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S CHOOL F UNDING P ERSPECTIVES ASA A CADEMY FOR I NCOMING S UPERINTENDENTS Amy Lujan, Execu/ve Director Alaska Associa/on of School Business Officials (ALASBO) December, 2016

About ALASBO • Our mission: to promote the highest standards in school business prac/ces • 170 members • 45 th year • ACSA & ASBO affilia/on

About Amy Lujan • First job in AK: Aniak City Clerk, later City Manager • 21+ years in school biz • Kuspuk (REAA); North Slope Borough; Nome • 7 ½ years ALASBO Exec Director in Juneau • MBA; Federal Reserve Bank; Cisco Systems

Outline • History of K-12 educa/on in Alaska (funding perspec/ve!) • Nature of our work • Life of a school business official • Upcoming issues • Working together

History of Educa/on in Alaska • Territorial legislature: established compulsory educa/on for ages 8-16 during first session 1912 • State educa/on board immediately acer statehood • Cons/tu/onalajsdkfajsdlf;jasdkl;dasdl;daslk;ddasdd mandate

State Cons/tu/on Ar/cle VII, Sec/on 1 – Public Educa/on The legislature shall by general law establish and maintain a system of public schools open to all children of the State, and may provide for other public educa/onal ins/tu/ons. Schools and ins/tu/ons so established shall be free from sectarian control . No money shall be paid from public funds for the direct benefit of any religious or other private educaJonal insJtuJon.

Addi/onal History • Ar/cle X – intent to organize schools under ci/es and boroughs; no /meline • 1976 – Molly Hootch sejlement: schools constructed in rural areas • 1997-2011 – Kasuylie case: rural school construc/on • 2004-11 – Moore case: correc/ve ac/on for low- performing schools; state may delegate but is primarily responsible for educa/on • Equal protec/on (Ar/cle I, Sec/on 1) • Public/private issues

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02. Denali Borough 12. Cordova City Schools 05. Municipality of Anchorage 03. Alaska Gateway 13. Craig City Schools 04. Aleutian Region 08. Bristol Bay Borough 15. Dillingham City Schools 06. Annette Island 17. Galena City Schools 16. Fairbanks North Star Borough 07. Bering Strait 19. Hoonah City Schools 18. Haines Borough 09. Chatham 20. Hydaburg City Schools 22. City & Borough of Juneau 10. Chugach 23. Kake City Schools 11. Copper River 24. Kenai Peninsula Borough 27. Klawock City Schools 14. Delta/Greely 34. Nenana City Schools 25. Ketchikan Gateway Borough 21. Iditarod Area 35. Nome City Schools 28. Kodiak Island Borough 29. Kuspuk 38. Pelican City Schools 30. Lake & Peninsula Borough 31. Lower Kuskokwim 46. Saint Mary’s City Schools 33. Matanuska Susitna Borough 32. Lower Yukon 47. Unalaska City Schools 40. Pribilof Islands 48. Valdez City Schools 36. North Slope Borough 44. Southeast Island 53. Tanana Schools 37. Northwest Arctic Borough 45. Southwest Region 39. Petersburg Borough 51. Yukon Flats 42. City & Borough of Sitka 52. Yukon-Koyukuk 54. Yupiit (Akiachak, Akiak, Tuluksak) 43. Municipality of Skagway 55. Kashunamiut (Chevak) 49. City & Borough of Wrangell 50. City & Borough of Yakutat 56. Aleutians East Borough

• 129,705 students (2016) • District sizes: 12 – 47,756 • School sizes: 12 – 2,140 • Diverse student bodies • Op/ons & choices: • Homeschooling • Charter schools • Alterna/ve programs • Correspondence • Reduced dropout rate • Generally strong support of K-12

Nature of our Work • ASBO: similari/es & differences across the na/on • Diversity & balance of funding systems • Work cycle: budge/ng, funding programs, fiscal year, payroll AK District Revenue • Grants admin-heavy Other • Personnel heavy 10% Federal 10% State 59% Local 21%

Personnel Heavy • 70-90% of expenditures are wages and benefits • Benefits rates con/nue to rise • Na/onal job market • Limita/ons of nego/ated ;dasdldasljaksddnego/ated agreements