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CHEYENNE — A bill aimed to take a jab at the $300 million education funding shortfall died in the Wyoming Legislature Wednesday after the Senate and House couldn’t come to an agreement. At the start of the legislative session, education funding was a the forefront of concerns with several bills targeting K-12 funds. However, most of those bills failed to advance and attention was placed on two bills in particular: House Bill 173 and Senate File 143. While both bills were designed to make ...

CASPER, Wyo. — Wyoming's funding model for K-12 education and school capital construction is facing a $300 million annual structural deficit between the

Structural Deficits Present a Challenging Outlook for Wyoming’s K-12 Education Funding Grace Foulk © Provided by Cheyenne-Scottsbluff KGWN-TV Wyoming Senators start a hybrid session at the Wyoming State Capitol. CHEYENNE, Wyo. (Press Release) - Wyoming’s K-12 Education (School Foundation Program (SFP) and School Capital Construction Account (SCCA)) are facing a $300 million annual structural deficit. This shortfall owes to rapidly declining coal and natural gas production...

Worries fester that Wyoming could see higher long-term costs through short-term $445M cuts By Brendan LaChance on March 8, 2021 Sen. Drew Perkins (Wyoming Legislature, Youtube) CASPER, Wyo. — Will short-term cuts lead to increased costs for the State of Wyoming in the long-term or would spending now save the state money over the long haul? That’s a question facing the Wyoming Legislature as they work to pass a balanced budget, as they are required to do under the Wyoming Constitution. Th...

By Brendan LaChance on March 5, 2021 CASPER, Wyo. — Welcome to Oil City Speaks! The conversation has been lively this week, with people offering their perspectives on everything from possible marijuana legalization to a heart-warming story about a mother being reunited with a son she gave up for adoption 51 years ago. Oil City News is all about offering coverage of the people, places and events that shape the community we love and we welcome when readers take the time to read (hopefully) an...

Laramie County School District #1 discusses potential impacts from educational budget cuts Julian Seawright © Provided by Cheyenne-Scottsbluff KGWN-TV The LCSD1 sign outside of its administration offices Wednesday morning. CHEYENNE, Wyo. (Wyoming News Now) - Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon during his “State of the State Address” Tuesday, March 2nd addressed “the biggest elephant in the Capitol this year is the future of Wyoming’s K-12 education system.” Why it is such ...

SWEETWATER COUNTY — Sweetwater County School District (SCSD) No. 1 was joined by SCSD No. 2 and a few local legislators Wednesday night for an informational virtual meeting regarding upcoming legislation targeted at K-12 education funding. There are several bills in the upcoming legislative session that have been drafted to cut K-12 funding. One of these bills is House Bill 61, which aims to cut the School Foundation Program Account by $100 million starting Fiscal Year 2022, and each year th...

Wyoming to debate cutting K-12 funding by $100 million to help avoid budget shortfalls By Brendan LaChance on February 9, 2021 (Dan Cepeda, Oil City) CASPER, Wyo. — The Wyoming Legislature will reconvene their 2021 General Session in March and one of the may topics of debate will be what should be done with K-12 education spending. House Majority Floor Leader Albert Sommers (Sublette County) said during a press conference on Tuesday, Feb. 9 that the legislature will debate a proposal to cut...

Green River Star -   February 3, 2021 Wyoming’s public schools have long been a subject of derision for many Republican state lawmakers who claim they underperform. If such scrutiny leads to the constant improvement of our K-12 system, then I’m all for it. But that’s not the solution the Legislature is considering. Instead, a committee charged with determining how much the state spends on education wants to cut funding by an estimated $250 million over the next three years. That’s lik...

As the administration of President Joe Biden places new restrictions on the oil and gas industry and the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect state economies, Wyoming lawmakers are discussing tax increases to shore up budget holes. A report by the Wyoming Taxpayers Association (WTA) shows the state ranks among second in the nation, only behind New York, in K-12 education spending. Gov. Mark Gordon and the Joint Appropriations Committee are presenting a balanced budget for the general fund, Ash...