Anchorage School Board passes preliminary $768M budget

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The Anchorage School Board passed the district’s preliminary budget on Thursday evening, but it could still change depending on state funding.
The proposed $768.4 million budget for the 2016-2017 school year is slightly smaller than this year’s budget. It increases the pupil-teacher ratio by one student in every grade level, and cuts about 52 full-time teaching positions and three assistant principals.
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