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Senate Education Committee amends and advances K–12 recalibration bill after hours of testimony on class size, insurance and local control
Summary
After extensive public testimony from superintendents, unions, insurers and local officials, the committee amended and advanced Senate File 81 to increase teacher pay targets, alter ADM calculations, accelerate counselor/nurse funding, and delay or modify a mandate for districts to join the state health plan; committee approved the revised package on a 5–0 vote.
The Wyoming Senate Education Committee on Feb. 16 advanced Senate File 81, a comprehensive recalibration of the state's K–12 school funding model, after nearly two hours of public testimony and multiple committee amendments.
Cochairs presented the bill as the product of the select committee on school finance recalibration, citing the statutory requirement under Wyoming statute 21-13-309 to recalibrate the education resource block grant. The cochair said the bill would increase estimated funding for districts across multiple years, adjust salary and staffing calculations, and adopt measures to protect instructional resources.
Public testimony spanned superintendents, teachers, school board members, benefit trusts and insurers. Speakers warned that proposed increases in class sizes would result in fewer funded teachers; Dr. Jeff Jones, superintendent of Sheridan School District No. 1, said the bill would "solve a math problem by creating…
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