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A bill that would remove several million dollars from the education funding model was approved on second reading despite some amendments. The bill was…
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In his State of the State address, Governor Matt Mead urged the legislature to find ways to stabilize education funding, which relies heavily on revenues…
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Ten months and $800,000 later, the Select Committee on School Finance Recalibration has completed its in-depth look at how Wyoming finances education.…
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Despite 10 months of work, a legislative committee has rejected changes to the school funding model. After examination, APA Consulting produced a similar…
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Leading up to the 2018 budget session, Wyoming lawmakers hired education consultants to study the school funding model. The idea was to find ways the…
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With close to 1,000 empty seats across the school district, Natrona County will close four schools next fall. Administrators say the decline in enrollment…
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The Wyoming Education Association, or WEA, released the results of a survey Wednesday that says the majority of Wyoming voters don’t support further cuts…
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Wyoming spends significantly more on education than most states. The national average is around $12,000 per student each year, while Wyoming spends over…
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The accounts that fund education saw an unexpected revenue boost, which brought the predicted education shortfall from $400 million down to $250 million,…
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A funding crisis brought on by a downturn in the coal industry has left policy makers struggling to figure out how to fund education. This year school…