School Finance

Wyo. Stat. Ann. tit. 21, ch. 13
in effect

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-101 Definitions.

(a) As used in this chapter: (i) "Average daily membership" or "ADM" means the aggregate number of pupils present plus the aggregate number of pupils absent, divided by the actual number of days the school is in session for the year. Pupils who attend at least eighty percent (80%) of a full time equivalency basis shall be considered full time. For pupils enrolled in school on less than eighty percent (80%) of a full time equivalency basis, the school district shall calculate the pupil's contribution to the ADM on a prorated basis with the hours or class periods of enrollment being the numerator and the hours or class periods of full time equivalency being the denominator. Pupils who have withdrawn from school or who have been absent for more than ten (10) consecutive calendar days shall not be counted as members; (ii) Repealed By Laws 1997 Special Session, ch. 3, § 304. (iii) "District" means any school district as defined by law; (iv) "Elementary school" means a school consisting of kindergarten through grade five (5), or any appropriate combination of grades within this range, as determined by the plan of organization for schools authorized by the district board of trustees; (v) "Foundation program" means the level of funding which is to be made available to each district under this title so that each district is able to comply with the state uniform educational program standards imposed under W.S. 21-9-101 and 21-9-102 and the uniform state student content and performance standards prescribed by the state board of education under W.S. 21-2-304(a)(iii); (vi) "High school" means a school consisting of grades nine (9) through twelve (12), or any combination of grades within this range, as determined by the plan of organization by the district board; (vii) "Middle school" means a school consisting of grades six (6) through eight (8), or any combination of grades within this range, as determined by the plan of organization by the district board; (viii) "Kindergarten" means a class of pre-first-grade students; (ix) "Public school foundation program account" and "foundation account" mean the account created by W.S. 21-13-306 for use in financing education in public schools; (x) Repealed by Laws 1994, ch. 17, § 2. (xi) "Teacher" means any member of the teaching or professional staff engaged in the service of the public schools for whom certification is required as a condition of employment; (xii) Repealed by Laws 1988, ch. 82, § 2. (xiii) "Year of college training" shall be the successful completion of a one (1) year course of study approved by the state department of education; (xiv) "Education resource block grant model" means the block grant model for Wyoming school finance contained within the enumeration of model components summarizing and executing the 2025 cost of education study as modified by the legislature and as contained in W.S. 21-13-309.1. "Education resource block grant model" or "model" includes model spreadsheets updated with technical corrections, all of which are enacted into law, on file with the secretary of state and are maintained and made available for public inspection by the state superintendent under W.S. 21-2-202(e), and as may be subsequently modified by the legislature prior to future model recalibration required under W.S. 21-13-309(t); (xv) Repealed By Laws 2006, Chapter 37, § 2. (xvi) "Prototypical school model" means a school level, comprised of cost, resource and enrollment parameters, as described within the education resource block grant model. The separate school levels identified with the model are as follows: (A) Elementary school - kindergarten through grade five (5) modeled at cost and resource levels for: (I) Repealed by Laws 2026, ch. 82, § 3. (II) One hundred ten (110) ADM; (III) Two hundred twenty (220) ADM; and (IV) Three hundred thirty (330) ADM. (B) Middle school - grades six (6) through eight (8) modeled at cost and resource levels for: (I) Repealed by Laws 2026, ch. 82, § 3. (II) One hundred five (105) ADM; (III) Two hundred ten (210) ADM; and (IV) Three hundred fifteen (315) ADM. (C) High school - grades nine (9) through twelve (12) modeled at cost and resource levels for: (I) Repealed by Laws 2026, ch. 82, § 3. (II) One hundred five (105) ADM; (III) Two hundred ten (210) ADM; (IV) Three hundred fifteen (315) ADM; and (V) Six hundred thirty (630) ADM. (xvii) Repealed by Laws 2026, ch. 82, § 3. (xviii) Repealed By Laws 2011, Ch. 185, § 2(a). (b) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 2, § 203. (c) The education resource block grant model as defined under paragraph (a)(xiv) of this section and as contained in W.S. 21-13-309.1 and operationalized through the model spreadsheets, as each are enacted into law, and including any technical correction which may be implemented by rule of the state superintendent under W.S. 21-2-202(e), shall be filed with the secretary of state.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-102 Maximum rate of school district tax; recapture of excess; equalization of permissive levies.

