Dicky Shanor, a Wyoming Department of Education official, told the Joint Appropriations Committee on March 22 that the department will increase the amount it expects to send to school districts in entitlement payments by $4,500,000.

The increase, Shanor said, is an update to an "elected letter" the department submitted in December and reflects changes in the January Craig forecast for state revenues. "We are increasing the amount that we believe will need to, be sent in entitlement payments to school districts in the amount of 4,500,000," Shanor said, adding the change relates to unit 4,101 and a slight reduction in expected "25 and 6 mil" revenues.

The adjustment will affect the department's projections for the current biennium and the supplemental budget the Legislature will consider for fiscal 2026. Shanor and Trent Carroll, also with the Wyoming Department of Education, told the committee the increase stems directly from the updated revenue forecast and is intended to align the department's entitlement payments with available receipts.

Committee members did not take a formal vote during the update. The department presented the figure as an administrative revision tied to the agency's earlier elected letter rather than as a new legislative proposal.

The committee heard the education update near the start of its session before moving on to review multiple gubernatorial vetoes to the 2024 budget bill.