PoliticsAnchorage · July 17, 2026
sixty teachers are back
Anchorage School District restores about sixty teaching jobs after the Legislature sent $11.5 million in one-time funding.
Daily Alaska staff · July 17, 2026 · Anchorage
The Anchorage School Board voted Tuesday night to restore roughly sixty teaching positions, using about eleven and a half million dollars in one-time funding sent by the Alaska Legislature. The move comes after a budget crisis in February, when the board faced a ninety million dollar shortfall and cut more than three hundred teaching jobs.
Most of the restored positions are classroom teachers, aimed at easing overcrowding at every grade level across the district. The board also funded five additional school nurses, kept the district's riflery program, and preserved its contract with the Dome.
The district is piloting a new reading and writing curriculum for grades six through ten rather than purchasing it outright, a decision that freed up additional money to fund more teaching positions.
More state money could still be coming. If oil prices remain high enough, Anchorage could receive another thirty-two million dollars from the state, with that determination expected at the end of August.
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How many Anchorage teacher jobs are coming back?
About 60 teaching positions, mostly classroom teachers. The Anchorage School Board restored them this week using $11.5 million in state funding after cutting over 300 jobs in February.
What else did the school board fund with the money?
Five additional school nurses, and it kept the riflery program and the district's contract with the Dome.
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- The Anchorage school board restored about sixty teaching positions using $11.5 million in one-time state funding. · alaskapublic.org
- The district had cut more than 300 teaching jobs in February to close a $90 million budget shortfall. · alaskapublic.org
- The board also funded five additional school nurses and kept the riflery program and the Dome contract. · alaskapublic.org
- Anchorage could receive another $32 million from the state if oil prices remain high, with a decision expected at the end of August. · alaskapublic.org
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