(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, the maximum rate of school district tax that may be levied for all school purposes, exclusive of bond interest and redemption, for any school district in any school year on each dollar of assessed valuation within the school district is as follows: (i) In a unified school district: (A) Twenty-five (25) mills shall be levied for combined elementary, junior high and high school purposes. (B) Repealed By Laws 1997 Special Session, ch. 3, § 103(a). (C) Repealed By Laws 1997 Special Session, ch. 3, § 104(a). (D) Repealed By Laws 2006, Chapter 37, § 2. (E) Repealed By Laws 2006, Chapter 37, § 2. (ii) In any nonunified school district consisting of kindergarten through grade eight (8): (A) Twenty-five (25) mills shall be levied for school purposes. (B) Repealed By Laws 1997 Special Session, ch. 3, § 103(a). (C) Repealed By Laws 1999, ch. 110, § 103. (D) Repealed By Laws 1997 Special Session, ch. 3, § 104(a). (E) Repealed By Laws 2006, Chapter 37, § 2. (F) Repealed By Laws 2006, Chapter 37, § 2. (b) For each school year: (i) A school district whose revenues from the sources provided by W.S. 21-13-310 exceed the foundation program costs determined under W.S. 21-13-309 by more than three hundred percent (300%), as estimated to the districts on or before August 15 and as subsequently certified to the districts on or before March 1 of the current fiscal year under subsection (e) of this section, shall rebate fifty percent (50%) of the excess revenues to the department of education by January 15 of the applicable school year. The balance of the excess revenues shall be rebated to the department on or before June 25 of that school year; (ii) A school district whose revenues specified under W.S. 21-13-310 for any school year exceed the foundation program costs determined under W.S. 21-13-309 by three hundred percent (300%) or less, as estimated and certified under subsection (e) of this section, shall rebate forty percent (40%) of the excess revenues to the department by January 15 of the applicable school year. The balance of the excess revenues shall be rebated to the department on or before June 25 of the applicable school year; (iii) Amounts rebated under paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this subsection shall be credited to the public school foundation program account defined in W.S. 21-13-101(a)(ix). (iv) Repealed by Laws 1984, ch. 53, § 2. (c) Repealed By Laws 2008, Ch. 94, § 2. (d) Repealed By Laws 1997 Special Session, ch. 3, § 103(a). (e) Annually on or before September 1 the department shall notify each district subject to recapture of the estimated amount due to the state during the current fiscal year, using data from the previous school year. Upon receipt of the state assessed values by school districts, and not later than May 31 of the current fiscal year, the department shall certify to each district subject to recapture the amount of recapture for the fiscal year to be remitted to the state. The amount certified shall supersede the estimates certified on or before September 1. If a district can demonstrate financial inability to make payments to the state as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the superintendent of public instruction may adjust the schedule of payments provided by subsection (b) of this section if the financial integrity of the foundation program will not be jeopardized. (f) Repealed By Laws 2006, Chapter 37, § 2. (g) Repealed by Laws 2015, ch. 29, § 1. (h) Repealed By Laws 2006, Chapter 37, § 2. (j) Repealed By Laws 2006, Chapter 37, § 2.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-103 Cancellation of unpaid warrants; remedy of holders.

The treasurer of each school district shall on the first Monday in April of each year cancel all unpaid warrants of such school district which have been issued for a period exceeding twelve (12) months, and shall at the same time certify to the board of trustees of such school district the number and amount of each warrant which he has canceled. Such list of canceled warrants shall be entered in the minutes of the board and published at least once in a regular issue of a newspaper published in the county, during the month in which such warrants were canceled. Any person or persons holding a school district warrant which has been canceled under the provisions of this section, may present such warrant to the board of trustees of such school district at any subsequent time, not later than five (5) years after the date such warrant was canceled. The said board of trustees shall issue to the holder of such school district warrant, a new warrant covering the amount due on the original warrant at the time so canceled.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-201 Levy, collection and distribution of 6 mill school tax.

(a) Pursuant to article XV, section 17 of the constitution of the state of Wyoming, there shall be levied each year, by the county commissioners in each county in the state, a tax of six (6) mills on the dollar of assessed valuation of the property within the county for the support and maintenance of the public schools. This tax shall be collected by the county treasurer. (b) On or before September 1 of each year, the state department of education shall notify the treasurer of each county of the percentage proportion to be allocated from the countywide six (6) mill school levy to each school district in his respective county. The computation of the distribution of the countywide six (6) mill levy shall be made by the department of education on the basis of the average daily membership (ADM) for the previous year. This number, for each district, shall be converted into a percentage of the total average daily membership (ADM) for all school districts within the county. The county treasurer shall distribute the revenue arising from the countywide six (6) mill levy among the school districts of the county according to the percentage computed above and pursuant to W.S. 21-13-207.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-206 Disposition of fines, penalties and forfeitures.

All fines, penalties, and forfeitures provided by the school laws may be recovered by an action by any citizen in the name of the people of the state of Wyoming for the use of the proper school district or county, and when they accrue, shall belong to the school district or county in which they have accrued and shall be deposited with the county treasurer.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-207 Apportionment of funds by county treasurer.

On the second Monday of each month the county treasurer shall apportion all monies in the county treasury belonging to the county school fund, including all interest earned thereon and including fines and forfeitures, among the various school districts of the county in the same percentages as provided by W.S. 21-13-201(b) and shall immediately pay the amount to each school district.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-301 Distribution to school districts of money in common school account for use of public schools.

Between January 1 and June 30 of each year, if there is any money to the credit of the common school account within the permanent land income fund for the use of the public schools in the state treasury, the state treasurer shall, after making any distributions necessary under W.S. 21-15-108(a), distribute the income in the account to the school foundation program. The state treasurer may make distributions to the school foundation program under this section at such times and in such amounts as may be advantageous for the state’s investment program and cash management, but all income shall be credited to the school foundation program not later than June 30 of each year.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-303 Levy of state tax; disposition of funds; reduction of mill levy.

(a) For the support of the public elementary and secondary schools of the state, there shall be assessed and levied each year a state tax of twelve (12) mills on the dollar of the assessed valuation of the property within the state as certified on August 10 under W.S. 39-11-102.1(c)(v) except as provided in subsection (c) of this section. The tax is in addition to any and all other taxes authorized by law. (b) The funds that may accrue under this section shall be placed in a separate account. Balances in the account, if any, shall not lapse or be transferred to any other fund or account. (c) Between July 1 and July 10 of each year the state auditor and the state treasurer shall determine if the unobligated average daily general fund balance over the preceding fiscal year exceeds twenty percent (20%) of the amount of the general fund appropriations for the present biennium. If the unobligated average daily general fund balance exceeds twenty percent (20%) of the amount appropriated, the excess is appropriated and shall be transferred into the public school foundation program account as soon as possible. The auditor and treasurer shall immediately notify the state board of equalization of the amount to be transferred. Based on the current assessed valuation of the state, the board shall compute the estimated amount of revenue to be produced by a twelve (12) mill levy, subtract the amount transferred to the public school foundation program account and then compute the mill levy necessary to produce the difference. The board shall certify the recomputed mill levy to the county assessors to be levied and collected in lieu of the twelve (12) mill state levy for the next tax year.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-304 State treasurer to keep separate account.

