Alaska Statutes
Alaska Stat. § 14.17.900 (2026)
Construction and implementation of chapter
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Sec. 14.17.900. Construction and implementation of chapter.
(a) This chapter does not create a debt of the state. Each district shall establish, maintain, and operate under a balanced budget. The state is not responsible for the debts of a school district.
(b) Money to carry out the provisions of this chapter may be appropriated annually by the legislature into the public education fund. If the amount appropriated to the fund for the purposes of this chapter is insufficient to meet the allocations authorized under AS 14.17.400 — 14.17.470 for a fiscal year, state aid shall be reduced according to AS 14.17.400(b).
(a) This chapter does not create a debt of the state. Each district shall establish, maintain, and operate under a balanced budget. The state is not responsible for the debts of a school district.
(b) Money to carry out the provisions of this chapter may be appropriated annually by the legislature into the public education fund. If the amount appropriated to the fund for the purposes of this chapter is insufficient to meet the allocations authorized under AS 14.17.400 — 14.17.470 for a fiscal year, state aid shall be reduced according to AS 14.17.400(b).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2003–2013 · leading case: Susan Holz v. Nenana City Pub. Sch. Dist. Terry Bentley Joanne Romero Endil Moore, 347 F.3d 1176 (9th Cir. 2003).
Susan Holz v. Nenana City Pub. Sch. Dist. Terry Bentley Joanne Romero Endil Moore, 347 F.3d 1176 (9th Cir. 2003). “” Alaska Stat. § 14.17.900 (a). We have previously concluded “[w]hen a state entity is structured so that its obligations are its own special obligations and not general obligations of the state, that fact weighs against a finding of sovereign immunity under the arm of the state…”
Lindsey v. Matayoshi, 950 F. Supp. 2d 1159 (D. Haw. 2013). “And unlike Hawaii’s state-wide educational system, Nevada has multiple, county-governed public school districts, each of which receives a guaranteed minimum of state funds determined by a per-pupil calculation and generates additional funds through tax revenues collected at the…”
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