Alaska senators hear_resolution urging permanent Secure Rural Schools funding

Apr 1, 2025

Senate committee heard House Joint Resolution 5 urging Congress to reinstate and make permanent Secure Rural Schools funding; testimony outlined the program’s outsized role in small Alaska boroughs and warned of fiscal cliffs if federal payments stop.

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The Senate Community and Regional Affairs Committee on April 1 heard House Joint Resolution 5, which urges the U.S. Congress and the president to reinstate the Secure Rural Schools and Communities Self Determination Act and to make its funding mechanism permanent.

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