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WEA Lobby Team
- Feb 9
- 1 min
Introducing WEA's Legislative Report Card
The Wyoming Education Association is excited to announce our 2022 Legislative Report Card! This grading system provides a new avenue for...
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WEA Lobby Team
- Sep 2, 2021
- 4 min
Pausing the Sale of New Oil and Gas Leases on Federal Lands Will Help Wyoming's Economy—Here's How.
The state of Wyoming is currently facing a roughly $250 million yearly deficit in education funding. A significant portion of the state’s...
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WEA Lobby Team
- Jul 22, 2021
- 4 min
Update From Joint Interim Education Committee Meeting - July 2021
The Joint Interim Education Committee met Monday and Tuesday to begin their interim topic work. The committee explored K-12 school...
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WEA Lobby Team
- Dec 23, 2020
- 4 min
Work Ahead for Education Lobby: Recap of the Revenue and Recalibration Committee Meetings
Both the Select Committee on School Finance and Recalibration and the Revenue Committee met in December. On the Revenue Committee’s...
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WEA Lobby Team
- Oct 28, 2020
- 3 min
Learning From Kansas: Wyoming Citizens Shouldn’t Suffer a Revenue Disaster Because of Poor Policy
By: Tate Mullen, Government Relations Director, Wyoming Education Association In 2012, Kansas Governor Sam Brownback signed one of the...
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WEA Lobby Team
- Sep 11, 2020
- 3 min
First Look: 2020 Recalibration Study Findings
The Select Committee on School Finance Recalibration met on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. Picus Odden and Associates, the company...
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WEA Lobby Team
- Sep 9, 2020
- 7 min
Funding Wyoming's Future: Exploring Our Economic Dependence on the Extraction Industry
As students and educators begin their trepidatious return to the classroom this fall, the public health and safety crisis caused by the...
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WEA Lobby Team
- Jul 23, 2020
- 2 min
Federal Coronavirus Relief Funds for Schools: Where Do We Stand?
Congress reconvened earlier this week, their top priority being to move forward on a new coronavirus aid bill. In May, the House passed...
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WEA Lobby Team
- Jul 14, 2020
- 3 min
July's JAC Meeting Highlights Why Wyoming Needs the HEROES Act
Monday, July 13th, and Tuesday, July 14th, the Joint Appropriations Committee met to discuss Wyoming’s economic future. Part of this...
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WEA Lobby Team
- Jun 30, 2020
- 2 min
WEA-PACE at Work: Inside Candidate Endorsements
As absentee voting is scheduled to start July 2nd, the WEA-PACE Steering Committee met Monday morning to discuss WEA-PACE candidate...
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WEA Lobby Team
- Jun 5, 2020
- 5 min
Social Justice: Examining the School-to-Prison Pipeline
The nation has erupted in protests over the untimely death of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer. This incident...
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WEA Lobby Team
- May 28, 2020
- 5 min
Inside the Revenue Committee Meeting: What It Could Mean for Education
The Revenue Committee, chaired by Representative Daniel Zwontizer and Senator Cale Case, met for a two-day interim topics session on May...
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WEA Lobby Team
- May 18, 2020
- 5 min
Special Session Update
Friday, May 16, marked the beginning of the Wyoming Legislature's 2020 Special Session. The special session worked to allocate funds...
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WEA Lobby Team
- May 14, 2020
- 2 min
The Wyoming Legislature's 2020 Special Session: Help WEA Protect Education
The outbreak of the Coronavirus has had significant public health and safety impacts as well as economic repercussions. The state’s...
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WEA Lobby Team
- Apr 22, 2020
- 5 min
Management Council Meeting: COVID-19 Relief, Special Session and Interim Topics
On Thursday, April 16, 2020 the Management Council convened to discuss interim topics. While the Management Council meets yearly to...
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WEA Lobby Team
- Apr 8, 2020
- 4 min
COVID-19: Delivering Digital Education to Wyoming Students During the Outbreak
The COVID-19 outbreak has caused unprecedented disruption to education systems around the world. The United Nations Educational,...
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WEA Lobby Team
- Feb 20, 2020
- 3 min
The External Cost Adjustment: Why the ECA is Essential to Student Success
Governor Gordon’s budget proposal, which was released before the session, called for an increase in funding for education to the tune of...
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WEA Lobby Team
- Feb 13, 2020
- 4 min
‘E-Cigarettes’, Wyoming Youth, and the Impacts on Education
The Wyoming Education Association recognizes that among the multitude of factors that significantly contribute to a student’s school...
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WEA Lobby Team
- Feb 7, 2020
- 2 min
TABOR: It’s Failed States and Education Systems Across the Nation. Wyoming Would Be No Different.
The 2020 Budget Session begins on Monday. Several bills have dropped since Thursday, February 6, 2020. The Wyoming Education...
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