Four Alaska college students have sued Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration, arguing that it was unconstitutional to drain the state’s scholarship fund in 2021.
But with the Higher Education Investment Fund empty, college scholarships are set to compete with all other spending areas in the longer term and critics of that approach have argued they could be reduced or cut.on Wednesday, saying there have been “multiple conversations” with the governor, unsuccessfully trying to resolve the funding dispute. Robbie Graham, a spokesperson for the university, said the suit is being funded from a private account directed solely by Pitney.
“The university supports the student litigation in asking the court to decide this important question in the interest of developing Alaska’s workforce and certainty for students and parents,” Pitney said. “Our students deserve a stable and consistent source of scholarship and grant support.”“I’ve seen first hand just how important scholarships are to students, and for many, scholarships make or break if they can actually go to college,” she said.
Tuesday’s lawsuit, again represented by Lindemuth’s firm, argues that since Taylor’s memo, the Dunleavy administration has “regressed” back to an unconstitutional reading of which state accounts must be swept. The lawsuit says that the Legislature appropriated money to the fund as a “long-term, stable funding source for scholarships” and that private scholarship donations should also not have been emptied.that the constitution requires that the Constitutional Budget Reserve be repaid from the billions of dollars “borrowed” from it to fill budget gaps.
“If a state account qualifies for the repayment obligation, and the transfer has not been reversed by the Legislature, there is nothing anyone can do to stop the transfer to the CBR. The transfer is compelled by the constitution,” he argued.
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