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The Anchorage School Board's Vision
Comprehensive Annual Financial Report ANCHORAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2011 Carol Comeau Superintendent Prepared by Business Management Division Chad Stiteler, Chief Financial Officer Susan Jolin, Controller A Component Unit of the Municipality of Anchorage Anchorage, Alaska Non Discrimination Statement It is the policy of the Anchorage School District to provide equal educational and employment opportunities, and to provide services and benefits to all students and employees without regard to race, color, religion, disability, national origin, gender, marital status, change in marital status, pregnancy, parenthood or other prohibitions. This policy is consistent with numerous laws, regulations, and executive orders enforced by various federal, state, and municipal agencies, including but not limited to Executive Order 11246, Title 41, part 60-1,60-2,60-3,60-20, Title VI and VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972, and Section 504. Inquiries or complaints may be addressed to the School District's Equal Employment Opportunity Director, who also serves as the Title IX Coordinator, ASD Education Center, Anchorage, AK 99504-3135, (907) 742-4132 or to any of the following external agencies: Alaska State Commission for Human Rights, Anchorage Equal Rights Commission, Director of the Office for Civil Rights, Department of Education, Department of Health and Hu man Services. ii ANCHORAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT For the Year Ended June 30, 2011 -
Alaska's Citizens Lock out Private Prisons
ALASKA’S CITIZENS LOCK OUT PRIVATE PRISONS PU BLI C OPI NION BLOCKS PRIVA TI ZA TION ATTEMPTS By LINDA CA SEY November 6, 2008 NATIO NA L IN STI TU TE O N MONEY I N STA TE PO LITI CS This publication was made possible with support from: Carnegie Corporation of New York, Strengthening U.S. Democracy Ford Foundation, Governance Performance and Accountability The Pew Charitable Trusts, State Policy Initiatives Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Program on Democratic Practice 833 NORTH LAST CHANCE GULCH, SECOND FLOOR • HELENA, MT • 59601 PHONE 406-449-2480 • FAX 406-457-2091 • E-MAIL [email protected] www.followthemoney.org OVERVIEW Since the mid-1990s — through six legislative sessions and three gubernatorial administrations — Alaska’s lawmakers have made more than a half dozen attempts to privatize prisons. These attempts have met with unfavorable public opinion. To date, the strength of public opposition has prevailed, and all private prison proposals have been defeated. But the state needs prison beds, and a lack of them means that state prisoners are being sent to other states.1 In 2004, the issue was addressed with the passage of Senate Bill 65, which authorized construction of a 1,500-bed prison in Matanuska-Susitna Borough. But it is not a private prison. Construction began in August 2008, but none of the design or construction of the facility is being performed by the private-prison interests that have been involved in the push for privatization of prisons since the early 1990s. Instead the facility’s construction will be controlled by the Mat-Su Borough and operated by the state of Alaska.2 BACKGROUND Starting in the 1990s, five donors formed a variety of partnerships in an effort to promote the private prison idea in Alaska: . -
Transportation Infrastructure Needs in Alaska
S. HRG. 108–349 TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS IN ALASKA FIELD HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON OVERSIGHT OF THE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS IN THE STATE OF ALASKA APRIL 14, 2003—PALMER, ALASKA Printed for the use of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works ( U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 92–373 PDF WASHINGTON : 2004 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2250 Mail: Stop SSOP, Washington, DC 20402–0001 COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma, Chairman JOHN W. WARNER, Virginia JAMES M. JEFFORDS, Vermont CHRISTOPHER S. BOND, Missouri MAX BAUCUS, Montana GEORGE V. VOINOVICH, Ohio HARRY REID, Nevada MICHAEL D. CRAPO, Idaho BOB GRAHAM, Florida LINCOLN CHAFEE, Rhode Island JOSEPH I. LIEBERMAN, Connecticut JOHN CORNYN, Texaa BARBARA BOXER, California LISA MURKOWSKI, Alaska RON WYDEN, Oregon CRAIG THOMAS, Wyoming THOMAS R. CARPER, Delaware WAYNE ALLARD, Colorado HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON, New York ANDREW WHEELER, Majority Staff Director KEN CONNOLLY, Minority Staff Director (II) CONTENTS Page APRIL 14, 2003—PALMER, ALASKA OPENING STATEMENTS Murkowski, Hon. Lisa, U.S. Senator from the State of Alaska ........................... 1 WITNESSES Anderson, Hon. Tim, Mayor, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska ................... 20 Angasan, Trefon, Co-Chair, Board of Directors, Alaska Federation of Natives . 10 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 38 Barton, Michael, Commissioner, Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities .................................................................................................... 6 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 35 Boyles, Hon. -
Twenty-Second Report: 2003-2004 to the Legislature and Supreme Court
Twenty-Second Report: 2003-2004 to the Legislature and Supreme Court March 2005 The Alaska Judicial Council (2003-2004) Members and Terms Chairperson Chief Justice Alexander O. Bryner (2003-2006) Chief Justice Dana Fabe (2000-2003) Attorney Members Non-Attorney Members Douglas Baily (2004-2010) Eleanor Andrews (2000-2007) Geoffrey G. Currall (1998-2004) Bill Gordon (2003-2009) Robert B. Groseclose (2000-2006) Katie Hurley (1999-2003) Susan Orlansky (2002-2008) Gigi Pilcher (2000-2005) Council Staff 2003-2004 Larry Cohn, Executive Director Teresa W. Carns, Senior Staff Associate Susie Mason Dosik, Staff Attorney Ana M. Wood, Fiscal Officer Susan McKelvie, Research Analyst Emily R. Marrs, Executive Secretary Kathy Grabowski, Administrative Assistant Pat A. Scott, Administrative Assistant Jenny Miller, Project Attorney Peggy J. Skeers Kerr, Website Manager (2003) Josefa M. Zywna, Fiscal Officer (2003) Judicial Council Membership 2004 Members and staff, left to right (standing) Bill Gordon, Eleanor Andrews, Douglas Baily, Chief Justice Alexander O. Bryner, Gigi Pilcher, Susan Orlansky, Robert B. Groseclose, (seated) Teresa W. Carns (Senior Staff Associate), Larry Cohn (Executive Director), Susie Mason Dosik (Staff Attorney) Table of Contents Page Part I: Introduction A. Judicial Council Duties ........................................................... 1 B. Council Membership ............................................................. 2 C. Organization and Administration of the Council ........................................ 2 Part II: -
University of Alaska
Schedule of Travel for Executive Positions Calendar Year 2013 Name: CARLA BEAM Position: Vice President for University Relations Organization: University of Alaska Dates Traveled Begin End Purpose of Trip Destination Travel Total 3/28/13 3/30/13 Attend University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Engineering Fairbanks 861 groundbreaking ceremony; attend University of Alaska (UA) Foundation 990 presentation 4/10/13 4/12/13 Attend board of regents (BOR) meeting Sitka 668 4/14/13 4/17/13 Meet with UA President Patrick Gamble, Patton Boggs lobbying Washington, D.C. 2,057 firm, Alaska delegation members, and federal agencies 5/23/13 Attend UA president's Cabinet meeting; attend UA Foundation Fairbanks 458 meeting with Associate Vice President for Development Megan Riebe and UA President Gamble 6/4/13 6/7/13 Attend BOR meeting; attend meeting with Statewide (SW) Office of Fairbanks 1,379 Public Affairs 6/11/13 6/12/13 Attend UA Foundation board of trustees meeting Juneau 1,028 7/25/13 Attend UA Foundation staff retreat Fairbanks 313 8/7/13 8/9/13 Attend major administrative unit budget meeting Fairbanks 1,073 9/19/13 9/22/13 Conduct orientation to new BOR member Courtney Enright; meet Fairbanks 674 with Rasmuson Library dean and tour Rasmuson Library (personal leave 9/21 - 9/22/13 at no additional cost to the state) 9/25/13 9/27/13 Attend BOR meeting Juneau 882 10/1/13 10/5/13 Attend Alaska Retirement Management board conference New York 1,897 10/14/13 10/17/13 Participate in Conversations with the President meeting; attend UA Fairbanks 1,004 -
Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
State of Alaska Comprehensive Annual Financial Report For the Fiscal Year July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2018 Prepared by: Department of Administration Division of Finance The FY 18 CAFR is expected to be available on or after February 28, 2019 on our Internet web site at http://doa.alaska.gov/dof/reports/cafr.html. This publication was released by the Department of Administration, Division of Finance to report on the State’s financial status. This publication is required by AS 37.05.210 This page intentionally left blank. STATE OF ALASKA COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT For the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2018 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Statement INTRODUCTORY SECTION Letter of Transmittal i Certificate of Achievement ix Exhibits x Organizational Chart xiv Functions of State Departments xv Alaska State Legislature xviii FINANCIAL SECTION 1 INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT 3 MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS 7 BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS: 17 Government-wide Financial Statements Statement of Net Position 18 1.01 Statement of Activities 20 1.02 Fund Financial Statements Governmental Funds 23 Balance Sheet 24 1.11 Reconciliation of the Balance Sheet to the Statement of Net Position 25 1.12 Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balances 26 1.13 Reconciliation of the Change in Fund Balances to the Statement of Activities 27 1.14 Proprietary Funds 29 Statement of Net Position 30 1.21 Statement of Revenues, Expenses, and Changes in Fund Net Position 33 1.22 Statement of Cash Flows 34 1.23 Fiduciary Funds 37 Statement of Fiduciary Net -
1- March 21, 2006 ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE HOUSE HEALTH
ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE HOUSE HEALTH, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES STANDING COMMITTEE March 21, 2006 3:04 p.m. MEMBERS PRESENT Representative Peggy Wilson, Chair Representative Paul Seaton, Vice Chair Representative Tom Anderson Representative Carl Gatto Representative Vic Kohring Representative Sharon Cissna Representative Berta Gardner MEMBERS ABSENT All members present COMMITTEE CALENDAR HOUSE BILL NO. 426 "An Act relating to medical assistance eligibility and coverage for persons under 21 years of age." - HEARD AND HELD HOUSE BILL NO. 258 "An Act relating to aggravating factors at sentencing." - MOVED CSHB 258(HES) OUT OF COMMITTEE HOUSE BILL NO. 412 "An Act relating to the waiver of undergraduate expenses for a spouse or dependent of a deceased resident peace officer or member of the armed services or fire department." - MOVED CSHB 412(HES) OUT OF COMMITTEE HOUSE BILL NO. 356 "An Act relating to consent for medical and dental services, including bone marrow donation, for a minor." - SCHEDULED BUT NOT HEARD PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION HOUSE HES COMMITTEE -1- March 21, 2006 BILL: HB 426 SHORT TITLE: MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR PERSONS UNDER 21 SPONSOR(s): REPRESENTATIVE(s) COGHILL 02/06/06 (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS 02/06/06 (H) HES, FIN 02/23/06 (H) HES AT 3:00 PM CAPITOL 106 02/23/06 (H) <Bill Hearing Rescheduled to 2/28/06> 02/28/06 (H) HES AT 3:00 PM CAPITOL 106 02/28/06 (H) Scheduled But Not Heard 03/16/06 (H) HES AT 3:00 PM CAPITOL 106 03/16/06 (H) -- Meeting Canceled -- 03/21/06 (H) HES AT 3:00 PM CAPITOL 106 BILL: HB 258 -
Twenty-Fourth Report: 2007-2008 to the Legislature and Supreme Court
