Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy vetoed several bills but allowed HB 28, a wide-ranging education package, to become law without his signature. The package covers school funding, teacher loan repayment, substitute teaching qualifications, and school board membership. Alaska’s education debate is shaped by high costs, remote districts, teacher shortages, and repeated fights over how much school funding should be permanent versus one-time funding. Supporters of the new package say schools need stable funding and tools to recruit teachers. Critics may worry that new spending is not tied closely enough to performance, enrollment changes, or long-term state revenue. Alaska cannot keep asking schools to plan around temporary fights. If the state wants teachers to stay, it has to make the job and the funding more stable.