The Wyoming Education Association Sues Wyoming

Old Boxelder School, Converse County, Wyoming.

In what will turn out to be an issue in the Secretary of Public Instruction race this year, which is not yet decided in spite of the way it may be generally regarded, and in a year which saw the Wyoming legislature swing sharply to the "no spending", "less government" right, the Wyoming Education Association, the state teacher's union, has sued the State maintaining that current funding is not meeting the state's duties under the state constitution.

The suit was filed in the 1st Judicial District in Cheyenne.

This is another major case that will make its way to the Wyoming Supreme Court in the next year or so, which will really have to decide the issues it presents.  And it's another instance in which the Court is positioned to potentially rule contrary to the current flow of state politics based on constitutional grounds.

I should note that I don't expect this suit to be a deciding factor in the election this year.  But the issue will come up, particularly if the 1st Judicial District issues a ruling before November.