The much-anticipated ruling in a lawsuit initiated by the Wyoming Education Association is likely to land like a bombshell in the statehouse where lawmakers are currently pursuing further cuts.
A Laramie County District Court judge on Wednesday ruled that the Wyoming Legislature has been unconstitutionally underfunding the state’s public schools, and ordered the state to remodel its spending on education.
Across six different areas, Judge Peter Froelicher found that the state has failed to meet its constitutional requirements, which the Wyoming Judiciary laid out in a series of court cases through the 1980s and 1990s.
