Wyoming moves slowly toward performance-based funding for community colleges

Wyoming took a big step this legislative session toward funding community colleges based on student outcomes rather than enrollment.

And as a similarly focused national nonprofit aimed at improving college graduation rates gains traction in Wyoming, the state is poised to increasingly reward colleges for performance instead of student population.

For the first time, $14.3 million in the upcoming year’s budget bill came with instructions to be divided based on the number of courses students complete at each of Wyoming’s seven community colleges, said Jim Rose, executive director of the Wyoming Community College Commission.

By LEAH TODD Star-Tribune staff writer

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