Invitation to Watch Party
WHEN Monday afternoon (Alaska Daylight Savings Time)
JOINT SESSION - 2:15 PM, MARCH 18, 2024 - CONSIDERATION OF GOVERNOR'S VETO OF SB 140 - HOUSE CHAMBER
WHERE You-all can watch the live stream on Gavel to Gavel Alaska
WHO Joint Session to vote on school funding bill
UPDATE veto upheld
After nearly 2 hours of speeches (about $, process, parentsʼ rights, accountability, rural internet), vote was taken and veto was sustained.
WHAT HAPPENED
2023: additional funding for public schools was vetoed from budget after Legislature had adjourned
2024: compromise bill based both houses with permanent increase in funding; Governor vetoed that bill
HOW to LEARN MORE
Alaska Public Media
Alaska Beacon (part of States Newsroom, the nation’s largest state-focused nonprofit news organization)
Legislative History
WHY a majority of 60 legislators may override the veto
OPINION PIECE Matt Acuña Buxton writes
Today’s the day for us to find out just how many of the 56 legislators who voted to pass the landmark education bill last month still support it now that Gov. Mike Dunleavy has vetoed it.
IMPORTANCE: the school districts were required to submit balanced budgets by March 15 — schools are closing, teachers and staff are being laid off!
Iʼll update the latest episode living with a radical Republican governor in Comments.