Alaska House to ‘expedite’ consideration of education funding increase Proposed legislation would add $464 million to Alaska’s $1.2 billion schools budget.

There is wide agreement Alaska is already facing huge structural deficits. This bill would make them even deeper. Even at the federal level, generally accepted fiscal rules require proposing #PayFors to cover the costs. But the #akleg #AKHouMaj? Nah, we'll just dig the hole deeper.