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Kenai Peninsula Borough assembly debates three education funding resolutions—hold-harmless reform, assessed-value freeze, and $630 BSA increase
Summary
The assembly discussed three resolutions on education funding: amending AS 14.17.410 to ease penalties for school closures, freezing assessed values for the Base Student Allocation calculation for three years, and urging support for HB 374 to add $630 to the BSA; members disagreed on whether the measures contradict each other and no votes were recorded.
The Kenai Peninsula Borough legislative committee discussed three separate resolutions addressing state education funding and the borough’s local impacts.
Resolution 2026-0016 asks the state to amend Alaska Statute 14.17.410 to reduce statutory disincentives when school districts close or consolidate. Mayor Michicky said the goal is to align the 'hold harmless' provision (which allows a district to offset ADM decreases for four years) with a later subsection that currently bars reopening a closed school for seven years. Borough attorney Kelly explained the current structure: the hold-harmless offset lasts four years, and a separate provision prevents reopening for…
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