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WSBA outlines sweeping school finance changes and policy updates for districts
Summary
Wyoming School Boards Association representatives briefed Albany County School District #1 trustees on the 2026 legislative session, highlighting recalibration (Senate File 81), a K‑12 literacy mandate and several passed bills that will require district policy updates and rule interpretations still pending from the state Department of Education.
Brian Farmer, executive director of the Wyoming School Boards Association (WSBA), and Nick Belek, WSBA director of engagement, presented the association’s 2026 legislative session summary and answered trustees’ questions about implications for district finance and policy.
Farmer told trustees the session produced roughly 335 bills, 80 of which WSBA monitored, and that about a third of bills touching education typically pass. He and Belek said the session’s most consequential outcomes for districts are the school finance recalibration (Senate File 81) and a K‑12 literacy bill that requires screening,…
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