039 the next the last 10 years, this is part 433 00:26:03,039 --> 00:26:04,720 of that that we are full paying full 434 00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:08,000 cost for B. Anyway, my question is um so 435 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:11,679 thinking about we or we um approve all 436 00:26:11,679 --> 00:26:13,679 bond funding by the end of January 437 00:26:13,679 --> 00:26:16,559 essentially for the April 2026 ballot. 438 00:26:16,559 --> 00:26:18,960 Um so I guess my question is I know it's 439 00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:21,480 speculative right now. Is ASD 440 00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:24,000 considering how is ASD factoring this 441 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:25,919 into kind of what level of bond package 442 00:26:25,919 --> 00:26:27,360 that you would put forward? I know it's 443 00:26:27,360 --> 00:26:29,840 early um but if we're assuming that the 444 00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:31,200 legislature is going to put that 445 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:32,799 moratorium back in place when they have 446 00:26:32,799 --> 00:26:35,120 the chance um that obviously impacts how 447 00:26:35,120 --> 00:26:36,320 much we would be paying. So I'm just 448 00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:37,600 curious if there's some early thinking 449 00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:40,870 on that. 450 00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:43,200 I have to I can answer that. We have a 451 00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:44,960 meeting next week to start discussing 452 00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:47,679 that and start running the numbers and 453 00:26:47,679 --> 00:26:49,279 uh how we might be looking at that. 454 00:26:49,279 --> 00:26:51,960 We've been trying to stick at under 65 455 00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:55,360 million. Um those bonds seem to have 456 00:26:55,360 --> 00:26:58,240 passed over the last many years and when 457 00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:01,760 you go over it it uh we have struggled. 458 00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:03,919 So uh we're we're going to go back and 459 00:27:03,919 --> 00:27:06,000 start working that next week. Um it'll 460 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:07,919 be this fall that we'll go to the board 461 00:27:07,919 --> 00:27:09,840 for the first time with the new CIP and 462 00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:11,919 the bond request. 463 00:27:11,919 --> 00:27:13,520 I'll jump in from the board perspective 464 00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:15,760 just to add clarity that um I I don't 465 00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:17,039 think I've seen consensus from the 466 00:27:17,039 --> 00:27:19,440 legislature that there's the support to 467 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:21,679 extend the school bond debt moratorum um 468 00:27:21,679 --> 00:27:24,880 which is reasonable frankly because um 469 00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:26,960 public education buildings are crumbling 470 00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:28,600 across our state. 471 00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:31,760 um the moratorum must end and we must 472 00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:34,320 find money to u begin investing in 473 00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:37,200 schools u from a capital perspective and 474 00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:39,440 so if there is an interest from the 475 00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:40,960 legislature in extending that moratorum 476 00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:42,960 I think we need pretty strong direction 477 00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:44,480 uh because frankly that investment is 478 00:27:44,480 --> 00:27:46,320 needed and so appreciate the question I 479 00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:48,000 think some of it's still to be 480 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:49,520 determined and then I see member lessons 481 00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:52,559 in the queue thank you um I wanted to 482 00:27:52,559 --> 00:27:54,399 ask the administration to maybe just 483 00:27:54,399 --> 00:27:57,679 loosely elaborate on the scale of the 484 00:27:57,679 --> 00:27:59,760 backlog of maintenance. We have a great 485 00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:03,520 chart. It looks like this. And um what's 486 00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:07,240 the scale of our backlog at this point? 487 00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:09,760 Roughly can answer that. If you go back 488 00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:13,720 to 2012, we had about $170 million in 489 00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:17,279 debt. Um oh, I'm sorry. We had $170 490 00:28:17,279 --> 00:28:20,000 million in deferred maintenance and we 491 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:23,279 had about $750 million in total bond 492 00:28:23,279 --> 00:28:26,480 debt. Um now we're well under 500 493 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:29,760 million in total bond debt since then. 494 00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:32,320 Um but with the moratorium kicking in in 495 00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:35,279 15 our deferred maintenance is now well 496 00:28:35,279 --> 00:28:39,470 over 1.4 497 00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:42,080 billion. And just as a quick followup 498 00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:44,320 and that that's everything from a major 499 00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:46,159 renovation at say Bartlett High School 500 00:28:46,159 --> 00:28:47,799 to 501 00:28:47,799 --> 00:28:49,840 fixing front doors that have been 502 00:28:49,840 --> 00:28:52,399 described as so stripped that you can't 503 00:28:52,399 --> 00:28:54,159 hang, you know, you can't hang them 504 00:28:54,159 --> 00:28:56,880 anymore. Correct. It's every major 505 00:28:56,880 --> 00:28:59,120 component of a building from windows and 506 00:28:59,120 --> 00:29:01,600 doors to heaters and boilers and roofs 507 00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:03,840 and everything else that have life 508 00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:06,840 cycles attached to them. 509 00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:10,080 um you know at some point the numbers so 510 00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:12,640 large that even if you had the money the 511 00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:15,360 there aren't enough people in Alaska and 512 00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:18,399 enough resources to actually do all of 513 00:29:18,399 --> 00:29:20,600 that maintenance. 514 00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:22,679 Um 515 00:29:22,679 --> 00:29:25,600 so you know I I don't know how you could 516 00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:28,240 tie it to an exact dollar amount because 517 00:29:28,240 --> 00:29:30,080 we haven't gone out for bids for that 518 00:29:30,080 --> 00:29:32,320 many projects. Um, but that's really 519 00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:34,960 tied to what it cost the day we put it 520 00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:38,159 in to replace the exact equivalent of 521 00:29:38,159 --> 00:29:40,880 that item. Um, and of course there's 522 00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:42,480 hundreds or thousands of those 523 00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:45,440 components within a high school that add 524 00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:47,679 up to the total dollar amount. Thank 525 00:29:47,679 --> 00:29:49,520 you, Member Lessons and Mr. Anderson. I 526 00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:51,039 see member Higgins in the queue. Yeah, 527 00:29:51,039 --> 00:29:53,360 I'll just mention that when we look at 528 00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:54,960 the deferred maintenance, of course, it 529 00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:56,799 varies as the type of maintenance and it 530 00:29:56,799 --> 00:29:58,960 varies by school, but when I went 531 00:29:58,960 --> 00:30:00,640 through Bartlett, which was recommended 532 00:30:00,640 --> 00:30:03,120 as the highest priority, I was shocked 533 00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:05,120 with the level of problems with roofs, 534 00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:07,200 with ventilation, with the with the 535 00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:09,919 heating system, uh, everything about it 536 00:30:09,919 --> 00:30:12,559 is so severe. Um, it's it's really 537 00:30:12,559 --> 00:30:14,559 shocking. The top floor, you got your 538 00:30:14,559 --> 00:30:17,120 buckets, you've got your cool, it's not 539 00:30:17,120 --> 00:30:19,360 hot during the summer, it's not warm. 540 00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:21,039 you go downstairs and you got 541 00:30:21,039 --> 00:30:22,960 temperature differences between one room 542 00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:25,520 and another uh which is dramatic 543 00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:27,840 temperature difference. So the the 544 00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:30,159 severity of the deferred maintenance for 545 00:30:30,159 --> 00:30:32,640 some schools is extreme and even some of 546 00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:35,520 our newer schools I saw had had to deal 547 00:30:35,520 --> 00:30:38,399 with buckets to do some roof repairs. Uh 548 00:30:38,399 --> 00:30:40,159 and I know that they can't do more than 549 00:30:40,159 --> 00:30:42,080 so many you know one roof a year or two 550 00:30:42,080 --> 00:30:44,399 roofs a year and it takes two years. So 551 00:30:44,399 --> 00:30:46,320 when you divide that up with 90 552 00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:48,880 something schools, you realize if if our 553 00:30:48,880 --> 00:30:50,960 roofs don't last 50 years, we're in 554 00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:53,520 trouble. And that doesn't allow for the 555 00:30:53,520 --> 00:30:55,760 time already that most of these roofs 556 00:30:55,760 --> 00:30:58,559 are so old. So we're so far behind from 557 00:30:58,559 --> 00:31:00,880 my perspective and looking at it that 558 00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:03,760 it's really um a scary situation that we 559 00:31:03,760 --> 00:31:06,080 can't ignore and just let keep growing. 560 00:31:06,080 --> 00:31:10,630 We've got to do something about it. 561 00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:12,320 Member Johnson. Yeah. Could you guys 562 00:31:12,320 --> 00:31:15,039 share that list of of uh deferred 563 00:31:15,039 --> 00:31:17,600 maintenance items? 564 00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:19,200 I'm getting a yes from our chief 565 00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:21,919 operating officer. Um and so we will get 566 00:31:21,919 --> 00:31:24,640 that to uh the both bodies. Great. Thank 567 00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:27,520 you. All right. Yeah. I would just like 568 00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:30,760 to clarify that's the things we know. 569 00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:33,440 Um you know there's there's no such 570 00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:36,799 thing as an absolute perfect list for 91 571 00:31:36,799 --> 00:31:40,559 buildings. We've cut maintenance by 25% 572 00:31:40,559 --> 00:31:43,360 um in the past decade plus. We're 573 00:31:43,360 --> 00:31:46,320 thousands of job orders behind. Um we 574 00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:49,120 cut it again for our next school year. 575 00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:51,679 Um, so please understand that what you 576 00:31:51,679 --> 00:31:54,080 will be looking at is a really, really 577 00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:56,559 long list, but there certainly are 578 00:31:56,559 --> 00:31:58,080 things that just broke this morning that 579 00:31:58,080 --> 00:31:59,919 wouldn't be on that list, and it 580 00:31:59,919 --> 00:32:02,159 wouldn't be inclusive of every job order 581 00:32:02,159 --> 00:32:04,320 that hasn't been looked at by 582 00:32:04,320 --> 00:32:06,559 maintenance yet to determine what might 583 00:32:06,559 --> 00:32:08,640 be wrong or what might be required to 584 00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:12,000 fix it. So, it's all in context. Um, 585 00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:18,230 it's it's a really long list. Thanks. 586 00:32:18,240 --> 00:32:20,240 All right. So, next section we're going 587 00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:22,399 to focus on the impact aid deduction. 588 00:32:22,399 --> 00:32:24,799 This is kind of what's been in the going 589 00:32:24,799 --> 00:32:26,919 around this week and changes local 590 00:32:26,919 --> 00:32:29,279 contribution. I do apologize for the 591 00:32:29,279 --> 00:32:31,840 wordiness of these slide the next few 592 00:32:31,840 --> 00:32:33,840 slides. Um, but I wanted to have on the 593 00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:36,240 record um just so someone comes reads 594 00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:38,559 this afterwards better understanding of 595 00:32:38,559 --> 00:32:41,039 how this impact aid uh how we why we 596 00:32:41,039 --> 00:32:42,799 received the money and how the deduction 597 00:32:42,799 --> 00:32:46,559 works. Um so the gist of it is some but 598 00:32:46,559 --> 00:32:48,240 not all districts receive federal impact 599 00:32:48,240 --> 00:32:49,919 aid funding from the federal government 600 00:32:49,919 --> 00:32:51,760 and that's due to having untaxable 601 00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:54,000 property in those districts. By and 602 00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:55,840 large it's military bases or tribal 603 00:32:55,840 --> 00:32:57,760 lands. It's kind of a payment in lie of 604 00:32:57,760 --> 00:32:59,519 taxes that the federal government offers 605 00:32:59,519 --> 00:33:01,360 since they own the land and don't pay 606 00:33:01,360 --> 00:33:04,240 property taxes to the districts. Uh the 607 00:33:04,240 --> 00:33:05,840 federal government allows the state to 608 00:33:05,840 --> 00:33:07,600 reduce state funding to districts that 609 00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:09,279 receive impact aid money if the state 610 00:33:09,279 --> 00:33:11,600 has equitable funding between districts. 611 00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:13,279 Essentially, it means the highest and 612 00:33:13,279 --> 00:33:15,120 lowest funded districts have to be 613 00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:18,000 funded within 25% each other um through 614 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:20,120 a combination of state and local 615 00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:22,320 contributions. That's adjusted. There's 616 00:33:22,320 --> 00:33:24,799 like some weighted things that go into 617 00:33:24,799 --> 00:33:26,159 that or come out of it, I guess, like 618 00:33:26,159 --> 00:33:28,000 for, you know, there's an area cost 619 00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:30,080 differential between districts. So, it's 620 00:33:30,080 --> 00:33:32,000 more expensive to do business in Bethl 621 00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:33,919 than it is in Anchorage type thing. So 622 00:33:33,919 --> 00:33:35,600 they take those weights out of this 623 00:33:35,600 --> 00:33:37,760 calculation, but the gist of it is on a 624 00:33:37,760 --> 00:33:39,360 per student basis, they want to be 625 00:33:39,360 --> 00:33:43,039 within 25% to be comparable um and pass 626 00:33:43,039 --> 00:33:47,549 this what they call the disparity 627 00:33:47,559 --> 00:33:49,760 test. Each year the the federal 628 00:33:49,760 --> 00:33:51,440 government conducts this disparity test 629 00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:52,960 and that calculates our per student 630 00:33:52,960 --> 00:33:54,399 funding to ensure that the state and 631 00:33:54,399 --> 00:33:56,640 local uh funding to districts remains 632 00:33:56,640 --> 00:34:00,310 within that limitation. 633 00:34:00,320 --> 00:34:02,159 By passing the disparity test, the state 634 00:34:02,159 --> 00:34:03,600 can then reduce the amount of state 635 00:34:03,600 --> 00:34:04,960 funding to the districts by some 636 00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:06,880 percentage of the amount of impact aid 637 00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:09,760 received, which can be up to 90% of the 638 00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:11,440 eligible amount. There are a few 639 00:34:11,440 --> 00:34:14,079 carveouts for special education that we 640 00:34:14,079 --> 00:34:16,639 get impact aid money for um that come 641 00:34:16,639 --> 00:34:18,800 out of the total amount that the 90% 642 00:34:18,800 --> 00:34:20,399 applies to, but it's not a big 643 00:34:20,399 --> 00:34:22,520 percentage of it. 644 00:34:22,520 --> 00:34:25,440 um the 90% can go down if a local 645 00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:27,919 government uh if if they have a local 646 00:34:27,919 --> 00:34:30,960 government like REAS will get uh impact 647 00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:33,839 aid money too. So all the REAS have 90% 648 00:34:33,839 --> 00:34:36,480 of their impact aid taken by the state. 649 00:34:36,480 --> 00:34:38,440 Um but anyway that can be 650 00:34:38,440 --> 00:34:40,960 reduced a little bit if the local 651 00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:42,639 government spends more than the required 652 00:34:42,639 --> 00:34:44,879 minimum. Like for example, if Anchorage 653 00:34:44,879 --> 00:34:47,119 Assembly appropriated 200 million for 654 00:34:47,119 --> 00:34:48,879 education, but only a hundred of it was 655 00:34:48,879 --> 00:34:51,040 required, then the state's deduction 656 00:34:51,040 --> 00:34:53,359 would be 50%. So 100 million divided 657 00:34:53,359 --> 00:34:56,159 into the total that's given. Uh that's a 658 00:34:56,159 --> 00:34:57,359 little more nuanced than that because 659 00:34:57,359 --> 00:34:58,880 they take in some other local revenues, 660 00:34:58,880 --> 00:35:00,560 but that's really the gist of how this 661 00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:02,240 formula works and how that how the 662 00:35:02,240 --> 00:35:04,880 deduction works. Um in terms of dollars, 663 00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:07,040 Anchorage gets about $16 million a year 664 00:35:07,040 --> 00:35:09,520 for impact aid. Uh the state is planning 665 00:35:09,520 --> 00:35:11,119 on taking about six and a half million 666 00:35:11,119 --> 00:35:13,119 of that for next year as the reduction 667 00:35:13,119 --> 00:35:16,800 based on these formulas. Um so that's 668 00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:19,200 kind of the lay of the land of how the 669 00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:21,440 federal impact aid works or how we why 670 00:35:21,440 --> 00:35:24,480 we get the money. Um and then why the 671 00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:27,680 state reduces it. So on May 16th, the 672 00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:29,440 federal impact aid office notified the 673 00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:31,079 state that they failed the disparity 674 00:35:31,079 --> 00:35:34,079 test. Um, and why they failed it is the 675 00:35:34,079 --> 00:35:35,599 next bullet point because the state 676 00:35:35,599 --> 00:35:37,599 improperly excluded transfers between 677 00:35:37,599 --> 00:35:39,680 the local education agency's general 678 00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:41,640 fund and its special revenue fund for 679 00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:43,680 transportation and then improperly 680 00:35:43,680 --> 00:35:44,960 included transfers from the 681 00:35:44,960 --> 00:35:46,640 transportation fund back to the general 682 00:35:46,640 --> 00:35:49,359 fund as revenue. Um, so it was really 683 00:35:49,359 --> 00:35:53,040 based on this coding of transfers in 684 00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:54,880 inter fund transfers versus actual 685 00:35:54,880 --> 00:35:57,839 receipts from the municipality. Um I 686 00:35:57,839 --> 00:35:59,680 don't want it to be lost that had the 687 00:35:59,680 --> 00:36:01,520 state kept up with transportation 688 00:36:01,520 --> 00:36:03,040 funding or made it a reimburseable 689 00:36:03,040 --> 00:36:05,359 expense uh this they would have passed 690 00:36:05,359 --> 00:36:08,880 the disparity test. Um I think years and 691 00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:10,880 probably 15 or 20 years ago they used 692 00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:12,720 the program used to be reimburseable 693 00:36:12,720 --> 00:36:14,839 100% reimburseable by the state for 694 00:36:14,839 --> 00:36:18,000 transportation. Uh in 201 I want to say 695 00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:20,480 15 16 they made it as a per student 696 00:36:20,480 --> 00:36:23,119 amount based on those actual costs. 