Legislature pursuing education funding solutions from numerous angles

 

CHEYENNE — A potential funding plan for Wyoming education came into focus Friday as the House Education Committee narrowly passed a bill with a mix of cost-saving and revenue-raising measures.

House Bill 173, which was approved with a 5-4 vote Friday, is a potential answer to the $300 million structural deficit in the state’s education funding model. For decades, Wyoming has relied on the now-struggling mineral industry to fund the bulk of its education budget.

On the revenue side, the bill would earmark a 1% sales tax hike for education and redirect funds from the state's savings accounts to the state's school foundation program account.

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