House leaders appeared to heed a request by Gov. Mike Dunleavy to make the reading institute permanent.
The Alaska House majority has included in its spending plan $5 million for an experimental reading institute despite concerns raised by lawmakers and delays in the opening of a planned Anchorage facility.a request from Gov. Mike Dunleavy to create the institute with a one-time $5 million appropriation. This year’s plan would make the instituteThe state rented in August a 17,000-square-foot facility in Anchorage for the institute at a cost of over $21,000 per month.
Meanwhile, Shoop said the institute has so far offered 59 training sessions to 1,194 teachers. All but five districts have used the institute’s professional development offerings. The institute also plans to provide “virtual tutoring services” to a total of 139 students in seven districts this year, out of 54 districts in the state.
Rep. Jamie Allard, R-Eagle River, in the House Chamber at the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau on February 26, 2024. Himschoot said the Alyeska Institute’s rental space, and the $1.4 million investment in its renovation, “feels like a lot.” Rep. DeLena Johnson, a Palmer Republican who co-chairs the House Finance Committee and is responsible for putting together the operating budget, said the funding for the academy was put back in “because it could be something that was essential to teaching teachers to learn how to teach reading.”
The expenses on the yet-to-open building reflect the changing focus of the institute. In June, Dunleavy spokesman Grant Robinson said that for professional development in rural Alaska, “rather than having a group of teachers travel to into Anchorage, the program will send an expert to the community.”
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