Wyoming

Univ. of Wyo. Preps for Court-Ordered Ayers Visit

April 28, 2010 – AP

Study Finds Wyoming Focused Funding Increase on Teacher Pay

Wyoming legislators have nearly doubled the amount of aid for education in recent years. June 20, 2007 – Education Week (Web)

States Seek to Recover Taxes Lost to Federal Lands

Thirteen Western states that are home to more than 93 percent of the nation’s federally owned land have formed a coalition to lobby Washington for an annual $4 billion in lost local and state property-tax revenues on the federal land, nearly $1.9 billion of which would have gone to pay for public education. December 12, 2006 – Education Week

Idaho State Chief’s Race Goes to GOP, While South Carolina Heads for Recount

The races for the nation’s two open state superintendent seats remained too close to call this morning, while incumbents in four states retained their seats. Updated: May 12, 2010 – Education Week (Web)

Wyo. Schools See the Upside of Fuel Prices

Rising natural-gas and oil prices have left energy-rich Wyoming in a financial position that state officials usually can only dream of—a $1.8 billion surplus projected for this year, and barely enough ways to spend the money in the sparsely populated state. May 16, 2006 – Education Week

News Briefs

State of the States

Here are summaries of recent annual addresses by governors around the country. February 3, 2009 – Education Week

Wyoming

Unlike many other states, Wyoming finds itself in a healthy financial position, thanks to its mineral and energy wealth. February 19, 2008 – Education Week

Wyoming Lawmakers Approve Scholarships

The Hathaway Success Curriculum offers more money to students based on the rigor of their studies. April 3, 2007 – Education Week

Community Colleges a Focus in Wyoming

Gov. Dave Freudenthal called on Wyoming residents to look beyond their own counties, school districts, and political parties and to concentrate on the state first. January 23, 2007 – Education Week

Wyoming Mandates Prototype Schools

In an effort to save money and time, all new Wyoming elementary schools must now be built using one of five to seven prototypical designs, the Wyoming School Facilities Commission has decided. December 5, 2006 – Education Week

Schools Get Share of Revenue Surge

Legislators pumped millions of dollars into education during the Wyoming’s recently concluded session, ending with a budget of just over $1 billion a year for K-12 programs for fiscal year 2007. May 9, 2006 – Education Week

More News Briefs

Pre-K Profile in School Finance Cases Grows

It’s a fight that could be coming to a courtroom near you: Plaintiffs in Wyoming’s long-running education finance case say they’re not finished arguing that the state has the responsibility to pay for preschool for children deemed at risk of school failure. October 4, 2005 – Education Week

Wyoming Pragmatist Set to Lead Senate Education Panel

As the 109th Congress begins this week, the Senate education committee is expected to get a new chairman—Sen. Michael B. Enzi of Wyoming—who observers say will bring to the job a blend of pragmatic conservatism and a keen appreciation for the challenges of rural communities. January 4, 2005 – Education Week

Wyoming Signs Innovative Test Contract With Harcourt Assessment

Wyoming officials have approved an unusual testing contract focused on improving instruction in classrooms at the same time that it yields data for accountability purposes. October 12, 2004 – Education Week

Wyo. District Sues Teacher Who Quit After Signing On

In an effort to try to hang on to its teachers, the school district in Green River, Wyo., has filed a lawsuit against a teacher who resigned before she ever started her job. June 5, 2002 – Education Week

Wyoming Gov. Urges Higher Taxes To Help Keep Schools Afloat

Faced with a budget deficit that is clouding the future of Wyoming schools, Gov. Jim Geringer used his State of the State Address last week to call for imposing one new tax, raising another, and extending the life of a third. February 23, 2000 – Education Week

Wyo. Finance Case Nearing Final Decision

A judge in Wyoming has ruled that the state's funding formula for major school construction and maintenance projects is unconstitutional because it favors wealthy school districts. But he upheld the state's cost-based system for funding school operations as constitutional. January 12, 2000 – Education Week

Turmoil in Wyoming: School Funding Back in Court

This week, long-simmering frustrations over school funding in Wyoming are scheduled to spill over again in a courtroom showdown.

November 5, 1997 – Education Week

It's Nearly High Noon for Wyo. Officials Facing Finance Deadline

Cheyenne, Wyo.

Here in the capital of the vast, scenic Cowboy State, lawmakers are under the gun to meet what is nationally among the most far-reaching school finance mandates a high court has issued.

June 11, 1997 – Education Week

Lawmakers Show Little Appetite For Big School Changes in Wyo.

November 6, 1996 – Education Week

Court Again Strikes Down Wyo. Finance System

November 22, 1995 – Education Week

Oral Arguments Begin in Wyoming School-Finance Case

October 13, 1993 – Education Week

Outcome-Based Accreditation Plan Advances in Wyoming

January 31, 1990 – Education Week

Wyoming Firms Found To Underpay Taxes

March 16, 1988 – Education Week

Panel in Wyoming Offers Package of School Reforms