Special education in Wyoming

What Wyoming calls special education, how long each step takes, who to call, free help, paying for services, and how the state scores.

Special education in Wyoming

Special education is called

Special Education

The IEP meeting

IEP team meeting

Eligibility team

Multidisciplinary team (MDT)

Evaluation timeline

60 calendar days. From consent (Chapter 7 Rules, Sec. 7-4)

IEP timeline

30 days (federal)

Transition planning starts

16 (being checked)

Rights transfer to the student at

Developmental delay category

3 to 9 (child count)

Dyslexia law

yes: W.S. 21-3-401 (2018): K-3 universal screening for reading difficulties incl. dyslexia

Find your district and schools

62 districts and charter districts. 14 special education schools and 8 public charter schools.

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The state office and your options when you disagree

State special education office

Wyoming Department of Education, Special Education Programs Division (307) 777-7675

Procedural safeguards (your rights notice)

Read the state's notice

Mediation

Ask for mediation

State complaint

File a state complaint

Due process

Ask for a due process hearing

Free help for families

Parent centers

Parents Helping Parents of WY, Inc
Parent Training and Information Center (PTI), Cheyenne
(307) 684-2277

Disability rights agency

Wyoming P&A System
Protection and Advocacy Agency, Cheyenne
(307) 632-3496

Advocacy groups in Wyoming

Paying for it

Medicaid for children

Wyoming Medicaid

CHIP

Kid Care CHIP

Apply

Apply for coverage

Medicaid for children with disabilities, whatever the family's income

no (KFF 2026)

Schools bill Medicaid for health services

Autism insurance law

no. ASHA lists Wyoming as having no autism insurance mandate

Scholarship or ESA for students with disabilities

universal: Steamboat Legacy Scholarship ESA (universal; upheld by Wyoming Supreme Court May 2026)

Program page

Official program page

How school, Medicaid and insurance fit together

How Wyoming scores

First edition. These grades are new (November 2026) and the weights may still change. Texas graduation data is being confirmed with the state.

State of Schools

C+

Rank 10 of 51

State of Support

C-

Rank 35 of 51

Combined

Rank 29 of 51

Pillar	Grade
Following the law	A-
Learning together	B
Results	D-
School funding	A-
Family protections	C
Options and transition	C

IDEA determination 2026: Meets. How we grade.

Sources for this page are listed in the K12 Atlas research tables (state terms, state help, paying for it). Items marked "being checked" are waiting on a primary source.

Last reviewed: November 2026. Rules, programs and phone numbers change. Check with the office named on this page. Report outdated or wrong information.