Education Bills Introduced for the 2025 Session

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

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

HJR 5 – Rep. Jeremy Bynum (R-Ketchikan) – Secure Rural Schools Program

HJR 6 – Labor & Commerce Committee – Support Universal Service Fund