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Alaska's budget crisis has put safety at rural schools in danger. : NPR

Alaska's budget crisis has put safety at rural schools in danger. : NPR
general • 8/1/2025

Alaska has long ignored warning signs of a budget crisis. Now, it has no money to fix something that is posing serious health and safety risks to students and staff: crumbling rural schools.

Alaska ignored budget crisis signs. Now, it doesn't have money to fix schools. toggle caption Emily Schwing/KYUK When Alaska House Speaker Bryce Edgmon toured the public school in Sleetmute last fall, he called the building "the poster child" for wha... [11111 chars]