697 00:36:23,119 --> 00:36:25,760 inflation proof or I guess in 2012 maybe 698 00:36:25,760 --> 00:36:27,119 but then they inflation proofed it for 699 00:36:27,119 --> 00:36:28,560 three years and then since then it's 700 00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:32,079 been flat um uh costs have gone up 701 00:36:32,079 --> 00:36:34,079 considerably for transportation the 702 00:36:34,079 --> 00:36:37,200 minimum wage for transportation is ti or 703 00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:38,720 bus drivers is tied to two times the 704 00:36:38,720 --> 00:36:41,400 minimum wage so we have to pay like in 705 00:36:41,400 --> 00:36:45,920 2016 1516 our minimum wage was $17.50 50 706 00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:48,320 or two times the minimum wage of$,750 707 00:36:48,320 --> 00:36:49,680 for next year that's going to go up to 708 00:36:49,680 --> 00:36:52,800 $26. So our costs continue to escalate 709 00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:55,040 uh really fast on transportation without 710 00:36:55,040 --> 00:36:58,079 any additional support from the state. 711 00:36:58,079 --> 00:36:59,760 But having to transfer money districts 712 00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:01,119 having to transfer money in and out 713 00:37:01,119 --> 00:37:03,599 between those two funds is what caused 714 00:37:03,599 --> 00:37:05,640 the disparity test 715 00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:08,079 failure. Uh there is a 60-day appeal 716 00:37:08,079 --> 00:37:11,520 period on federal impact aid for the for 717 00:37:11,520 --> 00:37:13,520 the failure of that. I don't believe the 718 00:37:13,520 --> 00:37:15,200 states filed anything yet with the feds, 719 00:37:15,200 --> 00:37:16,800 but they have indicated their intent to 720 00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:21,190 appeal the decision. 721 00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:23,200 Um, for the record, member Wilson just 722 00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:26,480 joined us online at 10:35. I see a few 723 00:37:26,480 --> 00:37:27,440 questions in the queue. We'll go to 724 00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:30,920 member Don Lee first. Andy, do we 725 00:37:30,920 --> 00:37:34,480 have the actual federal calculation that 726 00:37:34,480 --> 00:37:36,520 they came up with the 727 00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:39,440 conclusion of disparity stating the 728 00:37:39,440 --> 00:37:41,760 disparity? because it's always been a 729 00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:44,800 puzzle to me that we have a system where 730 00:37:44,800 --> 00:37:46,480 there's some school districts where per 731 00:37:46,480 --> 00:37:48,160 student they're getting five times as 732 00:37:48,160 --> 00:37:51,119 much as we are in Anchorage and the 733 00:37:51,119 --> 00:37:56,079 criteria is 25%. So that's like 20 times 734 00:37:56,079 --> 00:38:00,320 as much over the the 25% disparity 735 00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:04,160 target and yet they don't that seems to 736 00:38:04,160 --> 00:38:07,200 pass muster while this transmuting of 737 00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:09,920 transportation dollars didn't. Right. 738 00:38:09,920 --> 00:38:12,400 And that's taken and you're exactly 739 00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:14,320 right on that. But in within the 740 00:38:14,320 --> 00:38:16,400 disparity test calculations, they have 741 00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:19,119 these weighted amounts. So one of the 742 00:38:19,119 --> 00:38:21,760 weights that they calculate into is that 743 00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:23,520 district cost factor, which is one of 744 00:38:23,520 --> 00:38:25,280 the big reasons that school districts 745 00:38:25,280 --> 00:38:28,480 get considerably more like in some of 746 00:38:28,480 --> 00:38:31,440 those rural areas than we do um on an 747 00:38:31,440 --> 00:38:33,119 actual dollars per student. But once 748 00:38:33,119 --> 00:38:35,680 they remove those weights for the cost 749 00:38:35,680 --> 00:38:38,000 of living, the school size adjustment, 750 00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:41,359 those things, um that's really what 751 00:38:41,359 --> 00:38:43,200 factors into some districts having five 752 00:38:43,200 --> 00:38:46,680 times the revenue we do or per student 753 00:38:46,680 --> 00:38:48,960 anyway. So they they remove those 754 00:38:48,960 --> 00:38:50,800 weights as part of the calculation, I 755 00:38:50,800 --> 00:38:54,560 guess. Um but within the and I think 756 00:38:54,560 --> 00:38:55,920 you'd probably have to go look at the 757 00:38:55,920 --> 00:38:58,160 version the PDF that's online attached 758 00:38:58,160 --> 00:39:00,800 to the agenda. Um, within there there is 759 00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:02,640 a link to the spreadsheet that the feds 760 00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:04,880 used to calculate that out if you're 761 00:39:04,880 --> 00:39:07,119 interested in it. Um, and then the 762 00:39:07,119 --> 00:39:09,599 narrative on the PDF also kind of walks 763 00:39:09,599 --> 00:39:12,720 through how some of that's done. 764 00:39:12,720 --> 00:39:14,079 Thank you, member Donley. We'll go to 765 00:39:14,079 --> 00:39:18,230 member Baldwin Day. 766 00:39:18,240 --> 00:39:20,400 Thank you. Uh, would you repeat those 767 00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:23,280 numbers that you um that you mentioned 768 00:39:23,280 --> 00:39:26,800 for the FIA deduction for this year? 769 00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:29,040 Right. So we receive about 16 million in 770 00:39:29,040 --> 00:39:31,040 total from federal impact aid and the 771 00:39:31,040 --> 00:39:32,400 reduction is going to be about six and a 772 00:39:32,400 --> 00:39:34,599 half 773 00:39:34,599 --> 00:39:37,920 million maybe. 774 00:39:37,920 --> 00:39:42,160 Thank you. We'll go to member Johnson. 775 00:39:42,160 --> 00:39:45,760 Yeah, thank you. So you mentioned the district cost factor formula which 776 00:39:45,760 --> 00:39:47,040 as I understand it's been quite some 777 00:39:47,040 --> 00:39:49,040 time since the state has revised that 778 00:39:49,040 --> 00:39:51,040 and maybe it doesn't reflect reality. 779 00:39:51,040 --> 00:39:55,599 I'm seeing some nods but you said they they remove those waste. when they 780 00:39:55,599 --> 00:39:56,880 remove those waste, do they just take 781 00:39:56,880 --> 00:39:58,800 the district cost factor formula and 782 00:39:58,800 --> 00:40:01,280 sort of use that to sort of reverse 783 00:40:01,280 --> 00:40:03,359 engineer the funding or or are they 784 00:40:03,359 --> 00:40:05,680 looking at, you know, the actual 785 00:40:05,680 --> 00:40:11,200 disparities in in terms of the the real costs of between the districts, 786 00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:12,400 right? Because we're saying I I think 787 00:40:12,400 --> 00:40:14,560 it's been suggested that the real costs 788 00:40:14,560 --> 00:40:16,640 are not actually reflected in the 789 00:40:16,640 --> 00:40:18,880 district cost factor. Um I'm seeing more 790 00:40:18,880 --> 00:40:22,720 nods. So what is is that playing into 791 00:40:22,720 --> 00:40:26,000 this that that disparity there? 792 00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:28,560 No, they because they remove those those 793 00:40:28,560 --> 00:40:31,440 weights using the district cost factor, 794 00:40:31,440 --> 00:40:33,280 right? So like the Anchorage has a 795 00:40:33,280 --> 00:40:36,160 district cost factor of one. Um some 796 00:40:36,160 --> 00:40:38,079 districts have up to two. So they get, 797 00:40:38,079 --> 00:40:40,400 you know, 100 times more funding than we 798 00:40:40,400 --> 00:40:43,119 do on that district cost factor. So on a 799 00:40:43,119 --> 00:40:45,359 purely per student basis, they would get 800 00:40:45,359 --> 00:40:48,000 twice as much as us. But they, you know, 801 00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:50,000 they account for that. the cost of 802 00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:52,320 living in those communities are even 803 00:40:52,320 --> 00:40:55,119 though the data is 25 years old now they 804 00:40:55,119 --> 00:40:58,119 still fed still view that as valid. 805 00:40:58,119 --> 00:41:01,040 Okay. So that's that's that's not a 806 00:41:01,040 --> 00:41:03,440 factor or problem here. 807 00:41:03,440 --> 00:41:06,800 That's really not what covered. Thanks 808 00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:10,359 member lessons. I just wanted to um 809 00:41:10,359 --> 00:41:12,400 retrospectively say thank you to the 810 00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:14,480 assembly for your collaboration in 811 00:41:14,480 --> 00:41:16,640 passing the joint resolution back in 812 00:41:16,640 --> 00:41:19,680 early January on your side of things. Um 813 00:41:19,680 --> 00:41:21,760 there was a priority in that joint 814 00:41:21,760 --> 00:41:24,000 resolution about updating the district 815 00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:27,040 cost factor uh which is dates the data 816 00:41:27,040 --> 00:41:34,750 dates from 2000 to 2003. 817 00:41:34,760 --> 00:41:36,720 Yeah, this one's going to be hard to 818 00:41:36,720 --> 00:41:38,319 read, so hopefully you can see it on 819 00:41:38,319 --> 00:41:39,960 your PDF, 820 00:41:39,960 --> 00:41:43,839 but this is a potential scenario where 821 00:41:43,839 --> 00:41:45,599 the state had failed the disparity test 822 00:41:45,599 --> 00:41:48,240 and then prorates that lost because it's 823 00:41:48,240 --> 00:41:50,000 about an $81 million problem for the 824 00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:51,839 state to fail this test because they 825 00:41:51,839 --> 00:41:55,280 deduct $81 million or so from districts 826 00:41:55,280 --> 00:41:57,280 that receive in that's what that the 827 00:41:57,280 --> 00:41:58,640 deduction comes in. and it deducts it 828 00:41:58,640 --> 00:42:01,680 from state funding. Um, so if they short 829 00:42:01,680 --> 00:42:03,359 f if they do that and have to give that 830 00:42:03,359 --> 00:42:05,280 money back to all the districts but 831 00:42:05,280 --> 00:42:07,440 don't have that 81 million within the 832 00:42:07,440 --> 00:42:09,520 operating budget, then they're going to 833 00:42:09,520 --> 00:42:12,240 apply that most likely prorate that 834 00:42:12,240 --> 00:42:14,119 amount to all the 835 00:42:14,119 --> 00:42:18,079 districts. So on this one, you'll see 836 00:42:18,079 --> 00:42:20,319 for all the districts the adding back 837 00:42:20,319 --> 00:42:21,920 the federal impact aid funds that were 838 00:42:21,920 --> 00:42:23,839 deducted, you can see Anchorage is on 839 00:42:23,839 --> 00:42:26,720 there about 6.6 million. 840 00:42:26,720 --> 00:42:28,160 um that's how much they deduct from us 841 00:42:28,160 --> 00:42:30,079 and this is all the districts again. And 842 00:42:30,079 --> 00:42:32,000 then if they were to take that 81 843 00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:33,200 million that they would have to give 844 00:42:33,200 --> 00:42:35,280 back to districts and say now this 845 00:42:35,280 --> 00:42:37,359 formula is shortf funded and prorate 846 00:42:37,359 --> 00:42:39,280 that out based on it's essentially our 847 00:42:39,280 --> 00:42:42,000 adjusted average daily membership. Then 848 00:42:42,000 --> 00:42:43,839 that prrated funding reduction would be 849 00:42:43,839 --> 00:42:46,400 there. So you see the addition of 81 850 00:42:46,400 --> 00:42:48,160 million and then subtraction of 81 851 00:42:48,160 --> 00:42:49,720 million and then how it affects each 852 00:42:49,720 --> 00:42:52,400 district. So for Anchorage we they give 853 00:42:52,400 --> 00:42:53,319 us the 854 00:42:53,319 --> 00:42:56,560 6.6 6.6 6 million back for what they've 855 00:42:56,560 --> 00:42:58,640 deducted. But then if we prorrate out 856 00:42:58,640 --> 00:43:00,720 that 81 million, our share of it's about 857 00:43:00,720 --> 00:43:03,839 22.5 million. So a net decrease of 858 00:43:03,839 --> 00:43:08,160 nearly 16 million. Um so that's just the 859 00:43:08,160 --> 00:43:09,520 problem with the disparity test. We'll 860 00:43:09,520 --> 00:43:12,079 get into the problems with the local 861 00:43:12,079 --> 00:43:14,720 contribution limitation here shortly, 862 00:43:14,720 --> 00:43:16,560 but really just how this affects. And so 863 00:43:16,560 --> 00:43:18,800 there's going to be this huge shift in 864 00:43:18,800 --> 00:43:21,359 where the money goes. Same pot of money, 865 00:43:21,359 --> 00:43:22,960 but but who gets it changes 866 00:43:22,960 --> 00:43:24,960 dramatically. you'd see a net island 867 00:43:24,960 --> 00:43:27,560 getting a 535% increase in their state 868 00:43:27,560 --> 00:43:29,400 funding. 869 00:43:29,400 --> 00:43:32,160 Um, further putting this formula more 870 00:43:32,160 --> 00:43:34,960 out of uh balance. I think, you know, if 871 00:43:34,960 --> 00:43:36,960 this happens and if they don't pass that 872 00:43:36,960 --> 00:43:38,480 disparity test ultimately or they lose 873 00:43:38,480 --> 00:43:40,960 the appeal, then the states could may 874 00:43:40,960 --> 00:43:42,560 have to come back and try to rewrite 875 00:43:42,560 --> 00:43:44,599 that foundation formula pretty 876 00:43:44,599 --> 00:43:47,839 quickly. That's my read on it. 877 00:43:47,839 --> 00:43:49,839 Member Donley, I just think it's 878 00:43:49,839 --> 00:43:51,280 important to point out that we're the 879 00:43:51,280 --> 00:43:54,560 only state that is required to comply 880 00:43:54,560 --> 00:43:56,400 with this disparity test because we're 881 00:43:56,400 --> 00:43:58,160 the only state that doesn't pass through 882 00:43:58,160 --> 00:44:00,560 these federal funds to the districts. 883 00:44:00,560 --> 00:44:02,800 Might clip, that's correct. We're the 884 00:44:02,800 --> 00:44:04,640 only state that still uses this federal 885 00:44:04,640 --> 00:44:06,640 impact a disparity test as a mechanism 886 00:44:06,640 --> 00:44:08,319 to reduce state funding. Every other 887 00:44:08,319 --> 00:44:10,880 state's gone away with it. I think 888 00:44:10,880 --> 00:44:12,319 that's probably the feds probably have 889 00:44:12,319 --> 00:44:14,560 some 890 00:44:14,560 --> 00:44:17,440 um desire to offload the program and get 891 00:44:17,440 --> 00:44:19,640 rid of Alaska, too. 892 00:44:19,640 --> 00:44:22,400 So, member Martinez, 893 00:44:22,400 --> 00:44:25,560 thank you. Uh just a question 894 00:44:25,560 --> 00:44:28,160 about shifting populations of student 895 00:44:28,160 --> 00:44:30,240 sizes across these various jurisdictions 896 00:44:30,240 --> 00:44:32,640 and the impact to the dollars in those 897 00:44:32,640 --> 00:44:39,040 different places. Um, is that is that a factor at all when we we're talking 898 00:44:39,040 --> 00:44:40,880 about the cost that goes to these 899 00:44:40,880 --> 00:44:42,960 different jurisdictions that seem 900 00:44:42,960 --> 00:44:44,000 exceptionally high and 901 00:44:44,000 --> 00:44:45,920 disproportionately out of whack versus 902 00:44:45,920 --> 00:44:48,000 our needs? 903 00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:49,520 That happens some like especially when 904 00:44:49,520 --> 00:44:51,040 you get in the really small communities 905 00:44:51,040 --> 00:44:52,960 because there's a within the foundation 906 00:44:52,960 --> 00:44:54,400 formula there's a school size 907 00:44:54,400 --> 00:44:57,599 adjustment. So if you have 10 kids in a 908 00:44:57,599 --> 00:45:00,720 school, you get, you know, you know, 909 00:45:00,720 --> 00:45:02,800 multiples more money for having those 10 910 00:45:02,800 --> 00:45:04,720 kids for each kid than you would for a 911 00:45:04,720 --> 00:45:07,440 kid with a student with like 400 912 00:45:07,440 --> 00:45:09,920 um a school with 400 kids. So there's 913 00:45:09,920 --> 00:45:12,560 kind of this economies of scale that 914 00:45:12,560 --> 00:45:14,640 they try to pay for with the inverse 915 00:45:14,640 --> 00:45:16,800 essentially the the the smaller amount 916 00:45:16,800 --> 00:45:19,200 of population student wise you have 917 00:45:19,200 --> 00:45:21,599 let's say from economic displacement 918 00:45:21,599 --> 00:45:23,160 from a rural 919 00:45:23,160 --> 00:45:26,640 community as they shrink in student size 920 00:45:26,640 --> 00:45:28,920 the cost for 921 00:45:28,920 --> 00:45:30,960 running the buildings and everything 922 00:45:30,960 --> 00:45:34,000 else still stays the the same. So the 923 00:45:34,000 --> 00:45:36,319 dollars now go higher proportionate to 924 00:45:36,319 --> 00:45:38,240 the amount of students even if they're 925 00:45:38,240 --> 00:45:39,920 lower amounts. So they get more money 926 00:45:39,920 --> 00:45:41,839 essentially. They wouldn't get more 927 00:45:41,839 --> 00:45:43,280 money, but they would get the same 928 00:45:43,280 --> 00:45:45,839 amount of money. Not quite. It's not. So 929 00:45:45,839 --> 00:45:47,359 it's kind of a sliding scale. So they'll 930 00:45:47,359 --> 00:45:49,680 get a little they would get a little bit 931 00:45:49,680 --> 00:45:51,520 less for having less students. You don't 932 00:45:51,520 --> 00:45:53,599 ever get more for having less students, 933 00:45:53,599 --> 00:45:56,800 but that impact is sheltered through 934 00:45:56,800 --> 00:45:58,240 getting a little bit more for each 935 00:45:58,240 --> 00:45:59,599 student the fewer students you have in 936 00:45:59,599 --> 00:46:03,280 each school. Thank you. 937 00:46:03,280 --> 00:46:05,760 Member Baldwin Day. I I just want to 938 00:46:05,760 --> 00:46:07,359 clarify what I think I heard member 939 00:46:07,359 --> 00:46:09,040 Donley say, which was we're the only 940 00:46:09,040 --> 00:46:11,280 state that still uses this test, this 941 00:46:11,280 --> 00:46:14,720 formula, because we are the only state 942 00:46:14,720 --> 00:46:17,839 that does not drop federal funding 943 00:46:17,839 --> 00:46:19,359 directly into communities. Did I hear 944 00:46:19,359 --> 00:46:22,589 that correctly? 945 00:46:22,599 --> 00:46:25,200 Um, yeah, I think they probably all 946 00:46:25,200 --> 00:46:27,599 changed their formulas around too when 947 00:46:27,599 --> 00:46:29,680 they're to to make that fit if they were 948 00:46:29,680 --> 00:46:31,119 have operating under kind of these same 949 00:46:31,119 --> 00:46:33,280 conditions before. But all the states 950 00:46:33,280 --> 00:46:35,599 have unique for the funding formula. So 951 00:46:35,599 --> 00:46:37,440 I can't say for sure what they did to 952 00:46:37,440 --> 00:46:39,040 address the issue to get when they got 953 00:46:39,040 --> 00:46:41,520 rid of it. 954 00:46:41,520 --> 00:46:44,160 Member Holland, I was just going to add 955 00:46:44,160 --> 00:46:46,160 that, you know, we're we're in a state 956 00:46:46,160 --> 00:46:47,920 where constitutionally the state is 957 00:46:47,920 --> 00:46:50,040 responsible for education 958 00:46:50,040 --> 00:46:53,599 funding, but a big chunk of the state 959 00:46:53,599 --> 00:46:56,079 doesn't contribute locally in a way that 960 00:46:56,079 --> 00:46:58,800 Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juno, 961 00:46:58,800 --> 00:47:01,920 um, and and other localities do. and 962 00:47:01,920 --> 00:47:04,440 you're required to 963 00:47:04,440 --> 00:47:07,440 um but in addition this this sort of 964 00:47:07,440 --> 00:47:10,440 comes on top of all that just 965 00:47:10,440 --> 00:47:13,040 uh it's it's frustrating to see the 966 00:47:13,040 --> 00:47:17,550 state do what they're 967 00:47:17,560 --> 00:47:20,000 doing. So that's our the disparity test 968 00:47:20,000 --> 00:47:21,599 and then kind of the implications of 969 00:47:21,599 --> 00:47:25,200 failing the disparity test. Um, next we 970 00:47:25,200 --> 00:47:26,480 want to get into the changing in the 971 00:47:26,480 --> 00:47:28,000 local contribution limits that was 972 00:47:28,000 --> 00:47:30,480 proposed to the state board on Tuesday 973 00:47:30,480 --> 00:47:31,480 and 974 00:47:31,480 --> 00:47:33,760 Wednesday. Um, and the state attempted 975 00:47:33,760 --> 00:47:35,680 to use that failure of the impact a 976 00:47:35,680 --> 00:47:37,920 disparity test to try and change the 977 00:47:37,920 --> 00:47:39,920 local contribution regulations through 978 00:47:39,920 --> 00:47:42,920 an emergency action. 979 00:47:42,920 --> 00:47:45,440 Um, this data or had been discussing 980 00:47:45,440 --> 00:47:46,880 this for probably a couple years now 981 00:47:46,880 --> 00:47:48,319 wanting to change these local the 982 00:47:48,319 --> 00:47:50,480 regulations surrounding that. assure 983 00:47:50,480 --> 00:47:52,079 districts we'd have plenty of time and 984 00:47:52,079 --> 00:47:54,119 implement around in 985 00:47:54,119 --> 00:47:56,480 FY27. Monday morning I went and looked 986 00:47:56,480 --> 00:47:59,760 at the state board of education's um 987 00:47:59,760 --> 00:48:01,599 just to see when the meeting was. Never 988 00:48:01,599 --> 00:48:03,040 looked at an agenda before for the state 989 00:48:03,040 --> 00:48:05,520 board. It's generally not finance stuff. 990 00:48:05,520 --> 00:48:06,560 Just happened to get on there Monday 991 00:48:06,560 --> 00:48:08,640 morning and look at the agenda and it 992 00:48:08,640 --> 00:48:10,960 had the emergency order for or emergency 993 00:48:10,960 --> 00:48:12,319 regulation changes for local 994 00:48:12,319 --> 00:48:13,920 contributions. That's going to have that 995 00:48:13,920 --> 00:48:16,480 could have significant impacts for all 996 00:48:16,480 --> 00:48:18,800 districts across the state. So, didn't 997 00:48:18,800 --> 00:48:20,880 have an advanced notice that that agenda 998 00:48:20,880 --> 00:48:22,559 item was out there. I don't know when it 999 00:48:22,559 --> 00:48:23,760 was actually posted to their website, 1000 00:48:23,760 --> 00:48:25,440 but that first I saw of it was Monday 1001 00:48:25,440 --> 00:48:27,200 morning. None of my colleagues across 1002 00:48:27,200 --> 00:48:30,400 the state had seen it either. Um, and 1003 00:48:30,400 --> 00:48:32,240 the intent of it was to go into effect 1004 00:48:32,240 --> 00:48:34,000 on Wednesday after they voted on it for 1005 00:48:34,000 --> 00:48:35,440 this fiscal year. So, these changes 1006 00:48:35,440 --> 00:48:38,240 would have gone to effect. Um, so we 1007 00:48:38,240 --> 00:48:40,800 found out about it Monday morning. By 1008 00:48:40,800 --> 00:48:43,839 Monday around I think 12 or 1, the state 1009 00:48:43,839 --> 00:48:45,280 had published a new version that said 1010 00:48:45,280 --> 00:48:46,400 they would go out for their normal 1011 00:48:46,400 --> 00:48:49,119 30-day comment period. And then by 4:30, 1012 00:48:49,119 --> 00:48:50,640 I believe the superintendents got an 1013 00:48:50,640 --> 00:48:52,359 email saying no, it's back to an 1014 00:48:52,359 --> 00:48:54,880 emergency. Um, so in your packet, you do 1015 00:48:54,880 --> 00:48:57,200 have there the state's rationale for it 1016 00:48:57,200 --> 00:48:59,520 being an emergency. Um, if you want to 1017 00:48:59,520 --> 00:49:01,760 read through it, but ultimately the 1018 00:49:01,760 --> 00:49:03,520 state board voted to go through the 1019 00:49:03,520 --> 00:49:06,079 normal process with the 30-day uh period 1020 00:49:06,079 --> 00:49:09,520 as well. But if I could just add, 1021 00:49:09,520 --> 00:49:11,280 somebody thought, because we just spent 1022 00:49:11,280 --> 00:49:13,040 40 minutes talking about a highly 1023 00:49:13,040 --> 00:49:16,079 technical topic, somebody thought it was 1024 00:49:16,079 --> 00:49:19,119 a good idea to push this through without 1025 00:49:19,119 --> 00:49:21,119 people at this table knowing this 1026 00:49:21,119 --> 00:49:23,599 situation, without people in every 1027 00:49:23,599 --> 00:49:25,760 single one of our communities about this 1028 00:49:25,760 --> 00:49:27,839 situation. So, I just want to put that 1029 00:49:27,839 --> 00:49:31,589 out there on the record. 1030 00:49:31,599 --> 00:49:34,599 Well, and I guess just to add 1031 00:49:34,599 --> 00:49:36,720 clarity, which I think is appropriate 1032 00:49:36,720 --> 00:49:38,480 and fair for transparency purposes, the 1033 00:49:38,480 --> 00:49:40,240 very least our Department of Education 1034 00:49:40,240 --> 00:49:42,319 and Early Development Commissioner was 1035 00:49:42,319 --> 00:49:44,160 one of those people. So, I think it's 1036 00:49:44,160 --> 00:49:46,480 okay to to name that public process um 1037 00:49:46,480 --> 00:49:50,400 as inadequate as it was. Thank you. 1038 00:49:50,400 --> 00:49:52,160 Right. So, this will get us I mean, and 1039 00:49:52,160 --> 00:49:54,000 these limits would have had some really 1040 00:49:54,000 --> 00:49:57,040 farreaching implications for us. um it 1041 00:49:57,040 --> 00:49:58,480 would have limited the additional 1042 00:49:58,480 --> 00:50:00,000 contribution that the city's able to 1043 00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:01,760 give us for transportation and prek 1044 00:50:01,760 --> 00:50:03,680 funding. That's about a $15 million 1045 00:50:03,680 --> 00:50:06,000 impact for next year. And then there's a 1046 00:50:06,000 --> 00:50:08,240 whole host of unknown limitations. It's 1047 00:50:08,240 --> 00:50:10,559 based on vague language changes that are 1048 00:50:10,559 --> 00:50:14,240 was in their proposed regulations. 1049 00:50:14,240 --> 00:50:16,000 Mr. We have a question from Vice Chair 1050 00:50:16,000 --> 00:50:18,960 Raleigh. Thanks. Um yeah, I was trying 1051 00:50:18,960 --> 00:50:21,040 to remember kind of the list of things 1052 00:50:21,040 --> 00:50:22,640 that this would include because it's out 1053 00:50:22,640 --> 00:50:24,000 my understanding is it's outside of 1054 00:50:24,000 --> 00:50:26,480 instruction time generally. So prek 1055 00:50:26,480 --> 00:50:28,480 because it's not K12. I know that's 1056 00:50:28,480 --> 00:50:30,400 about $2 million in our alcohol tax 1057 00:50:30,400 --> 00:50:31,839 funding. So these aren't all even all 1058 00:50:31,839 --> 00:50:33,599 property taxes. It's other things. But 1059 00:50:33,599 --> 00:50:35,119 my question is on school resource 1060 00:50:35,119 --> 00:50:36,960 officers because I know that is 1061 00:50:36,960 --> 00:50:38,480 something that periodically becomes a 1062 00:50:38,480 --> 00:50:40,240 fight. But I know that that is another 1063 00:50:40,240 --> 00:50:41,520 contribution. I'm wondering about how 1064 00:50:41,520 --> 00:50:43,280 much that is and is this within the 1065 00:50:43,280 --> 00:50:45,599 known issue or is it in this kind of 1066 00:50:45,599 --> 00:50:49,119 unknown limitations area? So the SRO's 1067 00:50:49,119 --> 00:50:51,040 are definitely kind of in an unknown 1068 00:50:51,040 --> 00:50:53,200 situation. I mean we've always taken the 1069 00:50:53,200 --> 00:50:54,800 view that they're doing police work in 1070 00:50:54,800 --> 00:50:57,040 our schools. They're not doing any sort 1071 00:50:57,040 --> 00:50:58,559 of instructional work there. That's do 1072 00:50:58,559 --> 00:51:00,960 they're actually doing police services. 1073 00:51:00,960 --> 00:51:03,280 Um if at least you know some sort of 1074 00:51:03,280 --> 00:51:05,359 community service there, not related to 1075 00:51:05,359 --> 00:51:08,640 the to the school. I think I want to say 1076 00:51:08,640 --> 00:51:10,559 probably maybe four or $4.5 million 1077 00:51:10,559 --> 00:51:12,079 cost. I don't know. I mean the city pays 1078 00:51:12,079 --> 00:51:16,480 that bill. So you guys just provide the resources officers to us when 1079 00:51:16,480 --> 00:51:17,720 they're staffed. 1080 00:51:17,720 --> 00:51:20,319 Um but it would be if the state were to 1081 00:51:20,319 --> 00:51:21,760 consider that as part of a local 1082 00:51:21,760 --> 00:51:24,000 contribution then it becomes a pretty 1083 00:51:24,000 --> 00:51:26,240 big another big hit to us. No followup 1084 00:51:26,240 --> 00:51:28,400 for member Broly. Yeah. So just just 1085 00:51:28,400 --> 00:51:30,319 play this out. I know this is um it's 1086 00:51:30,319 --> 00:51:33,200 going through this process. If if it 1087 00:51:33,200 --> 00:51:35,119 comes to pass that they do this kind of 1088 00:51:35,119 --> 00:51:37,520 how how does this impact the budget? I 1089 00:51:37,520 --> 00:51:39,440 mean it in in my mind it essentially 1090 00:51:39,440 --> 00:51:41,359 means we're choosing SRO's or some of 1091 00:51:41,359 --> 00:51:43,359 these teachers in general but kind of 1092 00:51:43,359 --> 00:51:46,079 what what would be as you said 15 1093 00:51:46,079 --> 00:51:48,319 million can you put some kind of scale 1094 00:51:48,319 --> 00:51:50,559 on that like number of positions or or 1095 00:51:50,559 --> 00:51:53,119 something like that? Sure. For $15 1096 00:51:53,119 --> 00:51:57,150 million that's 1097 00:51:57,160 --> 00:52:00,040 probably 120ish 1098 00:52:00,040 --> 00:52:02,200 FTE. 1099 00:52:02,200 --> 00:52:04,559 Um you know it's a few more kids in 1100 00:52:04,559 --> 00:52:07,440 every classroom. It's but really and 1101 00:52:07,440 --> 00:52:08,960 that's just kind of what we do know 1102 00:52:08,960 --> 00:52:10,640 about. There's a whole host of unknowns 1103 00:52:10,640 --> 00:52:11,920 and I kind of want to get into the 1104 00:52:11,920 --> 00:52:15,200 actual language that that um that would 1105 00:52:15,200 --> 00:52:16,800 trigger these unknowns and then the 1106 00:52:16,800 --> 00:52:19,200 stuff we do know. Like the first part up 1107 00:52:19,200 --> 00:52:20,640 here at the top, this is the language 1108 00:52:20,640 --> 00:52:23,760 that they're proposing. Um adding a new 1109 00:52:23,760 --> 00:52:26,559 section to read the local contribution 1110 00:52:26,559 --> 00:52:28,319 limited to appropriations that are 1111 00:52:28,319 --> 00:52:32,079 consistent with 20 USC 7713. 1112 00:52:32,079 --> 00:52:34,079 um if you're not going to go read that, 1113 00:52:34,079 --> 00:52:35,920 it does include transportation and food 1114 00:52:35,920 --> 00:52:38,400 service as a cost that would be included 1115 00:52:38,400 --> 00:52:39,760 in there, which right now we have that 1116 00:52:39,760 --> 00:52:41,079 exclusion for 1117 00:52:41,079 --> 00:52:43,520 transportation. So that and probably 1118 00:52:43,520 --> 00:52:47,359 prek would be just by changing it and 1119 00:52:47,359 --> 00:52:48,720 making it more consistent with the 1120 00:52:48,720 --> 00:52:51,280 federal guidance for expenditures 1121 00:52:51,280 --> 00:52:54,319 um would would limit us for collecting 1122 00:52:54,319 --> 00:52:56,760 the transportation and prek outside the 1123 00:52:56,760 --> 00:52:59,520 cap. Uh and those are kind of the known 1124 00:52:59,520 --> 00:53:00,880 things based on that section. This 1125 00:53:00,880 --> 00:53:02,160 bottom section is where the real 1126 00:53:02,160 --> 00:53:05,440 unknowns get to. Uh they've removed the 1127 00:53:05,440 --> 00:53:08,240 definition of appropriations to mean 1128 00:53:08,240 --> 00:53:09,839 money appropriated to a district's 1129 00:53:09,839 --> 00:53:12,640 operating fund by the city or bureau. So 1130 00:53:12,640 --> 00:53:14,240 what essentially what happens is in 1131 00:53:14,240 --> 00:53:16,640 state this is the the administrative 1132 00:53:16,640 --> 00:53:19,440 code in state statute they have that it 1133 00:53:19,440 --> 00:53:22,240 ties back to this. It ultimately goes 1134 00:53:22,240 --> 00:53:25,040 back to a to reference a city or burough 1135 00:53:25,040 --> 00:53:27,040 school district instead of a city or 1136 00:53:27,040 --> 00:53:28,800 burrow providing the funds. So that 1137 00:53:28,800 --> 00:53:31,359 school district probably makes it where 1138 00:53:31,359 --> 00:53:34,160 any local contributions that districts 1139 00:53:34,160 --> 00:53:36,400 get, not just from the city or bureau, 1140 00:53:36,400 --> 00:53:39,040 would go into this overall cap that the 1141 00:53:39,040 --> 00:53:41,839 district can collect from local sources. 1142 00:53:41,839 --> 00:53:44,240 Um, we don't know exactly what would be 1143 00:53:44,240 --> 00:53:46,000 included in that list. We have a list of 1144 00:53:46,000 --> 00:53:47,200 some things that might be, but it 1145 00:53:47,200 --> 00:53:48,319 sounded like the state would make 1146 00:53:48,319 --> 00:53:51,079 one-off determinations for each district 1147 00:53:51,079 --> 00:53:54,240 individually. Um, so really we wouldn't 1148 00:53:54,240 --> 00:53:55,440 know until they would make a 1149 00:53:55,440 --> 00:53:57,680 determination. We wouldn't have known 1150 00:53:57,680 --> 00:53:59,079 until they made a 1151 00:53:59,079 --> 00:54:01,200 determination. That's really important. 1152 00:54:01,200 --> 00:54:03,200 We have no idea what the magnitude of 1153 00:54:03,200 --> 00:54:05,119 this would have been. And if this would 1154 00:54:05,119 --> 00:54:06,800 have passed on Monday, there would have 1155 00:54:06,800 --> 00:54:09,119 been nothing we could do about it. 1156 00:54:09,119 --> 00:54:11,119 Continue. 1157 00:54:11,119 --> 00:54:13,040 Right. So that's the first thing that's 1158 00:54:13,040 --> 00:54:14,720 more problematic is instead of defining 1159 00:54:14,720 --> 00:54:16,400 that local contribution just from what 1160 00:54:16,400 --> 00:54:18,720 comes to the city or burough um removing 1161 00:54:18,720 --> 00:54:20,640 that definition. The second piece would 1162 00:54:20,640 --> 00:54:23,359 be the value of inind services. And this 1163 00:54:23,359 --> 00:54:24,559 would be more where you're speaking to 1164 00:54:24,559 --> 00:54:26,400 the SRO's or something like that. But 1165 00:54:26,400 --> 00:54:28,800 it's before it was narrowly defined as 1166 00:54:28,800 --> 00:54:30,720 insurance, utilities, energy audits, and 1167 00:54:30,720 --> 00:54:32,960 maintenance. Um, this would open it up 1168 00:54:32,960 --> 00:54:35,599 to a whole host of other things that we 1169 00:54:35,599 --> 00:54:38,079 do for with the city and the city does 1170 00:54:38,079 --> 00:54:40,000 for us. Even sitting in this meeting is 1171 00:54:40,000 --> 00:54:41,359 this would be would this be considered 1172 00:54:41,359 --> 00:54:42,960 an inkind service? You guys coming here 1173 00:54:42,960 --> 00:54:44,559 and giving guidance and us meeting? We 1174 00:54:44,559 --> 00:54:47,839 don't know. That's that's a that becomes 1175 00:54:47,839 --> 00:54:49,359 an issue. 1176 00:54:49,359 --> 00:54:50,880 So some of the things that we receive 1177 00:54:50,880 --> 00:54:52,520 outside those MUN 1178 00:54:52,520 --> 00:54:54,400 appropriations, interest earnings, 1179 00:54:54,400 --> 00:54:56,559 school fundraisers, food sales, activity 1180 00:54:56,559 --> 00:54:58,720 fees, jury duty, PECARD rebates, any 1181 00:54:58,720 --> 00:55:01,599 other local donations, PTA donations, 1182 00:55:01,599 --> 00:55:03,839 any grants received for charter schools, 1183 00:55:03,839 --> 00:55:05,599 even school volunteers. Would that be 1184 00:55:05,599 --> 00:55:07,520 any sort of a service? We just don't 1185 00:55:07,520 --> 00:55:08,960 know. And this is what's really 1186 00:55:08,960 --> 00:55:10,480 concerning about the change in that 1187 00:55:10,480 --> 00:55:12,400 language and how vague it is. And 1188 00:55:12,400 --> 00:55:14,319 somebody thought it was a good idea to 1189 00:55:14,319 --> 00:55:16,319 push this through without the public 1190 00:55:16,319 --> 00:55:18,800 knowing what's going on. 1191 00:55:18,800 --> 00:55:21,119 Quick question from member Hullman. And 1192 00:55:21,119 --> 00:55:22,640 I was going to make the point I've 1193 00:55:22,640 --> 00:55:24,559 always advocated that perhaps the city 1194 00:55:24,559 --> 00:55:26,760 could provide pool time to us for swim 1195 00:55:26,760 --> 00:55:29,040 classes just because I think as a 1196 00:55:29,040 --> 00:55:30,800 community we all have an interest in our 1197 00:55:30,800 --> 00:55:33,359 kids learning how to swim. Uh we had to 1198 00:55:33,359 --> 00:55:35,440 cancel that about 10 years ago because 1199 00:55:35,440 --> 00:55:37,760 it was the most expensive elective that 1200 00:55:37,760 --> 00:55:41,440 we had. Um, but under this regulation, 1201 00:55:41,440 --> 00:55:43,480 if you did that, we'd lose state 1202 00:55:43,480 --> 00:55:46,160 funding. If you just provided a pool for 1203 00:55:46,160 --> 00:55:49,280 us to hold instruction in it, it really 1204 00:55:49,280 --> 00:55:52,880 hamstrings creativity or cooperation, 1205 00:55:52,880 --> 00:55:55,680 you know, or or a willingness as a board 1206 00:55:55,680 --> 00:55:57,680 and an assembly together to do something 1207 00:55:57,680 --> 00:56:02,069 for the public good. 1208 00:56:02,079 --> 00:56:04,079 And then for the ink kind district uh 1209 00:56:04,079 --> 00:56:06,240 donations, we made a a short list there 1210 00:56:06,240 --> 00:56:07,760 too of things we just think of off 1211 00:56:07,760 --> 00:56:08,960 offhand with, you know, street 1212 00:56:08,960 --> 00:56:10,480 maintenance leading to schools for snow 1213 00:56:10,480 --> 00:56:12,799 plowing, uh the bus passes you provide 1214 00:56:12,799 --> 00:56:14,799 our secondary students, guest 1215 00:56:14,799 --> 00:56:16,400 instructors, if there's a health 1216 00:56:16,400 --> 00:56:17,839 department employee that came and talked 1217 00:56:17,839 --> 00:56:19,280 to a health class, would that be an 1218 00:56:19,280 --> 00:56:20,880 inkind contribution that would lower the 1219 00:56:20,880 --> 00:56:22,640 amount of cash the city could give us 1220 00:56:22,640 --> 00:56:24,880 through their appropriations? 1221 00:56:24,880 --> 00:56:26,160 um coordination with emergency 1222 00:56:26,160 --> 00:56:28,559 operations and then use of municipal 1223 00:56:28,559 --> 00:56:30,880 facilities or equipment. You know, we 1224 00:56:30,880 --> 00:56:32,160 have stream right down the street that's 1225 00:56:32,160 --> 00:56:34,000 going to be able to use Naka Valley Park 1226 00:56:34,000 --> 00:56:36,720 in the Russian Jack Trail System. Um 1227 00:56:36,720 --> 00:56:38,640 does that count? I mean, there's there's 1228 00:56:38,640 --> 00:56:41,119 just so much unknown with the v how 1229 00:56:41,119 --> 00:56:43,680 vague they wrote this language. Member 1230 00:56:43,680 --> 00:56:47,430 of Baldwin. 1231 00:56:47,440 --> 00:56:50,559 So, my my mind immediately goes to you 1232 00:56:50,559 --> 00:56:52,880 know what's the intervention? 1233 00:56:52,880 --> 00:56:55,839 um what's what is the what is the 1234 00:56:55,839 --> 00:56:58,960 process by which we as a legislative 1235 00:56:58,960 --> 00:57:01,400 body engage 1236 00:57:01,400 --> 00:57:05,280 in appropriate and pointed push back. 1237 00:57:05,280 --> 00:57:07,440 And remember there's two issues here. We 1238 00:57:07,440 --> 00:57:09,520 have the technical issue of the impact 1239 00:57:09,520 --> 00:57:12,400 aid, but I need to know who was that 1240 00:57:12,400 --> 00:57:15,119 person that thought that this was okay 1241 00:57:15,119 --> 00:57:17,599 to push forward without anybody knowing. 1242 00:57:17,599 --> 00:57:19,280 So there's two problems we have to 1243 00:57:19,280 --> 00:57:22,630 solve. 1244 00:57:22,640 --> 00:57:25,520 Um, for Miss Baldwin Day's question, 1245 00:57:25,520 --> 00:57:27,440 there's a 30-day comment period that 1246 00:57:27,440 --> 00:57:30,960 will be to the state board. Um, and 1247 00:57:30,960 --> 00:57:32,559 hopefully DED will be answering our 1248 00:57:32,559 --> 00:57:36,079 questions as well. Um, so we're getting 1249 00:57:36,079 --> 00:57:37,680 together a list of questions that we can 1250 00:57:37,680 --> 00:57:40,799 ask deed of what these regulations mean. 1251 00:57:40,799 --> 00:57:42,319 This is just our interpretation of it 1252 00:57:42,319 --> 00:57:43,920 based on the vague language that we 1253 00:57:43,920 --> 00:57:47,200 have. Um, so letters of support or you 1254 00:57:47,200 --> 00:57:49,760 know against the the the changes from 1255 00:57:49,760 --> 00:57:51,680 the assembly whether it's as a group or 1256 00:57:51,680 --> 00:57:53,359 individuals I'm sure that would be 1257 00:57:53,359 --> 00:57:55,119 appreciated but that's I think our 1258 00:57:55,119 --> 00:57:57,799 mechanism at this point. Uh member 1259 00:57:57,799 --> 00:58:00,559 Martinez thank you. I just wanted to put 1260 00:58:00,559 --> 00:58:04,760 an additional layer on that uh 1261 00:58:04,760 --> 00:58:07,520 who made this decision who looked the 1262 00:58:07,520 --> 00:58:08,280 other 1263 00:58:08,280 --> 00:58:11,280 way. What we do know is it wasn't a 1264 00:58:11,280 --> 00:58:14,480 local decision. What we do know is that 1265 00:58:14,480 --> 00:58:16,559 in a in a place where we think all 1266 00:58:16,559 --> 00:58:18,559 politics is local and better decisions 1267 00:58:18,559 --> 00:58:20,640 are made at a hyper local level, where 1268 00:58:20,640 --> 00:58:22,720 the children are, where their district 1269 00:58:22,720 --> 00:58:25,559 is, where the communities are, that's 1270 00:58:25,559 --> 00:58:29,520 some anonymous to this point, faceless 1271 00:58:29,520 --> 00:58:31,640 from my vantage point, 1272 00:58:31,640 --> 00:58:35,760 bureaucratic entity, person far away 1273 00:58:35,760 --> 00:58:37,839 from our community making decisions. 1274 00:58:37,839 --> 00:58:39,680 That's what I hear here. And and I see 1275 00:58:39,680 --> 00:58:42,720 and I hear theft through formula. 1276 00:58:42,720 --> 00:58:46,240 And it's it's it's disconcerting at bare 1277 00:58:46,240 --> 00:58:48,960 minimum and that's very diplomatic. I 1278 00:58:48,960 --> 00:58:51,839 fully wholeheartedly support the stance 1279 00:58:51,839 --> 00:58:54,319 of this school district to get to the 1280 00:58:54,319 --> 00:58:56,400 bottom of these fundamental questions 1281 00:58:56,400 --> 00:58:59,119 cuz I really appreciate the point that 1282 00:58:59,119 --> 00:59:02,720 if you didn't catch it beforehand, we'd 1283 00:59:02,720 --> 00:59:05,599 be just ringing the too late bell at 1284 00:59:05,599 --> 00:59:09,119 this date. Thank you, Dr. Bryan. 1285 00:59:09,119 --> 00:59:10,319 Thank you, Member Martinez. Member 1286 00:59:10,319 --> 00:59:12,400 Lessons. Thank you. Just to ask for 1287 00:59:12,400 --> 00:59:14,559 clarification, do we know whether that 1288 00:59:14,559 --> 00:59:16,760 30-day comment period officially opened 1289 00:59:16,760 --> 00:59:19,359 yesterday as a result of the state 1290 00:59:19,359 --> 00:59:22,319 board's decision? I mean, when when is 1291 00:59:22,319 --> 00:59:25,520 our 30-day window open and closed? Do 1292 00:59:25,520 --> 00:59:28,160 you know that yet? I don't know that 1293 00:59:28,160 --> 00:59:30,559 it's opened yet. Um, but we're going to 1294 00:59:30,559 --> 00:59:32,319 look into that and we'll get back to you 1295 00:59:32,319 --> 00:59:33,760 to make sure you guys are on the same 1296 00:59:33,760 --> 00:59:35,359 page, too. Thank you. And then this is 1297 00:59:35,359 --> 00:59:38,880 just a a proposition. Um, would there be 1298 00:59:38,880 --> 00:59:42,559 interest in our bodies creating a joint 1299 00:59:42,559 --> 00:59:47,599 letter signed by any and all individuals 1300 00:59:47,599 --> 00:59:51,520 uh within that 30-day period? Great. Um, 1301 00:59:51,520 --> 00:59:53,559 I'd be happy to work 1302 00:59:53,559 --> 00:59:55,920 collaboratively perhaps as we've done in 1303 00:59:55,920 --> 00:59:58,040 previous joint resolutions 1304 00:59:58,040 --> 01:00:01,200 with two or three members from each body 1305 01:00:01,200 --> 01:00:04,440 if that's an appropriate 1306 01:00:04,440 --> 01:00:11,510 um way to move forward. 