Rep. Ortiz Bill to Increase BSA Introduced
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JUNEAU-Wednesday, Representative Ortiz introduced a bill to increase education funding across the state. House Bill 65 will increase the Base Student Allocation (BSA) by $1250, an increase of nearly 21%. In the past decade, Alaska’s urban consumer price index has increased by 24.6%, while the BSA has increase by only 4.2%. Schools have made it […]