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District to open Mat Su Hybrid Learning Academy at new Mat Su Central facility; new school code seeks state funding parity
Summary
The school board approved creating a new school code for a Mat Su Hybrid Learning Academy to capture in-person funding for hybrid courses offered at the new Mat Su Central facility; district staff invited the assembly and public to an April 4 ribbon cutting.
The Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District told the assembly and school board on March 25 that it will establish a Mat Su Hybrid Learning Academy at the recently completed Mat Su Central facility and pursue a separate school code so in-person hybrid instruction can be funded under the state—s formula.
"Because of this funding formula thing ... we do not get any in person funding for a student who is receiving in person learning at a correspondence school," Superintendent Katie Traini said, explaining that Mat Su Central previously operated under a correspondence school code and that DEED (the Alaska Department of Education & Early Development) treats correspondence codes differently in the foundation formula. "What the board has approved is the creation of a new school…
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