Legislative Priorities 2024

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District 2024 Legislative Priorities

Achieving the KPBSD Board of Education’s Goals and the District Strategic Plan Priorities will require close collaboration and partnership with the Alaska State Legislature.

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Support student success through programs and rigorous standards that ensure preparation for success in life.

• Prioritize career and technical opportunities for all students.

• Support implementation of the Alaska Reads Act.

• Focus on improving the number of students at or above grade level in Literacy and English Language Arts using evidence-based practices.

• Increase the number of students at or above grade level proficiency in Math using targeted core instruction.

• Support the development of student citizenship, readiness for the workforce, and endeavors beyond graduation.

Provide fair, predictable, and proactive funding.

• Adjust the Base Student Allocation (BSA) and develop mechanisms to compensate for inflation.

• Create innovative pathways to grow our own teachers and staff.

• Explore affordable health care for employees.

• Fund deferred maintenance costs and capital improvement projects.

• Provide transportation funding based on actual expenditures.

• Focus on retention and recruitment of high-quality educators by providing a sustainable retirement system.

Ensure safe schools and support student well-being by creating positive school climates and targeting student social, emotional, and wellness development.

• Foster family and community engagement.

• Support extracurricular activities.

• Focus on approaches that target student health: physical, social, mental, and emotional.

• Provide training in trauma informed practices.

• Improve school safety and building security.

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