Education Bills Introduced for the 2025 Session

2025 Education Bills
Here’s a list of education-related bills AASB is tracking that have been introduced for consideration by the 34th Legislature. Some of these bills align with AASB’s 2025 Legislative Priorities:
- Funding – Sufficient and Sustainable Public Education Funding
- Educators – Retention and Recruitment of Teachers, Administrators and Staff
- Students – Student Wellness and School Safety
Senate Bills
SB 3 – Sen. Shelley Hughes (R-Palmer) Authorize Handguns School Employee/Volunteers
SB 5 – Sen. Shelley Hughes (R-Palmer) School/University Employee Health Insurance
SB 8 – Sen. Elvi Gray-Jackson (D-Anchorage) Education for Deaf & Hearing Impaired
SB 18 – Sen. Bill Wielechowski (D-Anchorage) Communication Devices in Public Schools
SB 20 – Sen. Elvi Gray-Jackson (D-Anchorage) CPR Curriculum
SB 22 – Sen. Bill Wielechowski (D-Anchorage) Financial Literacy Programs in Schools
SB 23– Sen. Gary Stevens (R-Kodiak) Civics Education
SB 24 – Sen. Gary Stevens (R-Kodiak) Tobacco/Nicotine/E-Cig Age; E-Cig Tax
SB 27 – Sen. Jesse Kiehl (D-Juneau) Teachers & Public Employees Retirement Plans
SB 28 – Sen. Cathy Giessel (R-Anchorage) Retirement Systems; Defined Benefits Option
SB 40 – Sen. Elvi Gray-Jackson (D-Anchorage) – Hispanic Heritage Month
SB 41 – Sen. Gray-Jackson (D-Anchorage) and Sen. Claman (D-Anchorage) Mental Health Education
SB 43 – Sen. Elvi Gray-Jackson (D-Anchorage) Women’s History Month
SB 46 – Sen. Matt Claman (D-Anchorage) Education Funding
SB 55 – Sen. Bert Stedman (R-Sitka) TRS Contr Rate; PERS TRS SECUR or SBS
SB 61 – Sen. Löki Tobin (D-Anchorage) Electronic Device Recycling
SB 66 – Rules Committee by Request of the Governor – State-Tribal Compacts
SB 70 – Rules by Request of the Governor – School & Election Boards; Voting; Elections
SB 81 – Sen. Bert Stedman (R-Sitka) – Public Employer Pension Contributions
SB 82 – Rules Committee by Request of the Governor – Education: Grants; Funding; Debt
SB 93 – Sen. Loki Tobin (D-Anchorage) Early Education Programs
SB 96 – Senate Rules Committee – Child Care; Tax Credits
SB 101 – Sen. Elvi Gray-Jackson – Health & Personal Safety Education
SB 109 – Sen. Lyman Hoffman (D-Bethel) – Permanent Fund Dividend; POMV Split
SB 127 – Sen. Elvi Gray-Jackson (D-Anchorage) Education for Visually Impaired Students
SB 141 – Sen. Cathy Giessel (R-Anchorage) – AEDS/Overdose Kits in Public Buildings
SB 143 – Sen. Robert Yundt (R-Wasilla) – Municipal School Board Terms
SB 146 – Senate Finance Committee – REAA Fund; Mt. Edgecombe; Teacher Housing
SB 151 – Sen. Jesse Bjorkman )R-Nikiski) – School District Head Lice Policy
SB 171 – Senate Rules by Request of the Governor – Child Care; Tax Credits
House Bills
HB 9 – Rep. Ashley Carrick (D-Fairbanks) Schools; Funding; Disability Services
HB 12 – Rep. Maxine Dibert (D-Fairbanks) Free Breakfast/Lunch in Public Schools
HB 28 – Rep. Andrea Story (D-Juneau) Teacher/State Employee Student Loan Program
HB 29 – Rep. Sarah Vance (R-Homer) School/University Employee Health Insurance
HB 38 – Rep. Dan Saddler (R-Eagle River) Teachers & Supplemental Employee Benefits
HB 39 – Rep. Jamie Allard (R-Eagle River) Education for Deaf & Hard of Hearing
HB 40 – Rep. Jamie Allard (R-Eagle River) Designate Sex for School Sponsored Sports
HB 42 – Rep. Jamie Allard (R-Eagle River) School Grants & Bond Debt Reimbursement
HB 45 – Rep. Jamie Allard (R-Eagle River) Display of U.S. Flag
HB 47 – Rep. Sarah Vance (R-Homer) Generation of Obscene Sex Abuse Material
HB 49 – Rep. Sara Hannan (D-Juneau) – Tobacco/Nicotine/E-Cig Age; E-Cig Tax
HB 59 – Rules Committee by Request of the Governor – State-Tribal Education Compacts
HB 63 – Rules Committee by Request of the Governor – School & Election Boards; Voting; Elections
HB 69 – Rep. Rebecca Himschoot (N/A-Sitka) Education Funding; Increase BSA
HB 76 – Rules Committee by Request of the Governor – Education: Grants; Funding; Debt
HB 78 – House Finance Committee – Retirement Systems; Defined Benefits Option
HB 90 – Rep. Ted Eischeid (D-Anchorage) Financial Literacy Program in Schools
HB 92 – Rep. Andrew Gray (D-Anchorage) CPR Curriculum
HB 98 – Rep. Zach Fields (D-Anchorage) Maximum Pupil-Teacher Ratio
HB 105 – Rep. Alyse Galvin (N/A – Anchorage) Public Schools: Mental Health Education
HB 112 – Rep. Jeremy Bynum (R-Ketchikan) Appropriations: Special Education Appropriation
HB 114 – Rep. Ashley Carrick (D-Fairbanks) – Permanent Fund; Permanent Fund Dividend
HB 122 – Rep. Mike Prax (R-North Pole) – Education: Local Contributions; Funding
HB 152 – Rep. Alyse Galvin (N/A-Anchorage) – Education Tax
HB 154 – Rep. Donna Mears (D-Anchorage) – Summer EBT Benefits for Children
HB 160 – Rep. Elexie Moore (R-Wasilla) – Municipal School Board Terms
HB 163 – Rep. Jubilee Underwood (R-Wasilla) – Elections Date; Election Holiday; Terms
HB 165 – Rep. Julie Coulombe (R-Anchorage) – Maximum Pupil-Teacher Ratio
HB 174 – Rep. Robyn Niayuq Burke (D-Utqiagvik) – REAA Fund; Mt. Edgecumbe; Teacher Housing
HB 183 – Rep. Andrea Story (D-Juneau) – Early Education Programs
HB 190 – House Rules Committee by Request of the Governor – Child Care; Tax Credits
HJR 5 – Rep. Jeremy Bynum (R-Ketchikan) – Secure Rural Schools Program
HJR 6 – Labor & Commerce Committee – Support Universal Service Fund