1307 01:00:11,520 --> 01:00:13,119 Um, we're going to go to Vice Chair 1308 01:00:13,119 --> 01:00:16,079 Raleigh. Yeah, thank you. Um just for 1309 01:00:16,079 --> 01:00:18,799 timing purposes I think um you know we 1310 01:00:18,799 --> 01:00:21,040 generally as we take an action as a body 1311 01:00:21,040 --> 01:00:22,880 through resolution um so unfortunately 1312 01:00:22,880 --> 01:00:24,319 we can't do the thing where we just pass 1313 01:00:24,319 --> 01:00:26,319 the letter around and everybody sign it 1314 01:00:26,319 --> 01:00:28,000 um but we do have an opportunity 1315 01:00:28,000 --> 01:00:30,079 especially given the timeliness of this 1316 01:00:30,079 --> 01:00:32,240 um if folks are interested your two 1317 01:00:32,240 --> 01:00:34,400 opportunities on our end uh other than a 1318 01:00:34,400 --> 01:00:36,799 special meeting are Tuesday's June 10th 1319 01:00:36,799 --> 01:00:38,240 meeting uh we can certainly lay 1320 01:00:38,240 --> 01:00:39,520 something like this on the table if 1321 01:00:39,520 --> 01:00:41,839 necessary as a resolution um the other 1322 01:00:41,839 --> 01:00:43,680 opportunity would be our June 24th 1323 01:00:43,680 --> 01:00:45,599 regular meeting uh which is still within 1324 01:00:45,599 --> 01:00:47,280 that window and gives some more time for 1325 01:00:47,280 --> 01:00:49,680 drafting. Um so I'm sorry I'm not going 1326 01:00:49,680 --> 01:00:50,880 to personally volunteer to help with 1327 01:00:50,880 --> 01:00:52,319 this but I know we it's in good hands 1328 01:00:52,319 --> 01:00:55,829 but that's your options. 1329 01:00:55,839 --> 01:00:59,680 We have member Silvers. 1330 01:00:59,680 --> 01:01:02,280 I'm just going to be a little bit less 1331 01:01:02,280 --> 01:01:04,640 diplomatic and um I'm going to say that 1332 01:01:04,640 --> 01:01:06,799 this is deliberate because public 1333 01:01:06,799 --> 01:01:09,200 schools are under fire by people who 1334 01:01:09,200 --> 01:01:12,160 want them to fail. So, it's not that 1335 01:01:12,160 --> 01:01:14,319 anybody thought this was a good idea. 1336 01:01:14,319 --> 01:01:19,789 This was deliberate and we need to name 1337 01:01:19,799 --> 01:01:23,200 that. Um, I'll just speaking for myself. 1338 01:01:23,200 --> 01:01:25,640 I'm happy to coordinate with, you know, 1339 01:01:25,640 --> 01:01:29,040 um, our treasurer, member lessons, uh, 1340 01:01:29,040 --> 01:01:30,960 vice president Bellamy, and then, uh, 1341 01:01:30,960 --> 01:01:32,480 the assembly leadership team to 1342 01:01:32,480 --> 01:01:35,680 potentially draft something, um, and 1343 01:01:35,680 --> 01:01:38,720 take it from there. Um but agreed uh 1344 01:01:38,720 --> 01:01:41,359 sending a joint message together has 1345 01:01:41,359 --> 01:01:44,640 value. Uh member Baldwin I am very happy 1346 01:01:44,640 --> 01:01:49,829 to help draft 1347 01:01:49,839 --> 01:01:55,160 member Donley. Thank you. Um and 1348 01:01:55,160 --> 01:01:58,599 Andy, my understanding is the specific 1349 01:01:58,599 --> 01:02:01,839 problem that the federal department of 1350 01:02:01,839 --> 01:02:04,599 education identified was that some 1351 01:02:04,599 --> 01:02:07,920 districts had taken transportation 1352 01:02:07,920 --> 01:02:11,040 funding and transmuted those into 1353 01:02:11,040 --> 01:02:13,839 general fund funding that when they had 1354 01:02:13,839 --> 01:02:16,960 leftover transportation money and it 1355 01:02:16,960 --> 01:02:18,559 seems like that was the only problem 1356 01:02:18,559 --> 01:02:20,839 they identified as creating the 1357 01:02:20,839 --> 01:02:24,240 disparity. So to fix that, you could 1358 01:02:24,240 --> 01:02:26,480 narrowly craft a regulation that just 1359 01:02:26,480 --> 01:02:29,160 prohibited districts from taking 1360 01:02:29,160 --> 01:02:31,359 transportation leftover transportation 1361 01:02:31,359 --> 01:02:33,319 funding and moving to their general 1362 01:02:33,319 --> 01:02:35,760 funds. And that would seem to solve the 1363 01:02:35,760 --> 01:02:38,640 federal concern without creating all 1364 01:02:38,640 --> 01:02:41,680 this other problem. 1365 01:02:41,680 --> 01:02:43,040 Yeah, that's that could potentially 1366 01:02:43,040 --> 01:02:44,960 solve it too. But then I mean if you run 1367 01:02:44,960 --> 01:02:47,359 into the issue of then accumulating big 1368 01:02:47,359 --> 01:02:49,040 balances of fund balance, it's not 1369 01:02:49,040 --> 01:02:51,119 really probably a good management 1370 01:02:51,119 --> 01:02:53,440 strategy for them for those districts to 1371 01:02:53,440 --> 01:02:55,200 have just this pool of money just keep 1372 01:02:55,200 --> 01:02:57,280 growing if they're not spending it all. 1373 01:02:57,280 --> 01:02:59,599 Um but going back to a reimburseable 1374 01:02:59,599 --> 01:03:02,640 system where the state would pay for the 1375 01:03:02,640 --> 01:03:04,720 cost of transportation 100% like they 1376 01:03:04,720 --> 01:03:08,319 used to um just the actual cost that 1377 01:03:08,319 --> 01:03:10,160 would have solved it as well. And that's 1378 01:03:10,160 --> 01:03:14,720 probably what I would advocate for. 1379 01:03:14,720 --> 01:03:16,160 have member Johnson. Yeah, thanks. I 1380 01:03:16,160 --> 01:03:17,680 just also want to volunteer with assist 1381 01:03:17,680 --> 01:03:21,520 with uh drafting a resolution. 1382 01:03:21,520 --> 01:03:23,839 So, hearing member Baldwin Day, uh 1383 01:03:23,839 --> 01:03:25,680 member Johnson, is there a third 1384 01:03:25,680 --> 01:03:27,599 assembly member who's interested? Member 1385 01:03:27,599 --> 01:03:30,000 Silver is great. And then from our side, 1386 01:03:30,000 --> 01:03:31,760 um school board, any objection to 1387 01:03:31,760 --> 01:03:33,119 myself, member lessons, and vice 1388 01:03:33,119 --> 01:03:33,960 president 1389 01:03:33,960 --> 01:03:36,079 Bellamy hearing and seeing none, I think 1390 01:03:36,079 --> 01:03:40,230 we have six. Great. 1391 01:03:40,240 --> 01:03:42,079 All right. So, I've boiled down my 1392 01:03:42,079 --> 01:03:44,119 frustrating week into 45 minutes for you 1393 01:03:44,119 --> 01:03:47,119 guys. And you have any other questions? 1394 01:03:47,119 --> 01:03:54,069 We can certainly address them. 1395 01:03:54,079 --> 01:03:55,599 Anything else on this item then before 1396 01:03:55,599 --> 01:03:57,200 we move on? This I think is what I'm 1397 01:03:57,200 --> 01:03:58,079 hearing. We're done with financial 1398 01:03:58,079 --> 01:03:59,599 planning after this. Is this correct? 1399 01:03:59,599 --> 01:04:02,240 Okay. Uh member lessons, I just could 1400 01:04:02,240 --> 01:04:06,039 you just very briefly highlight what the 1401 01:04:06,039 --> 01:04:08,799 next eight or 10 months looks like on 1402 01:04:08,799 --> 01:04:10,720 our end from our budget preparation 1403 01:04:10,720 --> 01:04:12,480 timeline. 1404 01:04:12,480 --> 01:04:16,630 Outrage first. 1405 01:04:16,640 --> 01:04:18,799 Once we're done with the outrage, um 1406 01:04:18,799 --> 01:04:21,200 hopefully on by the 19th, we should have 1407 01:04:21,200 --> 01:04:23,839 the actual amount of money known for 1408 01:04:23,839 --> 01:04:25,680 next year. Uh that's when the governor's 1409 01:04:25,680 --> 01:04:28,319 due date is for getting the vetos back. 1410 01:04:28,319 --> 01:04:30,480 uh potentially, you know, depending on 1411 01:04:30,480 --> 01:04:32,319 what happens, there is the potential for 1412 01:04:32,319 --> 01:04:34,039 the legislature to come back and 1413 01:04:34,039 --> 01:04:36,000 override at some point, but they'd have 1414 01:04:36,000 --> 01:04:37,839 to call themselves back into session, 1415 01:04:37,839 --> 01:04:39,640 which would be it's probably a difficult 1416 01:04:39,640 --> 01:04:41,920 task. Um otherwise, they could 1417 01:04:41,920 --> 01:04:44,319 potentially do it in January, but that 1418 01:04:44,319 --> 01:04:46,480 would be, you know, well after the fact, 1419 01:04:46,480 --> 01:04:47,760 well after we've had to start making 1420 01:04:47,760 --> 01:04:50,160 adjustments to our own budgets, um based 1421 01:04:50,160 --> 01:04:53,920 on any vetoed funding. Um, aside from 1422 01:04:53,920 --> 01:04:55,520 that, we'll probably start in August 1423 01:04:55,520 --> 01:04:57,119 again talking about what our actual 1424 01:04:57,119 --> 01:04:58,559 deficit's going to be and then going 1425 01:04:58,559 --> 01:05:01,760 through and um, I'd like to do more deep 1426 01:05:01,760 --> 01:05:03,280 dives into like different areas of our 1427 01:05:03,280 --> 01:05:04,880 budget. You know, we hear over and over 1428 01:05:04,880 --> 01:05:07,039 that concern that administration is too 1429 01:05:07,039 --> 01:05:08,799 high. I want to deep dive into some of 1430 01:05:08,799 --> 01:05:10,960 those departments. Um, the ones I run 1431 01:05:10,960 --> 01:05:12,400 have been cut massively over the last 1432 01:05:12,400 --> 01:05:15,280 decade. So, I don't think that that's 1433 01:05:15,280 --> 01:05:17,440 just to educate folks on what is 1434 01:05:17,440 --> 01:05:19,520 administration, how we spend our money, 1435 01:05:19,520 --> 01:05:20,960 uh to try to get some buy in from the 1436 01:05:20,960 --> 01:05:23,359 public as we go ask for additional uh 1437 01:05:23,359 --> 01:05:25,359 BSA money because, you know, as been 1438 01:05:25,359 --> 01:05:27,119 stated, they took care of about 40% of 1439 01:05:27,119 --> 01:05:28,440 the problem with 1440 01:05:28,440 --> 01:05:32,119 HP57. Um even less so on transportation, 1441 01:05:32,119 --> 01:05:34,160 but we we're going to have to get out 1442 01:05:34,160 --> 01:05:37,359 and do some more advocacy this year. 1443 01:05:37,359 --> 01:05:39,520 Have member Higgins. Yeah, I I 1444 01:05:39,520 --> 01:05:41,440 appreciate the comment about motivation. 1445 01:05:41,440 --> 01:05:43,520 Uh what the what the goal is a great 1446 01:05:43,520 --> 01:05:46,160 deal. Uh and I still refer to 10 years 1447 01:05:46,160 --> 01:05:48,559 ago when in Senator Dun Levy's office he 1448 01:05:48,559 --> 01:05:50,960 told me its goal was to cut the ankle 1449 01:05:50,960 --> 01:05:53,520 school district $10 million $100 million 1450 01:05:53,520 --> 01:05:55,599 and because he supports private schools 1451 01:05:55,599 --> 01:05:58,000 and home schools. Look at his motions in 1452 01:05:58,000 --> 01:06:01,280 regards to trying to get um your charter 1453 01:06:01,280 --> 01:06:02,880 schools under the state. He believes in 1454 01:06:02,880 --> 01:06:05,039 providing funds with religious or 1455 01:06:05,039 --> 01:06:08,160 private institutions. He supports that. 1456 01:06:08,160 --> 01:06:10,160 um and then allowing districts in 1457 01:06:10,160 --> 01:06:11,599 different locations that would be under 1458 01:06:11,599 --> 01:06:13,599 his control to be able to operate in 1459 01:06:13,599 --> 01:06:16,079 Anchorage. There's an awful lot out here 1460 01:06:16,079 --> 01:06:18,319 and this is just consistent with that of 1461 01:06:18,319 --> 01:06:21,440 switching away funds um uh from the 1462 01:06:21,440 --> 01:06:24,640 public school system into private or or 1463 01:06:24,640 --> 01:06:26,960 charter schools run like private schools 1464 01:06:26,960 --> 01:06:29,440 and that's where my concerns at. So, I 1465 01:06:29,440 --> 01:06:31,680 think motivation is the critical issue 1466 01:06:31,680 --> 01:06:33,440 and look at all the different things 1467 01:06:33,440 --> 01:06:35,280 that have been pushed out there by the 1468 01:06:35,280 --> 01:06:37,520 governor. Uh, and when you put them all 1469 01:06:37,520 --> 01:06:39,200 together and you see the listing, it's 1470 01:06:39,200 --> 01:06:41,680 consistent and this is consistent with 1471 01:06:41,680 --> 01:06:44,720 that. So, I'm u very happy with the 1472 01:06:44,720 --> 01:06:46,640 superintendent taking a strong position 1473 01:06:46,640 --> 01:06:48,400 on this and but I saw it throughout the 1474 01:06:48,400 --> 01:06:51,280 whole state uh in opposition to this and 1475 01:06:51,280 --> 01:06:53,920 I appreciate that as well. But uh I 1476 01:06:53,920 --> 01:06:55,280 don't think there's any question in 1477 01:06:55,280 --> 01:06:56,960 regards to motivation here. it is 1478 01:06:56,960 --> 01:07:00,240 undermining public sector education and 1479 01:07:00,240 --> 01:07:03,280 um exclusion. So you got your your 1480 01:07:03,280 --> 01:07:04,960 charter schools being run like private 1481 01:07:04,960 --> 01:07:07,200 schools if the state had control of it 1482 01:07:07,200 --> 01:07:08,880 and then being able to operate 1483 01:07:08,880 --> 01:07:11,440 throughout the whole state. Uh and so 1484 01:07:11,440 --> 01:07:14,160 it's it's it's just totally undermining 1485 01:07:14,160 --> 01:07:16,480 the public sector education system for 1486 01:07:16,480 --> 01:07:20,559 kids that um would be left behind if if 1487 01:07:20,559 --> 01:07:22,480 Governor Dunby had to do it. Now I'm 1488 01:07:22,480 --> 01:07:24,880 going to say this, anything done by a 1489 01:07:24,880 --> 01:07:26,720 commissioner or anyone else in the 1490 01:07:26,720 --> 01:07:28,559 state, we've seen how controlling the 1491 01:07:28,559 --> 01:07:30,880 state, the governor is is either done at 1492 01:07:30,880 --> 01:07:33,920 his direction or with his consent. Uh so 1493 01:07:33,920 --> 01:07:36,160 to we can look at the blame, we can 1494 01:07:36,160 --> 01:07:37,920 place it every place else and who in 1495 01:07:37,920 --> 01:07:40,079 that group did it, but it still falls 1496 01:07:40,079 --> 01:07:42,400 back to the governor. He's the one that 1497 01:07:42,400 --> 01:07:44,400 controls and directs people what they 1498 01:07:44,400 --> 01:07:46,640 do. And if he doesn't do it, is he doing 1499 01:07:46,640 --> 01:07:48,559 it by consent? 1500 01:07:48,559 --> 01:07:49,680 Thank you, Member Higgins. Member 1501 01:07:49,680 --> 01:07:51,440 Holland. Um, I just wanted to 1502 01:07:51,440 --> 01:07:52,880 reemphasize something that 1503 01:07:52,880 --> 01:07:55,440 Representative Holland made clear at uh 1504 01:07:55,440 --> 01:07:59,680 a HWA meeting last night. The $700 BSA 1505 01:07:59,680 --> 01:08:02,160 increase, which is historic, if it's 1506 01:08:02,160 --> 01:08:04,240 fully funded in the budget bill means 1507 01:08:04,240 --> 01:08:06,319 that we'll be funded next year at about 1508 01:08:06,319 --> 01:08:09,839 the same level we are this year. And and 1509 01:08:09,839 --> 01:08:12,480 the way this has all come about over the 1510 01:08:12,480 --> 01:08:14,960 past decade or more, it sounds like a 1511 01:08:14,960 --> 01:08:18,960 huge increase. and and it is to the BSA, 1512 01:08:18,960 --> 01:08:21,600 but it actually sustains us at about 1513 01:08:21,600 --> 01:08:25,040 where we are. So, if people see that we 1514 01:08:25,040 --> 01:08:27,279 got a $700 per student increase and are 1515 01:08:27,279 --> 01:08:28,799 waiting to see what great things we do 1516 01:08:28,799 --> 01:08:31,440 with it, it it will be that we do about 1517 01:08:31,440 --> 01:08:33,359 what we're doing this year and the class 1518 01:08:33,359 --> 01:08:35,279 sizes stay about the same as they are 1519 01:08:35,279 --> 01:08:38,640 this year, um it it brings it into line 1520 01:08:38,640 --> 01:08:41,279 with what the one-time funding from 1521 01:08:41,279 --> 01:08:44,080 various sources has been over the past 1522 01:08:44,080 --> 01:08:47,520 decade or so. So it it it creates a 1523 01:08:47,520 --> 01:08:50,880 public relations problem. Um and and we 1524 01:08:50,880 --> 01:08:52,719 get to escape a little bit of it next 1525 01:08:52,719 --> 01:08:54,640 year as we start to build our budget. 1526 01:08:54,640 --> 01:08:56,239 We're we're not going to be starting 1527 01:08:56,239 --> 01:09:00,400 from such a low number. Um which I think 1528 01:09:00,400 --> 01:09:02,239 is what happened in December when the 1529 01:09:02,239 --> 01:09:03,600 governor announced of course we'll fund 1530 01:09:03,600 --> 01:09:05,520 education. We're going to fund the BSA. 1531 01:09:05,520 --> 01:09:08,159 We always have. But the BSA was about 1532 01:09:08,159 --> 01:09:11,839 80% of our budget. Um this way it will 1533 01:09:11,839 --> 01:09:15,040 come closer to being 100% of our budget. 1534 01:09:15,040 --> 01:09:17,600 as we go forward in the next year. But I 1535 01:09:17,600 --> 01:09:19,199 do hope everyone will keep that in mind 1536 01:09:19,199 --> 01:09:22,080 as we plan for the fall. We're we're 1537 01:09:22,080 --> 01:09:24,640 maintaining with with this historic 1538 01:09:24,640 --> 01:09:27,279 increase, which doesn't make verbal 1539 01:09:27,279 --> 01:09:29,279 sense to anybody. Thank you, Member 1540 01:09:29,279 --> 01:09:32,239 Hollowman. We'll go to member Dunley. 1541 01:09:32,239 --> 01:09:35,120 The fact that this disparity problem was 1542 01:09:35,120 --> 01:09:37,440 caused by some districts having more 1543 01:09:37,440 --> 01:09:40,080 transportation funding than they needed 1544 01:09:40,080 --> 01:09:43,199 when this district is puts millions and 1545 01:09:43,199 --> 01:09:44,640 millions of more dollars into 1546 01:09:44,640 --> 01:09:47,120 transportation than the current formula 1547 01:09:47,120 --> 01:09:50,159 of the state provides us really seems to 1548 01:09:50,159 --> 01:09:52,719 indicate that formula is broken and it 1549 01:09:52,719 --> 01:09:55,199 hasn't been updated in over a decade. 1550 01:09:55,199 --> 01:09:57,280 And as an additional priority as a 1551 01:09:57,280 --> 01:09:59,280 community, we ought to be demanding that 1552 01:09:59,280 --> 01:10:02,080 there be a new uh analysis, a new study 1553 01:10:02,080 --> 01:10:04,719 of what the appropriate formula should 1554 01:10:04,719 --> 01:10:09,430 be in statute. 1555 01:10:09,440 --> 01:10:10,640 Thank you, Member Donley. We'll go to 1556 01:10:10,640 --> 01:10:13,199 Member Baldwin Day. Uh I think I I was 1557 01:10:13,199 --> 01:10:15,199 thinking along the same lines as member 1558 01:10:15,199 --> 01:10:17,719 Donley. There there needs to be a a 1559 01:10:17,719 --> 01:10:20,880 longterm a long view fix to the the 1560 01:10:20,880 --> 01:10:22,400 analysis that's done for the disparity 1561 01:10:22,400 --> 01:10:24,480 test. That's very very clear. and and 1562 01:10:24,480 --> 01:10:26,719 I'm not I'm not sure you know where the 1563 01:10:26,719 --> 01:10:28,560 confluence is of the legislative work 1564 01:10:28,560 --> 01:10:30,159 that would need to be done on our end 1565 01:10:30,159 --> 01:10:33,840 and versus yours uh to to move on that 1566 01:10:33,840 --> 01:10:35,440 issue and to make that happen but that 1567 01:10:35,440 --> 01:10:40,630 seems very very salient for next session 1568 01:10:40,640 --> 01:10:43,360 member lessons um two things one I 1569 01:10:43,360 --> 01:10:44,960 wanted to point out that again in that 1570 01:10:44,960 --> 01:10:46,960 joint resolution that both bodies passed 1571 01:10:46,960 --> 01:10:49,760 we did talk about transportation funding 1572 01:10:49,760 --> 01:10:51,440 and I don't remember the figure offhand 1573 01:10:51,440 --> 01:10:53,679 but it was in the hundreds of dollars uh 1574 01:10:53,679 --> 01:10:56,640 that we needed to uh bring it up to par 1575 01:10:56,640 --> 01:11:00,320 for um I'd want to say the 21st century, 1576 01:11:00,320 --> 01:11:03,199 but um we're we're well underway. Um and 1577 01:11:03,199 --> 01:11:04,480 then the second thing I just, you know, 1578 01:11:04,480 --> 01:11:06,280 to build off of what member Hollowman is 1579 01:11:06,280 --> 01:11:09,280 saying, I think it's very true that we 1580 01:11:09,280 --> 01:11:14,400 are going that a $700 BSA is um not so 1581 01:11:14,400 --> 01:11:18,320 different from a $680 one-time dose uh 1582 01:11:18,320 --> 01:11:20,320 that we've received for this current 1583 01:11:20,320 --> 01:11:23,280 fiscal year. The big difference I just 1584 01:11:23,280 --> 01:11:25,520 wanted to keep at the forefront of 1585 01:11:25,520 --> 01:11:28,000 everyone's mind is that uh we have spent 1586 01:11:28,000 --> 01:11:33,280 our fund balance down to this 5% level. 1587 01:11:33,280 --> 01:11:36,440 We could have it up to a max of about 1588 01:11:36,440 --> 01:11:40,320 10%. Um 8% is our board policy board 1589 01:11:40,320 --> 01:11:43,120 minimum but but we've we've gone for 1590 01:11:43,120 --> 01:11:46,000 broke, right? There is nothing left in 1591 01:11:46,000 --> 01:11:49,600 the reserves if there's an emergency. 1592 01:11:49,600 --> 01:11:53,000 And that also means that we cannot tap 1593 01:11:53,000 --> 01:11:56,800 that sort of hailmary cushion to help 1594 01:11:56,800 --> 01:11:58,880 balance our budget next year, right? 1595 01:11:58,880 --> 01:12:02,880 It's it's done. So this 7475 million 1596 01:12:02,880 --> 01:12:06,480 deficit um that is real, that is big. 1597 01:12:06,480 --> 01:12:08,159 And I think we talked about briefly in a 1598 01:12:08,159 --> 01:12:09,600 finance committee meeting, you could 1599 01:12:09,600 --> 01:12:12,080 close every single school, elementary 1600 01:12:12,080 --> 01:12:14,960 school in the district to save money and 1601 01:12:14,960 --> 01:12:17,960 still have a deficit left over. 1602 01:12:17,960 --> 01:12:20,239 So, we are not going to be closing every 1603 01:12:20,239 --> 01:12:22,480 single elementary school obviously, but 1604 01:12:22,480 --> 01:12:24,800 just the scale, the magnitude of that 1605 01:12:24,800 --> 01:12:28,800 deficit is u challenging at best to wrap 1606 01:12:28,800 --> 01:12:31,360 your mind around. 