Alaska Supreme Court
Madilyn Short, Riley Von Borstel, Kjrsten Schindler, and Jay-Mark Pascua v. State of Alaska, Office of Management &…
September 30, 2022
Summary
The Alaska Supreme Court affirmed the superior court’s judgment that the Higher Education Investment Fund (HEIF) is subject to the constitutional “sweep” into the Constitutional Budget Reserve because it is “available for appropriation” under Article IX, § 17, applying the definition from Hickel v. Cowper. The Court also declined to overrule Hickel v. Cowper, holding the precedent remains good law.