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Sen. Bjorkman briefs assembly: state vetoes cut school funding, other legislation targets insurance and education reforms
Summary
Senator Jesse Bjorkman gave the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly a Juneau update, saying the legislature’s vetoes reduced state funding for local schools and outlining several bills affecting insurance, health-care authorizations and fisheries management.
Senator Jesse Bjorkman delivered a legislative update to the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on June 17, briefing members on the state budget, vetoes and several bills affecting education funding, insurance reform and fisheries.
Bjorkman told the assembly that, after vetoes, statewide school funding declined and that the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District faces a roughly $3 million reduction tied to the vetoes; when combined with other impacts related to a federal disparity test the district faces an estimated $8.3 million reduction in state support from last year to this year if they do not pursue appeals.
He described several…
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