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DEED outlines FY27 blue-page priorities: BSA, pupil transportation, IT class study and personnel shifts
Summary
The Department of Education told the subcommittee the governor's FY27 budget would fund the student allocation (BSA) at $6,660 ($1.271B projected state aid), fully fund pupil transportation per statute, absorb three PCNs from dissolving Shared Services of Alaska, and request IT job-class salary adjustments for several positions.
Department officials walked the committee through the subcommittee "blue pages," summarizing remaining FY27 significant budget items the department asked lawmakers to consider.
Administrative Services Director Dawn Hanish said the governor's FY27 operating proposal funds the statutorily based student allocation (BSA) at $6,660, which the department projects would equate to approximately $1.271 billion in state aid. She said the projection reflected lower student counts and noted an estimated $23 million reduction compared with FY26 due to lower noncorrespondent student counts.
On pupil transportation (blue page 2), the department said the FY27 operating budget would fully fund transportation under AS 14.09.010. Committee members asked for district-level audit data to assess whether the statutory funding fully meets districts' reported costs; the department said it collects audits but cautioned that districts vary in how they report transportation expenditures and transfers.
Hanish also explained personnel and classification items: as Shared Services of Alaska dissolves, DEED will receive three PCNs (one program analyst and two accountant technician positions) with no incremental funding; separately, an information-technology classification study produced a recommended salary adjustment and the department requested $1,156,100 (covering nine positions, six of which are fully funded in FY26/FY27 projections) to address salary differentials.
Committee members asked the department to provide historical detail about which prior one-time increments had been rolled into the base and to provide additional data (for example, district pupil-transportation actuals and a project brief for the data dashboard). The department agreed to supply those follow-up materials.
