Alaska’s relationship with the United States Department of Education has been on shaky ground lately – and in this, Alaska has plenty of company. This has a couple of parts; first, the Department of Education singled out Alaska for the way the state distributed COVID-19 education relief funds. Must Read Alaska (MRAK) has the story.
When Covid relief funds were distributed to states in 2021, Alaska officials directed those funds to districts according to the state’s lawful formula.
Earlier this year, Alaska Department of Education Commissioner Deena Bishop was sent a stern letter from the U.S. Department of Education, accusing it of not distributing the funds according to the fed’s “equity” test. The federal department said it would withhold $17.4 million from the state and put it on a “high-risk grantee” list unless…
