Key Performance Indicators
Department of Education and Early Development
Mission
It is the policy of this state that the purpose of education is to help ensure that all students will succeed in their education and work, shape worthwhile and satisfying lives for themselves, exemplify the best values of society, and be effective in improving the character and quality of the world about them. Alaska Statute 14.03.015
Key Performance Indicators
FY2025 Management Plan as of 05/23/2025 (in thousands) | |||||||||
Department of Education and Early Development Totals | Funding | Positions | |||||||
UGF Funds | DGF Funds | Other Funds | Federal Funds | Total Funds | Full Time | Part Time | Non Perm | ||
$1,465,381.9 | $29,750.8 | $72,786.4 | $291,640.6 | $1,859,559.7 | 281 | 13 | 12 |
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Fiscal Accountability, Compliance and Oversight
Ensure the department effectively and efficiently manages state, federal and other funding by providing comprehensive fiscal and administrative services |
Funding | Positions | ||||||
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DGF Funds |
Other Funds |
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Total Funds |
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$14,156.9 | $882.7 | $4,587.1 | $260,192.3 | $279,819.0 | 102 | 0 | 6 |
- Target: Provide efficient fiscal accountability, compliance and oversight for the Department of Education and Early Development"s operating and capital budgets and programs.
- Target: Limit the number of state and federal audit findings.
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School Effectiveness Programs
Assist school districts by providing programs, technical on-site and distance-delivery support, and early intervention services in efforts to increase the statewide graduation rate. |
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DGF Funds |
Other Funds |
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Total Funds |
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$48,957.0 | $21,640.8 | $1.0 | $6,365.2 | $76,964.0 | 26 | 0 | 1 |
- Target: Assist school districts to improve the statewide graduation rate.
- Target: Provide support to school districts for Early Learning programs to assist communities, parents and caregivers in preparing children for school.
- Target: Increase the numbers and percent of high school graduates qualifying for the Alaska Performance Scholarship (APS).
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Active Partnerships
Provide opportunities for, and collaborate with government entities, and other public and private organizations to engage in Active Partnerships in pursuit of state educational goals. |
Funding | Positions | ||||||
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DGF Funds |
Other Funds |
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Total Funds |
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$23,414.7 | $7,227.3 | $32,831.9 | $4,292.1 | $67,766.0 | 153 | 13 | 5 |
- Target: Increase to equal the national average of Alaska high school graduates continuing to postsecondary education, including skill-based training, within a year of graduation.
- Target: Collaborate and coordinate with public and private entities for educational purposes.
Performance Detail
Priority 1: Public School Funding |
Priority 2: Fiscal Accountability, Compliance and Oversight |
Target #1: Provide efficient fiscal accountability, compliance and oversight for the Department of Education and Early Development"s operating and capital budgets and programs.
Increases from FY2010 to FY2012 are results of salary and health insurance bargaining unit adjustments. FY2015 includes an increase in the School Finance and Facilities component from HB278 ($620.1). FY2016 through FY2023 reflect multiple and continued Department efficiencies and staff reductions. In FY2024 the increase is due to funding for the Alaska Reads Act and the Student Information System and Predictive Data Dashboard. Target Last Modified: 11/14/2024 |
Target #2: Limit the number of state and federal audit findings.
Findings occur when non-compliance has been discovered during the audit process. An audit finding can be related to an individual program or multiple programs and are categorized by the degree of deficiency in the internal controls of an organization. A material weakness is a deficiency or combination of deficiencies in internal controls, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of an entity"s financial statements will not be prevented or detected and corrected in a timely basis. A significant deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal controls is less severe than a material weakness yet important enough to merit attention by those charged with governance. During the FY2023 Statewide Single Audit, the Division of Legislative Audit selected four federal programs/program clusters that the Department of Education and Early Development (DEED) administers to audit for compliance with accounting standards and applicable federal compliance standards as outlined in Uniform Guidance (2 CFR 200). As a result of the audit, DEED was issued one federal finding that affected three of the four federal programs audited. The federal finding was a significant deficiency. DEED has developed and implemented a corrective action plan to work on resolving the finding. The following federal programs were audited as part of the FY2023 Statewide Single Audit: CFDA / Program Name / Program Affected by Finding 84.010/ Title I Grants to Local Education Agencies (Title I-A) / Yes 84.011 / Migrant Education State Grant Programs (Title I-C) / Yes 84.425 / Education Stabilization Fund (ESF) / Yes 10.542/Pandemic EBT Food Benefits (P-EBT / No The Pandemic EBT Food Benefits grant was awarded to Department of Health (DOH). To assist DOH, DEED was tasked with calculating the benefits, and as a result DEED was audited based on the grant being a major program for DOH. FY2024 data will be available when the audit is complete. The final audit report is due to the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee before March 31, 2025. Target Last Modified: 10/31/2024 |
Priority 3: School Effectiveness Programs |
Target #1: Assist school districts to improve the statewide graduation rate.