Twenty-Fourth Report: 2007-2008 to the Legislature and Supreme Court January 2009 This publication was released by the Alaska Judicial Council, produced at a cost of $3.14 per copy, and printed in Anchorage, Alaska. The Alaska Constitution, Article IV, Section 9, requires the Council to report to the supreme court and to the legislature at intervals of not more than two years. The Alaska Judicial Council (2007-2008) Members and Terms Chairperson Chief Justice Dana Fabe (2006-2009) Attorney Members Non-Attorney Members Douglas Baily (2004-2007) Eleanor Andrews (2000-2007) James H. Cannon (2006-2012) William F. Clarke (2007-2013) Kevin Fitzgerald (2008-2014) Bill Gordon (2003-2009) Louis James Menendez (2007-2010) Charles Kopp (2007-2008) Susan Orlansky (2002-2008) Christena Williams (2005-2011) Council Staff Larry Cohn, Executive Director Teresa W. Carns, Senior Staff Associate Susie Mason Dosik, Project Coordinator Susan McKelvie, Research Analyst E.J. Pavsek, Fiscal Officer Emily R. Marrs, Executive Secretary Kathy Grabowski, Selection and Retention Assistant Deliberately left blank i Judicial Council Membership 2008 Members and staff, left to right (standing) James H. Cannon, William F. Clarke, Kevin Fitzgerald, Larry Cohn (Executive Director), Louis James Menendez (seated) Christena Williams, Bill Gordon, Chief Justice Dana Fabe, Teresa W. Carns (Senior Staff Associate) Deliberately left blank Table of Contents Part I: Introduction A. Judicial Council Duties ........................................................... 1 B. Council Membership ............................................................. 2 C. Organization and Administration of the Council ........................................ 2 Part II: Judicial Selection 2007 - 2008 A. Nominations................................................................... 3 1. Number of vacancies ....................................................... 3 2. Average number of applicants per vacancy ...................................... 3 3. 2007-2008 ............................................................... -
The Council of State Governments-WEST
The Council of State Governments-WEST 2006 Year in Review In the West, everything seems somehow larger, grander, than life. ~ Ken Burns and Stephen Ives Producers, PBS documentary “The West” About CSG-WEST The Council of State Governments-WEST (CSG-WEST) provides a nonpartisan platform for regional cooperation among the legislatures of the 13 western states, creating opportunities for legislators and staff to share ideas and experiences as well as institutional linkages with other elected political leaders throughout the region. Based in California where it was founded 60 years ago, CSG-WEST’s membership 1107 Ninth Street is composed of the legislatures of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Suite 650 Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. Sacramento, CA 95814 Associate members include the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Phone: (916) 553-4423 Columbia and the Pacific islands of American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Fax: (916) 446-5760 Northern Mariana Islands and Guam. Email: [email protected] Web: www.csgwest.org CSG- WEST 2006 Year in Review in Year 2006 Executive Committee ........................................................2 Programs and Projects Summary ....................................5 Western Legislative Conference ......................................6 Western Legislative Academy ..........................................8 Western Legislative Service Directors .......................... 11 WESTRENDS ....................................................................12 -
Fire Island Wind Project Construction Underway
May / June 2012 volume 37 • issue 4 AN ALASKA NATIVE CORPORATION Fire Island Wind project construction underway Southcentral Alaska’s first utility-scale wind project expected to be commissioned in fall Fire Island Wind LLC is moving forward on construction of Southcentral section of the new power transmission line on the island will be occurring in the Alaska’s first utility-scale wind farm, located three miles west of Anchorage on next couple of months. The transmission line will connect the wind farm to the Fire Island. Railbelt electric grid. “The Fire Island Wind Project The double-circuit 34.5-kV is making exciting progress,” transmission line will be said Ethan Schutt, CIRI submerged from the island senior vice president of land to its mainland landing near and energy development. Point Campbell, where it will “We