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If we'}, {'start': '24.400', 'end': '29.760', 'text': 'are going to spend the equivalent of 680'}, {'start': '27.279', 'end': '33.680', 'text': 'or $700, which is just an inflation'}, {'start': '29.760', 'end': '36.640', 'text': 'adjusted 680, having that in policy'}, {'start': '33.680', 'end': '38.879', 'text': 'avoids this destructive exercise of pink'}, {'start': '36.640', 'end': '41.040', 'text': 'slips and displacement. So for a given'}, {'start': '38.879', 'end': '43.920', 'text': 'amount of money, we have much greater'}, {'start': '41.040', 'end': '45.840', 'text': 'educational outcomes. Again, this is'}, {'start': '43.920', 'end': '47.120', 'text': 'only an increase of $20 per student from'}, {'start': '45.840', 'end': '49.760', 'text': "last year. So we're just keeping pace"}, {'start': '47.120', 'end': '52.239', 'text': 'with inflation. Now, eight lawmakers'}, {'start': '49.760', 'end': '54.239', 'text': 'voted no. Now, if the governor vetos the'}, {'start': '52.239', 'end': '56.640', 'text': 'bill, it would take 40 lawmakers to'}, {'start': '54.239', 'end': '58.480', 'text': 'override that veto. The office of the'}, {'start': '56.640', 'end': '60.239', 'text': 'governor said by email that there will'}, {'start': '58.480', 'end': '62.879', 'text': 'be more said about the bill in the next'}, {'start': '60.239', 'end': '64.960', 'text': 'few days. Governors said he is willing'}, {'start': '62.879', 'end': '67.680', 'text': 'to support a funding increase if an'}, {'start': '64.960', 'end': '70.400', 'text': 'education bill also included policy'}, {'start': '67.680', 'end': '72.159', 'text': 'changes. A similar tone to what we heard'}, {'start': '70.400', 'end': '75.360', 'text': 'back during his state of the state'}, {'start': '72.159', 'end': '77.920', 'text': "address. I'll talk to anyone about money"}, {'start': '75.360', 'end': '79.280', 'text': 'if the conversation is also about'}, {'start': '77.920', 'end': '80.960', 'text': 'different approaches and better'}, {'start': '79.280', 'end': '83.200', 'text': "outcomes. That's what my educational"}, {'start': '80.960', 'end': '85.680', 'text': 'initiatives include include this year.'}, {'start': '83.200', 'end': '86.840', 'text': 'Now, even if the BSA turns out to be'}, {'start': '85.680', 'end': '89.520', 'text': 'less than'}, {'start': '86.840', 'end': '91.920', 'text': "$700, Alaska's new source has learned"}, {'start': '89.520', 'end': '94.799', 'text': 'that deep Anchorage school district cuts'}, {'start': '91.920', 'end': '96.920', 'text': 'could be reversed if board members vote'}, {'start': '94.799', 'end': '99.520', 'text': 'yes on a new budget proposal this coming'}, {'start': '96.920', 'end': '100.880', 'text': 'Tuesday. In an emergency meeting last'}, {'start': '99.520', 'end': '103.200', 'text': 'night, the Anchorage School Board'}, {'start': '100.880', 'end': '104.920', 'text': 'Finance Committee agreed on a budget. It'}, {'start': '103.200', 'end': '108.320', 'text': 'assumed a'}, {'start': '104.920', 'end': '110.159', 'text': '$560 increase to per student funding.'}, {'start': '108.320', 'end': '112.399', 'text': 'School Board President Andy Collins says'}, {'start': '110.159', 'end': '115.280', 'text': 'that money would be enough to restore'}, {'start': '112.399', 'end': '118.320', 'text': "nearly every cut. And that's going to"}, {'start': '115.280', 'end': '120.960', 'text': 'allow the administration to start'}, {'start': '118.320', 'end': '122.640', 'text': 'walking back some of these cuts and'}, {'start': '120.960', 'end': '124.799', 'text': 'keeping people in the places that'}, {'start': '122.640', 'end': '128.640', 'text': "they've been in for a long time, help"}, {'start': '124.799', 'end': '131.920', 'text': 'restore the extracurricular activities'}, {'start': '128.640', 'end': '133.599', 'text': 'and other things that that really have'}, {'start': '131.920', 'end': '137.120', 'text': 'people on the edge of their seats'}, {'start': '133.599', 'end': '139.440', 'text': 'watching this. And Haliban says if a p'}, {'start': '137.120', 'end': '141.040', 'text': 'first priority if the budget passes is'}, {'start': '139.440', 'end': '143.040', 'text': 'letting most of those teachers know they'}, {'start': '141.040', 'end': '145.599', 'text': 'can remain in their current positions.'}, {'start': '143.040', 'end': '149.760', 'text': 'He says the vote should help create some'}, {'start': '145.599', 'end': '149.760', 'text': 'much needed certainty for staff.'}]