The state treasurer shall keep a separate account and except as otherwise provided by law all monies appropriated for school purposes shall be kept in such account.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-306 Foundation program account established; disposition of monies.

(a) The public school foundation program account is established to consist of funds appropriated to, or designated to the account by law, or by gift from whatever source, for distribution to districts in accordance with law. (b) Within the limits of legislative appropriation, if any, the resources of the public school foundation program account shall be paid into the state treasury and shall be drawn out and distributed to the districts in accordance with this article upon certification of the state superintendent and upon vouchers approved by the state auditor payable to the treasurer of the several districts. (c) Repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 205, § 2.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-306.1 School foundation program reserve account; purposes.

The school foundation program reserve account created by 2014 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 26, Section 300(g) is continued and codified. Funds within the account shall only be expended by legislative appropriation. All funds within the account shall be invested by the state treasurer and all investment earnings from the account shall be credited to the general fund.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-307 Eligibility to share in distribution of money from foundation account; mandatory financial reporting; prohibition of spending foundation program funds on capital construction.

(a) Each district which meets the following requirements is eligible to share in the distribution of funds from the foundation account: (i) Employed and compensated teachers for not less than nine (9) school months during the previous year and has actually employed and is compensating at least one (1) teacher for the current year, except that a newly organized district need not have employed any teachers during the previous year in order to qualify for its first year of operation; (ii) Operated all schools for a term of at least one hundred eighty-five (185) days or the number of days or equivalent hours authorized under an alternative schedule approved by the state board during the previous school year. If the school term of any school in a district was less than one hundred eighty-five (185) days or less than the total number of days authorized under an alternative schedule approved by the state board, the amount allotted per average daily membership (ADM) under W.S. 21-13-309 for the school shall be in proportion to the length of the term the school actually operated, unless caused by closures of schools: (A) Due to fuel shortages, fire, construction problems, weather, civil disturbance or threatened civil disturbance, days of national recognition, widespread illnesses; or (B) Whenever necessary to protect the health, safety or welfare of students, teachers and other employees and closures are approved by the state superintendent or are the result of presidential or gubernatorial executive orders. (iii) Furnishes to the state superintendent statistical data and information as reasonably required to compute a district's entitlement to share in the foundation account and the extent of the entitlement; (iv) Repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 205, § 2. (b) Each district shall provide financial reports to the department on forms and in such manner required by the department under W.S. 21-2-203 and by rules and regulations promulgated by the state superintendent of public instruction pursuant to this article. In administering this article, the state superintendent may conduct audits of information submitted by districts under this article as necessary to administer and perform computations pertaining to the cost components within the education resource block grant model, and may, after consulting and negotiating with the school district, correct the information reported by districts under this article to fairly and accurately reflect the data type, classification and format necessary to perform computations required to administer the school finance system established under this article. (c) In no event shall any school district transfer or expend any foundation program amounts, defined under W.S. 21-13-101(a)(v), including but not limited to revenues collected under W.S. 21-13-310 and amounts paid to the school district for the purpose of funding operational expenses under this chapter, for major building and facility repair or replacement, as defined under W.S. 21-15-109(a)(iii), or for a project, as defined under W.S. 21-15-111(a)(iv) or for any educational building, office building, portable building, teacherage or warehouse building, as defined under W.S. 21-15-109(a).

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-309 Determination of amount to be included in foundation program for each district.

