7:56 → 8:45(49s)
Cochair Hemshute called the meeting to order at 08:04AM in the Betty Davis Committee Room 106, confirmed a quorum (Representatives Divert, Schwanke, Aisheide, Underwood, Story and Hemshute present), reviewed meeting materials and logistics, and noted slide decks are posted on BASIS.
The Alaska House Education Committee met in Juneau on Feb. 23, 2026 to hear a school celebration presentation and initial hearings on three bills: HB 240 (digital harassment/nonconsensual digital impersonation), HB 261 (changes to average daily membership/school funding fiscal note), and HB 246 (increase to the Special Education Service Agency funding rate). Committee members requested additional fiscal and policy detail and set several bills aside for later hearings.
