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The Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Education Committee will consider a measure Tuesday that would set aside public money for private and alternative schools and help pay for early childhood education.

The Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Education Committee will consider a measure Tuesday that would set aside public money for private and alternative schools and help pay for early childhood education.

Joint Education Committee will consider bill that would set aside public funds for private schools, including early childhood education.

Lawmakers need to provide funding and solutions, Drake opines, not additional obstacles for the agencies trying to cobble together fixes with federal resources.

CASPER, Wyo. — The Wyoming Department of Education is preparing to launch a pilot teacher apprenticeship program and eventually offer it across the state

A two-year budget detailing spending of roughly $2.7 billion from the state’s main bank account in fiscal 2023-24 was approved Monday (March 7th) by both the Wyoming House and Senate.  

Green River Star -   July 15, 2021 For the first time in decades, Campbell County will not send excess revenue to the state’s School Foundation Program, the primary statewide school fund. The county’s shift from a “recapture” to an “entitlement” district reveals changing economic dynamics among state communities. It also underscores the risk inherent in Wyoming’s reliance on mineral extraction to provide equitable and adequate funding for each district, no matter its local eco...

By Ellen Fike, Cowboy State Daily While teachers across the country might be underpaid when compared to other professions, a report from the Economic Policy Institute showed that Wyoming’s teachers are the least underpaid. A statistic from the EPI’s September 2020 report that shows public school teachers make about 20% less than college graduates who are not teachers has been making the rounds on social media lately. However, the report also showed that Wyoming’s teachers are paid bette...

It seems like only yesterday that state lawmakers were at the Capitol in Cheyenne, working their magic the way only they can do. But they left last Wednesday, and when I look back on it all, what strikes me the most is the enormous amount of inaction — particularly on the most crucial issues facing the state. In many vital areas, Wyoming is in the same dire position it was before the much-anticipated session. This year, I watched the action from the comfort and clutter of the Drake’s ...