(a) Repealed By Laws 1997 Special Session, ch. 3, § 304. (b) Repealed By Laws 1997 Special Session, ch. 3, § 304. (c) Repealed By Laws 1997 Special Session, ch. 3, § 304. (d) Repealed By Laws 1997 Special Session, ch. 3, § 304. (e) Repealed By Laws 1997 Special Session, ch. 3, § 304. (f) Repealed By Laws 1997 Special Session, ch. 3, § 304. (g) Repealed by Laws 1993, ch. 168, § 2. (h) Repealed by Laws 1993, ch. 168, § 2. (j) Repealed by Laws 1993, ch. 168, § 2. (k) Repealed By Laws 1997 Special Session, ch. 3, § 304. (m) In determining the amount to be included in the foundation program for each district, the state superintendent shall: (i) Repealed By Laws 2006, Chapter 37, § 2. (ii) Repealed By Laws 2006, Chapter 37, § 2. (iii) Repealed By Laws 2006, Chapter 37, § 2. (iv) Based upon reports from each district on schools operating within that district for the current school year and on grade configurations contained within each reported school during that school year, compute the average daily membership (ADM) for each reported school and each grade within each reported school in accordance with identified grade configurations subject to the following: (A) If the district's average ADM for the two (2) immediately preceding school years is greater than the district's ADM from the previous school year, each reported school shall be computed based upon the average of the school's ADM counts completed at the end of the two (2) immediately preceding school years, otherwise each reported school within the district shall be computed based on the school's ADM for the previous school year; (B) For each school year, the configuration of grades for each school shall be based upon the ADM reported for each grade in which students were enrolled for the immediately preceding school year; (C) Repealed By Laws 2012, Ch. 99, § 2. (v) Based upon ADM computations and identified school configurations within each district pursuant to paragraph (iv) of this subsection, compute the foundation program amount for each district as prescribed by the education resource block grant model as defined under W.S. 21-13-101(a)(xiv). The following criteria shall be used by the state superintendent in the administration of the education resource block grant model: (A) At-risk students, for purposes of model computations, shall include students within a school who are eligible for participation in the free and reduced price lunch program under the national school lunch program established by 42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq., who are identified as limited English proficiency in accordance with rules and regulations of the department of education or who are mobile students as defined by department rule and regulation and enrolled in grades six (6) through twelve (12) for the applicable school year. A student shall be counted only once for purposes of computing school at-risk student populations even though that student may simultaneously be eligible to participate in the free and reduced price lunch program, in programs serving students with limited English proficiency or is defined as a mobile student; (B) Alternative schools may be established by a school district for offering educational programs to students with educational needs which the district finds are not appropriately met by other schools in the district, excluding charter schools established under W.S. 21-3-301 through 21-3-314. Alternative schools included within a district's configuration of schools identified under paragraph (iv) of this subsection shall for purposes of the education resource block grant model: (I) Repealed by Laws 2026, ch. 82, § 3. (II) Repealed By Laws 2007, Ch. 147, § 102. (III) Unless otherwise authorized by the state superintendent, be restricted to not more than one (1) alternative school within any school district; (IV) Be approved as an alternative school by the state superintendent subject to the following: (1) Completion of a formal evaluation of the school district's at-risk programs to ensure provision of a continuum of learning supports and classroom interventions addressing the needs of at-risk children within the district which is comprised of the following: a. Criteria for identifying at-risk students in accordance with and subject to research-based indicators; b. Use of individual learning plans for each identified at-risk student or an equivalent school-wide plan that defines interventions, programs and services required to address special needs. The plans shall be continuously monitored by the district; c. Use of quality learning supports and classroom interventions based upon the special needs of the student population served by the district and the supports and interventions are supported by and based upon research-based practices and strategies; d. Data based predictors to identify students at-risk of dropping out of school after reaching the age of compulsory attendance pursuant to W.S. 21-4-102 and learning supports and classroom strategies to address this student population. (2) A formal evaluation is conducted by the district not less than once every two (2) years of the school's programs, comprised of the continuum of learning supports and classroom interventions specified under subdivision (IV)(1) of this subparagraph. The evaluation shall measure the effectiveness of the school's programs in meeting the needs of those student populations attending the school. Formal evaluations conducted under this subparagraph shall be reported to and approved by the district board and reported to the state superintendent together with action plans addressing necessary program improvements; (3) Student achievement within the school is reported annually by the district to the state superintendent, as measured by quality indicators specified by rule and regulation of the department which reflect the components of the continuum of learning supports and classroom interventions specified under subdivision (IV)(1) of this subparagraph; (4) Educational space for the school is provided through facilities operated and maintained by the district and approved by the state construction department as meeting statewide adequacy standards. After two (2) evaluations by the state superintendent under subdivision (IV)(3) of this subparagraph that demonstrate academic progress or success of an alternative school's educational program, the alternative school shall be included in the district's five (5) year plan under W.S. 21-15-116 and the school's long-term facility needs shall be evaluated by the state construction department. Notwithstanding subparagraph (m)(vi)(C) of this section, the state construction department shall not approve any district plan which includes educational space for the alternative school within a separate facility unless the district provides sufficient documentation and evidence that the school cannot be collocated within a facility containing educational space for another school with similar grade configurations operated by the district. (V) Repealed by Laws 2026, ch. 82, § 3. (C) Repealed by Laws 2026, ch. 82, § 3. (D) Career and technical education computations within the education resource block grant model shall be based upon: (I) The number of students enrolled in grades nine (9) through twelve (12) participating in career and technical education programs on a full-time equivalency (FTE) basis, as computed in accordance with guidelines established by the department of education; (II) Career and technical education programs offered in grades nine (9) through twelve (12) consisting of a sequence of three (3) or more career and technical courses in an occupational area or career cluster that provides students with the technical knowledge, skills or proficiencies necessary to obtain employment in current or emerging occupations or to pursue advanced skill training. To qualify under this subdivision, a career and technical course shall be offered pursuant to W.S. 21-9-101(b)(i)(J) and aligned with state content and performance standards prescribed by the state board of education under W.S. 21-2-304(a)(iii), and except as provided under W.S. 21-2-202(a)(xxvii), shall be provided by a teacher certified by the Wyoming professional teaching standards board for the career and technical subject area associated with the course; (III) Repealed by Laws 2025, ch. 108, § 4. (E) Amounts computed under the education resource block grant model for each school district based upon amounts generated by each school within the district and based upon amounts generated at the district level for that district within the block grant model, shall be adjusted by adding the following amounts: (I) An amount for district transportation of school children as provided under W.S. 21-13-320; (II) Repealed by Laws 2023, ch. 111, § 2. (III) An amount for any extra compensation payments to district teachers as provided under W.S. 21-13-324; (IV) An amount for any isolation and maintenance payments by the district as provided under W.S. 21-4-401; (V) An amount for any tuition and maintenance payments made by the district pursuant to W.S. 21-4-501(d) and 21-4-504. (F) Amounts provided within the model for health insurance shall