Alaska House re-passes bill to guarantee education rights for deaf children

By: James Brooks

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: February 3, 2026

Words: 289

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 4 days ago

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Alaska children who are deaf and hard-of-hearing would be guaranteed a local education under a proposal passed unanimously by the Alaska House of Representatives on Monday.

The House passed a different version of House Bill 39, by Rep. Jamie Allard, R-Eagle River, during the 33rd Alaska State Legislature, but that bill never received a Senate vote and died at the end of that Legislature.

Allard reintroduced the measure last year, at the start …

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