CAMPBELL COUNTY SCHOOL DIST. v. STATE

Nos. 06-74, 06-75.

181 P.3d 43 (2008)

2008 WY 2

CAMPBELL COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, State of Wyoming, et al., Appellants (Plaintiffs), Laramie County School District No. One, et al.; Wyoming Education Association; Wyoming School Board Association, Appellants (Intervening Plaintiffs) Big Horn County School District No. One, et al., Appellants (Plaintiffs), v. The STATE of Wyoming, Appellee (Defendant). The State of Wyoming, Appellant (Defendant), v. Campbell County School District, State of Wyoming, et al., Appellees (Plaintiffs), Laramie County School District No. One, et al.; Wyoming Education Association; Wyoming School Board Association, Appellees (Intervening Plaintiffs), Big Horn County School District No. One, et al., Appellees (Plaintiffs).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

January 8, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Representing Campbell County School District, State of Wyoming, et al.: Ford T. Bussart and Marvin L. Tyler of Bussart, West, Tyler, P.C., Rock Springs, Wyoming.

Representing Laramie County School District No. One, et al.: Paul J. Hickey and Richard D. Bush of Hickey & Evans, LLP, Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Representing Big Horn County School District No. One, et al.: Timothy J. Kirven and Benjamin S. Kirven of Kirven and Kirven, P.C., Buffalo, Wyoming.

Representing the Wyoming Education Association: Patrick E. Hacker, Gregory, P. Hacker and Erin M. Kendall of Patrick E. Hacker, P.C., Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Representing the Wyoming School Board Association: Tracy J. Copenhaver, Powell, Wyoming.

Representing Teton County School District No. 1: Sara E. Van Genderen of Mullikin, Larson & Swift LLC, Jackson, Wyoming.

Representing Natrona County School District Number One: Kathleen B. Dixon and Stefanie L. Boster of Murane & Bostwiok, LLC, Casper, Wyoming.

Representing the State of Wyoming: Michael R. O'Donnell, State School Finance Counsel; Rhonda Sigrist Woodard, Special Assistant Attorney General, Woodard & White, P.C., Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Before VOIGT, C.J., and GOLDEN, KITE, JJ; DONNELL and YOUNG, DJJ.


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...

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