Chris Rothfuss http://wyomingpublicradio.net en Senate continues to debate overhauling the State Superintendent's office http://wyomingpublicradio.net/post/senate-continues-debate-overhauling-state-superintendents-office <p>The State Senate continues working on a bill that would change the way education is governed in Wyoming.&nbsp;<br><br>The bill would lead to the appointment of a State Education Director, who would oversee such things as education accountability and school funding.</p><p></p> Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:32:29 +0000 Bob Beck 35287 at http://wyomingpublicradio.net Senate continues to debate overhauling the State Superintendent's office Senate approves education accountability measure http://wyomingpublicradio.net/post/senate-approves-education-accountability-measure <div style="margin:0;"><span lang="en-US"><font color="black" face="Tahoma" size="2"><span dir="ltr" style="font-size:10pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="font-size:16px;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><font size="4"><span style="font-size:14pt;">The State Senate gave final approval to a major Education Accountability measure.&nbsp; It provides testing and other procedures to keep students, teachers</span></font><font color="#1F497D" size="4"><span style="font-size:14pt;">,</span></font><font size="4"><span style="font-size:14pt; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:04:48 +0000 Bob Beck 20246 at http://wyomingpublicradio.net Senate approves education accountability measure Nicholas Backs Off Of Aquifer Bill http://wyomingpublicradio.net/post/nicholas-backs-aquifer-bill <p>Senator Phil Nicholas has decided to remove himself from sponsoring a funding request for the Laramie Aquifer leaving Laramie Democrat Chris Rothfuss to oversee that effort.&nbsp; Nicholas was accused of having a conflict of interest in brokering a land deal for his client, former legislator Doug Samuelson.&nbsp; The proposal was to have the state buy Samuelson&rsquo;s land and turn it into a state park.&nbsp; Laramie citizens then could have access to the property and it would prevent development from occurring above the Laramie aquifer.&nbsp;</p> Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:37:13 +0000 Bob Beck 19580 at http://wyomingpublicradio.net Nicholas Backs Off Of Aquifer Bill