Alaska legislation · 34th Legislature
Alaska HB256: MILITARY-CONNECTED STUDENTS & SCHOOLS
Status: In committee, January 20, 2026
An Act relating to public school students connected to the military; relating to school funding for purple star designations; and providing for an effective date.
What the bill says
An act ENTITLED "An Act relating to public school students connected to the military; relating to school funding for purple star designations; and providing for an effective date.".
From the introduced text:
AN ACT ENTITLED "An Act relating to public school students connected to the military; relating to school funding for purple star designations; and providing for an effective date." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: * Section 1. AS 14.17.410(b) is amended to read: (b) Public school funding consists of state aid, a required local contribution, and eligible federal impact aid determined as follows: (1) state aid equals basic need minus a required local contribution and 90 percent of eligible federal impact aid for that fiscal year; basic need equals the sum obtained under (D) of this paragraph, multiplied by the base student allocation set out in AS 14.17.470; district adjusted ADM is calculated as follows: (A) the ADM of each school in the district is calculated by applying the school size factor to the student count as set out in AS 14.17.450; (B) the number obtained under (A) of this paragraph is multiplied by the district cost factor described in AS 14.17.460; HB0256a -1- HB New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 34-LS1127\I (C) the ADMs of each school in a district, as adjusted according to (A) and (B) of this paragraph, are added; the sum is then multiplied by the special needs factor set out in AS 14.17.420(a)(1), [AND] the secondary school vocational and technical …
Sponsors
- Will Stapp (R, HD-032) · primary sponsor
- Jamie Allard (R, HD-023)
- Andrew Gray (D, HD-020)
Latest actions
- : (H) COSPONSOR(S): GRAY
- : (H) Heard & Held
- : (H) MILITARY & VETERANS' AFFAIRS at 10:15 AM BARNES 124
- : (H) REFERRED TO MILITARY & VETERANS' AFFAIRS
- : (H) MLV, EDC, FIN
- : (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
- : (H) PREFILE RELEASED 1/16/26
Subjects: STATE AID, MILITARY, EDUCATION, COMPACTS, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, MINORS, VETERANS, BOARDS & COMMISSIONS
Common questions
- What is HB256?
- HB256 is a bill in the Alaska Legislature (34th Legislature): MILITARY-CONNECTED STUDENTS & SCHOOLS.
- What does HB256 do?
- In its own words: An act ENTITLED "An Act relating to public school students connected to the military; relating to school funding for purple star designations; and providing for an effective date.".
- What is the status of HB256?
- In committee as of January 20, 2026. Latest action: (H) COSPONSOR(S): GRAY (February 25, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB256?
- Will Stapp (R, HD-032), with 2 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB256?
- On the Alaska Legislature website: https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=HB 256
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