The High School Graduation Qualifying Exam requirement was repealed effective July 1, 2014. The College/Career-Ready Assessment requirement, adopted in its place, was repealed effective June 30, 2016. Under the Four-Year Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate Method, a cohort year is assigned to each first-time 9th grade student with the expectation that the student will graduate within four years. For example, a student who entered 9th grade in the 2023-2024 school year is considered part of the 2026-2027 cohort. A student may be added to the cohort via a transfer into the public-school system or removed from the cohort upon death or upon transfer to an education program with a secondary school diploma track. A graduate is defined as a student who received a diploma from a state- or district-approved education program as evidenced by receipt of a secondary school diploma from school authorities. Former students who eventually receive a General Educational Development certificate are not considered graduates. The calculation of the statewide four-year graduation rate complies with current federal regulations. Note: The inverse of the graduation rate is not the dropout rate. Related links: Target Last Modified: 11/14/2024 |
Target #2: Provide support to school districts for Early Learning programs to assist communities, parents and caregivers in preparing children for school.
Department staff emphasize skills outlined in the Early Learning Guidelines and The Early Education Program Standards which includes Preschool Science of Reading supplements that feature daily activities around oral language, phonological awareness, and print knowledge. These components may have an influence on the improvement seen in literacy. One challenge is shown in the decline in math skills with department support efforts continuing to focus on whole child development. Although math and numeracy skills are addressed in the Early Learning Guidelines, finding the balance between all components of the Guidelines will be an ongoing focus of the Early Learning Team. Related links: Target Last Modified: 11/14/2024 |
Target #3: Increase the numbers and percent of high school graduates qualifying for the Alaska Performance Scholarship (APS).
Related links: Target Last Modified: 11/14/2024 |
Priority 4: Active Partnerships |
Target #1: Increase to equal the national average of Alaska high school graduates continuing to postsecondary education, including skill-based training, within a year of graduation.
The Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education"s (ACPE) mission is to provide Alaska"s students, parents, and teachers/mentors with the information and financial aid resources necessary to access and successfully complete higher education. ACPE mission-related services include 1) outreach to increase public awareness of the importance of postsecondary education and training and the critical steps leading to success; 2) statewide programs that incentivize students to aspire to education beyond high school that leads to an economically successful career in the Alaska workforce; 3) financial aid programs for Alaska students pursuing higher education; and 4) building Alaska"s capacity to report on the state"s return on investment of public funding for education/workforce training programs and services. The desired end results from these strategies are more than an increase in the numbers; they are development of a trained, competitive Alaska citizenry who are well prepared to meet the state"s workforce demands of the future and leverage a strong economy through attracting business and industry investment in the state. Related links: Target Last Modified: 11/14/2024 |
Target #2: Collaborate and coordinate with public and private entities for educational purposes.
FY2025: Alaska Native Science and Engineering appropriation, Alaska Resource Education Grant FY2021-2022: LAM, MEHS, ASCA had an increase in federal authority due to COVID-19 relief funds FY2021: SB74 (Internet for Schools) - Library Operations received additional School Broadband Assistance Grant funding for school districts. FY2020: The increase in the Alaska State Council on the Arts (ASCA) is additional statutory designated program receipt authority. FY2019: Continued reorganizational efforts have merged the Division of Student Learning and Division of Educator and School Excellence to the newly created Division of Innovation and Education Excellence (IEE). This division is comprised of the State System of Support, Student and School Achievement (S&SA), Early Learning Coordination, Pre-Kindergarten Grants, and Teacher Certification components. Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education"s (ACPE) FY2019 amount does not include the Alaska Education Grant. FY2018: Reorganizational efforts converted the previous Division of Teaching and Learning Support (TLS) into two new divisions: Division of Student Learning and Division of Educator and School Excellence. Totals included here are all within the new Division of Student Learning. FY2017: The increase in ACPE reflects a technical adjustment that reports a previously unbudgeted reimbursable services agreement from Loan Servicing. FY2016: Online with Libraries and Live Homework Help transferred to the Division of Libraries, Archives, and Museums (LAM). Statewide unallocated reduction in LAM, Alaska State Council on the Arts (ASCA), TLS - S&SA. FY2015: HB278 (Education Bill) initiatives - TLS received STEM Pilot Project funding and Library Operations received School Broadband Assistance Grant funding for school districts. Additional increases include funding for the Alaska Performance Scholarship and Alaska Education Grant, and ASCA received additional authorization for Rasmuson Foundation grants. FY2014: Three new components were created under TLS: Online with Libraries, Live Homework Help, and Alaska Learning Network; ASCA received additional authorization for Rasmuson Foundation grants; Mt. Edgecumbe High School received an increase to support Dormitory Management Services; and ACPE received an increase in interagency receipt authorization for the Longitudinal Data System project. FY2013: The S&SA component received general funds for Best Beginnings, Parents as Teachers, year three of three of the Iditarod theme-based learning project, and one-time funds for a grant to the North Slope Borough School District for curriculum alignment, integration, and mapping. FY2012: The Library Operations component received federal and statutory designated program receipt authorization for the ARRA Broadband Technologies Opportunities Program. ACPE received general fund base funding for the Alaska Education Grant program and federal receipt authorization for the College Access Challenge Grant program. FY2011: S&SA received general fund base funding for the partnership with the University of Alaska for the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program (ANSEP). Related links: Target Last Modified: 11/14/2024 |
Last refreshed: 05/23/2025 05:00 pm