NEA-Alaska

My colleague Rep Donna Mears gave the most heartfelt call to increase education funding in Alaska. Please watch her speech from the House floor yesterday. #akleg

Today the Legislature passed HB69, which increases our education funding statute for the first time in eight years. Here's my floor speech in support of the bill: youtu.be/OssnrZHEL3c

Check it out! #akleg #PensionsForPublicService forbes.com/sites/dandoona…

I’m a third-generation student at Ben Eielson,” she said. Her grandparents met here. Her mother and aunts and uncles graduated from here. “I don’t know,”... “It’s kind of hard to see all that — disappear.” adn.com/alaska-news/ed…

We hear a lot about poor performance and low test scores. But Senator Donald Olson reminds us that our youth are full of optimism and determination to "make things happen!" It's time to #RaiseTheAKBSA and give our youth the tools they need to change the world. #akleg

Ketchikan is #redfored #akleg

Tok! Alaska Gaterway School District is #redfored in support of #pensionsforpublicservice and to #raisetheAKBSA #akleg

Happy Friday #akleg! Delta Elementary School is #RedForEd in support of #pensionsforpublicservice and #raisingtheAKBSA

"More than 100 local residents gathered at Golden Heart Plaza Wednesday to advocate for increased public education funding in Alaska. Demonstrators held signs that read “We will remember in November” and “Raise the BSA.” #akleg

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner: ‘We will remember in November’: Ed Fest participants advocate for increased public education funding newsminer.com/news/local_new… #akleg

Via @ksrmam “I don’t think I have honestly seen it this bad,” said Druce, a 30-year veteran of Kenai Peninsula education, of the current funding crisis. #akleg radiokenai.com/teachers-acros…

🧵Last night, shortly after 11 PM, the House failed to discharge SB 88 from the House State Affairs committee. Let's break down how we got here 👇 #akleg #akgov #PensionsForPublicService (1/5)

Sitka is rocking the #redfored! Look at this crowd! #akleg

Klatt Elementary is #redfored! Klatt Elementary educators traveled to Juneau this year to advocate in the #akleg for #pensionsforpublicservice and to #raisetheAKBSA

Service HS in South Anchorage is #redfored to restore #pensionsforpublicservice and #raisingtheAKBSA

Read NEA-Alaska President Tom Klaameyer's op-ed in the @adndotcom "The constitution or correspondence schools? Alaska can and should have both." #akleg adn.com/opinions/2024/…

West Homer Elementary is #redfored! #akleg

K-Beach Elementary on the Kenai Peninsula is #redfored! #akleg please support these educators and their students by #raisingtheAKBSA and restoring a modest #pensionforpublicservice (SB 88).

Bethel Regional HS is #redfored in support of #raisingtheAKBSA and #pensionsforpublicservice Pictured are teachers, ESPs, and a Site Admin #akleg