With one member out battling an illness, the majority could not pass the bill out of the Education Committee along caucus lines. They did so with a floor vote instead.

Bipartisan House majority members say a big school funding boost is urgently needed, with the state’s education system in crisis.

A voting error led one Alaska House of Representatives minority-caucus member on Wednesday to vote to move a public-school funding increase one step closer to passage through the Alaska House of Representatives,

A political power play to advance a bill significantly increasing education funding was executed by the state House majority Wednesday, due to the proposal getting stuck in a committee that is missing a majority caucus member who is in the hospital.

A working group of legislators and Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s staff is set to meet again Tuesday to try to reach an education deal.