Wrangell Sentinel -

Gov. Mike Dunleavy said education is among his top priorities in the coming fiscal year but did not include an increase to the state’s per-student funding formula, known as the base student allocation, in his proposed budget.

The budget includes about $1.11 billion to fund the formula that distributes money to school districts statewide, down almost 3% from this year due to declining enrollment.

Dunleavy has proposed spending almost twice as much on next year’s Permanent Fund dividend.

Lawmakers this past spring approved a one-time appropriation to help school districts— $175 million,...