ISER Capital Spending Paper

A new paper from the UAA Institute of Social and Economic research analyses 20 years of Alaska’s K-12 capital spending. The paper discusses spending for municipal schools separately from those in Rural Education Attendance Areas.

The paper uses DEED’s data to compare Alaska’s capital spending to the guidelines put forward by the National Council on School Facilities. The paper also examines how Alaska’s fiscal crisis and the subsequent moratorium on new school bond debt reimbursement, vetoed reimbursement funding for existing bonds, the Kasayulie Consent Decree and other economic and political factors have influenced state and local spending on school facilities across Alaska.

The full report can be read here.