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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 K-12 education funding (provided through the School Foundation Program Account) by $100 million per year.
Wyoming Senate and House majority leaders said during the press conference that they expect the work of the legislature this session will be able to ensure a balanced budget for the remainder of the 2021-2022 biennium.
If our state elected officials spent as much time working on important issues as they did posturing, we might not be in this mess. Yet even as they drive full-speed
Week 47: The pandemic in Wyoming from Jan. 30-Feb. 5
(Dan Cepeda, Oil City File)
Vaccine demand continued to outstrip supply this week in Wyoming as the state expanded its priority population to include individuals 65 and older, more essential workers and residents with certain health conditions.
Against this backdrop, the state’s COVID-19 infection numbers improved in most areas, continuing a two-month positive trend.
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In Cheyenne, Gov. Mark Gordon and legislative leadership announced a plan to hold a hybrid in-person and virtual legislative session in the Capitol Building starting March 1. Normally held in January and February, this year’s session was redesigned with a one-day in-person and online kick-off, online-only committee hearings this week and last and an hyrbrid portion set to begin March 1 with new safety precautions.