Pending approval by Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell, the Haines Borough will receive nearly $300,000 more in operating funds from the Alaska Legislature than it has budgeted for the coming fiscal year. About $100,000 of the total will go to Haines School.
The increase in school funding is Haines’ share of an additional $20 million allocated for schools statewide by legislators, plus an increase in vocational education funds.
The $20 million was a compromise between a…