1607 01:12:31,360 --> 01:12:32,960 Thank you. And I think I can close out 1608 01:12:32,960 --> 01:12:35,280 our conversation just by um expressing 1609 01:12:35,280 --> 01:12:38,560 appreciation uh for our assembly um for 1610 01:12:38,560 --> 01:12:40,800 your support on this matter. Um and then 1611 01:12:40,800 --> 01:12:42,159 it sounds like we have a path forward on 1612 01:12:42,159 --> 01:12:45,280 partnership to ensure that um the Alaska 1613 01:12:45,280 --> 01:12:46,400 Department of Education Early 1614 01:12:46,400 --> 01:12:47,600 Development as well as the state board 1615 01:12:47,600 --> 01:12:49,840 of education pursues any potential 1616 01:12:49,840 --> 01:12:51,679 amendment to regulations regarding local 1617 01:12:51,679 --> 01:12:53,440 contributions, impact aid, and the 1618 01:12:53,440 --> 01:12:55,120 federal disparity test through a 1619 01:12:55,120 --> 01:12:57,679 competent legal and transparent process. 1620 01:12:57,679 --> 01:12:59,760 Um that is a bar that they have failed 1621 01:12:59,760 --> 01:13:02,520 to meet uh with in dramatic fashion thus 1622 01:13:02,520 --> 01:13:05,840 far. Member, sorry, Mr. Ratliff, I had 1623 01:13:05,840 --> 01:13:07,360 one quick followup with the amount of 1624 01:13:07,360 --> 01:13:09,199 bond debt reimbursement that we have uh 1625 01:13:09,199 --> 01:13:12,640 that's subject to the the state still 1626 01:13:12,640 --> 01:13:14,400 having reimburseed. It was a little over 1627 01:13:14,400 --> 01:13:16,920 14 million. About 14.2 is what the 1628 01:13:16,920 --> 01:13:19,120 maximum exposure would be if they were 1629 01:13:19,120 --> 01:13:23,430 to veto the entire line item. 1630 01:13:23,440 --> 01:13:25,679 All right, not seeing any other members 1631 01:13:25,679 --> 01:13:28,640 in the queue. We will go to now that 1632 01:13:28,640 --> 01:13:30,960 we've completed our item E um we will 1633 01:13:30,960 --> 01:13:33,920 skip over F and G and move on to H other 1634 01:13:33,920 --> 01:13:36,080 matters of mutual concern. Um under 1635 01:13:36,080 --> 01:13:37,920 number one we havemies of Anchorage Dr. 1636 01:13:37,920 --> 01:13:40,560 Bryant. Thank you Mr. President. So I'll 1637 01:13:40,560 --> 01:13:46,189 give the team a moment to pull up the 1638 01:13:46,199 --> 01:13:48,480 PowerPoint. So I'll go ahead and walk us 1639 01:13:48,480 --> 01:13:50,560 through a few slides. So I do know that 1640 01:13:50,560 --> 01:13:52,400 we have several new members here today. 1641 01:13:52,400 --> 01:13:54,239 First of all, welcome. This is uh quite 1642 01:13:54,239 --> 01:13:56,080 a time to be a public official in the 1643 01:13:56,080 --> 01:13:58,880 Anchorage community. Um but I do want to 1644 01:13:58,880 --> 01:14:01,040 remind everyone that the ASD board and I 1645 01:14:01,040 --> 01:14:03,679 are laser focused on three goals. One's 1646 01:14:03,679 --> 01:14:05,840 on reading, one's on math, and the third 1647 01:14:05,840 --> 01:14:07,520 goal is on college career and life 1648 01:14:07,520 --> 01:14:10,000 readiness. And here in ASD, we have a 1649 01:14:10,000 --> 01:14:11,679 goal to increase our graduation rates 1650 01:14:11,679 --> 01:14:15,600 from 80% to close to 90% over the next 1651 01:14:15,600 --> 01:14:18,320 several years. And this is one strategy 1652 01:14:18,320 --> 01:14:20,400 um that we want to move this work 1653 01:14:20,400 --> 01:14:22,640 forward. With that said, um this is 1654 01:14:22,640 --> 01:14:24,480 really a short update that I just wanted 1655 01:14:24,480 --> 01:14:26,960 to um just clarify some misinformation 1656 01:14:26,960 --> 01:14:29,440 and hopefully get this group excited um 1657 01:14:29,440 --> 01:14:31,600 that uh one this is going to help us 1658 01:14:31,600 --> 01:14:32,960 increase the number of kids that 1659 01:14:32,960 --> 01:14:36,320 graduate um from you know college or the 1660 01:14:36,320 --> 01:14:37,920 number of students that are in 1661 01:14:37,920 --> 01:14:39,920 incredible careers here in the Anchorage 1662 01:14:39,920 --> 01:14:42,960 community or beyond. Um that's what this 1663 01:14:42,960 --> 01:14:44,560 is about. And if there's one thing I 1664 01:14:44,560 --> 01:14:46,480 want you to remember aboutmies and how 1665 01:14:46,480 --> 01:14:48,400 it's going down right now is that uh 1666 01:14:48,400 --> 01:14:50,239 we're going to go slow to go far. I I 1667 01:14:50,239 --> 01:14:51,440 think that there was a lot of 1668 01:14:51,440 --> 01:14:54,159 consternation, a lot of thoughts um 1669 01:14:54,159 --> 01:14:55,520 about the the program, a lot of 1670 01:14:55,520 --> 01:14:56,800 questions and I think that those 1671 01:14:56,800 --> 01:14:58,480 questions were good and I want to spend 1672 01:14:58,480 --> 01:15:00,480 the next few years really trying to 1673 01:15:00,480 --> 01:15:02,239 understand what are the concerns and 1674 01:15:02,239 --> 01:15:03,760 what are ways that this program can 1675 01:15:03,760 --> 01:15:05,880 evolve to meet the needs of Anchorage 1676 01:15:05,880 --> 01:15:09,440 today. Next slide, please. So, let's 1677 01:15:09,440 --> 01:15:11,360 start off by looking at a video that uh 1678 01:15:11,360 --> 01:15:12,800 demonstrates all the success that we've 1679 01:15:12,800 --> 01:15:14,480 achieved this year despite our smaller 1680 01:15:14,480 --> 01:15:16,070 model. 1681 01:15:16,070 --> 01:15:22,320 [Music] 1682 01:15:22,320 --> 01:15:24,480 It's been over a year since we started 1683 01:15:24,480 --> 01:15:27,120 this journey together to launch themies 1684 01:15:27,120 --> 01:15:30,840 of Anchorage. We've convened, we've 1685 01:15:30,840 --> 01:15:34,120 listened, we've imagined something 1686 01:15:34,120 --> 01:15:37,400 better and built something 1687 01:15:37,400 --> 01:15:40,560 bold. It's been a year of big questions, 1688 01:15:40,560 --> 01:15:44,239 but even bigger possibilities. 1689 01:15:44,239 --> 01:15:46,800 This year, students across the Anchorage 1690 01:15:46,800 --> 01:15:48,960 School District engaged in nearly 1 1691 01:15:48,960 --> 01:15:50,880 million career connected learning touch 1692 01:15:50,880 --> 01:15:53,120 points through networking, mentoring, 1693 01:15:53,120 --> 01:15:55,840 and hiring events, industry showcases, 1694 01:15:55,840 --> 01:15:59,470 and 1695 01:15:59,480 --> 01:16:02,880 more. As part of Freshman Academy, each 1696 01:16:02,880 --> 01:16:04,880 ninth grader had the opportunity to tour 1697 01:16:04,880 --> 01:16:06,920 a university 1698 01:16:06,920 --> 01:16:09,960 campus and attend a career 1699 01:16:09,960 --> 01:16:12,480 expo to meet face tof face with more 1700 01:16:12,480 --> 01:16:16,590 than 100 Alaska businesses and 1701 01:16:16,600 --> 01:16:18,960 employers. All before the start of 1702 01:16:18,960 --> 01:16:22,590 sophomore 1703 01:16:22,600 --> 01:16:25,560 year. We're already seeing 1704 01:16:25,560 --> 01:16:29,040 progress with a 5% uptick in GPA among 1705 01:16:29,040 --> 01:16:33,270 9th graders. 1706 01:16:33,280 --> 01:16:36,239 [Music] 1707 01:16:36,239 --> 01:16:39,199 Next year, things really begin. Each 1708 01:16:39,199 --> 01:16:40,560 comprehensive high school in the 1709 01:16:40,560 --> 01:16:42,560 district will launch at least two career 1710 01:16:42,560 --> 01:16:45,760 pathways from hospitality to biomed 1711 01:16:45,760 --> 01:16:48,840 science, engineering to 1712 01:16:48,840 --> 01:16:51,199 education. We're excited to bring these 1713 01:16:51,199 --> 01:16:52,960 programs that are proven to increase 1714 01:16:52,960 --> 01:16:55,600 engagement and graduation rates to every 1715 01:16:55,600 --> 01:16:57,080 student in the 1716 01:16:57,080 --> 01:16:59,719 district. 1717 01:16:59,719 --> 01:17:02,000 Our students are discovering their 1718 01:17:02,000 --> 01:17:04,000 passions and seeing what's possible for 1719 01:17:04,000 --> 01:17:05,239 their 1720 01:17:05,239 --> 01:17:08,640 futures right here in Alaska. Themies of 1721 01:17:08,640 --> 01:17:11,600 Anchorage. It's been a year of momentum 1722 01:17:11,600 --> 01:17:14,320 and we're just getting started. We're 1723 01:17:14,320 --> 01:17:16,719 preparing students for college careers 1724 01:17:16,719 --> 01:17:19,199 and life. Investing in our students 1725 01:17:19,199 --> 01:17:21,840 today helps build the Alaska of 1726 01:17:21,840 --> 01:17:23,480 tomorrow. 1727 01:17:23,480 --> 01:17:30,070 [Music] 1728 01:17:30,080 --> 01:17:32,610 I think this sounds like a very exciting 1729 01:17:32,610 --> 01:17:37,239 [Music] 1730 01:17:37,239 --> 01:17:39,800 initiative. Encore. 1731 01:17:39,800 --> 01:17:42,080 Um, so let's go to the next 1732 01:17:42,080 --> 01:17:43,520 slide because here's the thing. This is 1733 01:17:43,520 --> 01:17:44,800 really exciting stuff, but I think 1734 01:17:44,800 --> 01:17:46,480 people have really over complicated what 1735 01:17:46,480 --> 01:17:48,080 the model is and what it isn't. So, let 1736 01:17:48,080 --> 01:17:49,920 me just be very clear about what themies 1737 01:17:49,920 --> 01:17:52,480 of Anchorage is. So, uh, in 9th grade, 1738 01:17:52,480 --> 01:17:54,080 it's ASD's vision that every single 1739 01:17:54,080 --> 01:17:56,159 freshman will be enrolling in a class 1740 01:17:56,159 --> 01:17:58,560 called college career exploration with 1741 01:17:58,560 --> 01:18:00,239 personal finance. Why? Because I think 1742 01:18:00,239 --> 01:18:01,360 all of us have been tuning into 1743 01:18:01,360 --> 01:18:03,199 legislative sessions for many, many 1744 01:18:03,199 --> 01:18:04,719 years. And we know that uh, personal 1745 01:18:04,719 --> 01:18:06,640 finance is a critical skill for students 1746 01:18:06,640 --> 01:18:08,480 in ASD. Every single ninth grader is 1747 01:18:08,480 --> 01:18:10,640 going to understand personal finance and 1748 01:18:10,640 --> 01:18:12,159 we're going to make sure that they 1749 01:18:12,159 --> 01:18:13,440 understand what are the great colleges 1750 01:18:13,440 --> 01:18:15,199 out there all across the country. What 1751 01:18:15,199 --> 01:18:17,440 are the options here at UAA? What's dual 1752 01:18:17,440 --> 01:18:19,760 credit? What's an internship? um what 1753 01:18:19,760 --> 01:18:21,760 are ways that I can engage in the 1754 01:18:21,760 --> 01:18:23,600 workforce? I think it's important to 1755 01:18:23,600 --> 01:18:25,679 remember that we serve primarily 1756 01:18:25,679 --> 01:18:28,239 students of poverty here in ASD. So, we 1757 01:18:28,239 --> 01:18:30,000 need to give them opportunities whether 1758 01:18:30,000 --> 01:18:31,920 it's to go directly into college or 1759 01:18:31,920 --> 01:18:33,840 whether it's to make sure that they have 1760 01:18:33,840 --> 01:18:35,840 the technical skills they need to get a 1761 01:18:35,840 --> 01:18:37,440 high demand high wage job here in 1762 01:18:37,440 --> 01:18:39,520 Anchorage right now today. But when you 1763 01:18:39,520 --> 01:18:41,520 look at this model, it's very simple. No 1764 01:18:41,520 --> 01:18:43,199 one's being asked to take anything that 1765 01:18:43,199 --> 01:18:45,360 they don't want to take. um aside from 1766 01:18:45,360 --> 01:18:46,880 learning fundamentals of personal 1767 01:18:46,880 --> 01:18:48,800 finance and some other common sense that 1768 01:18:48,800 --> 01:18:50,640 I think every ninth grader in the 1769 01:18:50,640 --> 01:18:52,960 district needs to know. Number two, um 1770 01:18:52,960 --> 01:18:54,640 in 10th to 12th grade, all we're asking 1771 01:18:54,640 --> 01:18:56,880 is for students to opt in, right? So 1772 01:18:56,880 --> 01:18:58,960 they have their schedule and we want to 1773 01:18:58,960 --> 01:19:01,440 make the pitch that um through this 1774 01:19:01,440 --> 01:19:03,600 course um through that nth grade course, 1775 01:19:03,600 --> 01:19:05,520 you gain the inspiration, right? You 1776 01:19:05,520 --> 01:19:08,000 start thinking about, huh, like how much 1777 01:19:08,000 --> 01:19:10,719 does a new car cost? What type of job do 1778 01:19:10,719 --> 01:19:12,960 I need to have to get that new car? and 1779 01:19:12,960 --> 01:19:14,640 they can use those skills and apply them 1780 01:19:14,640 --> 01:19:16,400 to ways that they can contribute to the 1781 01:19:16,400 --> 01:19:18,000 community, whether it's in healthcare, 1782 01:19:18,000 --> 01:19:20,560 whether it's in um community engagement, 1783 01:19:20,560 --> 01:19:22,239 whether it's in public service. You 1784 01:19:22,239 --> 01:19:23,760 know, I'm really excited about this, but 1785 01:19:23,760 --> 01:19:25,440 I want to be very clear that nobody is 1786 01:19:25,440 --> 01:19:26,880 being asked to take anything that they 1787 01:19:26,880 --> 01:19:28,480 don't want to. Um, what we're trying to 1788 01:19:28,480 --> 01:19:30,760 do is offer students as many choices as 1789 01:19:30,760 --> 01:19:34,159 possible because my vision is that every 1790 01:19:34,159 --> 01:19:36,000 single student in ASD is going to 1791 01:19:36,000 --> 01:19:37,760 graduate ready for colleges, 1792 01:19:37,760 --> 01:19:39,679 universities, apprenticeships, 1793 01:19:39,679 --> 01:19:41,600 enlistment into the military if that's 1794 01:19:41,600 --> 01:19:43,920 their dream, and beyond. This is not a 1795 01:19:43,920 --> 01:19:46,560 college versus career paradigm. I want 1796 01:19:46,560 --> 01:19:48,560 to let the new members of the assembly 1797 01:19:48,560 --> 01:19:50,159 know that I actually before becoming 1798 01:19:50,159 --> 01:19:52,320 superintendent spent nearly a decade 1799 01:19:52,320 --> 01:19:54,560 being a national expert on the topic of 1800 01:19:54,560 --> 01:19:56,239 college career readiness. I'm very 1801 01:19:56,239 --> 01:19:58,080 excited about this. I would not be 1802 01:19:58,080 --> 01:19:59,920 putting my name behind it if I didn't 1803 01:19:59,920 --> 01:20:02,400 truly believe that this is going to set 1804 01:20:02,400 --> 01:20:04,679 more students up to be successful in 1805 01:20:04,679 --> 01:20:07,440 colleges, careers, or whatever they want 1806 01:20:07,440 --> 01:20:09,840 to do. That's what the academy is about. 1807 01:20:09,840 --> 01:20:12,080 It's about taking those little steps 1808 01:20:12,080 --> 01:20:14,080 because again, we have so many students 1809 01:20:14,080 --> 01:20:16,000 who are in poverty and don't necessarily 1810 01:20:16,000 --> 01:20:17,920 have access to the information that they 1811 01:20:17,920 --> 01:20:20,000 need to be successful in college and 1812 01:20:20,000 --> 01:20:22,239 beyond. So, I'm really passionate about 1813 01:20:22,239 --> 01:20:24,080 this and again, we really pride 1814 01:20:24,080 --> 01:20:25,840 ourselves on the diversity of course 1815 01:20:25,840 --> 01:20:27,920 offerings that we have in ASD. We have 1816 01:20:27,920 --> 01:20:29,920 advanced placement classes. We have 1817 01:20:29,920 --> 01:20:31,840 incredible programs like the biomedical 1818 01:20:31,840 --> 01:20:34,280 science program. We have so many 1819 01:20:34,280 --> 01:20:36,880 opportunities that students may not even 1820 01:20:36,880 --> 01:20:38,320 know where they're going to take that 1821 01:20:38,320 --> 01:20:40,080 credential or that experience or that 1822 01:20:40,080 --> 01:20:42,719 inspiration. And that's okay. That's 1823 01:20:42,719 --> 01:20:44,800 called life readiness. You have options 1824 01:20:44,800 --> 01:20:46,239 and you're going to pursue the option 1825 01:20:46,239 --> 01:20:49,360 that's best for you. So, here's my north 1826 01:20:49,360 --> 01:20:52,000 star on this initiative. The data for 1827 01:20:52,000 --> 01:20:53,960 ASD, again, this is not some national 1828 01:20:53,960 --> 01:20:57,199 statistic. This is about ASD students um 1829 01:20:57,199 --> 01:21:00,239 who complete just two just two CT 1830 01:21:00,239 --> 01:21:02,480 classes in the same area, they graduate 1831 01:21:02,480 --> 01:21:03,239 at 1832 01:21:03,239 --> 01:21:06,080 98%. So, let me remind everyone that the 1833 01:21:06,080 --> 01:21:08,320 graduation rates for all students in ASD 1834 01:21:08,320 --> 01:21:11,440 is around 81%. If you really dig beneath 1835 01:21:11,440 --> 01:21:13,280 the surface of that statistic, if you're 1836 01:21:13,280 --> 01:21:15,360 a student of color in ASD, if you're a 1837 01:21:15,360 --> 01:21:16,719 student who's from a low-income 1838 01:21:16,719 --> 01:21:18,320 background, those graduation rates are 1839 01:21:18,320 --> 01:21:20,880 in the 70s. Depending on what specific 1840 01:21:20,880 --> 01:21:22,800 sub population we're looking at, those 1841 01:21:22,800 --> 01:21:25,199 graduation rates could be in the 50s. 1842 01:21:25,199 --> 01:21:28,000 So, the fact that 98% of ASD students 1843 01:21:28,000 --> 01:21:30,960 that completed a CTE class graduate on 1844 01:21:30,960 --> 01:21:33,520 time in four years, that's incredible. 1845 01:21:33,520 --> 01:21:35,199 And I looked at the statistic on that 1846 01:21:35,199 --> 01:21:37,760 98% and you know half of those students 1847 01:21:37,760 --> 01:21:40,880 are students uh who are low-income. So 1848 01:21:40,880 --> 01:21:42,560 it's incredible. Do you know that the 1849 01:21:42,560 --> 01:21:44,080 national rate for students who are 1850 01:21:44,080 --> 01:21:47,040 low-income graduating from college is um 1851 01:21:47,040 --> 01:21:48,960 in the single digits when you look at 1852 01:21:48,960 --> 01:21:51,280 community colleges and sometimes it's in 1853 01:21:51,280 --> 01:21:52,880 the low double digits when you look at 1854 01:21:52,880 --> 01:21:54,400 four-year universities. And again, I 1855 01:21:54,400 --> 01:21:56,000 happen to know this because I spent 1856 01:21:56,000 --> 01:21:58,239 nearly a decade becoming a national 1857 01:21:58,239 --> 01:22:02,159 expert in this topic um throughout the earlier part of my career. So, I'm 1858 01:22:02,159 --> 01:22:04,080 really excited to bring this to light. 1859 01:22:04,080 --> 01:22:06,719 So, the model is simple. People are 1860 01:22:06,719 --> 01:22:08,560 opting in to courses that are available 1861 01:22:08,560 --> 01:22:09,920 at their school, but here's where the 1862 01:22:09,920 --> 01:22:11,280 business community gets involved. So, 1863 01:22:11,280 --> 01:22:14,030 next slide, 1864 01:22:14,040 --> 01:22:18,800 please. We're going so slow to go so far 1865 01:22:18,800 --> 01:22:21,040 because we briefed everybody that there 1866 01:22:21,040 --> 01:22:24,000 is no money in ASD. In fact, there are 1867 01:22:24,000 --> 01:22:26,080 some people trying to pull some 1868 01:22:26,080 --> 01:22:28,719 maneuvers to rob us of even more money. 1869 01:22:28,719 --> 01:22:31,280 And despite every single headwind that's 1870 01:22:31,280 --> 01:22:33,760 been faced by us, we've added 23 new 1871 01:22:33,760 --> 01:22:36,560 pathways in ASD. Despite that, right, we 1872 01:22:36,560 --> 01:22:38,480 were able to do that in a way that is 1873 01:22:38,480 --> 01:22:40,480 essentially costneutral. And there may 1874 01:22:40,480 --> 01:22:42,000 have been grants that were involved to 1875 01:22:42,000 --> 01:22:43,520 make some of this programming move 1876 01:22:43,520 --> 01:22:47,120 forward, but um I think that when our 1877 01:22:47,120 --> 01:22:49,040 low-income students start graduating at 1878 01:22:49,040 --> 01:22:52,000 rates of 90% and above, that investment 1879 01:22:52,000 --> 01:22:55,440 is going to be worth it. So even today, 1880 01:22:55,440 --> 01:22:57,360 even despite the deficit, even despite 1881 01:22:57,360 --> 01:22:59,120 all the political maneuvers, we're going 1882 01:22:59,120 --> 01:23:01,280 to have 59 pathways in CTE in the 1883 01:23:01,280 --> 01:23:02,719 Anchorage School District next year. And 1884 01:23:02,719 --> 01:23:04,080 I'm really proud of that because that 1885 01:23:04,080 --> 01:23:06,159 was despite a lot of noise and a lot of 1886 01:23:06,159 --> 01:23:08,320 misinformation that I am laser focused 1887 01:23:08,320 --> 01:23:10,639 on correcting over the next 12 to 24 1888 01:23:10,639 --> 01:23:12,880 months because the stakes are too high 1889 01:23:12,880 --> 01:23:14,239 when we're looking at the graduation 1890 01:23:14,239 --> 01:23:16,880 rates of students. And I know for a fact 1891 01:23:16,880 --> 01:23:18,400 that if you're an ASD student that 1892 01:23:18,400 --> 01:23:21,040 completes these CTE classes that you're 1893 01:23:21,040 --> 01:23:23,440 going to graduate at 90%. Why would we 1894 01:23:23,440 --> 01:23:25,360 not be investing in opportunities that 1895 01:23:25,360 --> 01:23:27,520 really help our students succeed? Why am 1896 01:23:27,520 --> 01:23:29,600 I not hearing from legislators and our 1897 01:23:29,600 --> 01:23:31,199 commissioner and others about ways to 1898 01:23:31,199 --> 01:23:33,520 invest in CT programs so we can continue 1899 01:23:33,520 --> 01:23:36,000 to do programs like this? I'm so excited 1900 01:23:36,000 --> 01:23:38,320 that we were able to just pull this off 1901 01:23:38,320 --> 01:23:40,960 despite the $110 million deficit that 1902 01:23:40,960 --> 01:23:42,880 we've been facing all year and we're 1903 01:23:42,880 --> 01:23:44,800 going to keep on going. You can believe 1904 01:23:44,800 --> 01:23:48,639 that. Next slide, please. 