How is Wyoming's K-12 school finance recalibration bill Senate File 81 moving through the Legislature?
Senate File 81, the K-12 school finance recalibration, cleared the Wyoming Senate's Committee of the Whole on Feb. 19 with roughly $157.1 million in added K-12 funding over two years and moved to the House, which on Feb. 27 rejected a 15% categorical-grant flexibility amendment while adopting an amendment standardizing regional cost adjustments and expanding allowable salary growth. Companion legislation moving alongside SF 81 includes SF 14 (a full-time literacy coordinator at the Wyoming Department of Education, which the Senate concurred on March 4), SF 59 (a K-12 literacy and screening package), and HB 105 (K-12 facilities).
AI-generated summary compiled from Citizen Portal's coverage of the bill. Officials' positions below are sourced from their own words in indexed meetings and press events.
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On How is Wyoming's K-12 school finance recalibration bill Senate File 81 moving through the Legislature
"increases funding for Wyoming school districts totaling about $157,100,000 over the next 2 years."
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