recalibration

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

The House rejected its own recalibration bill twice. The version it’s receiving from the Senate includes higher teacher salaries, among other amendments.

The Wyoming House killed a bill revamping public ed funding. The Senate voted unanimously to introduce their own.

The $1.8 billion school recalibration bill will boost teacher pay but cut positions. The bill now heads to the full Legislature.

Recommended spending would increase narrowly, but by $88 million less than consultants suggest.

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.

Public school teachers and the state they work for are waiting on a ruling in the lawsuit between them. A revamp of the school funding model continues in the meantime.

State lawmakers are drafting a bill that would set the average teacher salary to about $70,000. It’s one of many proposed changes to public school funding lawmakers plan to consider during the next legislative session in February.

The first draft proposes increased funding for counselors, nurses, school resource officers and tutors, while cutting more than 100 librarians across the state.

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.