WYOMING SCHOOLS AT A CROSSROADS: Wyoming Judge Allows Lawsuit Over State Education Funding to Proceed

A lawsuit alleging that the State of Wyoming has failed to adequately fund K-12 public education can proceed after a judge denied the state’s motion to dismiss the case outright.

In a Dec. 6 order recently made public, Judge Peter Froelicher of the First Judicial District Court of Laramie County found that the Wyoming Education Association (WEA), a nonprofit group comprised of roughly 6,000 educators and school support personnel, has legitimate standing to bring the case against the state.