Wyoming Workforce Pell
No verifiable public action located as of November 6, 2026.
Drawn from Wyoming’s row in the Workforce Pell State Implementation Record, which tracks all 52 jurisdictions from primary sources: state agency pages, board minutes, statutes and U.S. Department of Education releases.
Where Wyoming stands on Workforce Pell
- Status
- Unknown: no verifiable public action located yet (the Record’s definition).
- Likely lead agency
- Wyoming Community College Commission + WY Department of Workforce Services
What the record documents
No designation, process, or list published. The only public reference is in Wyoming Community College Commission minutes: on February 12, 2026 Executive Director Laurel Ballard's federal update noted that ED "has completed negotiated rule making on student loan repayment and Workforce Pell," that "time is needed to implement the rules," and "the convening of a Governor's Office workgroup"; April 16 minutes add that agency staff are monitoring Workforce Pell and the new federal accountability metrics. The workgroup's membership, charge, and output are not published, and no Workforce Pell item appears on the Commission's June or August 2026 agendas or on the Department of Workforce Services and Workforce Development Council sites; the posted June 4 to 5 minutes mention Pell only in a federal-accountability aside, the August 21 special-meeting agenda covers funding rules and budget, the Workforce Development Council's September 2 to 3 quarterly meeting in Saratoga was announced with no Workforce Pell item, and the Commission next meets October 8 to 9 at Western Wyoming Community College: its posted agenda carries no Workforce Pell item (the nearest-adjacent items are a Non-Credit Task Force workshop session, federal and state legislative updates, new program approvals, and Wyoming Works reporting), so a first public action at that meeting would have to surface under the legislative updates or other business. The meeting was held October 8 to 9 with no Workforce Pell item in the agenda or packet, and the Commission's own "Federal and State Update" brief dated October 9, presented to commissioners, covers the continuing resolution, the College Transparency Act, EDGAR changes, and NIL without mentioning Workforce Pell, so the silence now extends to the Commission's own federal-policy briefing; minutes were still unposted November 3, and the Commission does not meet again until February 18, 2027; the Wyoming Workforce Development Council's November 4 to 5, 2026 quarterly meeting in Cheyenne is listed on its OnBoard meeting portal with a packet published October 30: the agenda has no Workforce Pell item (item VII is a vote on the 2026 In-demand Occupation List), and the September 2 Saratoga minutes in the packet hold the first Workforce Pell mention in a Wyoming board document, a member's report from the National Governors Association conference under the chair's message that "only two healthcare programs in Iowa and Illinois have received U.S. Department of Education approval so far" (the second approval was Indiana's), an informational item with no Wyoming process, designation, or motion. Nov 4-5 OnBoard packet. Source
Verified against the sources on November 6, 2026.
Key dates for Wyoming
From the Record’s key-dates panel, recent milestones and upcoming deadlines.
| When | Date | What happens |
|---|---|---|
| Recent | Oct 7-9 | Wyoming's community college commission met Oct 8-9 with none in its agenda or packet, leaving Wyoming the lone unknown |
Eligible occupations in Wyoming
The State Approval Comparison, which compares every published state eligible-occupation framework (27 so far), does not include a Wyoming list as of November 6, 2026.
Approved Workforce Pell programs in Wyoming
No Wyoming program appears in the Record’s approved-programs table (U.S. Department of Education announcements and state rosters of federally approved programs) as of November 5, 2026.
Sources
Every primary source the record cites for Wyoming, last checked November 6, 2026.
- Nov 4-5 OnBoard packet (public.onboardmeetings.com)
- Source (communitycolleges.wy.edu)
- Wyoming in the State Implementation Record: the national record of all 52 jurisdictions, with this row in context.
- State Approval Comparison: how each state defines eligible programs and occupations.
- Workforce Pell for Students: approved programs, costs and how to apply.
- Workforce Pell by state: every jurisdiction’s page.
- Nearby states: Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah.