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State officials testified about class sizes before the Legislature's Select Committee on School Facilities in Casper on Tuesday.

Most of the money owed to the state is from a combination of unpaid court fines and taxes.

Tourism officials say any additional funding the office might receive from the tax would be directed toward national and international marketing.

Committee co-chairman Rep. Mike Madden, of Buffalo, says not all the proposals are going to move forward.

During the 2017 session, legislators trimmed around $34.5 million from K-12 education.

The program accepts 16- to 18-year-old students who have dropped out of high school.

Two judges ruled that current law only applies to the plant form of marijuana.

Campbell County School District is preparing a lawsuit against the state amid the funding cuts.

A task force appointed by Gov. Matt Mead last year recommended repairing the facility.

The bill now goes to a committee of both senators and representatives to hash out their differences.