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The state accepted 4,142 applications for the program’s first year doling out $7,000 checks.

Justices ruled the state failed to address inflation and the true cost of teacher salaries in school funding models.

Wyoming’s recalibration committee will continue to work on specific components of school funding throughout the year.

The on-time, four-year graduation rate for the 2024-2025 school year was the highest in at least a decade.

The Wyoming attorney general filed an appeal on behalf of the state, the state superintendent of public instruction and state treasurer. This comes two days after a Laramie County court blocked the first payments to families participating in the Wyoming Education Savings Account program.

As Wyoming starts recalibrating its public school funding, state educators and parents have brought a second lawsuit alleging the state is failing to support its schools.

State lawmakers are preparing to rework the funding model for public schools. Residents told a committee last week they want to see more money spent on schools as well as more career training.

According to a new policy in Colorado Springs, students need to put their phones away all day inside special pouches. Schools in Boise, Salt Lake City, and Las Vegas already have similar policies.

Months after lawmakers passed the outline of a deal to sell the parcel to Grand Teton National Park during the last legislative session, its future remains tenuous.

The Wyoming Education Association, which represents 3,000 members statewide, alleges the state of Wyoming has failed to meet its constitutional obligation to adequately fund the state's public K-12 education system.