Wyoming Education Association Finds Residents Support Taxes
The Wyoming Education Association, or WEA, released the results of a survey Wednesday that says the majority of Wyoming voters don’t support further cuts to education. The WEA hired Public Opinion...
View ArticleUW President Presents Strategic Plan
University of Wyoming President Laurie Nichols gave a State of the University address to faculty and staff at the UW Fall Convocation this week, acknowledging difficulties but setting the groundwork...
View ArticleFour Natrona Schools Close Following Economic Downturn
With close to 1,000 empty seats across the school district, Natrona County will close four schools next fall. Administrators say the decline in enrollment is due to a downturn in the energy industry,...
View ArticleCREG Report Could Reduce Budget Cuts
Wyoming’s revenue forecasting arm known as the Consensus Revenue Estimating Group or CREG had some good news for state officials. CREG says Wyoming’s general fund will see an increase of $141 million...
View ArticleUW President Moves Forward With Initiatives
It’s been a rough couple of years for the University of Wyoming where budget cutting, layoffs, and reorganization have been themes. Lately, the focus has been on less stressful ventures like enhancing...
View ArticleLegislators Look At Taxes And Cuts To Solve Education Funding Shortfalls
Wyoming lawmakers are coming at shortfalls in education funding from multiple directions as they head into the 2018 Budget Session. Through the work of interim legislative committees, they are looking...
View ArticleSchool District Consolidation Or Collaboration?
Wyoming is proud of its small schools that serve kids across rugged and remote terrain. But lawmakers and educators are weighing whether small schools and small districts are financially sustainable....
View ArticleTeachers Take Action Against Education Cuts
As Wyoming policymakers prepare for the 2018 Budget Session, in which education will be a big topic , teachers are stepping up efforts to make their voices heard. On Thursday evening, teachers and...
View ArticleLawmakers Consider Larger Class Size For Wyoming Schools
A proposal to increase the recommended average class size in Wyoming schools is part of what lawmakers are reviewing in preparation for the 2018 Legislative Budget Session. Increasing class size has...
View ArticleLawmakers Push For Stronger Guidelines For Transportation And Special Education
During the upcoming budget session, lawmakers want to take a closer look at transportation and special education funding, as a part of a larger effort to reform and possibly reduce spending in the K-12...
View ArticleLegislative Budget Session Takes Up Education Cuts
Legislation to further cut education funding is making its way through the Wyoming legislature. Wednesday a bill sponsored by Senator Ray Peterson proposing approximately $140 million in cuts was...
View ArticleLawmakers Question Court's Role In School Finance
As the budget session comes to a close, there’s still no conclusion on how to fund education. The House wants to use sales tax from online purchases and other new sources of revenue, while the Senate...
View ArticleUW Trustees Act On Salary Discrepancies
The University of Wyoming’s Salary Policy Task Force presented findings to the Board of Trustees Thursday confirming that staff are paid below average when compared to peer institutions and relevant...
View ArticleFamily Services And Schools Collaborate To Support Students In Foster Care
A focus on the educational needs of foster kids increased with the implementation of Every Student Succeeds: the federal act that replaced No Child Left Behind. The new guidelines required Wyoming...
View ArticleUW Departments Work To Get Funds Restored
Despite warnings from President Laurie Nichols and her staff last June the University of Wyoming Board of Trustees voted to transfer close to $140 million in cash into reserve accounts. The cash was...
View ArticlePower Struggles At UW Bigger Than Just Wyoming
When the University of Wyoming trustees met last week, the campus was abuzz with concern about proposed changes to the authority of the board. What the administration is calling a routine update to...
View ArticleUniversity Of Wyoming Reaches Agreement On Shared Governance
The University of Wyoming Faculty Senate, the administration and the Board of Trustees have reached an agreement on changes to regulations regarding how the university will respond to financial...
View ArticleWho Decides When A Classroom Holds Too Many Students?
To save the state money, new rules were passed to increase the capacity of classrooms to 25 students for all grades. Statute previously recommended that kindergarten through 3rd-grade classroom...
View ArticleWDE Strengthens Special Education Spending Guidelines
As part of an ongoing effort to root out inefficiencies in public education, lawmakers have asked the Wyoming Department of Education (WDE) to draft rules that strengthen guidelines for special...
View ArticlePublic Hearing Called To Review New Special Education Guidelines
A public hearing will be held on proposed changes to special education funding. The Wyoming Association of Special Education Administrators (WASEA) called for the meeting because they say more time and...
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