be based upon: (I) The actual participants, for each month of the prior year, of full-time equivalent (FTE) employees funded with amounts allocated from the education resource block grant model in district health insurance plans categorized into employee only, split contracts, employee plus spouse, employee plus children and family coverage. Each FTE reported under this subdivision shall be adjusted by the department of education to reflect eligible participation in the state group health insurance plan and proportional contribution percentages. For any FTE reported under this subdivision funded from the education resource block grant model and any other source of funds, a proportional share of the FTE shall be used for purposes of this subparagraph; (II) Each reported employee under subdivision (I) of this subparagraph shall be multiplied by the annualized state contribution rate as of January 1 of the preceding school year, on behalf of each employee and official enrolled in the state group health insurance plan, for employee only, split contracts, employee plus spouse, employee plus children and family coverage except as provided in subdivision (IV) of this subparagraph; and (III) Repealed by Laws 2026, ch. 82, § 3. (IV) For school year 2027-2028 and each school year thereafter, the amount provided to school districts for health insurance shall be computed as follows: (1) The amount calculated pursuant to subdivision (II) of this subparagraph, subject to subdivision (2) of this subdivision; (2) If the actual prior school year health insurance expenditures for employees funded with amounts allocated from the education resource block grant model is less than the amount calculated under subdivision (II) of this subparagraph for that school year, the difference shall be subtracted from the amount calculated pursuant to subdivision (II) of this subparagraph. (G) Amounts within the education resource block grant model for maintenance and operations shall be based upon the lesser of the actual educational gross square footage of school buildings and facilities or the education space prescribed by statewide adequacy standards under W.S. 21-15-115 subject to the following: (I) Actual gross square footage of school buildings and facilities shall be separated into education space categories by school and by district, including leased square footage but excluding square footage not used for delivering the required educational program and the square footage of any building or facility closed and not operational as provided under W.S. 21-15-109(c)(iv); (II) Actual gross square footage of education space shall be the gross square footage prescribed by statewide building adequacy standards promulgated pursuant to W.S. 21-15-115. Education space capacity in excess of one hundred fifteen percent (115%) of the standard space level shall not be included in actual gross square footage computations under this subdivision. (III) Repealed by Laws 2026, ch. 82, § 3. (vi) Except for charter schools established under W.S. 21-3-301 through 21-3-314 and alternative schools approved under subdivision (v)(B)(IV) of this subsection, any alteration of the configuration of grades within a district, school or school facility which differs from the configuration of grades during the immediately preceding school year as reported under paragraph (iv) of this subsection shall be considered a reconfiguration and shall be documented by the district and reported to the state superintendent and the director of the state construction department. Following review and evaluation, the state superintendent and the director of the state construction department shall, each acting independently, approve or deny the reconfiguration for purposes of application to the education resource block grant model and the determination of school facility needs and remedies. The following shall apply: (A) Approval under this paragraph shall be based upon the appropriate delivery of the required educational program, the cost effectiveness of the proposed grade reconfiguration for delivery of adequate educational services to students with block grant resources, district wide capacity of school educational facilities as defined under W.S. 21-15-109(a)(ii) and any extraordinary circumstances related to the safe and efficient delivery of the education program to students; (B) Approval under this paragraph shall be required prior to receiving state funds for adding any new school within a district; (C) No reconfiguration of grades within any district, school or facility shall differ from the previous school year such that more than one (1) school is included within any one (1) school facility to be reported under paragraph (iv) of this subsection for purposes of determining the foundation program amount for that district; (D) As used in this paragraph, "configuration" means the approved combination of grades served within a district, school or school facility as reported for purposes of determining the foundation program amount for that district under this section. (n) Repealed By Laws 2002, Chapter 76, § 3; 2006, Chapter 37, § 2. (o) To the extent specifically provided by the legislature, and between periods of model recalibration required under subsection (t) of this section, the amount computed for each district under subsection (m) of this section shall be adjusted to provide for the effects of inflation, excluding those amounts specified under subparagraphs (m)(v)(E) and (F) of this section, the technology and equipment component as specified in W.S. 21-13-309.1(c)(xxii), the gifted and talented students component as specified in W.S. 21-13-309.1(c)(xxiii) and the short cycle and formative assessment component as specified in W.S. 21-13-309.1(c)(xxvi). The adjustment under this subsection shall not be applied until the expiration of the school year immediately following the first school year of application of the recalibrated model, and shall be adjusted on a cumulative basis each school year thereafter and until the first school year of application of a subsequent model recalibration. Following analysis of information reported under subsection (u) of this section, the joint appropriations committee shall submit a recommendation to the legislature and the governor not later than November 1 of each applicable year on an external cost adjustment for purposes of this subsection. (p) Except as otherwise provided by law and following the computation and application of any adjustment under subsection (o) of this section, the amount computed for each school within each district shall be combined with the amount computed and provided on a district level for that district, as prescribed by the education resource block grant model, to determine the foundation program amount for each district. (q) Repealed By Laws 2006, Chapter 37, § 2. (r) Repealed By Laws 2006, Chapter 37, § 2. (s) Repealed By Laws 2006, Chapter 37, § 2. (t) Not less than once every five (5) years, the legislature shall provide for the recalibration of the education resource block grant model to determine if modifications are necessary to ensure it remains cost-based in light of changing conditions and modifications to law. (u) To ensure model components specified under the education resource block grant model defined under W.S. 21-13-101(a)(xiv), as enumerated and enacted by the legislature and as specified by W.S. 21-13-309.1, remain resourced at cost-based levels between periods of model recalibration required under subsection (t) of this section, and prior to adjustment for the effects of inflation for any school year under subsection (o) of this section, the joint education interim committee shall annually receive and review reports in accordance with this subsection and report to the joint appropriations committee as required by this subsection. The legislative service office shall assemble information necessary to develop a model monitoring process and other reports for the committee using data maintained by the department of education and other state agencies. For this purpose, the department shall annually update and compile information, in a format contained within reports provided during 2025 model recalibration, reported at the model component level, on school district allocation of model resources, as well as other information provided for purposes of developing and completing the 2025 cost of education studies. Each year excluding the first school year of application of any model recalibration performed under subsection (t) of this section, the information and analysis assembled by the legislative service office under this subsection shall be reported to the joint education interim committee in sufficient time to allow committee review of and deliberation on the report and the submission of recommendations to the joint appropriations committee by October 15 of the applicable school year. Report recommendations shall be used by the joint appropriations committee in its determination of legislative recommendation on model adjustment under subsection (o) of this section.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-309.1 Education resource block grant model components.

