House advances K–12 recalibration bill after rejecting 15% flexibility amendment and adopting RCA changes

The Wyoming House spent much of its March 3 floor session debating Senate File 81, a recalibration of K–12 public school funding, ultimately rejecting a proposal to let local districts reassign 15% of categorical grant funds and adopting amendments that change the bill's regional cost adjustments and salary‑growth limits before ordering the bill to third reading.

Representative Williams moved second‑reading amendment number 1 to Senate File 81 to give local districts limited latitude to move 15% of categorical grant funds "to where they could save some of these positions, fund some of these things that are outside the silo," she said, arguing smaller districts need flexibility to avoid cutting paraprofessionals and extracurricular programs. "15% is what this amendment would do," Williams told colleagues.

Opponents said the amendment would undercut the bill's classroom‑first emphasis. Representative Bair said the recalibration had…