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Assembly approves three-year repayment agreement requiring Ketchikan school district to repay about $5.44 million
Summary
After hours of public comment and debate, the Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly approved a memorandum of agreement (MOA) obligating the school district to repay $5,441,399 in excess expenditures over three years; amendments to lengthen the schedule to four or five years failed.
The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly voted 5-2 on March 2 to approve a memorandum of agreement that requires the Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District to repay $5,441,399 in excess expenditures over a three-year schedule.
The decision followed more than two hours of public testimony and more than an hour of back-and-forth among assembly members over how quickly the district should be required to reimburse borough coffers. Student leaders, teachers and parents urged a longer repayment period to avoid steep cuts to programs; several assembly members pushed back, saying the district had repeatedly missed financial deadlines and the borough must protect its reserves.
"The 5-year plan will mitigate that hurt over a longer period of time," Assemblymember Ortez said while arguing for a longer schedule during the…
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