Alaska lawmakers plan to power through on education

Published April 21, 2014 4:00am ET



JUNEAU, Alaska — After blowing past midnight on what was supposed to be the last day of session, Alaska lawmakers planned to plow on with their work on Monday in a bid to resolve their differences on education.

Education has been a sticking point between the House and Senate, with the two sides taking very different approaches to additional proposed funding. While lawmakers said they had come to agreement on $100 million in additional funding, with some in the per-pupil funding formula known as the base student allocation and some outside, Senate Rules Chairwoman Lesil McGuire, R-Anchorage, said details still had to be decided.

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