education

The winners, losers and fireworks of the ed budget failure

Analysis

April 13, 2021 by Michael Madden 1 Comment

Wyoming lawmakers saved the pyrotechnics for the very last day of the 2021 legislative session, when House and Senate negotiators failed to compromise on the education funding bill.

Lawmakers tackle ed funding, Medicaid, net metering and more

March 29, 2021 by Nick Reynolds 1 Comment

The K-12 education and capital construction budgets are, along with Medicaid expansion, the final big-ticket items for the Legislature to resolve. Net metering, two-man crews and racist real estate covenants also considered.

The House vs. Senate tug-of-war over budget wants and needs

March 9, 2021 by Nick Reynolds 2 Comments

As the state faces a fiscal crisis, Gov. Gordon called on lawmakers to prioritize needs over wants. The two legislative chambers have very different concepts of what those are.

School finance: Lawmakers’ biggest remaining challenge

Analysis

February 23, 2021 by Michael Madden 3 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.

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.

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