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STATE v. ALASKA LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

Supreme Court Nos. S-17666/17785.

515 P.3d 117 (2022)

STATE of Alaska; Office of the Governor, Mike Dunleavy, in an official capacity; Department of Administration, Paula Vrana, in an official capacity; and Department of Education & Early Development, Michael Johnson, in an official capacity, Appellants, v. The ALASKA LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL and Coalition for Education Equity, Appellees. State of Alaska; Office of the Governor, Mike Dunleavy, in an official capacity; Department of Administration, Paula Vrana, in an official capacity; and Department of Education & Early Development, Michael Johnson, in an official capacity, Appellants, v. Coalition for Education Equity, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

August 12, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dario Borghesan and Laura Fox , Senior Assistant Attorneys General, Anchorage, and Clyde "Ed" Sniffen, Jr. , Acting Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellants.

Megan A. Wallace and Hilary Martin , Alaska State Legislature, Legislative Affairs Agency, Division of Legal and Research Services, Juneau, for Appellee The Alaska Legislative Council.

Howard S. Trickey and Peter A. Scully , Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C., Anchorage, for Appellee Coalition for Education Equity.

Scott Kendall , Holmes Weddle & Barcott, PC, Anchorage, for Amicus Curiae Alaska Council of School Administrators and Association of Alaska School Boards.

Before: Bolger, Chief Justice, Winfree, Maassen, and Carney, Justices, and Matthews, Senior Justice. [Borghesan, Justice, not participating.]

OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

The Alaska Legislature passed a bill in 2018 that appropriated money for public education spending for both the next fiscal year, FY2019, and the year after that, FY2020. The second year's appropriation had a 2019 effective date. Governor Mike Dunleavy took office in December 2018. He...

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