W.S. 21-3-401 K-3 Reading Assessment and Intervention; SF0059 K-12 Language and Literacy Program (2026)
How schools fund reading intervention in Wyoming
How schools fund reading intervention in Wyoming
How schools fund reading intervention in Wyoming
The state-level programs below are the streams Wyoming districts most often use for evidence-based reading intervention purchases, alongside the federal streams available everywhere.
WYBLT: SOAR, Comprehensive Literacy State Development (CLSD) subgrants
WDE’s five-year, $24.4 million federal CLSD award passes at least 95% of funds to districts and early childhood programs via competitive subgrants (birth-K, K-5, and 6-12 bands) launched January 2026; districts can propose evidence-based, science-of-reading-aligned interventions, materials, and PD for K-5 in their applications.
SF0059 K-12 Language and Literacy Program (2026)
Newly enacted statewide program requiring evidence-based instruction, screening, interventions, and individual reading plans K-12; district-facing funding mechanics are still being stood up, so verify current guidance with WDE before budgeting.
Foundation Program / federal Title I and IDEA (default)
No dedicated ongoing state literacy categorical fund for curriculum purchases was identified; districts typically fund W.S. 21-3-401 intervention obligations through their block-grant Foundation Program funding, Title I, or IDEA.
Approved-list note: WDE approves the K-3 reading screening instruments districts must use under W.S. 21-3-401, but no state-approved list of intervention curricula was identified, interventions must be evidence-based.