(a) This section is intended to specify the education resource block grant model components and computations necessary to execute the 2025 cost of education study as required by W.S. 21-13-309(t) and as adopted and modified by the legislature. (b) As used in this section: (i) "Average daily membership" or "ADM" means as defined by W.S. 21-13-101(a)(i) and calculated pursuant to W.S. 21-13-309(m)(iv); (ii) "Education resource block grant model" means as defined by W.S. 21-13-101(a)(xiv); (iii) "Co-located school" means two (2) or more schools, each with its own administrative structure, that operate within the same physical facility, regardless of whether the schools serve the same or different grade bands; (iv) "FTE" means full-time equivalency basis as computed in accordance with the department of education rule; (v) "Grade band" means a school grade configuration that falls within one (1) of the following configurations: (A) An elementary school grade band that includes grades kindergarten through grade six (6) or any combination of those grades; (B) A middle school grade band that includes grades five (5) through eight (8) or grade six (6) through grades nine (9) or any combination of grades within those ranges; (C) A high school grade band that includes grades eight (8) through grade twelve (12) or any combination of those grades. (c) The education resource block grant model components and associated resources are as follows: (i) Full day kindergarten. Funded for all elementary school grade bands; (ii) Core teachers. For any school with greater than fifty (50) ADM, one (1.0) FTE for every sixteen (16) ADM for grades kindergarten through three (3), one (1.0) FTE for every twenty-two (22) ADM for grades four (4) through eight (8) and one (1.0) FTE for every twenty-five (25) ADM for grades nine (9) through twelve (12); (iii) Elective/specialist teachers: (A) Elementary school grade bands. FTE equal to twenty percent (20%) of the core teachers calculated pursuant to paragraph (ii) of this subsection; (B) Middle school grade bands. FTE equal to thirty-three and one-third percent (33 1/3%) of the core teachers calculated pursuant to paragraph (ii) of this subsection; (C) High school grade bands. FTE equal to thirty-three and one-third percent (33 1/3%) of the core teachers calculated pursuant to paragraph (ii) of this subsection. (iv) For any school with greater than fifty (50) ADM, additional career and technical education teachers. FTE equal to thirty-four percent (34%) of each school's career and technical education students as determined pursuant to W.S. 21-13-309(m)(v)(D)(I), divided by twenty-five (25); (v) Minimum teachers. Resourced at the highest prototypical school model: (A) For any school with greater than fifty (50) ADM, if the combined total FTE calculated pursuant to paragraphs (ii), (iii) and (iv) of this subsection is less than the applicable minimum specified in subdivisions (I) through (III) of this subparagraph, the grade band shall be provided the applicable minimum teacher FTEs as follows: (I) For an elementary school grade band with greater than fifty (50) ADM, six (6) FTE and for an elementary school grade band with fifty (50) ADM or less, six (6) FTE reduced on a pro rata basis, calculated by multiplying six (6) teacher FTEs by a fraction, the numerator of which is the elementary school grade band ADM and the denominator of which is fifty (50); (II) For a middle school grade band with greater than fifty (50) ADM, seven (7) FTE and for a middle school grade band with fifty (50) ADM or less, seven (7) FTE reduced on a pro rata basis, calculated by multiplying seven (7) teacher FTEs by a fraction, the numerator of which is the middle school grade band ADM and the denominator of which is fifty (50); (III) For a high school grade band with greater than fifty (50) ADM, nine (9) FTE and for a high school grade band with fifty (50) ADM or less, nine (9) FTE reduced on a pro rata basis, calculated by multiplying nine (9) teacher FTEs by a fraction, the numerator of which is the high school grade band ADM and the denominator of which is fifty (50). (B) For any school with fifty (50) ADM or less, the minimum teacher FTEs shall be provided as follows: (I) For an elementary school, six (6) FTE reduced on a pro rata basis, calculated by multiplying six (6) teacher FTEs by a fraction, the numerator of which is the school's ADM and the denominator of which is fifty (50); (II) For a middle school, seven (7) FTE reduced on a pro rata basis, calculated by multiplying seven (7) teacher FTEs by a fraction, the numerator of which is the school's ADM and the denominator of which is fifty (50); (III) For a high school, nine (9) FTE reduced on a pro rata basis, calculated by multiplying nine (9) teacher FTEs by a fraction, the numerator of which is the school's ADM and the denominator of which is fifty (50); (IV) Notwithstanding subdivisions (I) through (III) of this subparagraph, each school shall receive a minimum of one (1.0) FTE. (C) For any school district that includes grades kindergarten through grade twelve (12), if the combined total FTE calculated pursuant to paragraphs (ii), (iii) and (iv) of this subsection and subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this paragraph is less than seventeen (17) for the school district, additional FTEs shall be provided to ensure the total teacher FTE for the school district is equal to seventeen (17). (vi) Summer school teachers. One (1.0) FTE for every one hundred twenty (120) at-risk students identified pursuant to W.S. 21-13-309(m)(v)(A); (vii) Extended day school teachers. One (1.0) FTE for every one hundred twenty (120) at-risk students identified pursuant to W.S. 21-13-309(m)(v)(A); (viii) English language learner teachers. One (1.0) FTE for every one hundred (100) students identified as limited English proficient in accordance with rules enacted by the department of education pursuant to W.S. 21-13-309(m)(v)(A); (ix) Instructional