The state government did not comply with requirements for pandemic relief funds, according to a letter from the United States Department of Education. The result is a federal “high risk” designation that could cost the state.
The state government risks losing millions of dollars in federal funding because it did not comply with requirements for pandemic relief funds, according to aThe result is a federal “high risk” designation that could cost the state grant funding. Members of the Senate Majority caucus said the state could lose more than $400 million.
What happened is this: The state was supposed to maintain its funding to districts that got federal relief dollars, but itseveral school districts with students from low-income families in 2021 and 2022. That news was first reported by KTOO in Juneau. Last month, the federal education department gave the state 30 days to develop a plan to repay the districts. The state failed to do so, according to federal officials.
Alaska is the only state that has not met or produced a plan to meet the federal requirements to receive pandemic relief for its schools.Sen. Löki Tobin, D-Anchorage and chair of the Senate Education Committee, said lawmakers were told by the state Education Department that it was working on a fix late last year.
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