CHEYENNE – Eight Wyoming school districts have submitted a 103-page brief to the Wyoming Supreme Court, defending a February district court ruling that declared the state’s public education funding model unconstitutional.

This comes as the state appeals the lower court’s decision, arguing that the existing system systematically harms students by failing to provide a thorough, uniform and quality education as mandated by the Wyoming Constitution.

The lawsuit, initially filed by the Wyoming Education Association in August 2022 and later joined by school districts in Albany, Campbell, Carbon, Laramie, Lincoln, Sweetwater and Uinta counties, stems from what educators describe as consistent underfunding in violation of decades of Supreme Court precedent. Laramie County District Court Judge Pe

See Full Page