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CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
RESOLUTION 2007-027
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITYOF SEWARD, ALASKA, SUPPORTING
ADJUSTING THE AREA COST DIFFERENTIAL FOR THE KENAI
PENNINSULA BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
WHEREAS, for fiscal year 2007 one-quarter of the Institute of Social and Economic
Research (ISER) University of Alaska, Anchorage, recommended area cost differential (ACD)
was funded on a one time basis; and
WHEREAS, various studies over the last twenty years indicate the inequity of the Kenai
Peninsula Borough School District's (KPBSD) State funding; and
WHEREAS, immediate implementation of a more appropriate ACD is needed to
acknowledge the higher cost of doing business in a District with rural and remote sites; and
WHEREAS, with sixteen schools with under 100 students, 44 separate school programs
and five remote sites, a 1.004 ACD is insufficient to provide an equitable education throughout
the Kenai Peninsula; and
.... WHEREAS, our district continues to be efficient with low administrative costs, meeting
the 70 percent instructional expenditure requirement, and receiving the maximum funding
available through the local effort contribution; and
WHEREAS, adjusting the ACD is long overdue and must be resolved during this
Legislative session; and
WHEREAS, to deliver a balanced FY 2008 budget the Kenai Peninsula Borough School
District will have a reduction of 60 teaching positions, while another 15 are being cut due to a
two percent decline in enrollment; and
WHEREAS, locally it is projected that Seward Schools will experience a reduction of
8.5 teaching positions; and
WHEREAS, it is estimated that the impact of a single year's adjustment is over $10
million in the cost differential for KPBSD, so that over a ten year period this inequitable formula
has resulted in a loss of more then $100 million based on the 2005 ISER Report.
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CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
RESOLUTION 2007-027
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ....
SEWARD, ALASKA:
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Seward strongly encourages the State of
Alaska to adequately fund the Kenai Peninsula School District in support of educational
requirements.
SECTION 2. The City Council of the City of Seward states unequivocally that adjusting
the ACD is long overdue and must be resolved during this Legislative Session.
SECTION 3. The City Council of the City of Seward also supports the current
Legislative Session providing relief in the form of sustainable Municipal Revenue
Sharing and direct funding of the PERS/TERS Liability.
SECTION 4. This resolution takes effect immediately upon its adoption.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the city of Seward, Alaska this 2th day of
March 2007.
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AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Dunham, Val datta, Schafer, Bardarson, Amberg, Shafer
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Thomas
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