The Wyoming House killed a bill revamping public ed funding. The Senate voted unanimously to introduce their own.
Education
‘First in Family’ scholarships to expand to include technical jobs
Jackson organization sees need to train the next generation of workers for local businesses.
Draft school bill avoids large Teton loss, bumps funding less than inflation
School leaders say they need more to keep up with rising prices, avoid losing employees.
School finance bill would boost class sizes and cut teachers
The committee amended language about both class sizes and minimum teacher counts before advancing the bill.
Wyoming school funding committee floats cutting 600 teachers
Recommended spending would increase narrowly, but by $88 million less than consultants suggest.
State appropriations committee axes state funds for Wyoming Public Radio
UW saw its two-year request slashed by roughly $61 million, including $1.7 million that would typically be passed to public radio.
Wyoming Supreme Court halts school funding order amid state challenge
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.
Pup program helps kids read
As Wyoming lawmakers gear up to consider a bill to improve reading in public schools, one Jackson nonprofit is using “pet therapy” to do the same.
Children’s Museum looks forward to its ‘forever home’
The bigger space includes artist renditions of a fox den, mountain climbing jungle gym and osprey nests.
