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Senate File 162 debated; committee lays over bill to make teacher pay a categorical portion of block grant
Summary
Senate File 162 would split the teacher salary portion of the education block grant into its own categorical grant to prevent districts from reallocating teacher‑funding. Lawmakers and education stakeholders debated fiscal impacts, data availability and timing ahead of recalibration; the committee laid the bill over for further work.
Senator Tim Scott introduced Senate File 162, a proposal to make the portion of Wyoming’s education resource block grant earmarked for teachers and teacher benefits a separate categorical grant that school districts could add to but not reallocate out of. Senator Scott said the change is intended to protect funding for classroom teachers and address concerns raised during past recalibration work about "ghost teachers" and reallocation of model dollars.
"What this does ... is make the portion of the block grant that is for teachers and benefits for teachers a separate categorical grant within the block grant," Scott said. Under the bill districts could move other local block grant funds into the teacher category but could not move teacher funds out for non‑teacher uses.
Committee members and witnesses discussed technical and policy complications, especially the…
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