Lawyers on Tuesday presented their arguments to the Wyoming Supreme Court as they sought to prove the irreparable harm — or lack thereof — of Wyoming’s new and highly contentious school voucher program.
Tuesday’s hearing in Cheyenne focused on Laramie County District Court Judge Peter Froelicher’s July injunction. After the state and intervening defendants tried and failed to get the injunction lifted so Wyoming could roll out the school voucher program, the state appealed, sending the matter to the higher court.
The Supreme Court is now considering whether the lower court erred in blocking the program that was set to begin in July. Nearly 4,000 applicants had signed up for the Steamboat Legacy Scholarship Program, which was designed to offer families up to $7,000 per child annually for K-12 non-public-school costs like tuition or tutoring.
