02/09/2026 08:00 AM House EDUCATION

Joint House and Senate Education Committees · February 9, 2026

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Call to order and committee attendance

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Chair (Tobin) called the joint House and Senate education committees to order at 08:04 a.m., noted a quorum, listed members present (House cochairs Representative Story and Representative Hemshute; Senate vice chair/President Stevens, Senator Kiel, Senator Bjorkman) and outlined the agenda: testimony from school boards and students tied to the Association of Alaska School Boards fly-in.

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School board members and students from across Alaska testified to the joint House and Senate education committees on Feb. 9, urging stable funding, repairs to aging facilities and more staff for counseling and CTE; speakers highlighted a $2.0–2.1 billion deferred-maintenance backlog and called for BSA and targeted funding changes.

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