"Ghost teachers" — so named because they exist in the funding model but not on the ground — have been a frequent target of proposed cuts by legislators in recent years.
The average public school teacher in Wyoming made $58,352 last school year, the 16th-highest rate in the nation, according to a sweeping repor…
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CHEYENNE — A new bill to override local gun control laws and allow Wyomingites to carry guns on school grounds and in other public places has …
Lawmakers will consider a bill that would increase taxes for all property in Wyoming and send tens of millions of dollars to public schools he…
A handful of school administrators warned lawmakers of the looming effects of the Legislature’s special education funding cap last week, as pa…
A state commission voted Thursday to maintain the number of elementary students that can be in a Wyoming classroom after pushback from educato…
A teacher strike or work stoppage in Wyoming is unlikely, said the president of the state’s education association, even as educators in Colora…
Only 14 states and the District of Columbia pay their teachers more than Wyoming, which also has one of the lowest student-to-instructor ratio…
CHEYENNE — On Saturday morning, the 20th and final day of the Legislative session, the House finally took up the sole surviving education fund…
CHEYENNE — Lawmakers grew closer to an agreement Thursday on how to fund education in the near future, striking a deal for modest cuts and som…
Local and state education officials are sounding the alarm about a Senate proposal that — they say — would cut $150 million from Wyoming’s sch…
After months of meetings and debates, lawmakers will reconvene in Cheyenne this week. And for the second straight year, education funding will…
Lawyers for the Wyoming Education Association sent a letter to state officials earlier this month alleging that their recent move to increase …
In a sharp exchange, Sen. Chris Rothfuss criticized the School Facilities Commission’s decision to change the classroom capacity for younger s…
More than three-quarters of Wyoming voters are willing to pay more in taxes to fund education in Wyoming, and nearly 60 percent would accept r…
As the dust settles after a contentious legislative session, educators across the state are trying to assess the impact those 40 days will hav…
CHEYENNE — Education leaders are siding with the Wyoming House’s vision for school funding as they brace for cuts to K-12 operations.
CHEYENNE—The House Education Committee killed a measure last week that would have allowed school districts to eliminate teacher tenure program…
CHEYENNE — The House Education Committee killed a measure this week that would have allowed school districts to eliminate teacher tenure progr…
CHEYENNE — Lawmakers advanced Wednesday morning a measure that would authorize boards of education throughout Wyoming to decide whether to all…
CHEYENNE — When a 10-person committee from the House and Senate met last week to negotiate differences in each chamber’s version of the budget…
Lawmakers have spent weeks debating a pair of sweeping education funding bills designed to address a looming budget shortfall that could hit $…
Editor's note: After this story was finished, the omnibus bill was amended to strike the proposed 2 percent sales tax increase. A story about …
The Wyoming Legislature could cut the salaries of public school employees under a bill filed last Wednesday.
CHEYENNE — Wyoming school districts would have the option of allowing school employees to carry concealed guns in schools under a bill approve…
