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Wyoming officials say state reimburses 100% of allowable special‑education costs after court rulings
Summary
Wyoming Department of Education officials told the Special Education Funding Committee that their state reimburses districts for allowable IEP costs at 100%, a practice Wyoming says grew out of school finance court rulings.
Wyoming Department of Education officials told North Dakota’s Special Education Funding Committee that the state's Supreme Court rulings pushed Wyoming to a reimbursement model that covers allowable special‑education costs in full.
Dickie Schaner, chief of staff at the Wyoming Department of Education, said the state "is the only state that reimburses school districts 100% for IEP related services," a model the state traced to a series of school finance court cases originating in Campbell County. Schaner and his colleagues said the rulings focused on the Wyoming Constitution’s requirement for a "uniform, equitable and adequate" public education and that disparities…
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