Bill to mandate ‘equality’ curriculum, thwart critical race theory, fails
Education Committee chairman says Wyoming should clarify its own instructional standards regarding “equality and equal rights.”
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The winners, losers and fireworks of the ed budget failure
Analysis
by 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
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
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
by 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.
