CHEYENNE — Dyslexia advocates pushing for new legislation to address reading intervention in the state may face an uphill battle getting a bill unrelated to the budget passed during the upcoming session.

Though the bill ultimately received support from lawmakers during a Joint Education Committee meeting earlier this month, there is still a lot of advocacy needed to get the bill passed.

If passed, the bill would establish a more robust K-12 language and literacy program.

“The biggest thing is we’ve just got to make sure that our fellow legislators understand that in their own districts we’re leaving kids behind,” co-Chair Sen. Wendy Schuler, R-Evanston, told the Wyoming Tribune Eagle.

Not only will advocates face the typical struggles of getting a non-budget bill introduced — which req

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