facilitators. Resourced at the highest prototypical school model using total school ADM: (A) Elementary schools. One and one-half (1.5) FTE for every three hundred thirty (330) ADM; (B) Middle schools. One and one-half (1.5) FTE for every three hundred fifteen (315) ADM; (C) High schools. One and one-half (1.5) FTE for every three hundred fifteen (315) ADM; (D) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (A) through (C) of this paragraph, each school district shall receive a minimum of one (1.0) FTE. (x) At-risk/core tutors. Resourced at the highest prototypical school model using total school ADM. One (1.0) FTE for every one hundred (100) at-risk students identified pursuant to W.S. 21-13-309(m)(v)(A), plus: (A) Elementary schools. One (1.0) FTE for every three hundred thirty (330) ADM; (B) Middle schools. One (1.0) FTE for every three hundred fifteen (315) ADM; (C) High schools. One (1.0) FTE for every three hundred fifteen (315) ADM. (xi) Substitute teachers. An amount equal to: (A) For FTEs, five and seven hundred fifteen thousandths percent (5.715%) of the combined total FTEs generated by paragraphs (ii) through (x) of this subsection; (B) For employer paid social security and Medicare benefits, the amount calculated in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph multiplied by a daily salary as specified in subparagraph (xxxiv)(P) of this subsection, multiplied by seven and sixty-five hundredths percent (7.65%). (xii) Counselors. Resourced at each grade band: (A) Elementary school grade bands. One (1.0) FTE for every three hundred thirty (330) ADM; (B) Middle school grade bands. One (1.0) FTE for every two hundred fifty (250) ADM; (C) High school grade bands. One (1.0) FTE for every two hundred fifty (250) ADM; (D) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (A) through (C) of this paragraph, each school district shall receive a minimum of one (1.0) FTE. (xiii) Pupil support positions. One (1.0) FTE for every one hundred (100) at-risk students computed under W.S. 21-13-309(m)(v)(A); (xiv) Nurses. Resourced at the highest prototypical school model using total school ADM: (A) Elementary schools. One (1.0) FTE for every three hundred thirty (330) ADM; (B) Middle schools. One (1.0) FTE for every three hundred fifteen (315) ADM; (C) High schools. One (1.0) FTE for every three hundred fifteen (315) ADM; (D) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (A) through (C) of this paragraph, each school district shall receive a minimum of one-half (0.5) FTE. (xv) Supervisory aides. Resourced at the highest prototypical school model using total school ADM: (A) Elementary schools. Two (2.0) FTE for every three hundred thirty (330) ADM; (B) Middle schools. Two (2.0) FTE for every three hundred fifteen (315) ADM; (C) High schools. Three (3.0) FTE for every six hundred thirty (630) ADM. (xvi) Librarians. Resourced at the highest prototypical school model using total school ADM: (A) Elementary schools. One (1.0) FTE for every three hundred thirty (330) ADM up to three hundred thirty (330) ADM; (B) Middle schools. One (1.0) FTE for every three hundred fifteen (315) ADM up to three hundred fifteen (315) ADM; (C) High schools. One (1.0) FTE for every six hundred thirty (630) ADM up to six hundred thirty (630) ADM; (D) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (A) through (C) of this paragraph, each school district shall receive a minimum of one-half (0.5) FTE. (xvii) Library aides. Resourced at the highest prototypical school model using total school ADM: (A) Elementary schools. One (1.0) FTE for each additional three hundred thirty (330) ADM above three hundred thirty (330) ADM; (B) Middle schools. One (1.0) FTE for each additional three hundred fifteen (315) ADM above three hundred fifteen (315) ADM; (C) High schools. One (1.0) FTE for each additional six hundred thirty (630) ADM above six hundred thirty (630) ADM. (xviii) Principals. Resourced at the highest prototypical school model using total school ADM: (A) Elementary schools. One (1.0) FTE for each school with at least one hundred ten (110) ADM; (B) Middle schools. One (1.0) FTE for each school with at least one hundred five (105) ADM; (C) High schools. One (1.0) FTE for each school with at least one hundred five (105) ADM. (xix) Assistant principals. Resourced at the highest prototypical school model using total school ADM: (A) Elementary schools. The greater of: (I) One (1.0) FTE for each additional three hundred thirty (330) ADM above three hundred thirty (330) ADM; or (II) One (1.0) FTE for schools with less than one hundred ten (110) ADM. (B) Middle schools. The greater of: (I) One (1.0) assistant principal position for each additional three hundred fifteen (315) ADM above three hundred fifteen (315) ADM; or (II) One (1.0) FTE for schools with less than one hundred five (105) ADM. (C) High schools. The greater of: (I) One (1.0) assistant principal position for each additional three hundred fifteen (315) ADM above three hundred fifteen (315) ADM; or (II) One (1.0) FTE for schools with less than one hundred five (105) ADM. (xx) School site secretaries. Resourced at the highest prototypical school model using total school ADM: (A) Elementary schools. Two (2) FTE for three hundred thirty (330) ADM, prorated down to one and one-half (1.5) FTE for two hundred twenty (220) ADM, prorated down to one (1.0) FTE for one hundred ten (110) ADM, one (1.0) FTE prorated below one hundred ten (110) ADM. For schools with greater than three hundred thirty (330) ADM, one (1.0) additional FTE for each additional one hundred sixty-five (165) ADM; (B) Middle schools. Two (2.0) FTE for three hundred fifteen (315) ADM, prorated down to one and one-half (1.5) FTE for two hundred ten (210) ADM, prorated down to one (1.0) FTE for one hundred five (105) ADM, one (1.0) FTE prorated below one hundred five (105) ADM. For schools with ADM greater than three hundred fifteen (315) ADM, one (1.0) additional FTE for each additional one hundred fifty-seven