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Corinne Smith/Alaska BeaconLawmakers are calling for the Trump administration to waive the fee for teachers hired through the H-1B visa program, which allows employers to recruit highly-skilled workers from overseas. The federal government raised the fee from $5,000 to $100,000 for each new applicant to the H-1B visa program in September 2025. -
Corinne Smith/Alaska BeaconThe state board will create a new committee to review concerns, including student services and maintenance needs, after roughly a quarter of students disenrolled this year.
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Lawmakers with the bipartisan majority caucus have expressed support for more funding for schools, but point to Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s history of vetoes as a major roadblock. -
Chronic absenteeism has remained high since the COVID-19 pandemic, but the reasons for why students are missing class are difficult to define and vary widely across the state. -
Roughly half of Alaska’s school districts qualified for the five-year grant program, which is managed by the state’s education department. -
The lawsuit points to the effects of the state’s underfunding, including low proficiency test scores and dangerous building conditions. -
The district abruptly closed the school that serves students grades 6-12 in the community on Monday, Jan. 19. Superintendent Madeline Aguillard said a collapse of the school’s gymnasium would also be catastrophic for the adjoining elementary school. -
At least some libraries in Alaska that lost federal funding last spring have received notice that it’s been reinstated. -
Lower Kuskokwim School District Superintendent Andrew "Hannibal" Anderson will step down in June 2026. -
Rural school district superintendents are trying to “find the best, most optimal use of very lean resources.” Taking on the state’s unmaintained buildings, they say, will only increase their burden. -
The Alaska Institute for Justice launched the resource early, to help people affected by the recent Western Alaska storm. -
It's not easy to accept 70 new students in the middle of the school year, but College Gate Elementary School in Anchorage welcomed a group of children, forced to relocate to Anchorage, after hurricane-force winds and flooding devastated coastal communities in Western Alaska.
