Alaska legislators and U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski are considering pushing for an extension.
An empty classroom at Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé in Juneau on July 20, 2022. in Alaska, and the number has grown over the last five years. It is also likely to be a 50-100% undercount,
In recent years Alaska’s existing programs aimed at stabilizing these students’ school experience and supporting them academically have been significantly augmented by the American Rescue Plan Act. U.S. Sen. Lisa Murowski, R-Alaska, worked for an amendment to that legislation to secure an additional $800 million for students experiencing homelessness, of which Alaska districts got $2.3 million.
The funds for students experiencing homelessness are tied to other emergency relief funds for students, which could be a hurdle to achieving an extension.The state usually funds its programs with less than $400,000 a year, from the McKinney-Vento Act. Duffield said those funds come with requirements like an education liaison, transportation and immediate enrollment that “make school an oasis of stability when everything else in the youth’s life is turned upside down.
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