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The U.S. Department of Education is alerting student loan borrowers that some of their loan payments could be taken directly out of their paychecks if they’re overdue. Out of the 55,000 or so student borrowers who live in Wyoming, 1% are in default.
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A pair of bills adjusting the Hathaway Scholarship program is heading to the House. The scholarship is available to every in-state high school graduate and financially helps many students attend community college or the University of Wyoming.
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The on-time, four-year graduation rate for the 2024-2025 school year was the highest in at least a decade.
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Wyoming’s recalibration of its public school funding model would boost teacher pay but cut their number while increasing target class sizes.
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The U.S. Department of Education started to send notices of collection, which may include wage garnishment, to borrowers whose student loans have gone unpaid for more than nine months and are in default status. Employers can withhold up to 15% of disposable income, without a court order, from employees whose student loans are in default.
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The $1.8 billion school recalibration bill will boost teacher pay but cut positions. The bill now heads to the full Legislature.
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Recommended spending would increase narrowly, but by $88 million less than consultants suggest.
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Freedom Caucus leaders pilloried environment and gender studies offerings at UW, saying they represented the “wrong direction” for Wyoming’s state university.
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The idea for a name change began back in 2020 when coming to the understanding that in order for Wyoming's economy to grow, the communities must as well.
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Many counties and school districts received less money for almost two years after Congress let the program expire.
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Lawmakers on the Joint Appropriations Committee are almost finished with the second week of hearing state agencies’ funding requests. Education funding was difficult to nail down.
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The new graduates include 521 undergraduates, 209 graduate students and six law students.