Resolution 17-058 Support of the KPB Continued Commitment to Fund K-12 and Post-Secondary Education

CITY OF HOMER
HOMER, ALASKA

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RESOLUTION 17-058

A RESOLUTION OF THE HOMER CITY COUNCIL IN SUPPORT OF THE KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH’S CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO FUND K-12 AND POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION.

WHEREAS, A well-educated public, from kindergarten through college, contributes to the well-being and economy of Homer and the Kenai Peninsula Borough; and

WHEREAS, The Kenai Peninsula Borough has provided supplemental funding for the Kenai Peninsula College since 1992; and 

WHEREAS, This funding has provided key services to residents of the Homer area through the Kachemak Bay Campus of the Kenai Peninsula College including Jump Start, support for the Kenai Peninsula College, instructional support, administrative staff, a student advisor and tutors; and

WHEREAS, The Kenai Peninsula College has the third highest student enrollment among University of Alaska system colleges; and

WHEREAS, The Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor has proposed a modest increase in funding the Kenai Peninsula College for FY18; and

WHEREAS, The Kenai Peninsula Borough is mandated to fund K-12 education and has a long history of funding K-12 education to the cap; and

WHEREAS, The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District has some of the highest quality schools in the state thanks, in part, to support form the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly; and

WHEREAS, The Jump Start program, specifically, exemplifies the Kenai Peninsula Borough’s high quality schools by providing high school students the opportunity to experience a college environment and advance their post-secondary education before graduation; and

WHEREAS, With the uncertainty in state funding of education it is more important than ever to robustly support education at a local level.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Homer supports full funding of K-12 and post-secondary education by the Kenai Peninsula Borough and encourages the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly to invest in children and our future.

PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Homer City Council on this 30th day of May, 2017.

CITY OF HOMER

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                                                                                                                BRYAN ZAK, MAYOR

ATTEST:

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JO JOHNSON, MMC, CITY CLERK

Fiscal Note: N/A