As the brother of a recent graduate from the University of Wyoming’s College of Education, Rep. Landon Brown, R-Cheyenne, has seen firsthand how lagging teacher salaries in Wyoming affect the state’s pool of educators.
“The offer that he received from Arizona was $22,000 more a year than what he was offered for any school district here in the state of Wyoming, including Cheyenne, where his home was,” Brown told his colleagues on the Joint Education Committee Thursday.
“He picked up and moved to the state of Arizona, where he’s going to pay income tax, because he can make $22,000 more a year,” he continued.
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