Education

School finance: Lawmakers’ biggest remaining challenge

Analysis

February 23, 2021 by Michael Madden 2 Comments

Undertaken every five years, the ‘recalibration’ analysis and reconsideration of Wyoming’s complex public-education funding and expenditures model takes on special urgency and import in 2021.

If I ran the circus: a letter from an imaginary UW president

Opinion

February 2, 2021 by Jeffrey A. Lockwood 13 Comments

UW professor Jeffrey Lockwood imagines himself at the helm of his university as it confronts budget cuts, proposing a different plan of action.

Wyo lawmakers have a constitutional duty to fund public schools

Opinion

February 2, 2021 by Kerry Drake 2 Comments

If legislators don’t pass a sales tax increase, education will face a $250 million shortfall and the state will lose inevitable expensive court battles.

Jobs on the line as lawmakers resume school funding debate

January 26, 2021 by Andrew Graham 12 Comments

After years of jousting, some lawmakers hope for compromise — or at least deeper debate — on a bill that carries both layoff-inducing cuts and a potential future tax increase for schools.