have restarted our run both above and below on-island construction, ground along the southern and most of the large boundary of Ted Stevens turbine components have Anchorage International arrived here in Anchorage. Airport to a Chugach We’re reaching a stage of Electric Association (CEA) development where we can substation near Minnesota finally see the physical signs Drive and International that have resulted from years Airport Road. CEA will own of tireless pre-development the completed transmission w or k .” line. The submarine section of the transmission line The components of the will be installed in the next 11 1.6-megawatt General couple months. Electric wind turbines making up the first phase The turbines will arrive on of the wind farm arrived in Fire Island mid-summer. -
Advancing Civic Learning in Alaska's Schools
Advancing Civic Learning in Alaska’s Schools Final Report of the Alaska Civic Learning Assessment Project November 2006 Special Thanks to the Alaska Civic Learning Assessment Project Advisory Board: DANA FABE Chief Justice, Alaska Supreme Court; ATJN Co-Chair BARBARA JONES Chair, Alaska Bar Assn LRE Committee; ATJN Co-Chair SUELLEN APPELLOF Past President, Alaska PTA MARY BRISTOL We the People – The Citizen & the Constitution SENATOR CON BUNDE Alaska State Legislature MORGAN CHRISTEN Judge, Alaska Superior Court REPRESENTATIVE JOHN COGHILL Alaska State Legislature PAM COLLINS We the People – Project Citizen ESTHER COX Alaska State Board of Education & Early Development JOHN DAVIS Alaska Council of School Administrators SUE GULLUFSEN Alaska Legislative Affairs Agency ELIZABETH JAMES 49th State Fellows Program, UAA DENISE MORRIS Alaska Native Justice Center PAUL ONGTOOGUK College of Education, UAA DEBORAH O’REGAN Executive Director, Alaska Bar Association PAUL PRUSSING Alaska Dept. of Education & Early Development MACON ROBERTS Anchorage School Board KRISTA SCULLY Pro Bono Coordinator, Alaska Bar Association LAWRENCE TROSTLE Justice Center, UAA The Alaska Civic Learning Assessment Project was made possible by a grant to the Alaska Teaching Justice Network (ATJN) from the national Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools. The ATJN is an initiative of the Alaska Court System and the Alaska Bar Association’s LRE Committee, with support from Youth for Justice, a program of the Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice. For more information about the ATJN, please contact Bar- bara Hood, Coordinator, at 907-264-0879 or [email protected]. The recommendations in this report will be car- ried forward by Alaska’s delegation to the U.S. -
University of Alaska
Schedule of Travel for Executive Positions Calendar Year 2012 Name: CARLA BEAM Position: Vice President for University Relations Organization: University of Alaska Dates Traveled Begin End Purpose of Trip Destination Travel Total 1/16/12 1/18/12 Meet with federal relations contractor, Patton Boggs Fairbanks 974 2/14/12 2/17/12 Attend University of Alaska (UA) board of regents (BOR) meeting Fairbanks 896 3/26/12 3/28/12 Meet with federal relations contractor, Patton Boggs; meet with Washington, D.C. 2,320 Alaska delegation 4/9/12 4/10/12 Attend scholarship breakfast Fairbanks 437 4/11/12 4/13/12 Attend BOR meeting Soldotna 459 5/22/12 5/24/12 Attend Center for Creative Leadership conference Fairbanks 832 7/23/12 7/24/12 Attend Strategic Direction Initiative conference Fairbanks 763 8/7/12 Attend budget meeting Fairbanks 509 9/10/12 9/12/12 Meet with federal relations contractor, Patton Boggs; attend dinner Washington, D.C. 1,915 with Patton Boggs, representatives and UA President Patrick Gamble 9/26/12 9/28/12 Attend BOR meeting Juneau 840 12/5/12 12/7/12 Attend BOR meeting Fairbanks 765 12/19/12 Attend Office of Public Affairs meeting Fairbanks 502 TOTAL: CARLA BEAM 11,212 Schedule of Travel for Executive Positions Calendar Year 2012 Name: THOMAS CASE Position: Chancellor Organization: University of Alaska Anchorage Dates Traveled Begin End Purpose of Trip Destination Travel Total 1/10/12 1/14/12 Attend National Collegiate Athletics Association annual conference Indianapolis, IN 2,624 2/13/12 2/16/12 Attend president's Cabinet and board