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District officials and state lawmaker say governor’s veto clouds education funding; district built budget conservatively
Summary
Business manager Daniel Schuler and State Representative Bynum briefed the board on June 25 about the governor's line-item vetoes affecting education funding, transportation increases in HB57 and uncertainty about how DEED will allocate funds under the vetoed appropriation.
District business manager Mr. Schuler and state Representative Bynum updated the Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District Board of Education on June 25 about pending state-level funding changes and the local budget outlook.
Mr. Schuler told the board that Governor Dunleavy’s line-item veto reduced the legislature’s increase in the Base Student Allocation (BSA) and that the district had prepared the FY2026 budget using a $6,80-based assumption and deliberately held back roughly $750,000 of the expected outside-the-cap revenue when planning the budget. "What the net reduction is for us worked out to be about $500,000 and reduced our surplus that we're projecting to somewhere in the neighborhood of 6 and a half," Mr. Schuler said, later clarifying the district's…
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