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Senate committee backs resolution affirming support for rural schools and asking recalibration consultants to consider them
Summary
The Senate Education Committee passed House Joint Resolution 3, a nonbinding resolution expressing legislative support for maintaining rural schools; the measure asks that the state's 2025 school finance recalibration consultants and relevant committees consider rural schools when advising policy.
Representative Trey Sherwood introduced House Joint Resolution 3 as a resolution to affirm support for rural schools and to signal legislative intent to maintain access to public elementary education in remote communities.
"Rural schools are more than a place of learning. They really are the heartbeat of their communities," Anne Anderson, a Garrett resident who spoke with Representative Sherwood, told the committee in public testimony. The sponsor said the resolution was brought by constituents and emphasized historic local commitments to keep rural schools open.
The resolution notes that Wyoming currently…
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