As usual, the Wyoming Legislature has adjourned without doing much to stabilize education funding in the Cowboy State. They may have tried with House Bill 173, but as is so often the case with critical budget reforms, the House of Representatives and the Senate couldn’t come to an agreement.
And so, our decades-long education funding boondoggle remains in place, eating up funds better directed elsewhere.
Sure, it’s hard to make hard decisions in the face of a $300 million shortfall, but our local education establishment has proven it would rather sue the state for more funding in place of considering