34-LS1620\AS SENATET CONCURRENTA RESOLUTIONT NO.E O F A L A S K A THE LEGISLATURE Legislative Source Resolve No.
SCR 17 IN48 THERecognizing LEGISLATUREthe OF50th THEanniversary STATEof OFthe ALASKAstate's THIRTY-FOURTHregional LEGISLATUREeducational -attendance SECONDareas; SESSION BY THE SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE Introduced:
4/10/26 Referred:
Education A RESOLUTION Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the state's regional educational attendance areas;
_______________ BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
Lind, 589 P.2d 873 (Alaska 1979), culminated in a 1976 consent decree requiring the state to provide local secondary schools in rural communities, reinforcing the state's constitutional obligation to offer equitable educational opportunity and shaping the modern development of locally SCR017A -1- SCR 17 New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 34-LS1620\A governed public education in rural areas of the state, including the regional educational attendance areas;
and -1- Enrolled SCR 17 WHEREAS the regional educational attendance area structure was designed to replace centralized administration with a model rooted in community voice, regional decision-decision-making, making, and public accountability;
and WHEREAS regional educational attendance area educators, staff, families, tribal leaders, elders, and community members have worked, often under difficult conditions and SCR 17 -2- SCR017A New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 34-LS1620\A across immense distances, to support students and keep schools operating through changing economic, technological, and social conditions;
and Enrolled SCR 17 -2- WHEREAS the 50th anniversary of the establishment of regional educational attendance areas is an appropriate occasion for the legislature to recognize the vision behind the creation of regional educational attendance areas and to honor the people who have sustained and improved the regional educational attendance areas over time;
SCR017A -3- Enrolled SCR 17 New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED]