Keep in mind that the AEA voted themselves raises AND BONUSES a few months prior to session.   AEA intentionally and deliberately increased the education budget by thousands of dollars per teacher.   Now, they are acting incensed because the state is $4.2 Billion in the hole and legislators are proposing that they get the same budget as last year....really!?    Thousands of Alaskans are getting laid off in the private sector, state agencies are taking cuts and taxes are about to go through the roof, but they want additional funding?   Another option would be to stop paying millions per year to fly students across the state to play sports and use that money in the classroom.