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
FY2023 Management Plan as of 05/30/2023 (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 | ||
$1,361,507.6 | $2,764.9 | $65,763.9 | $564,080.7 | $1,994,117.1 | 267 | 10 | 13 |
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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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Part Time |
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$19,283.4 | $972.4 | $1,972.5 | $535,302.3 | $557,530.6 | 102 | 0 | 9 |
- 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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$32,674.1 | $52.2 | $0.0 | $78.0 | $32,804.2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
- 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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$21,635.1 | $1,740.3 | $32,076.4 | $7,909.4 | $63,361.2 | 157 | 10 | 4 |
- Target: Growth to equal the national average of Alaska high school graduates continuing to postsecondary education 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 FY2008 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. Target Last Modified: 09/29/2022 |
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 FY2020 Statewide Single Audit, the Division of Legislative Audit selected three federal programs/program clusters that the Department of Education and Early Development 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, the Department was issued two federal findings that affected the three federal programs audited. Both federal findings were significant deficiencies. The Department has developed and implemented a corrective action plan to resolve these findings. The following federal programs were audited as part of the FY2021 Statewide Single Audit: CFDA /Program Name / Program Affected by Finding 84.010 / Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies / Yes 84.011 / Migrant Education State Grant Program / Yes 84.425 / Education Stabilization Fund (ESF) / Yes FY2022 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, 2023. Target Last Modified: 09/29/2022 |
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 2013-2014 school year is considered part of the 2016-2017 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: 10/24/2022 |
Target #2: Provide support to school districts for Early Learning programs to assist communities, parents and caregivers in preparing children for school..
Priority 1: Target support through school districts or Head Start programs to assist with the implementation of innovative, locally designed early childhood programs for children ages 3-5. In the 2021-2022school year, the Department provided grant funding for 17 districts serving approximately 597 students and 15 Head Start programs serving approximately 1622 three- and four-year-old students in locally designed programs. Priority 2: Ensure all pre-elementary programs supported by the Department use research-based practices and meet Alaska"s Early Childhood program quality indicators to demonstrate effectiveness. Early Learning provided on-going support for all grantees in child growth assessment. Teachers received coaching and support to guide quality practices within their classrooms. Last year, three grantee school districts and one grantee Head Start participated in Learn and Grow, Alaska"s Quality Recognition Improvement System (QRIS). They were, respectively, Bristol Bay Borough School District, Kodiak Island Borough School District, Juneau School District (Harborview Elementary), and Fairbanks Native Association Head Start. For this school year, 2022-2023, the previously listed programs continue their QRIS participation and are joined by Alaska Gateway School District, Tanana Chief"s Conference Head Start, and Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska Head Start. The current grant cycle for pre-kindergarten grants provides $3,200,000 to school districts. Additional funding was appropriated by the legislature adding $2,500,000 to be disbursed to school districts for the 2022-23 and 2023-24 school years. A new competitive three-year grant cycle will commence in the 2023-2024 school year. The following identifies the school districts receiving grant funds for their final grant year (2022-2023 School Year): Alaska Gateway School District: $242254, Aleutians East Borough School District: $261,023 Anchorage School District: $935,298 Bristol Bay Borough School District: $234,019 Chatham School District: $219,851 Chugach School District: $501,573 Fairbanks North Star Borough School District: $296,718 Hydaburg City School District: $210,870 Juneau School District: $520.076 Kake City School District: $211,563 Kenai Peninsula Borough School District: $191,888 Kodiak Island Borough School District: $365,878 Lower Kuskokwim School District: $328,870 Sitka School District: $261,023 Southeast Island School District: $260,042 Southwest Region School District: $273,359 Yukon-Koyukuk School District: 285,695 Related links: Target Last Modified: 10/24/2022 |
Target #3: Increase the numbers and percent of high school graduates qualifying for the Alaska Performance Scholarship (APS)..
Note: The test requirement related to earning APS eligibility was waived for the classes of 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19 and lack of access to the tests, resulting in a significant increase in the number of APS eligible graduates both years. Related links: Target Last Modified: 09/29/2022 |
Priority 4: Active Partnerships |
Target #1: Growth to equal the national average of Alaska high school graduates continuing to postsecondary education 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 our state. Related links: Target Last Modified: 09/29/2022 |
Target #2: Collaborate and coordinate with public and private entities for educational purposes..
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: 09/29/2022 |
Last refreshed: 05/30/2023 05:00 pm