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School board adopts memo prioritizing class-size reductions if state funding increases
Summary
Fairbanks North Star Borough School District board approved a memorandum directing any additional state revenue to lower pupil-to-teacher ratios and restore select positions, after extended debate about whether to include other add-backs.
The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District Board of Education on April 15 approved a memorandum that would direct any additional state funding toward lowering pupil-to-teacher ratios (PTR) and restoring specific positions cut in recent budgets.
Board members said the move is meant as an advocacy tool to show legislators how the district would use increases to the base student allocation. The memorandum ties reinvestment to a projected increase in the base student allocation and additional student transportation funding.
During more than an hour of discussion, board…
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