Supporters said Monday the measure, if approved, would help dropouts and students who were expelled know about the option of the military academy.
Advertising for the academy provides a “shot in the dark” approach, an inefficient way to reach young people or their parents, said the state’s commissioner of military and veterans affairs, Brig. Gen. Tom Katkus.
The bill, he said, would help the state inform at-risk youths of the academy’s 22-week program, which students can use as a way to earn a diploma.
The House Education Committee on Monday forwarded the bill, HB360, to hearings on the House floor. Carol Comeau, Anchorage’s school superintendent, said her district supports the academy program and raised no major red flags about the bill, sponsored by Rep. Nancy Dahlstrom, R-Eagle River.
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