# Alaska HB 246: SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICE AGENCY FUNDING

Alaska HB 246, SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICE AGENCY FUNDING, is a 34th Legislature (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Andy Josephson (Democratic); status became law, last action 2026-09-30 ((H) FN1: (EED)); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-04).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AK-HB246-34
- As of: 2026-11-04
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Alaska HB 246
- State: Alaska
- Session: 34th Legislature (2025-2026)
- Title: SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICE AGENCY FUNDING
- Status: became law
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-20
- Last action: 2026-09-30, (H) FN1: (EED)
- Sponsor: Andy Josephson (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 11
- Touches household money: yes
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- More funding for Alaska special education services: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, the law raises the Special Education Service Agency’s annual funding rate from $23.13 to $26.89. Alaska’s education department must allocate at least $26.89 times the statewide average daily student count from the previous fiscal year. This funds agency services for students…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Andy Josephson (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Jamie Allard (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jeremy Bynum (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Mike Cronk (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Forrest Dunbar (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Alyse Galvin (Not), House
- Cosponsor: Rebecca Himschoot (Not), House
- Cosponsor: Scott Kawasaki (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Gary Stevens (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Andi Story (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Loki Tobin (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Robert Yundt (Republican), Senate

## Actions (63)

- 2026-09-30: (H) FN1: (EED) (House)
- 2026-09-30: (H) FN(S) ATTACHED TO APPROP. BILL HB 263 (House)
- 2026-09-30: (H) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 9/8/26 (House)
- 2026-09-30: (S) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 9/8/26 (Senate)
- 2026-07-03: (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW SEE CHAPTER (House)
- 2026-07-03: (H) LAW W/O GOVERNOR SIGNATURE 6/30 CHAPTER 45 SLA 26 (House)
- 2026-06-17: (H) 3:10 P.M. 6/15/26 TRANSMITTED TO GOVERNOR (House)
- 2026-05-20: (S) VERSION: HB 246 (Senate)
- 2026-05-20: (S) RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOVERNOR NEXT (Senate)
- 2026-05-20: (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE (Senate)
- 2026-05-20: (S) PASSED Y20 N- (Senate)
- 2026-05-20: (S) READ THE THIRD TIME HB 246 (Senate)
- 2026-05-19: (S) Moved HB 246 Out of Committee (Senate)
- 2026-05-19: (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532 (Senate)
- 2026-05-19: (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): DUNBAR (Senate)
- 2026-05-19: (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): KAWASAKI, CRONK, TOBIN, YUNDT, STEVENS (Senate)
- 2026-05-19: (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/20 CAL (Senate)
- 2026-05-19: (S) READ THE SECOND TIME (Senate)
- 2026-05-19: (S) RULES TO FIRST SUP CALENDAR 5/19/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-05-19: (S) FN1: (EED) (Senate)
- 2026-05-19: (S) NR: KAUFMAN (Senate)
- 2026-05-19: (S) DP: OLSON, STEDMAN, HOFFMAN, CRONK, MERRICK, KIEHL (Senate)
- 2026-05-19: (S) FIN RPT 6DP 1NR (Senate)
- 2026-05-19: Audio/Video (House)
- 2026-05-13: (S) -- MEETING CANCELED -- (Senate)
- 2026-05-13: (S) FINANCE at 01:30 PM SENATE FINANCE 532 (Senate)
- 2026-05-07: (S) FIN (Senate)
- 2026-05-07: (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS (Senate)
- 2026-05-06: (H) VERSION: HB 246 (House)
- 2026-05-06: (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) (House)
- 2026-05-06: (H) COSPONSOR(S): BYNUM, STORY, HIMSCHOOT, GALVIN (House)
- 2026-05-06: (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE (House)
- 2026-05-06: (H) PASSED Y40 (House)
- 2026-05-06: (H) READ THE THIRD TIME HB 246 (House)
- 2026-05-06: (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC (House)
- 2026-05-06: (H) READ THE SECOND TIME (House)
- 2026-05-06: (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/6/2026 (House)
- 2026-04-16: (H) COSPONSOR(S): ALLARD (House)
- 2026-04-16: (H) FN1: (EED) (House)
- 2026-04-16: (H) NR: TOMASZEWSKI, BYNUM, STAPP (House)
- 2026-04-16: (H) DP: JIMMIE, GALVIN, HANNAN, ALLARD, FOSTER, JOSEPHSON, SCHRAGE (House)
- 2026-04-16: (H) FIN RPT 7DP 3NR (House)
- 2026-04-15: (H) Moved HB 246 Out of Committee -- Please Note Time Change -- (House)
- 2026-04-15: (H) FINANCE at 09:00 AM ADAMS 519 (House)
- 2026-04-15: Audio/Video (House)
- 2026-04-08: (H) Heard & Held -- Please Note Time Change -- (House)
- 2026-04-08: (H) FINANCE at 09:00 AM ADAMS 519 (House)
- 2026-04-08: Audio/Video (House)
- 2026-03-02: (H) Minutes (HEDC) (House)
- 2026-03-02: (H) Moved HB 246 Out of Committee (House)
- 2026-03-02: (H) EDUCATION at 08:00 AM DAVIS 106 (House)
- 2026-03-02: (H) FN1: (EED) (House)
- 2026-03-02: (H) NR: ELAM, SCHWANKE, UNDERWOOD (House)
- 2026-03-02: (H) DP: EISCHEID, DIBERT, STORY, HIMSCHOOT (House)
- 2026-03-02: (H) EDC RPT 4DP 3NR (House)
- 2026-03-02: Audio/Video (House)
- 2026-02-23: (H) Minutes (HEDC) (House)
- 2026-02-23: (H) Heard & Held (House)
- 2026-02-23: (H) EDUCATION at 08:00 AM DAVIS 106 (House)
- 2026-02-23: Audio/Video (House)
- 2026-01-20: (H) EDC, FIN (House)
- 2026-01-20: (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS (House)
- 2026-01-20: (H) PREFILE RELEASED 1/9/26 (House)

## Bill text

- Enrolled HB 246, 2026-05-20: [HTML](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0246Z), [PDF](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/HB0246Z.PDF)
- HB 246, 2026-01-20: [HTML](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0246A), [PDF](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/HB0246A.PDF)

## Related bills

- HB 239: CRIME/CNTRL SUBST/ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY (became law)
- HB 195: PHARMACISTS; PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES (became law)
- HB 73: COMPLEX CARE RESIDENTIAL HOMES (signed)
- HB 28: EDU: SCHOOLS/TEACHERS/SCHOOL BD/LOAN PRGM (became law)
- SB 178: EXPAND EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES (became law)
- SB 86: MONEY TRANSMISSION; VIRTUAL CURRENCY (became law)

## Sources
- [Enrolled HB 246 (HTML)](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0246Z)
- [Enrolled HB 246 (PDF)](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/HB0246Z.PDF)
- [HB 246 (HTML)](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0246A)
- [HB 246 (PDF)](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/HB0246A.PDF)

## Related
- [HB 239: CRIME/CNTRL SUBST/ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AK-HB239-34)
- [HB 195: PHARMACISTS; PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AK-HB195-34)
- [HB 73: COMPLEX CARE RESIDENTIAL HOMES](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AK-HB73-34)
- [HB 28: EDU: SCHOOLS/TEACHERS/SCHOOL BD/LOAN PRGM](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AK-HB28-34)
- [SB 178: EXPAND EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AK-SB178-34)
- [SB 86: MONEY TRANSMISSION; VIRTUAL CURRENCY](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AK-SB86-34)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AK-HB246-34 (as of 2026-11-04).