04/01/2026 03:30 PM Senate EDUCATION

Alaska State Senate Education Committee · April 1, 2026

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Call to order and statutory framing

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Sen. Lukey Gale Tobin (chair) called the committee to order, listed members present, and read the 1972 statute (Senate Bill 424) that established the Alaska Native Language Center, noting the statute's five tasks and saying the legislature will consider statutory reforms and resource needs.

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The Alaska State Senate Education Committee heard presentations from University of Alaska Fairbanks leaders, Alaska Native Language Center staff and faculty, and elders about the center's mission, staffing, funding and recent publishing arrangements, with repeated calls for stable, hard funding and statutory clarity to protect Alaska Native languages.

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