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This bill modifies Alaska state law regarding the regional educational attendance area and small municipal school district fund, expanding its purposes and funding capabilities. Specifically, the bill allows the department to make disbursements from the fund not just for school district grants, but also to fund construction and major maintenance projects at Mt. Edgecumbe High School and for maintaining teacher housing. The housing must be owned by the state, a regional educational attendance area, or a small municipal school district, and located in these areas and provided to teachers working there. The bill also eliminates a previous $70 million cap on the unobligated and unexpended cash balance of the fund. The primary function of the fund remains funding school construction projects, but it now has broader application to include high school and teacher housing maintenance, which could help support educational infrastructure and teacher recruitment in remote or underserved areas of Alaska.

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