1905 01:23:48,639 --> 01:23:51,760 So here are the fine details that 1906 01:23:51,760 --> 01:23:54,400 frequently get misunderstood. So uh 1907 01:23:54,400 --> 01:23:57,280 these are the ASDCTE pathways that we 1908 01:23:57,280 --> 01:24:00,400 plan to offer for the 2526 school year. 1909 01:24:00,400 --> 01:24:02,480 The very first thing I want to say as 1910 01:24:02,480 --> 01:24:04,880 you look at this slide um is the next 1911 01:24:04,880 --> 01:24:06,880 slide is about King because I want to 1912 01:24:06,880 --> 01:24:08,400 make another thing really clear to the 1913 01:24:08,400 --> 01:24:10,000 public, really clear to everybody in 1914 01:24:10,000 --> 01:24:12,639 this room. I love the King High School 1915 01:24:12,639 --> 01:24:14,159 program. I think it's one of the most 1916 01:24:14,159 --> 01:24:16,560 successful programs that ASD has 1917 01:24:16,560 --> 01:24:19,360 launched in its history. And the reason 1918 01:24:19,360 --> 01:24:21,440 why academy is formed is because we want 1919 01:24:21,440 --> 01:24:23,840 to take those best practices and put it 1920 01:24:23,840 --> 01:24:25,760 in front of the kid who may want to just 1921 01:24:25,760 --> 01:24:28,320 stay on the football team at East High 1922 01:24:28,320 --> 01:24:30,480 School and have the opportunity to stay 1923 01:24:30,480 --> 01:24:32,639 on the east side and take some classes 1924 01:24:32,639 --> 01:24:34,159 at their school instead of going to King 1925 01:24:34,159 --> 01:24:35,679 Techch. But you're also going to have 1926 01:24:35,679 --> 01:24:36,719 some students that want to take 1927 01:24:36,719 --> 01:24:38,880 advantages of the King Techch program 1928 01:24:38,880 --> 01:24:41,199 and they want to really have a a 1929 01:24:41,199 --> 01:24:43,440 citywide access point. No matter where 1930 01:24:43,440 --> 01:24:45,280 they live, they'll have an opportunity 1931 01:24:45,280 --> 01:24:47,360 to take really high impact programs no 1932 01:24:47,360 --> 01:24:50,400 matter where they live. Somies and King 1933 01:24:50,400 --> 01:24:52,320 High School go hand in hand. Let's go to 1934 01:24:52,320 --> 01:24:54,719 the next slide, please. These are the 1935 01:24:54,719 --> 01:24:57,760 King CTE programs of study um that were 1936 01:24:57,760 --> 01:25:00,639 offered to students. Again, AOA and uh 1937 01:25:00,639 --> 01:25:02,800 King go hand inand they complement each 1938 01:25:02,800 --> 01:25:04,719 other. We have thousands of graduates 1939 01:25:04,719 --> 01:25:06,000 every year in the Anchorage School 1940 01:25:06,000 --> 01:25:08,159 District. There's so much CTE and 1941 01:25:08,159 --> 01:25:10,480 college prep and dual credit and AP and 1942 01:25:10,480 --> 01:25:12,560 international balorate to go around. I'm 1943 01:25:12,560 --> 01:25:13,840 not worried about students having 1944 01:25:13,840 --> 01:25:15,600 choice. I want to give them direction so 1945 01:25:15,600 --> 01:25:17,120 they can get to the finish line at the 1946 01:25:17,120 --> 01:25:18,960 end of the day. So these are the King 1947 01:25:18,960 --> 01:25:21,920 Tech CTE programs. And again, this is 1948 01:25:21,920 --> 01:25:23,280 accessible to everybody in the 1949 01:25:23,280 --> 01:25:24,639 community. So, I really want to make 1950 01:25:24,639 --> 01:25:26,880 sure that you all can help me champion 1951 01:25:26,880 --> 01:25:28,960 this message to the public that all 1952 01:25:28,960 --> 01:25:30,639 we're saying is that wow, if you want to 1953 01:25:30,639 --> 01:25:32,239 take advantage of these programs that 1954 01:25:32,239 --> 01:25:34,080 aren't at my school, I can probably 1955 01:25:34,080 --> 01:25:35,760 arrange some transportation to get to 1956 01:25:35,760 --> 01:25:37,600 King Tech. But if I want to stay on the 1957 01:25:37,600 --> 01:25:39,280 East High School football team, I'm 1958 01:25:39,280 --> 01:25:40,560 going to stay at my school and choose my 1959 01:25:40,560 --> 01:25:42,719 pathway at my school. It's that simple. 1960 01:25:42,719 --> 01:25:44,480 So, what I'm going to be doing over the 1961 01:25:44,480 --> 01:25:46,480 next 12 to 24 months is hammering this 1962 01:25:46,480 --> 01:25:48,320 message through to every single person 1963 01:25:48,320 --> 01:25:50,800 because there is zero reason why every 1964 01:25:50,800 --> 01:25:52,960 single person in ASD shouldn't be behind 1965 01:25:52,960 --> 01:25:54,560 getting more kids exposed to dual 1966 01:25:54,560 --> 01:25:57,440 credit, CTE, and beyond. I am so excited 1967 01:25:57,440 --> 01:26:00,199 for this. Next slide, 1968 01:26:00,199 --> 01:26:03,679 please. And thank you, a sincere thank 1969 01:26:03,679 --> 01:26:05,760 you because we could not have pulled 1970 01:26:05,760 --> 01:26:07,840 this off without the support of the 1971 01:26:07,840 --> 01:26:10,639 mayor and the assembly. We can't afford 1972 01:26:10,639 --> 01:26:12,639 the Denina Center and you all comp that 1973 01:26:12,639 --> 01:26:14,320 for us so we could bring thousands of 1974 01:26:14,320 --> 01:26:16,760 students. Thank you. Can you clap for 1975 01:26:16,760 --> 01:26:19,719 that? Thousands of students got to 1976 01:26:19,719 --> 01:26:22,320 experience careers. And here's the cool 1977 01:26:22,320 --> 01:26:25,360 thing about the 9th grade career expo. 1978 01:26:25,360 --> 01:26:28,719 Um we uh galvanized hundreds of school 1979 01:26:28,719 --> 01:26:31,440 business partners across the city and 1980 01:26:31,440 --> 01:26:33,440 they stepped up. They volunteered their 1981 01:26:33,440 --> 01:26:35,199 time and a lot of you were there and a 1982 01:26:35,199 --> 01:26:36,639 lot of you you know encouraged people to 1983 01:26:36,639 --> 01:26:39,679 come. Um, member Wilson was instrumental 1984 01:26:39,679 --> 01:26:42,080 in making sure that IBW and a lot of 1985 01:26:42,080 --> 01:26:43,440 school business partners that she's on 1986 01:26:43,440 --> 01:26:45,360 the board of were present here. Hundreds 1987 01:26:45,360 --> 01:26:46,880 of expose are there. But here's the 1988 01:26:46,880 --> 01:26:49,199 coolest part is that the career expo is 1989 01:26:49,199 --> 01:26:51,040 geared towards students that um are in 1990 01:26:51,040 --> 01:26:52,880 nth grade, right? Sometimes when you go 1991 01:26:52,880 --> 01:26:54,719 to a job fair, career fair, it's geared 1992 01:26:54,719 --> 01:26:56,159 towards people who are going into the 1993 01:26:56,159 --> 01:26:57,760 workforce. But when I walked into the 1994 01:26:57,760 --> 01:26:59,520 Dina Center that was caught by the 1995 01:26:59,520 --> 01:27:01,760 assembly, I saw students that were in 1996 01:27:01,760 --> 01:27:03,679 front of the the green screen. You know 1997 01:27:03,679 --> 01:27:04,719 what I mean? Like where they're trying 1998 01:27:04,719 --> 01:27:08,560 to pretend they're the weather person. I think that's so neat. And I got to see 1999 01:27:08,560 --> 01:27:10,159 uh I'm thinking about Alaska Premier 2000 01:27:10,159 --> 01:27:12,400 Auctions. I I got to see some students 2001 01:27:12,400 --> 01:27:14,159 really learn what it means to be an 2002 01:27:14,159 --> 01:27:16,000 auctioneer for the first time. I mean, I 2003 01:27:16,000 --> 01:27:18,480 might have gotten um Jen Matoya and some 2004 01:27:18,480 --> 01:27:20,560 other people, some future employees. I I 2005 01:27:20,560 --> 01:27:22,880 think that's um a really cool thing. And 2006 01:27:22,880 --> 01:27:24,239 I'm sure that there are students that 2007 01:27:24,239 --> 01:27:26,880 were at that um career expo and saw the 2008 01:27:26,880 --> 01:27:29,440 talented physicians and really saw their 2009 01:27:29,440 --> 01:27:31,760 future in a medical school out of state 2010 01:27:31,760 --> 01:27:33,840 so they can maybe one day come back and 2011 01:27:33,840 --> 01:27:36,000 help contribute to the medical crisis in 2012 01:27:36,000 --> 01:27:38,000 Alaska so we can have more doctors in 2013 01:27:38,000 --> 01:27:40,159 our low-income and rural communities and 2014 01:27:40,159 --> 01:27:42,320 make a difference. All that inspiration 2015 01:27:42,320 --> 01:27:44,159 really starts for every single ninth 2016 01:27:44,159 --> 01:27:46,000 grader through the freshman academy 2017 01:27:46,000 --> 01:27:47,840 course that they'll take their nth grade 2018 01:27:47,840 --> 01:27:49,760 year. That's the career expo. That's 2019 01:27:49,760 --> 01:27:51,600 thanks to the city. I just really wanted 2020 01:27:51,600 --> 01:27:54,000 to express my sentiment, but I also 2021 01:27:54,000 --> 01:27:55,760 don't want to let people off the hook. 2022 01:27:55,760 --> 01:27:57,920 I'm not sure if we'll be able to do this 2023 01:27:57,920 --> 01:27:59,840 career expo again because I don't know 2024 01:27:59,840 --> 01:28:01,520 if the Denina Center being comp will 2025 01:28:01,520 --> 01:28:03,040 count towards this impact date or what 2026 01:28:03,040 --> 01:28:05,120 have you. So, I just want you to take a 2027 01:28:05,120 --> 01:28:06,639 moment to think about what it's like to 2028 01:28:06,639 --> 01:28:08,960 be a superintendent in these crazy times 2029 01:28:08,960 --> 01:28:11,520 because all I want to do is just talk 2030 01:28:11,520 --> 01:28:13,280 about these programs and get kids into 2031 01:28:13,280 --> 01:28:16,080 school. Um, but here I am having to look 2032 01:28:16,080 --> 01:28:20,000 at statutes, you know, 44, 62, 250 to, 2033 01:28:20,000 --> 01:28:21,920 you know, try to make a political point. 2034 01:28:21,920 --> 01:28:23,600 But this is the work and this is why 2035 01:28:23,600 --> 01:28:25,360 we're working so hard and this is what I 2036 01:28:25,360 --> 01:28:26,719 need you to help me get the message 2037 01:28:26,719 --> 01:28:28,639 across on this issue that we talked 2038 01:28:28,639 --> 01:28:30,400 about this morning because again, I 2039 01:28:30,400 --> 01:28:31,679 don't know if we can pull this off 2040 01:28:31,679 --> 01:28:33,920 because the state hasn't told me if the 2041 01:28:33,920 --> 01:28:35,840 city can even help me get the den center 2042 01:28:35,840 --> 01:28:37,520 for free. They might want to deduct our 2043 01:28:37,520 --> 01:28:40,159 funding instead. That's crazy to me. So, 2044 01:28:40,159 --> 01:28:41,679 next slide. Dr. Brian, can I interrupt? 2045 01:28:41,679 --> 01:28:43,679 Uh, sure. First to say agree. Second of 2046 01:28:43,679 --> 01:28:45,840 all, Vice Chair Broly has a question or 2047 01:28:45,840 --> 01:28:48,719 comment. Uh yeah, I also agree. And um I 2048 01:28:48,719 --> 01:28:50,719 wanted to note that our next uh joint 2049 01:28:50,719 --> 01:28:53,520 meeting is also Friday, September 26th. 2050 01:28:53,520 --> 01:28:55,040 And so what a great thing that we could 2051 01:28:55,040 --> 01:28:56,880 make uh potentially a school day where 2052 01:28:56,880 --> 01:28:58,400 we have our meeting in the morning and 2053 01:28:58,400 --> 01:29:00,000 then we all head over to the den center. 2054 01:29:00,000 --> 01:29:01,600 So I will I'm putting a note on my 2055 01:29:01,600 --> 01:29:02,719 calendar right now. Thanks. That's 2056 01:29:02,719 --> 01:29:03,920 really cool. This has been the longest 2057 01:29:03,920 --> 01:29:06,600 week for me and that really warms my 2058 01:29:06,600 --> 01:29:08,880 heart. All right, so I think we have one 2059 01:29:08,880 --> 01:29:09,719 more 2060 01:29:09,719 --> 01:29:11,920 slide. Oh, that's the last slide. What 2061 01:29:11,920 --> 01:29:13,920 questions can he answer? I think I saw 2062 01:29:13,920 --> 01:29:15,840 um member Higgins and then we'll go to 2063 01:29:15,840 --> 01:29:17,360 members first. Yeah, I was going to 2064 01:29:17,360 --> 01:29:18,880 mention to the superintendent, don't 2065 01:29:18,880 --> 01:29:21,040 mention donations uh here a little bit 2066 01:29:21,040 --> 01:29:23,040 with with everything going on with the 2067 01:29:23,040 --> 01:29:25,360 state. I'll just mention this. I I I 2068 01:29:25,360 --> 01:29:27,360 like the numbers. I'm I'm always big on 2069 01:29:27,360 --> 01:29:29,920 numbers. So statistics out here, 2070 01:29:29,920 --> 01:29:31,760 graduations and the like is something I 2071 01:29:31,760 --> 01:29:33,679 always like to hear. The biggest 2072 01:29:33,679 --> 01:29:35,360 challenge from my standpoint in 2073 01:29:35,360 --> 01:29:37,280 supporting this is really trying to 2074 01:29:37,280 --> 01:29:39,199 expand it to seven or eight classes 2075 01:29:39,199 --> 01:29:40,800 because there's so many optional 2076 01:29:40,800 --> 01:29:43,520 programs and then having enough teachers 2077 01:29:43,520 --> 01:29:45,120 to do it. When you lose a teacher, you 2078 01:29:45,120 --> 01:29:46,639 lose what they teach. You need to have 2079 01:29:46,639 --> 01:29:49,040 other supports out there. And when you 2080 01:29:49,040 --> 01:29:51,600 go from six to seven classes or six to 2081 01:29:51,600 --> 01:29:54,480 eight, that's a third more students 2082 01:29:54,480 --> 01:29:57,199 number of students taking classes. and 2083 01:29:57,199 --> 01:29:59,679 we we're losing teachers and we're not 2084 01:29:59,679 --> 01:30:01,679 getting them refilled and we're running 2085 01:30:01,679 --> 01:30:03,520 into that type of nightmare. So, I 2086 01:30:03,520 --> 01:30:05,760 support moving forward with this. I just 2087 01:30:05,760 --> 01:30:07,679 want to be out there. We're being hurt 2088 01:30:07,679 --> 01:30:10,080 by the state with funding when we can't 2089 01:30:10,080 --> 01:30:12,080 fill these teacher jobs when they're 2090 01:30:12,080 --> 01:30:13,520 losing them and they're not being 2091 01:30:13,520 --> 01:30:15,360 replaced trying to retain them. I know 2092 01:30:15,360 --> 01:30:17,679 we got a committee that's looked at the 2093 01:30:17,679 --> 01:30:20,239 retention issue because that impacts us 2094 01:30:20,239 --> 01:30:21,920 quite a bit when you have high turnover 2095 01:30:21,920 --> 01:30:24,639 in the first five years, but we really 2096 01:30:24,639 --> 01:30:28,400 um just laying that out. I ideally I 2097 01:30:28,400 --> 01:30:30,159 wish we could support the seven and 2098 01:30:30,159 --> 01:30:32,480 eight schedule, but you got to have more 2099 01:30:32,480 --> 01:30:35,760 teachers and we just can't seem to we're 2100 01:30:35,760 --> 01:30:37,199 going to have a nightmare with that with 2101 01:30:37,199 --> 01:30:39,199 our salaries behind and no defined 2102 01:30:39,199 --> 01:30:41,280 benefit, which the state continues to 2103 01:30:41,280 --> 01:30:43,360 oppose. the only state in the country 2104 01:30:43,360 --> 01:30:45,600 without defined benefit option for 2105 01:30:45,600 --> 01:30:48,080 teachers. Another detriment that's 2106 01:30:48,080 --> 01:30:50,239 coming directly from the state with 2107 01:30:50,239 --> 01:30:52,159 opposition that way and that's and that 2108 01:30:52,159 --> 01:30:53,679 would make a difference right there for 2109 01:30:53,679 --> 01:30:56,400 low cost. 2110 01:30:56,400 --> 01:30:59,679 Go to member Baldwin Day. 2111 01:30:59,679 --> 01:31:02,000 Yeah, thank you. Um I would I would just 2112 01:31:02,000 --> 01:31:05,440 love to get um this PowerPoint if 2113 01:31:05,440 --> 01:31:07,679 possible. Yeah, I' I'd love to be able 2114 01:31:07,679 --> 01:31:10,560 to dig into especially the slide of uh 2115 01:31:10,560 --> 01:31:11,760 what's going to be offered at which 2116 01:31:11,760 --> 01:31:13,360 schools. That'd be really fascinating to 2117 01:31:13,360 --> 01:31:15,280 take a closer look. Thank you. Thank 2118 01:31:15,280 --> 01:31:19,189 you. We'll go to member Silvers. 2119 01:31:19,199 --> 01:31:20,639 Um yeah, I have a question. You said 2120 01:31:20,639 --> 01:31:22,880 that um some of the career pathways have 2121 01:31:22,880 --> 01:31:25,360 been paid for by grants. Um and my 2122 01:31:25,360 --> 01:31:27,440 question is would those grants also be 2123 01:31:27,440 --> 01:31:30,320 under threat um by these new proposed 2124 01:31:30,320 --> 01:31:32,960 regulations? It's possible, but here's 2125 01:31:32,960 --> 01:31:34,400 the way that I think about it. Member 2126 01:31:34,400 --> 01:31:36,239 Silvers, we can't tell our students that 2127 01:31:36,239 --> 01:31:38,239 I I'm sorry. The the state is trying to 2128 01:31:38,239 --> 01:31:40,159 take $18 million from us. This is just 2129 01:31:40,159 --> 01:31:41,920 the wrong time to pursue our goals and 2130 01:31:41,920 --> 01:31:43,760 guard rails. I need to make sure that 2131 01:31:43,760 --> 01:31:45,520 our eye is focused on improving student 2132 01:31:45,520 --> 01:31:47,520 outcomes no matter what. And yet, there 2133 01:31:47,520 --> 01:31:49,199 are some funds that are being funded by 2134 01:31:49,199 --> 01:31:50,880 federal impact aid. We did receive a 2135 01:31:50,880 --> 01:31:52,800 grant from the federal government. And 2136 01:31:52,800 --> 01:31:55,520 you need to understand that I 24 hours a 2137 01:31:55,520 --> 01:31:58,080 day constantly under fear that some sort 2138 01:31:58,080 --> 01:31:59,440 of grant's going to be pulled or some 2139 01:31:59,440 --> 01:32:00,719 sort of maneuver is going to be pulled 2140 01:32:00,719 --> 01:32:02,239 or some sort of rug's going to be pulled 2141 01:32:02,239 --> 01:32:04,080 from under me. So, I wish that I could 2142 01:32:04,080 --> 01:32:05,440 tell you exactly what I'll do when 2143 01:32:05,440 --> 01:32:06,800 there's a crisis, but what I want to 2144 01:32:06,800 --> 01:32:08,159 communicate to you right now is I know 2145 01:32:08,159 --> 01:32:09,679 the crisis are coming and I'm the guy 2146 01:32:09,679 --> 01:32:12,800 you want to have in a crisis. 2147 01:32:12,800 --> 01:32:15,600 Uh, member Vice President Bellamy. Yes. 2148 01:32:15,600 --> 01:32:18,800 Thank you. Um, Dr. Bryant, thank you for 2149 01:32:18,800 --> 01:32:21,239 uh doing the overview for the 2150 01:32:21,239 --> 01:32:24,159 uhmies. Uh, we we really need to be 2151 01:32:24,159 --> 01:32:27,360 crystal clear in our in our uh messaging 2152 01:32:27,360 --> 01:32:30,000 what it is and what it's not. uh there 2153 01:32:30,000 --> 01:32:32,719 still are parents and community members 2154 01:32:32,719 --> 01:32:36,040 who see them 2155 01:32:36,040 --> 01:32:38,480 as I don't know some kind of tracking 2156 01:32:38,480 --> 01:32:41,360 system. It is not that it is a system to 2157 01:32:41,360 --> 01:32:43,840 create opportunities. 2158 01:32:43,840 --> 01:32:47,719 Uh it is not every kid won't want to 2159 01:32:47,719 --> 01:32:51,120 um it won't fit every single kid but 2160 01:32:51,120 --> 01:32:53,280 when we look at the statistics you've 2161 01:32:53,280 --> 01:32:54,040 got 2162 01:32:54,040 --> 01:32:57,360 like you know only 30% of our kids 2163 01:32:57,360 --> 01:33:00,080 really go on to college what happens to 2164 01:33:00,080 --> 01:33:01,320 the other 2165 01:33:01,320 --> 01:33:04,800 60%. We want them to be life and career 2166 01:33:04,800 --> 01:33:06,960 ready too life college and career ready 2167 01:33:06,960 --> 01:33:11,280 as well. And so we are, if we believe, I 2168 01:33:11,280 --> 01:33:14,400 think we do, every kid, every day, no 2169 01:33:14,400 --> 01:33:17,360 matter what it takes, we've got to 2170 01:33:17,360 --> 01:33:20,719 create these opportunities for all kids. 2171 01:33:20,719 --> 01:33:23,840 And I think um, you know, my own 2172 01:33:23,840 --> 01:33:28,159 personal story really started with a 2173 01:33:28,159 --> 01:33:30,800 program called DECA. I would never have 2174 01:33:30,800 --> 01:33:32,480 even thought about going to college. I 2175 01:33:32,480 --> 01:33:34,000 never would have I because I never would 2176 01:33:34,000 --> 01:33:36,639 have thought I had any kind of skill 2177 01:33:36,639 --> 01:33:43,120 except I learned how to do something and and I found I was good at it and it 2178 01:33:43,120 --> 01:33:45,440 paid for me to go to college. It helped 2179 01:33:45,440 --> 01:33:51,760 me to be where I am today. So anyway, I am 100% behind themies. I just think 2180 01:33:51,760 --> 01:33:55,520 we need to make sure that we are clear 2181 01:33:55,520 --> 01:33:58,800 and we are that you know it's not 2182 01:33:58,800 --> 01:34:02,520 graduation or themies. It's not college 2183 01:34:02,520 --> 01:34:05,600 or, you know, or or an apprenticeship. 2184 01:34:05,600 --> 01:34:09,679 It can be both or all of the above. And 2185 01:34:09,679 --> 01:34:11,840 then parents get to choose the path, the 2186 01:34:11,840 --> 01:34:13,679 ultimate path for their kids. But we've 2187 01:34:13,679 --> 01:34:16,960 got to look out for all kids. Thank you. 2188 01:34:16,960 --> 01:34:18,639 Vice President Bill Bellamy. 