Campbell County School District v. State

KITE, Justice.

[¶1] Since 1971, Wyoming courts, legislators, educators, and parents have acted to eliminate wealth-based and educational opportunity disparities in Wyoming's school finance and capital construction systems. This enormous undertaking was necessitated by the unique provisions of Wyoming's state constitution, which directs the legislature to provide a thorough and efficient education to every Wyoming student beginning at age six. The boundaries and breadth of a fundamental right to a thorough and efficient education without disparities had not previously been charted. However, by…