Walt Wilcox elected as new board chair February 16, 2017 CHEYENNE -- The Wyoming State Board of Education (SBE) voted this Monday to replace one of the state’s current assessment providers. Starting in spring 2018, the current Proficiency Assessment for Wyoming (PAWS) will no longer be administered as Wyoming’s statewide summative assessment. A new set [...]
February 2, 2017 Cheyenne – The Wyoming State Board of Education (SBE) will hold a regular meeting on February 13-14, 2017. The session will begin at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, February 13 in the Basement Conference room of the Hathaway Building located at 2300 Capitol Avenue, Cheyenne. State Superintendent Jillian Balow will share a brief [...]
January 3, 2017 Cheyenne – The Wyoming State Board of Education (SBE) will hold a regular meeting on January 12-13, 2017. The session will begin at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 12 at the Laramie County School District #1 Transportation Training Center located at 316 South Lexington Avenue in Cheyenne. The board will hear reports [...]
Key topics to include ESSA planning, statewide assessment proposals and board policies November 10, 2016 CHEYENNE, Wyo. – The Wyoming State Board of Education (SBE) will hold its monthly meeting by teleconference on November 18, 2016 from 1:00-3:30 p.m. via GoToMeeting. State Superintendent Jillian Balow will give updates on the Wyoming Department of Education (WDE) [...]
October 17, 2016 CHEYENNE -- The Wyoming State Board of Education (SBE) convened in Lander last week for its regular meeting and to tour the Wind River Job Corps, a free education and career technical training program that helps young people improve the quality of their lives. Following the tour, Kenya Haynes, the Wyoming Department [...]
September 16, 2016 CHEYENNE -- Pete Gosar, chairman of the Wyoming State Board of Education (SBE), will present on the topic of Board Governance on September 20 at the Joint Education Committee (JEC) in Casper. The primary focus of the presentation will be on the need to retain a state board coordinator, add the University [...]
September 12, 2016 CHEYENNE – The Wyoming State Board of Education will hold meetings on September 22-23, 2016 starting at 8:00 a.m. at Eatons’ Ranch located at 270 Eatons’ Ranch Road, Wolf, Wyoming. The board will discuss alignment of rules and regulations, and the implications of rules surrounding accreditation, standards and the District Assessment System. [...]
August 22, 2016 CHEYENNE - The Wyoming State Board of Education (SBE) met in Casper Thursday, August 18 to begin developing its legislative priorities for 2017 and to approve several policies. As part of this work, the board voted in favor of allowing all ex-officio members an equal vote. Current ex-officio members include Jillian Balow, superintendent [...]
August 5, 2016 CHEYENNE – The Wyoming State Board of Education (SBE) will hold a regular meeting on August 18, 2016 starting at 12:00 p.m. at the Wyoming Contractors Association Regional Training Center located at 2220 Bryan Stock Trail, Casper. The board will hear reports from the SBE coordinator and Wyoming Department of Education (WDE) liaison [...]
June 13, 2016 CHEYENNE – Wyoming State Board of Education (SBE) chairman Pete Gosar testified about board governance, responsibilities, statutes, policies and rules during the Joint Education Committee (JEC) meeting in Casper today. Gosar also addressed the need for alignment among educational entities, so that local instruction, professional learning and accountability support current standards and [...]