2189 01:34:18,639 --> 01:34:21,760 Um, flagging two things. First, uh, the 2190 01:34:21,760 --> 01:34:24,080 slideshow for the AOA presentation is 2191 01:34:24,080 --> 01:34:25,520 attached to our agenda today on board 2192 01:34:25,520 --> 01:34:29,199 docs. Um, and then following up on Vice 2193 01:34:29,199 --> 01:34:31,280 Chair Broly's comment, sounds like that 2194 01:34:31,280 --> 01:34:33,280 we have a potential um, collaborative 2195 01:34:33,280 --> 01:34:34,800 time that can occur after our next joint 2196 01:34:34,800 --> 01:34:36,560 meeting in the fall, a field trip of 2197 01:34:36,560 --> 01:34:38,159 sorts to staple on. Uh, we can 2198 01:34:38,159 --> 01:34:41,920 potentially take up a good chunk of your day if you'd like. So, we'll 2199 01:34:41,920 --> 01:34:43,199 examine how we can do that and get an 2200 01:34:43,199 --> 01:34:47,709 invite 2201 01:34:47,719 --> 01:34:50,159 out. With that said, if there's no other 2202 01:34:50,159 --> 01:34:53,600 comments regarding uh, H1M of Anchorage, 2203 01:34:53,600 --> 01:34:56,000 President Jacobs, I I had my hand up. I 2204 01:34:56,000 --> 01:34:57,760 wasn't sure if you caught that. My 2205 01:34:57,760 --> 01:34:59,920 apologies. Thank you, Member Wilson. The 2206 01:34:59,920 --> 01:35:02,560 floor is yours. Awesome. Um I just 2207 01:35:02,560 --> 01:35:05,440 wanted to kind of elaborate a little bit 2208 01:35:05,440 --> 01:35:08,719 on on what um member Bellamy was stating 2209 01:35:08,719 --> 01:35:13,520 in that the academyy's programs aren't 2210 01:35:13,520 --> 01:35:16,800 just for students that don't want to go 2211 01:35:16,800 --> 01:35:18,960 to college. Just like King Tech is not 2212 01:35:18,960 --> 01:35:20,400 just for students that don't want to go 2213 01:35:20,400 --> 01:35:22,560 to college. you you look at the 2214 01:35:22,560 --> 01:35:24,840 biomedical program at at Service High 2215 01:35:24,840 --> 01:35:27,440 School, most of those students are 2216 01:35:27,440 --> 01:35:29,600 tracking to go into a healthc care field 2217 01:35:29,600 --> 01:35:31,960 that would take a would need a 2218 01:35:31,960 --> 01:35:35,679 post-secary education. Um whether it be 2219 01:35:35,679 --> 01:35:38,840 a certificate, an AA, a BA or a 2220 01:35:38,840 --> 01:35:41,920 doctorates. Um you look at the programs 2221 01:35:41,920 --> 01:35:45,440 at King Tech and they do an amazing job 2222 01:35:45,440 --> 01:35:47,679 incorporating the Alaska Middle College 2223 01:35:47,679 --> 01:35:50,239 with the students at King Tech. So, some 2224 01:35:50,239 --> 01:35:52,400 of those students are taking the trades 2225 01:35:52,400 --> 01:35:55,520 program um that's available, but they're 2226 01:35:55,520 --> 01:35:58,239 also taking classes at UAA. So, there's 2227 01:35:58,239 --> 01:36:00,639 this great combination. There's there's 2228 01:36:00,639 --> 01:36:04,800 no the the intention is to is to provide 2229 01:36:04,800 --> 01:36:07,440 limitless opportunities for our students 2230 01:36:07,440 --> 01:36:10,000 but to provide the exposure is is 2231 01:36:10,000 --> 01:36:12,239 incredibly important because many of our 2232 01:36:12,239 --> 01:36:14,840 students are not exposed 2233 01:36:14,840 --> 01:36:17,840 to different programs whether whether it 2234 01:36:17,840 --> 01:36:21,199 be trades or college or whatever 2235 01:36:21,199 --> 01:36:22,880 programs be you know being an 2236 01:36:22,880 --> 01:36:26,000 aesthetician or whatever they choose. Um 2237 01:36:26,000 --> 01:36:28,719 but I I just I think there is I' I've 2238 01:36:28,719 --> 01:36:30,239 heard the same kind of confusion from 2239 01:36:30,239 --> 01:36:32,960 our our families from our community 2240 01:36:32,960 --> 01:36:37,040 members um that that it is that the 2241 01:36:37,040 --> 01:36:39,280 themies are focused on students who are 2242 01:36:39,280 --> 01:36:40,960 not choosing to go to college and that 2243 01:36:40,960 --> 01:36:43,760 is by no means the case that it's really 2244 01:36:43,760 --> 01:36:45,840 focused on expanding their opportunities 2245 01:36:45,840 --> 01:36:48,719 and expanding their exposure. Um, so I 2246 01:36:48,719 --> 01:36:51,119 just I I appreciate that that's being 2247 01:36:51,119 --> 01:36:54,239 said more and said more loudly and our 2248 01:36:54,239 --> 01:36:57,040 uh our business people have been our 2249 01:36:57,040 --> 01:36:59,199 business community has been wonderful 2250 01:36:59,199 --> 01:37:02,239 about um being involved in this process 2251 01:37:02,239 --> 01:37:04,000 which is amazing because those are more 2252 01:37:04,000 --> 01:37:05,600 opportunities for our kids and more 2253 01:37:05,600 --> 01:37:07,280 connections for our kids in our 2254 01:37:07,280 --> 01:37:11,840 community. So it's I I I do believe that 2255 01:37:11,840 --> 01:37:17,000 themies is just trying to bring a um a a 2256 01:37:17,000 --> 01:37:20,000 louder a a larger platform to some of 2257 01:37:20,000 --> 01:37:22,239 the programs that the the school 2258 01:37:22,239 --> 01:37:25,040 district has had for many years and h 2259 01:37:25,040 --> 01:37:27,199 the community didn't realize that that 2260 01:37:27,199 --> 01:37:30,480 is uh a program that exists and many of 2261 01:37:30,480 --> 01:37:31,920 our students maybe didn't know some of 2262 01:37:31,920 --> 01:37:34,080 the programs that exist. So, it it's 2263 01:37:34,080 --> 01:37:36,159 incredibly important that all of our 2264 01:37:36,159 --> 01:37:37,600 kids know what opportunities are out 2265 01:37:37,600 --> 01:37:39,360 there and the engagement with our 2266 01:37:39,360 --> 01:37:41,679 business community continue to grow. Um, 2267 01:37:41,679 --> 01:37:44,159 I did want to ask a quick question to 2268 01:37:44,159 --> 01:37:46,800 Dr. Bryant. Um or maybe a comment more 2269 01:37:46,800 --> 01:37:49,440 than a question. Uh because there there 2270 01:37:49,440 --> 01:37:50,960 is going to be a change in leadership at 2271 01:37:50,960 --> 01:37:55,280 King Tech. And so um maybe share about 2272 01:37:55,280 --> 01:37:56,800 that process. So the community 2273 01:37:56,800 --> 01:37:59,840 understands that there is um going to be 2274 01:37:59,840 --> 01:38:03,360 a change in leadership, but the as you 2275 01:38:03,360 --> 01:38:05,760 stated um earlier, your excitement about 2276 01:38:05,760 --> 01:38:08,000 the programs that exist at King Tech 2277 01:38:08,000 --> 01:38:10,719 will continue to exist. Um so if you 2278 01:38:10,719 --> 01:38:12,000 could elaborate a little bit on that, 2279 01:38:12,000 --> 01:38:13,600 that'd be great. 2280 01:38:13,600 --> 01:38:15,119 Yeah, thank you, Member Wilson. So, 2281 01:38:15,119 --> 01:38:16,960 we're in the advanced stages of 2282 01:38:16,960 --> 01:38:19,199 finalizing the the who will be selected 2283 01:38:19,199 --> 01:38:20,960 for King High School. I'm so excited 2284 01:38:20,960 --> 01:38:22,560 about it. What I can share about it 2285 01:38:22,560 --> 01:38:24,400 right now is I've been telling every 2286 01:38:24,400 --> 01:38:25,600 finalist that I've personally 2287 01:38:25,600 --> 01:38:28,159 interviewed myself, my priority is to 2288 01:38:28,159 --> 01:38:29,760 expand the number of kids who are in 2289 01:38:29,760 --> 01:38:32,159 King Tech. Um, it's not lost on me that 2290 01:38:32,159 --> 01:38:33,440 there are a lot of teachers out there 2291 01:38:33,440 --> 01:38:34,800 that may be, you know, reading things 2292 01:38:34,800 --> 01:38:36,719 online or on Twitter or maybe, you know, 2293 01:38:36,719 --> 01:38:38,960 phoning a friend, but I'm going to make 2294 01:38:38,960 --> 01:38:40,800 sure that they hear from me. I want to 2295 01:38:40,800 --> 01:38:42,480 invest in King. I want more students 2296 01:38:42,480 --> 01:38:44,480 enrolled in that school. I want a vision 2297 01:38:44,480 --> 01:38:46,400 for more full-time kids in King, too. 2298 01:38:46,400 --> 01:38:47,920 You know, I had heard a stat from, I 2299 01:38:47,920 --> 01:38:50,239 believe it was Andy Ratliff that if we 2300 01:38:50,239 --> 01:38:52,159 add uh more full-time students into 2301 01:38:52,159 --> 01:38:54,800 King, there's even a pathway for that 2302 01:38:54,800 --> 01:38:56,320 program to be even more cost 2303 01:38:56,320 --> 01:38:57,840 sustainable. So, I really want the 2304 01:38:57,840 --> 01:38:59,840 public to understand I have immense 2305 01:38:59,840 --> 01:39:02,960 urgency for financial reasons um you we 2306 01:39:02,960 --> 01:39:04,159 can generate some dollars for the 2307 01:39:04,159 --> 01:39:06,320 district, but also our board goals. So, 2308 01:39:06,320 --> 01:39:07,920 I don't have any specifics to share as 2309 01:39:07,920 --> 01:39:09,280 to who will be selected and why were 2310 01:39:09,280 --> 01:39:10,960 they selected quite yet, but I've made 2311 01:39:10,960 --> 01:39:12,239 it crystal clear they need to grow 2312 01:39:12,239 --> 01:39:13,920 enrollment at that school because this 2313 01:39:13,920 --> 01:39:15,600 is a board goal and I need more kids to 2314 01:39:15,600 --> 01:39:20,080 graduate from high school in four years. 2315 01:39:20,080 --> 01:39:21,600 Thank you, Member Wilson. We'll go to 2316 01:39:21,600 --> 01:39:24,159 Vice Chair Broly. Yeah, thank you. Um, 2317 01:39:24,159 --> 01:39:26,400 uh, very happy to see King continuing 2318 01:39:26,400 --> 01:39:28,239 and have appreciated I think it's in 2319 01:39:28,239 --> 01:39:31,199 December, uh, the hosting of kind of the 2320 01:39:31,199 --> 01:39:33,119 update and and and, uh, getting served 2321 01:39:33,119 --> 01:39:34,560 lunch by the students. So, thank you for 2322 01:39:34,560 --> 01:39:37,280 that. Um but also I noted um in the 2323 01:39:37,280 --> 01:39:39,440 programs that are on that list early 2324 01:39:39,440 --> 01:39:42,320 childhood education and child care um 2325 01:39:42,320 --> 01:39:44,000 things related to housing construction 2326 01:39:44,000 --> 01:39:45,360 and then of course a lot of other 2327 01:39:45,360 --> 01:39:47,760 workforce uh needs in our community. So 2328 01:39:47,760 --> 01:39:49,040 I think there's a direct straight line 2329 01:39:49,040 --> 01:39:50,880 with our assembly priorities as well and 2330 01:39:50,880 --> 01:39:52,960 the municipalities priorities and making 2331 01:39:52,960 --> 01:39:54,560 sure that we have folks who um can do 2332 01:39:54,560 --> 01:39:56,000 those jobs and I think they're they are 2333 01:39:56,000 --> 01:39:57,840 good jobs. So I hope that people pursue 2334 01:39:57,840 --> 01:40:00,800 those careers. And if I may, um, you 2335 01:40:00,800 --> 01:40:02,560 know, this is an initiative that can 2336 01:40:02,560 --> 01:40:05,199 directly benefit ASD2. It's not lost in 2337 01:40:05,199 --> 01:40:07,760 me that you can create CT pathways in 2338 01:40:07,760 --> 01:40:09,679 the field of education. I think we need 2339 01:40:09,679 --> 01:40:11,920 more amazing educators than ever before 2340 01:40:11,920 --> 01:40:14,639 in this day and age. And given that ASD 2341 01:40:14,639 --> 01:40:16,080 is one of the most diverse school 2342 01:40:16,080 --> 01:40:18,159 systems in the country, I think it would 2343 01:40:18,159 --> 01:40:19,520 be really great to accelerate the 2344 01:40:19,520 --> 01:40:21,040 pipeline of students that are ready to 2345 01:40:21,040 --> 01:40:23,280 give back and pay it forward. So, one of 2346 01:40:23,280 --> 01:40:25,119 my priorities will be to expand the 2347 01:40:25,119 --> 01:40:27,360 number of education pathways, too. We 2348 01:40:27,360 --> 01:40:28,639 need to grow our own people. Whether 2349 01:40:28,639 --> 01:40:30,000 they're the people building houses, 2350 01:40:30,000 --> 01:40:31,119 whether they're the people in the 2351 01:40:31,119 --> 01:40:32,719 hospitals, whether they're the teachers 2352 01:40:32,719 --> 01:40:34,960 in your child's classroom, uh I really 2353 01:40:34,960 --> 01:40:36,719 think that this could help our state a 2354 01:40:36,719 --> 01:40:38,639 lot. 2355 01:40:38,639 --> 01:40:41,119 Thank you. We'll go to member lessons. 2356 01:40:41,119 --> 01:40:43,600 Um I wanted to say a couple of things 2357 01:40:43,600 --> 01:40:46,639 that I've appreciated recently. One is 2358 01:40:46,639 --> 01:40:48,080 uh that the administration has shared 2359 01:40:48,080 --> 01:40:50,239 that it's going to really be working to 2360 01:40:50,239 --> 01:40:53,119 engage with families uh more deeply in 2361 01:40:53,119 --> 01:40:57,840 part of this going slow to go farther uh 2362 01:40:57,840 --> 01:41:01,199 path and that we can also anticipate a 2363 01:41:01,199 --> 01:41:03,119 revised master plan. There's been a lot 2364 01:41:03,119 --> 01:41:06,320 of changes since June of uh just last 2365 01:41:06,320 --> 01:41:09,360 year. Um and so that's something that is 2366 01:41:09,360 --> 01:41:12,480 sounds like is also in the pipeline. Um, 2367 01:41:12,480 --> 01:41:14,480 and I would just like to share, and I 2368 01:41:14,480 --> 01:41:15,520 mentioned this the other day at our 2369 01:41:15,520 --> 01:41:17,679 board meeting. Um, one of the wonderful 2370 01:41:17,679 --> 01:41:19,360 things that I had heard for some time is 2371 01:41:19,360 --> 01:41:21,920 that King has a summer program for 2372 01:41:21,920 --> 01:41:24,400 students who are entering 9th grade. My 2373 01:41:24,400 --> 01:41:27,440 own kiddo is there right now in the twoe 2374 01:41:27,440 --> 01:41:29,760 session and uh, there's a new two-eek 2375 01:41:29,760 --> 01:41:31,520 session coming next week and it's a 2376 01:41:31,520 --> 01:41:33,920 strength. Um, so it's just it's a great 2377 01:41:33,920 --> 01:41:37,040 deep dive into um some of the hands-on 2378 01:41:37,040 --> 01:41:39,040 opportunities and they get to earn a 2379 01:41:39,040 --> 01:41:41,920 half credit which is also fabulous. So 2380 01:41:41,920 --> 01:41:43,880 it's something that I hope 2381 01:41:43,880 --> 01:41:48,000 um can uh expand outward. Um, you know, 2382 01:41:48,000 --> 01:41:52,239 that said, I did want to just share um, 2383 01:41:52,239 --> 01:41:55,199 you know, I've had questions certainly 2384 01:41:55,199 --> 01:41:57,840 about themies for for at different 2385 01:41:57,840 --> 01:42:00,480 times. Um and I think that it has never 2386 01:42:00,480 --> 01:42:02,560 been about tracking but about the 2387 01:42:02,560 --> 01:42:05,520 question to which um I guess one 2388 01:42:05,520 --> 01:42:08,639 question is you know how how do themies 2389 01:42:08,639 --> 01:42:11,679 at the end of the day improve student 2390 01:42:11,679 --> 01:42:14,239 graduation rates by helping students not 2391 01:42:14,239 --> 01:42:17,040 fail courses if they can't read on grade 2392 01:42:17,040 --> 01:42:18,960 level and if they can't do math on grade 2393 01:42:18,960 --> 01:42:21,040 level. Um because to me that's one of 2394 01:42:21,040 --> 01:42:23,280 the biggest reasons that kids don't 2395 01:42:23,280 --> 01:42:25,600 graduate and I don't see that being 2396 01:42:25,600 --> 01:42:28,560 fixed. I see engagement uh you know 2397 01:42:28,560 --> 01:42:31,360 likely increasing but I don't see 2398 01:42:31,360 --> 01:42:33,920 themies yet fixing a core problem of 2399 01:42:33,920 --> 01:42:37,280 kids who are behind on grade level in 2400 01:42:37,280 --> 01:42:38,440 those core 2401 01:42:38,440 --> 01:42:40,880 skills member lessons if I may I think 2402 01:42:40,880 --> 01:42:42,719 that's a great question to be direct 2403 01:42:42,719 --> 01:42:44,960 themies are not designed to help every 2404 01:42:44,960 --> 01:42:46,400 child learn to read in high school 2405 01:42:46,400 --> 01:42:48,080 that's not what they're designed for but 2406 01:42:48,080 --> 01:42:49,520 we can design our high schools to 2407 01:42:49,520 --> 01:42:51,360 facilitate that change and I want 2408 01:42:51,360 --> 01:42:52,800 there's another misconception that I 2409 01:42:52,800 --> 01:42:54,400 want to be clear about because I was 2410 01:42:54,400 --> 01:42:55,600 attempting to gather community feed 2411 01:42:55,600 --> 01:42:57,520 feedback on changing the high school 2412 01:42:57,520 --> 01:42:59,280 schedule. The reason why I wanted to 2413 01:42:59,280 --> 01:43:00,800 change the high school schedule was so 2414 01:43:00,800 --> 01:43:02,719 that I can give students more classes in 2415 01:43:02,719 --> 01:43:04,560 their schedule so that if you're behind 2416 01:43:04,560 --> 01:43:06,880 in, let's say, English one, you can take 2417 01:43:06,880 --> 01:43:08,560 a remedial English course, it's maybe 2418 01:43:08,560 --> 01:43:10,239 focused on more of the fundamentals that 2419 01:43:10,239 --> 01:43:11,679 you might have missed in middle school. 2420 01:43:11,679 --> 01:43:13,280 The same thing is directly applicable to 2421 01:43:13,280 --> 01:43:15,679 math. This is a strategy that I saw 2422 01:43:15,679 --> 01:43:17,280 personally when I was a high school 2423 01:43:17,280 --> 01:43:20,000 teacher in a 612 school teaching math. 2424 01:43:20,000 --> 01:43:21,440 Um, and there are various ways that you 2425 01:43:21,440 --> 01:43:23,520 can structure with the seven period day 2426 01:43:23,520 --> 01:43:24,800 because right now I think what the 2427 01:43:24,800 --> 01:43:26,320 public needs to understand is if we want 2428 01:43:26,320 --> 01:43:28,400 to keep the sixth period day, we can 2429 01:43:28,400 --> 01:43:30,400 keep the sixth period day. But the 2430 01:43:30,400 --> 01:43:31,679 problem is that there are a lot of 2431 01:43:31,679 --> 01:43:33,360 students in other states that are taking 2432 01:43:33,360 --> 01:43:35,360 seven and eight classes. They're able to 2433 01:43:35,360 --> 01:43:36,800 take more advanced placement classes 2434 01:43:36,800 --> 01:43:38,480 than our students in Alaska. They're 2435 01:43:38,480 --> 01:43:39,840 able to take more dual credit. They have 2436 01:43:39,840 --> 01:43:41,040 more room in their schedule to take 2437 01:43:41,040 --> 01:43:43,119 internships. And my fundamental belief 2438 01:43:43,119 --> 01:43:44,800 as an educator that really understands 2439 01:43:44,800 --> 01:43:46,480 the nuts and bolts of master schedules 2440 01:43:46,480 --> 01:43:48,080 and all of that thing, I actually think 2441 01:43:48,080 --> 01:43:49,760 changing the schedule is the bigger 2442 01:43:49,760 --> 01:43:51,679 lever to helping students to read than 2443 01:43:51,679 --> 01:43:53,280 themies themselves. Because really what 2444 01:43:53,280 --> 01:43:55,119 I'm trying to do is add more 2445 01:43:55,119 --> 01:43:56,880 opportunities for students to have 2446 01:43:56,880 --> 01:43:59,280 access to more incredible educators to 2447 01:43:59,280 --> 01:44:01,600 get the remedial courses that they need. 2448 01:44:01,600 --> 01:44:02,800 Because here's the thing. If you only 2449 01:44:02,800 --> 01:44:05,440 have six classes and you failed, you 2450 01:44:05,440 --> 01:44:06,960 know, let's say, you know, English from 2451 01:44:06,960 --> 01:44:09,040 the year before, you only have so many 2452 01:44:09,040 --> 01:44:11,280 blocks in your schedule to where you can 2453 01:44:11,280 --> 01:44:13,760 even graduate on time within four years. 2454 01:44:13,760 --> 01:44:16,000 So, I've paused that schedule 2455 01:44:16,000 --> 01:44:18,000 conversation only because we can't 2456 01:44:18,000 --> 01:44:19,920 afford it. But the minute that we can 2457 01:44:19,920 --> 01:44:21,520 afford it, I want to talk about it 2458 01:44:21,520 --> 01:44:23,600 again. I know that there's division on 2459 01:44:23,600 --> 01:44:25,520 it and there's two sides to the issue, 2460 01:44:25,520 --> 01:44:27,360 but we didn't even have the chance to 2461 01:44:27,360 --> 01:44:29,199 have that debate because we were so 2462 01:44:29,199 --> 01:44:31,199 short on money that we needed to make a 2463 01:44:31,199 --> 01:44:32,719 decision based on money and not based on 2464 01:44:32,719 --> 01:44:34,080 kit. So, I want to come back to that 2465 01:44:34,080 --> 01:44:36,000 schedule conversation when we figure out 2466 01:44:36,000 --> 01:44:39,360 this money situation. 2467 01:44:39,360 --> 01:44:42,560 But member Silvers, 2468 01:44:42,560 --> 01:44:44,320 just a side note before I ask my 2469 01:44:44,320 --> 01:44:46,719 question. Um over 30 years ago, I took 2470 01:44:46,719 --> 01:44:49,040 early childhood education and carpentry 2471 01:44:49,040 --> 01:44:50,800 courses from it was called King Career 2472 01:44:50,800 --> 01:44:53,520 Center back then. Um and I actually used 2473 01:44:53,520 --> 01:44:56,639 those carpentry skills uh in my previous 2474 01:44:56,639 --> 01:44:58,880 career as an environmental scientist. Um 2475 01:44:58,880 --> 01:45:00,880 so it's just kind of a side note. My 2476 01:45:00,880 --> 01:45:04,719 question is uh what is the graduation 2477 01:45:04,719 --> 01:45:09,910 rate at King? 2478 01:45:09,920 --> 01:45:12,159 I will ask my technical experts. I think 2479 01:45:12,159 --> 01:45:13,440 the problem with King Tech is you have 2480 01:45:13,440 --> 01:45:14,639 students enrolled in a home school and 2481 01:45:14,639 --> 01:45:16,000 then also in King Tech part-time 2482 01:45:16,000 --> 01:45:18,080 full-time. So, we may not have that, but 2483 01:45:18,080 --> 01:45:20,400 I hope it's high. We don't have it. Can 2484 01:45:20,400 --> 01:45:21,840 I get that back to you, Member Silvers? 2485 01:45:21,840 --> 01:45:25,520 Thank you. Go to member McCormack. Thank 2486 01:45:25,520 --> 01:45:27,199 you. Yeah, I just want to echo the same 2487 01:45:27,199 --> 01:45:30,159 kind of concerns of that. The academy is 2488 01:45:30,159 --> 01:45:32,719 great. Uh I did King Career Center as 2489 01:45:32,719 --> 01:45:35,119 well uh when I went through ASD. Great 2490 01:45:35,119 --> 01:45:37,119 program. Loved it. Uh had a lot of 2491 01:45:37,119 --> 01:45:39,440 friends go through it. Uh but it seems 2492 01:45:39,440 --> 01:45:41,600 like we're fa the city is facing the 2493 01:45:41,600 --> 01:45:42,480 same problem that it seems like the 2494 01:45:42,480 --> 01:45:43,920 Anchorage School District is which we 2495 01:45:43,920 --> 01:45:45,520 keep trying to do nice and cool and 2496 01:45:45,520 --> 01:45:48,560 great things but we are failing the core 2497 01:45:48,560 --> 01:45:51,520 fundamental of our students can't read. 2498 01:45:51,520 --> 01:45:53,920 They can't pass standardized math tests. 2499 01:45:53,920 --> 01:45:56,000 Our proficiency rates have tanked over 2500 01:45:56,000 --> 01:45:58,280 the last 10 years, 15 years since I 2501 01:45:58,280 --> 01:46:00,760 graduated. The academy is great. It's 2502 01:46:00,760 --> 01:46:05,760 cool. But we are still trending down on 2503 01:46:05,760 --> 01:46:07,920 proficiency rates. I appreciate that 2504 01:46:07,920 --> 01:46:09,520 comment, Member McCormack, but I want to 2505 01:46:09,520 --> 01:46:11,119 make sure that the public understands 2506 01:46:11,119 --> 01:46:12,719 that if we keep on doing the same thing 2507 01:46:12,719 --> 01:46:14,320 over and over again, we're going to keep 2508 01:46:14,320 --> 01:46:16,000 on getting the same and same results. 