Walker cuts $58M from schools

Members of the Great Alaska Schools coalition have repeatedly lobbied and rallied for school funding.(2014 file Photo by Skip Gray/Gavel Alaska)Gov. Walker’s vetoes fall heavily on K-12 education, which would lose $58 million.
“We wanted to impact public education as little as possible, but there had to be some modification,” he said.
The largest share of that cut is to the account the state uses to partially reimburse local governments for school bonds. Walker,