STATE v. KETCHIKAN GATEWAY BOROUGH

Nos. S-15811, S-15841.

366 P.3d 86 (2016)

STATE of Alaska, Michael Hanley, Commissioner of Alaska Department of Education and Early Development, in his official capacity, Appellants and Cross-Appellees, v. KETCHIKAN GATEWAY BOROUGH, Agnes Moran, an individual, on her own behalf and on behalf of her son, John Coss, a minor, John Harrington, an individual, and David Spokely, an individual, Appellees and Cross-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

January 8, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathryn R. Vogel , Rebecca Hattan , and Margaret Paton-Walsh , Assistant Attorneys General, Anchorage, and Craig W. Richards , Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

Louisiana W. Cutler and Jennifer M. Coughlin , K & L Gates, LLP, Anchorage, for Appellees/Cross-Appellants

Scott Brandt-Erichsen , Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Ketchikan, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant Ketchikan Gateway Borough.

William D. Falsey and John Sedor , Sedor, Wendlandt, Evans & Filippi, LLC and Saul R. Friedman , Jermain, Dunnagan & Owens, P.C., Anchorage, for Amici Curiae Association of Alaska School Boards, Alaska Council of School Administrators and Alaska Superintendents Association.

Howard S. Trickey , Matthew Singer and Robert Misulich , Holland & Knight LLP, Anchorage, for Amicus Curiae Citizens for the Educational Advancement of Alaska's Children.

Kim Dunn , Landye Bennett Blumstein LLP, Anchorage, for Amicus Curiae NEA-Alaska.

A. Rene Broker , Borough Attorney, Fairbanks, for Amicus Curiae Fairbanks North Star Borough.

Before: STOWERS, Chief Justice, WINFREE, MAASSEN, and BOLGER, Justices.


OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

The State's local school funding formula requires a local government to make a contribution to fund its local school district. The superior court held that this required local contribution is an unconstitutional dedication of a "state tax or license." But the minutes of the constitutional...

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