2509 01:46:16,000 --> 01:46:17,280 And let me remind you that every year 2510 01:46:17,280 --> 01:46:19,119 that passes by is not a status quo 2511 01:46:19,119 --> 01:46:20,719 situation. It was just shared earlier 2512 01:46:20,719 --> 01:46:23,440 today that, you know, a $700 BSA is 2513 01:46:23,440 --> 01:46:25,280 essentially a funding cut from what it 2514 01:46:25,280 --> 01:46:27,199 was the year before. So the reality is 2515 01:46:27,199 --> 01:46:28,960 that every single year, school districts 2516 01:46:28,960 --> 01:46:32,320 are operating with less and less. And frankly, there is no way that 2517 01:46:32,320 --> 01:46:34,239 we can protect all of our programs if 2518 01:46:34,239 --> 01:46:35,840 this funding situation does not turn 2519 01:46:35,840 --> 01:46:39,199 around for FY27. ASD is looking at a $70 2520 01:46:39,199 --> 01:46:41,440 million deficit. So there's no way to 2521 01:46:41,440 --> 01:46:43,119 maintain every single program that every 2522 01:46:43,119 --> 01:46:44,639 single community member loves that we're 2523 01:46:44,639 --> 01:46:46,320 currently doing because we won't be able 2524 01:46:46,320 --> 01:46:48,320 to afford them. So the thing aboutmies 2525 01:46:48,320 --> 01:46:50,000 is not only is it linked to higher 2526 01:46:50,000 --> 01:46:52,000 increases in graduation rates but it's 2527 01:46:52,000 --> 01:46:53,600 actually one of the most coste effective 2528 01:46:53,600 --> 01:46:55,679 interventions that the district can do 2529 01:46:55,679 --> 01:46:57,679 because in the original model of themies 2530 01:46:57,679 --> 01:46:59,600 the goal was for every single student to 2531 01:46:59,600 --> 01:47:01,440 be participating in the program. That 2532 01:47:01,440 --> 01:47:02,800 meant the cost per student would have 2533 01:47:02,800 --> 01:47:04,000 you know for example a language 2534 01:47:04,000 --> 01:47:06,239 immersion program is probably a couple 2535 01:47:06,239 --> 01:47:08,320 extra thousand dollars per student. 2536 01:47:08,320 --> 01:47:10,080 themmies would have been less than $100 2537 01:47:10,080 --> 01:47:12,000 per student because the only cost would 2538 01:47:12,000 --> 01:47:13,840 have been teachers. Really, the only 2539 01:47:13,840 --> 01:47:16,159 cost to ASD was more teachers so we 2540 01:47:16,159 --> 01:47:18,000 could have more classes offered so kids 2541 01:47:18,000 --> 01:47:20,000 could have more opportunities to pass 2542 01:47:20,000 --> 01:47:21,760 their classes. That's what got lost in 2543 01:47:21,760 --> 01:47:23,280 the sauce and that's the part that I'm 2544 01:47:23,280 --> 01:47:25,040 going to keep on hammering home. We 2545 01:47:25,040 --> 01:47:27,119 really were on a path to transforming 2546 01:47:27,119 --> 01:47:29,440 our system. We had to pause because 2547 01:47:29,440 --> 01:47:31,199 there are some financial headwinds. 2548 01:47:31,199 --> 01:47:33,040 there were some questions and unlike 2549 01:47:33,040 --> 01:47:35,119 certain people when I sense that there 2550 01:47:35,119 --> 01:47:36,080 are a lot of questions and 2551 01:47:36,080 --> 01:47:38,800 misinformation I pause and I reach out 2552 01:47:38,800 --> 01:47:40,480 to people and say hey let's cool down 2553 01:47:40,480 --> 01:47:42,400 the temperature let's figure out what 2554 01:47:42,400 --> 01:47:44,000 are your concerns about the schedule 2555 01:47:44,000 --> 01:47:45,520 let's figure out what are your concerns 2556 01:47:45,520 --> 01:47:47,199 about what program might be eliminated 2557 01:47:47,199 --> 01:47:49,520 if we invest inmies but at the end of 2558 01:47:49,520 --> 01:47:53,040 the day I need to be very clear that ASD 2559 01:47:53,040 --> 01:47:56,800 students graduate at 96% when they take 2560 01:47:56,800 --> 01:47:58,320 two of these career and technical 2561 01:47:58,320 --> 01:48:00,159 education classes that's data that's 2562 01:48:00,159 --> 01:48:03,199 local to ASD. Half of those students are 2563 01:48:03,199 --> 01:48:05,520 low income. That's happening right now. 2564 01:48:05,520 --> 01:48:07,679 Here's the crazy thing. Themies are not 2565 01:48:07,679 --> 01:48:09,920 even fully built out. The only data that 2566 01:48:09,920 --> 01:48:11,760 I'm sharing with you are the graduation 2567 01:48:11,760 --> 01:48:14,400 rates based off of the classes that this 2568 01:48:14,400 --> 01:48:16,800 most recent year seniors took. Imagine 2569 01:48:16,800 --> 01:48:19,280 in 5 years when this program is fully 2570 01:48:19,280 --> 01:48:21,440 built out and we go from having 500 2571 01:48:21,440 --> 01:48:23,600 students graduate in CTE to close to 2572 01:48:23,600 --> 01:48:26,000 3,000 students graduating from high 2573 01:48:26,000 --> 01:48:27,600 school in four years. that will 2574 01:48:27,600 --> 01:48:30,080 literally transform our workforce 2575 01:48:30,080 --> 01:48:31,600 because we'll have more students that 2576 01:48:31,600 --> 01:48:33,040 have taken the courses, gotten the 2577 01:48:33,040 --> 01:48:35,040 credential, have entered the workforce, 2578 01:48:35,040 --> 01:48:36,080 and we'll just have so many 2579 01:48:36,080 --> 01:48:37,520 opportunities to staff our hospitals, 2580 01:48:37,520 --> 01:48:39,119 staff our schools, and to make our city 2581 01:48:39,119 --> 01:48:40,719 a better place. So, I'm sorry if I get 2582 01:48:40,719 --> 01:48:42,239 very passionate about this, but I have 2583 01:48:42,239 --> 01:48:44,239 to again remind everyone that I've been 2584 01:48:44,239 --> 01:48:47,119 in this field for a decade, and I know 2585 01:48:47,119 --> 01:48:49,119 that we're on the right track to move 2586 01:48:49,119 --> 01:48:52,000 things in the right direction if we make 2587 01:48:52,000 --> 01:48:54,639 smart, coste effective academic 2588 01:48:54,639 --> 01:48:57,520 interventions like themies. 2589 01:48:57,520 --> 01:48:59,920 We'll go to member Hollow. 2590 01:48:59,920 --> 01:49:02,000 Um, I do want to add when when we look 2591 01:49:02,000 --> 01:49:03,840 at proficiency, there's always a 2592 01:49:03,840 --> 01:49:07,119 tendency as adults to really try to 2593 01:49:07,119 --> 01:49:09,840 narrow in and focus on those basics and 2594 01:49:09,840 --> 01:49:13,280 drill remedial classes, more intensive 2595 01:49:13,280 --> 01:49:16,719 reading lessons and whatnot. Um, as an 2596 01:49:16,719 --> 01:49:18,400 educator, I've always said we're really 2597 01:49:18,400 --> 01:49:20,880 not going to progress that way unless we 2598 01:49:20,880 --> 01:49:22,800 can get kids into a mortgage and a truck 2599 01:49:22,800 --> 01:49:25,040 payment that's over their head. And then 2600 01:49:25,040 --> 01:49:26,239 you can threaten them with, you know, 2601 01:49:26,239 --> 01:49:28,560 the loss of overtime and make them work 2602 01:49:28,560 --> 01:49:31,000 like we do when when we're in that 2603 01:49:31,000 --> 01:49:34,480 situation. Um, the truth is we have to 2604 01:49:34,480 --> 01:49:36,639 make school more interesting. We we have 2605 01:49:36,639 --> 01:49:39,199 to make kids want to be there. a a kid 2606 01:49:39,199 --> 01:49:41,440 that realizes they can do something they 2607 01:49:41,440 --> 01:49:43,600 want to do if they can read, they're 2608 01:49:43,600 --> 01:49:45,840 going to learn to read. But a but a kid 2609 01:49:45,840 --> 01:49:48,800 that really doesn't feel it because 2610 01:49:48,800 --> 01:49:50,560 while everybody wants to read, not 2611 01:49:50,560 --> 01:49:52,400 everybody wants to do the work it takes 2612 01:49:52,400 --> 01:49:55,360 to read. But if they begin to realize 2613 01:49:55,360 --> 01:49:58,000 that this is this is what what I've got 2614 01:49:58,000 --> 01:50:00,480 to do to do the thing I want to do, 2615 01:50:00,480 --> 01:50:03,119 that's when we really start to see kids 2616 01:50:03,119 --> 01:50:06,560 take off. Um, so unfortunately I think 2617 01:50:06,560 --> 01:50:08,560 when we narrow it, we're we're doing the 2618 01:50:08,560 --> 01:50:12,320 adult thing of of where you got chores, 2619 01:50:12,320 --> 01:50:13,920 you try to push everything else aside 2620 01:50:13,920 --> 01:50:15,840 and just focus on that and grind through 2621 01:50:15,840 --> 01:50:18,480 it, but they're not adults and they 2622 01:50:18,480 --> 01:50:21,600 don't have that internal motivation. Um, 2623 01:50:21,600 --> 01:50:24,639 they don't see the future. It's it's a 2624 01:50:24,639 --> 01:50:28,400 abstraction to them. Um, and and that's 2625 01:50:28,400 --> 01:50:31,199 why for a core group of students, you 2626 01:50:31,199 --> 01:50:32,719 can just do basic classes. They're going 2627 01:50:32,719 --> 01:50:33,920 to show up. They're going to study, 2628 01:50:33,920 --> 01:50:34,880 they're going to learn, they're going to 2629 01:50:34,880 --> 01:50:37,520 go off and do great things. But for the 2630 01:50:37,520 --> 01:50:39,920 kids that aren't like that, you have to 2631 01:50:39,920 --> 01:50:42,000 do something that's more timeconuming 2632 01:50:42,000 --> 01:50:44,880 and frustrating and difficult to get 2633 01:50:44,880 --> 01:50:46,719 them hooked and get them engaged and 2634 01:50:46,719 --> 01:50:50,960 then they'll start rolling. The I had a 2635 01:50:50,960 --> 01:50:53,760 bright kid and was a four or five year 2636 01:50:53,760 --> 01:50:56,000 old. I was trying to teach him math and 2637 01:50:56,000 --> 01:50:58,560 it really wasn't going very well. We 2638 01:50:58,560 --> 01:50:59,800 started playing 2639 01:50:59,800 --> 01:51:02,080 Monopoly. We never talked about math 2640 01:51:02,080 --> 01:51:03,040 again. 2641 01:51:03,040 --> 01:51:05,199 He knew I landed on his property. He 2642 01:51:05,199 --> 01:51:07,920 knew exactly how much money I owed him. 2643 01:51:07,920 --> 01:51:09,840 And and that's kind of the thing is like 2644 01:51:09,840 --> 01:51:12,280 we we're giving up the time to play 2645 01:51:12,280 --> 01:51:20,080 Monopoly in school in order to drill and drill just is a painful slog when 2646 01:51:20,080 --> 01:51:22,080 you're trying to push spaghetti up a 2647 01:51:22,080 --> 01:51:25,920 hill. So I uh the the answer 2648 01:51:25,920 --> 01:51:29,679 unfortunately is more electives, more 2649 01:51:29,679 --> 01:51:31,800 interesting things. 2650 01:51:31,800 --> 01:51:34,320 Um, I see all the advantages the 2651 01:51:34,320 --> 01:51:36,719 superintendent talks about from themies, 2652 01:51:36,719 --> 01:51:38,960 but I don't want to shorten our periods. 2653 01:51:38,960 --> 01:51:41,760 I want longer days. I would like the 2654 01:51:41,760 --> 01:51:43,440 ability for students to be able to 2655 01:51:43,440 --> 01:51:44,960 choose and say, "Well, actually, I need 2656 01:51:44,960 --> 01:51:47,679 a seventh period, but we could still 2657 01:51:47,679 --> 01:51:50,880 transport them home. We need more time 2658 01:51:50,880 --> 01:51:52,400 with the students that aren't doing 2659 01:51:52,400 --> 01:51:55,360 well." And ideally, the students that 2660 01:51:55,360 --> 01:51:57,119 are doing well could be done and be off 2661 01:51:57,119 --> 01:51:58,800 doing the other things they do because 2662 01:51:58,800 --> 01:52:00,560 most of them are very busy with all 2663 01:52:00,560 --> 01:52:03,520 kinds of cool stuff. But we're nowhere 2664 01:52:03,520 --> 01:52:05,360 near the level of funding that would let 2665 01:52:05,360 --> 01:52:07,679 us do something like that that I think 2666 01:52:07,679 --> 01:52:09,760 would be a lot more creative, would let 2667 01:52:09,760 --> 01:52:12,000 us engage the right way with with the 2668 01:52:12,000 --> 01:52:13,360 students that need it in the way they 2669 01:52:13,360 --> 01:52:19,360 need it. We're we're far from that. our decisions unfortunately really 2670 01:52:19,360 --> 01:52:21,440 revolve around the institution staying 2671 01:52:21,440 --> 01:52:23,480 within a budget staying within a lot of 2672 01:52:23,480 --> 01:52:26,960 constraints. It's not what is really 2673 01:52:26,960 --> 01:52:29,719 student centered at all unfortunately 2674 01:52:29,719 --> 01:52:33,040 but you're you raised a valid point. Um 2675 01:52:33,040 --> 01:52:35,040 the other thing I do want to say is when 2676 01:52:35,040 --> 01:52:37,360 kids show up as not proficient on these 2677 01:52:37,360 --> 01:52:39,280 tests, it doesn't mean they can't read 2678 01:52:39,280 --> 01:52:42,400 at all. They're just not at the level 2679 01:52:42,400 --> 01:52:50,159 that the cut score on that test. Um, and the Alaska standards are pretty 2680 01:52:50,159 --> 01:52:52,960 high. Um, it's not a standard every kid 2681 01:52:52,960 --> 01:52:56,159 will ever meet, but it's good to have 2682 01:52:56,159 --> 01:52:58,199 high standards. So, there's sort of that 2683 01:52:58,199 --> 01:53:00,960 dichotomy. Um, I think it was like webon 2684 01:53:00,960 --> 01:53:02,239 that had the slogan. We'll have high 2685 01:53:02,239 --> 01:53:04,679 standards and every kid will meet them. 2686 01:53:04,679 --> 01:53:07,760 And that's not really, you know, that's 2687 01:53:07,760 --> 01:53:10,480 faulty logic on that part of it. There's 2688 01:53:10,480 --> 01:53:12,560 so much more we could do. Um, and 2689 01:53:12,560 --> 01:53:14,639 unfortunately, a lot of what the board's 2690 01:53:14,639 --> 01:53:17,280 had to spend time on is what can we cut 2691 01:53:17,280 --> 01:53:19,040 that does the least damage to the 2692 01:53:19,040 --> 01:53:21,199 smallest number of kids. And it's not 2693 01:53:21,199 --> 01:53:24,400 innovative. It's not it's not exciting, 2694 01:53:24,400 --> 01:53:28,080 but we want to be there. 2695 01:53:28,080 --> 01:53:29,280 Thank you, Member Holland. I just wanted 2696 01:53:29,280 --> 01:53:31,440 to note we have seven minutes left in 2697 01:53:31,440 --> 01:53:33,760 our schedule time today and two agenda 2698 01:53:33,760 --> 01:53:35,920 items as well as member comments. And 2699 01:53:35,920 --> 01:53:37,520 so, I'm certainly not trying to curtail 2700 01:53:37,520 --> 01:53:39,520 conversation. We gave a ton of time, 2701 01:53:39,520 --> 01:53:41,360 rightfully so, to the budget um and 2702 01:53:41,360 --> 01:53:43,760 financials talk. Um but wanted to flag 2703 01:53:43,760 --> 01:53:45,440 that. With that said, is there a motion 2704 01:53:45,440 --> 01:53:47,040 to extend by 10 minutes? I understand 2705 01:53:47,040 --> 01:53:48,880 both the assembly and the board have 2706 01:53:48,880 --> 01:53:50,320 extra meetings today, so I don't want to 2707 01:53:50,320 --> 01:53:52,560 go much further. Move to extend 10 2708 01:53:52,560 --> 01:53:56,159 minutes. Second. Made by member Higgins, 2709 01:53:56,159 --> 01:53:57,760 seconded by member Silvers. Is there any 2710 01:53:57,760 --> 01:53:59,040 opposition to extending our meeting 2711 01:53:59,040 --> 01:54:05,270 until 12:10 p.m.? 2712 01:54:05,280 --> 01:54:06,480 The question was, is there any 2713 01:54:06,480 --> 01:54:10,080 opposition? Yeah. Yes. 2714 01:54:10,080 --> 01:54:13,199 Uh so we'll vote then. Um I believe 2715 01:54:13,199 --> 01:54:18,719 you'll have the votes to extend. Right. 2716 01:54:18,719 --> 01:54:22,159 You do now. Yeah. So um Miss Sullivan, 2717 01:54:22,159 --> 01:54:24,080 can we call a voice vote to extend until 2718 01:54:24,080 --> 01:54:32,709 12? 2719 01:54:32,719 --> 01:54:35,000 Member Lessons. 2720 01:54:35,000 --> 01:54:40,400 Yes. Member Wilson. Yes. 2721 01:54:40,400 --> 01:54:46,320 Member Donley. Yes. Member Higgins. Yes. 2722 01:54:46,320 --> 01:54:49,440 Member Bellamy is gone. And President 2723 01:54:49,440 --> 01:54:53,830 Jacobs. Yes. 2724 01:54:53,840 --> 01:54:56,000 Vice Chall. Thank you. Uh Madam Clerk, 2725 01:54:56,000 --> 01:54:57,520 will you call the role for the assembly 2726 01:54:57,520 --> 01:55:00,719 or call for votes? 2727 01:55:00,719 --> 01:55:03,560 Member McCormack. 2728 01:55:03,560 --> 01:55:07,840 No. Member Martinez, no. 2729 01:55:07,840 --> 01:55:12,000 Member Baldwin Day, yes. Member Johnson, 2730 01:55:12,000 --> 01:55:15,280 yes. Vice Chair Broly, yes. Member 2731 01:55:15,280 --> 01:55:16,800 Silvers, 2732 01:55:16,800 --> 01:55:20,719 yes. Member Rivera, yes. Member Girker, 2733 01:55:20,719 --> 01:55:23,360 no. 2734 01:55:23,360 --> 01:55:25,400 That 2735 01:55:25,400 --> 01:55:33,990 fails. 5 to three. 2736 01:55:34,000 --> 01:55:36,480 Can the clerk advise us what this means? 2737 01:55:36,480 --> 01:55:39,520 We stop at 12 2738 01:55:39,520 --> 01:55:40,480 through the chair. You'll have to give 2739 01:55:40,480 --> 01:55:43,520 me a minute. 2740 01:55:43,520 --> 01:57:02,229 A brief ed while we check procedure. 2741 01:57:02,239 --> 01:57:04,159 point of information. 2742 01:57:04,159 --> 01:57:05,599 Mr. About three and a half minutes just 2743 01:57:05,599 --> 01:57:09,679 ticked off the clock. Agreed. 2744 01:57:09,679 --> 01:57:17,750 Point well taken. Huh. 2745 01:57:17,760 --> 01:57:19,599 through the chair. The clerk said it did 2746 01:57:19,599 --> 01:57:21,920 not pass. 2747 01:57:21,920 --> 01:57:25,199 So, uh, we will adjourn at 12. With that 2748 01:57:25,199 --> 01:57:28,880 said, I see member Girker in the queue. 2749 01:57:28,880 --> 01:57:31,280 Yeah, thank you. I just wanted to circle 2750 01:57:31,280 --> 01:57:33,520 back to something Dr. Bryant you'd said, 2751 01:57:33,520 --> 01:57:34,480 but I just wanted to give you a chance 2752 01:57:34,480 --> 01:57:36,719 to maybe clarify. You said that this 2753 01:57:36,719 --> 01:57:39,280 historic BSA increase was actually a 2754 01:57:39,280 --> 01:57:41,440 cut. Can you Is that Is that correct? 2755 01:57:41,440 --> 01:57:45,030 Did I hear that right? 2756 01:57:45,040 --> 01:57:46,880 Yes. Uh I think functionally when 2757 01:57:46,880 --> 01:57:49,119 inflation's 30% and the increase to the 2758 01:57:49,119 --> 01:57:51,520 BSA is about you know less than 2% that 2759 01:57:51,520 --> 01:57:53,040 would be a cut. That that's that was the 2760 01:57:53,040 --> 01:57:54,560 rough math. But Mr. Ratliff, would you 2761 01:57:54,560 --> 01:58:11,709 like to clarify the actual 2762 01:58:11,719 --> 01:58:15,199 calculations? Uh, yeah. So, effectively 2763 01:58:15,199 --> 01:58:20,080 going from a $680 BSA equivalent to a 2764 01:58:20,080 --> 01:58:22,320 $700 BSA equivalent would provide about 2765 01:58:22,320 --> 01:58:26,719 $1.4 4 million maybe in new revenue. Our 2766 01:58:26,719 --> 01:58:29,599 inflation on a $630 million budget is 2767 01:58:29,599 --> 01:58:33,040 going to be 18 to 20 25 million. I mean, 2768 01:58:33,040 --> 01:58:34,320 so that's really where the cut is. If 2769 01:58:34,320 --> 01:58:35,679 we're not getting enough new revenue to 2770 01:58:35,679 --> 01:58:37,760 make up for that inflationary cost 2771 01:58:37,760 --> 01:58:39,679 drivers of our salaries and benefits 2772 01:58:39,679 --> 01:58:41,760 going up than it's in other contracts, 2773 01:58:41,760 --> 01:58:43,520 utilities, then that's really where we 2774 01:58:43,520 --> 01:58:44,639 have to start making cuts. And that's 2775 01:58:44,639 --> 01:58:45,920 been happening year after year. And 2776 01:58:45,920 --> 01:58:47,920 that's why our structural deficit has 2777 01:58:47,920 --> 01:58:50,800 built up now to, you know, 110 $120 2778 01:58:50,800 --> 01:58:52,400 million. 2779 01:58:52,400 --> 01:58:53,800 Yeah, I guess I would just say that 2780 01:58:53,800 --> 01:58:56,480 that's kind of an outrageous, you know, 2781 01:58:56,480 --> 01:58:58,560 situation that we're in. And especially 2782 01:58:58,560 --> 01:59:00,400 when you're talking to people, we just, 2783 01:59:00,400 --> 01:59:02,480 you know, this this BSA increase is 2784 01:59:02,480 --> 01:59:04,080 expensive on every single man, woman, 2785 01:59:04,080 --> 01:59:06,159 and child in this state. And to hear 2786 01:59:06,159 --> 01:59:08,000 this body say, "Well, it's not going to 2787 01:59:08,000 --> 01:59:09,520 actually have any that much of a 2788 01:59:09,520 --> 01:59:11,520 functional difference for us. Don't 2789 01:59:11,520 --> 01:59:13,280 expect outcomes to improve. Don't expect 2790 01:59:13,280 --> 01:59:15,440 any of this to improve." That's frankly 2791 01:59:15,440 --> 01:59:17,119 outrageous and I find truly 2792 01:59:17,119 --> 01:59:20,080 unacceptable. Thank you. 2793 01:59:20,080 --> 01:59:22,800 Go to member hs. Thank you and I'll do 2794 01:59:22,800 --> 01:59:24,400 it real quick. You made reference to 2795 01:59:24,400 --> 01:59:25,920 outcomes and of course that's important 2796 01:59:25,920 --> 01:59:27,679 and we heard it from the governor. We've 2797 01:59:27,679 --> 01:59:30,159 had the pasm study out there showing the 2798 01:59:30,159 --> 01:59:32,320 average class the classroom sizes in the 2799 01:59:32,320 --> 01:59:33,760 majority of state and was considered 2800 01:59:33,760 --> 01:59:36,000 adequate funding is 1 to 15 K through 2801 01:59:36,000 --> 01:59:39,040 three and 1 to 25 above that. Uh and 2802 01:59:39,040 --> 01:59:41,040 that's been accepted by court systems. 2803 01:59:41,040 --> 01:59:43,760 We're over 30 in in the lower grades. Uh 2804 01:59:43,760 --> 01:59:45,760 so we're twice the size and we've been 2805 01:59:45,760 --> 01:59:47,840 increasing it in the last 10 years. And 2806 01:59:47,840 --> 01:59:49,920 the governor's response is when the 2807 01:59:49,920 --> 01:59:51,760 academics improve then we'll give you 2808 01:59:51,760 --> 01:59:53,599 more money and allow to end up with 2809 01:59:53,599 --> 01:59:56,159 growing even larger classroom sizes. 2810 01:59:56,159 --> 01:59:57,599 When you look at the outcome for 2811 01:59:57,599 --> 01:59:59,119 teachers and you look at where they 2812 01:59:59,119 --> 02:00:01,280 start in in kindergarten so many 2813 02:00:01,280 --> 02:00:03,280 academically not I they're not prepared 2814 02:00:03,280 --> 02:00:05,920 for kindergarten over half of them and 2815 02:00:05,920 --> 02:00:08,159 our academic growth between uh those 2816 02:00:08,159 --> 02:00:10,960 first four years is puts us in a whole 2817 02:00:10,960 --> 02:00:12,560 different category when you do a 2818 02:00:12,560 --> 02:00:14,560 comparison. So I just want to make that 2819 02:00:14,560 --> 02:00:16,800 point that inadequate funding does not 2820 02:00:16,800 --> 02:00:19,199 address the academic issues that are out 2821 02:00:19,199 --> 02:00:20,880 there. And in regards to the seventh 2822 02:00:20,880 --> 02:00:23,199 eighth grade when that came up 20 years 2823 02:00:23,199 --> 02:00:25,360 ago or 10 years ago that was an issue 2824 02:00:25,360 --> 02:00:27,280 that was reviewed publicly and got to be 2825 02:00:27,280 --> 02:00:30,159 an issue of of six to seven schedule and 2826 02:00:30,159 --> 02:00:31,760 all the academics are positive. Member 2827 02:00:31,760 --> 02:00:33,119 Higgins I'm going to have to interrupt 2828 02:00:33,119 --> 02:00:34,320 you to say that we were adjourned. It's 2829 02:00:34,320 --> 02:00:37,960 12 pm. Thank you everyone.