Mayor LaFrance leads coalition of 24 Alaska mayors calling for increased education funding

Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance spearheaded a letter with 23 other mayors from across the state, strongly urging the Alaska Legislature to address the deepening fiscal crisis in Alaska’s public schools.The mayors are calling for the Legislature to pass a meaningful inflationary adjustment to the Base Student Allocation (BSA) and increase funding for school maintenance and operations.The joint letter highlights how stagnant state funding and rising costs for energy, healthcare, and transportation have left