Legislative Priorities 2025

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District 2025 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.

Provide fair, predictable, and proactive funding.

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

• Reinstitute a competitive retirement program by including both defined benefits and defined contributions.

• Work with partners and the University of Alaska to improve and expand teacher training programs, teacher-mentor programs, and alternative certification pathways.

• Fund deferred maintenance costs and capital improvement projects.

• Provide transportation funding based on actual expenditures.

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

• Prioritize and fund career and technical education (CTE) opportunities for all students.

• Provide funding and support for the implementation of the Alaska Reads Act.

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

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

• Support extracurricular activities.

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

• Provide training in trauma informed practices.

• Support and fund programs that improve school safety and building security.

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