and one-half (157.5) ADM; (C) High schools. Three (3.0) FTE for six hundred thirty (630) ADM, prorated down to two (2.0) FTE for three hundred fifteen (315) ADM, prorated down to one and one-half (1.5) FTE for two hundred ten (210) ADM, prorated down to one (1.0) FTE for one hundred five (105) ADM, one (1.0) FTE prorated below one hundred five (105) ADM. For schools with ADM greater than six hundred thirty (630) ADM, one (1.0) additional FTE for each additional two hundred ten (210) ADM. (xxi) Instructional and library materials. Three hundred dollars ($300.00) per ADM; (xxii) Technology and equipment. Two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) per ADM; (xxiii) Gifted and talented students. Twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per ADM. (xxiv) Student activities: (A) School districts with two thousand (2,000) or more ADM: eight hundred thirty-three dollars ($833.00) per high school grade band ADM, four hundred forty-seven dollars ($447.00) per middle school grade band ADM and thirty-five dollars ($35.00) per elementary school grade band ADM; (B) School districts with five hundred (500) ADM: two thousand eighty-two dollars and fifty cents ($2,082.50) per high school grade band ADM, one thousand one hundred seventeen dollars and fifty cents ($1,117.50) per middle school grade band ADM and eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents ($87.50) per elementary school grade band ADM; (C) School districts with one hundred fifty (150) or fewer ADM: two thousand four hundred ninety-nine dollars ($2,499.00) per high school grade band ADM, one thousand three hundred forty-one dollars ($1,341.00) per middle school grade band ADM and one hundred five dollars ($105.00) per elementary school grade band ADM; (D) For school districts with less than two thousand (2,000) ADM and more than five hundred (500) ADM the per ADM amounts specified in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph shall be proportionally adjusted on a linear per ADM basis to the per ADM amounts specified in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph; (E) For school districts with less than five hundred (500) ADM and more than one hundred fifty (150) ADM the per ADM amounts specified in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph shall be proportionally adjusted on a linear per ADM basis to the per ADM amounts specified in subparagraph (C) of this paragraph. (xxv) Professional development. One hundred ninety-one dollars and forty-three cents ($191.43) per ADM; (xxvi) Short cycle and formative assessments. Twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per ADM; (xxvii) Central office staff. Central office staff shall be calculated utilizing the school district's ADM, as follows: (A) For school districts with five hundred (500) ADM or less: (I) One (1.0) FTE for a superintendent position; (II) One and one-half (1.5) FTE for deputy/assistant superintendent positions; (III) Two (2.0) FTE for secretary/accounting positions; (IV) One (1.0) FTE for a computer technician position. (B) For school districts with more than five hundred (500) ADM and less than or equal to one thousand (1,000) ADM: (I) One (1.0) FTE for a superintendent position; (II) Two (2.0) FTE for deputy/assistant superintendent positions at one thousand (1,000) ADM prorated down to one and one-half (1.5) FTE for five hundred (500) ADM; (III) Three (3.0) FTE for secretary/accounting positions at one thousand (1,000) ADM prorated down to two (2.0) FTE for five hundred (500) ADM; (IV) Two (2.0) FTE for computer technician positions at one thousand (1,000) ADM prorated down to one (1.0) FTE for five hundred (500) ADM. (C) For school districts with more than one thousand (1,000) ADM and less than or equal to two thousand (2,000) ADM: (I) One (1.0) FTE for a superintendent position; (II) Three (3.0) FTE for deputy/assistant superintendent positions at two thousand (2,000) ADM prorated down to two (2.0) FTE for one thousand (1,000) ADM; (III) Six and one-half (6.5) FTE for secretary/accounting positions at two thousand (2,000) ADM prorated down to three (3.0) FTE for one thousand (1,000) ADM; (IV) Two and one-half (2.5) FTE for computer technician positions at two thousand (2,000) ADM prorated down to two (2.0) FTE for one thousand (1,000) ADM. (D) For school districts with more than two thousand (2,000) ADM and less than or equal to four thousand (4,000) ADM: (I) One (1.0) FTE for a superintendent position; (II) Four (4.0) FTE for deputy/assistant superintendent positions at four thousand (4,000) ADM prorated down to three (3.0) FTE for two thousand (2,000) ADM; (III) Ten (10.0) FTE for secretary/accounting positions at four thousand (4,000) ADM prorated down to six and one-half (6.5) FTE for two thousand (2,000) ADM; (IV) Five (5.0) FTE for computer technician positions at four thousand (4,000) ADM prorated down to two and one-half (2.5) FTE for two thousand (2,000) ADM; (V) Three (3.0) FTE for director/coordinator positions at four thousand (4,000) ADM prorated down to zero (0.0) FTE for two thousand (2,000) ADM; (VI) One (1.0) FTE for a network supervisor position at four thousand (4,000) ADM prorated down to zero (0.0) FTE for two thousand (2,000) ADM; (VII) One (1.0) FTE for a software manager position at four thousand (4,000) ADM prorated down to zero (0.0) FTE for two thousand (2,000) ADM. (E) For school districts with more than four thousand (4,000) ADM and less than or equal to twelve thousand (12,000) ADM: (I) One (1.0) FTE for a superintendent position; (II) Four (4.0) FTE for deputy/assistant superintendent positions; (III) Twenty (20.0) FTE for secretary/accounting positions at twelve thousand (12,000) ADM prorated down to ten (10.0) FTE for four thousand (4,000) ADM; (IV) Fifteen (15.0) FTE for computer technician positions at twelve thousand (12,000) ADM prorated down to five (5.0) FTE for four thousand (4,000) ADM; (V) Nine (9.0) FTE for director/coordinator positions at twelve thousand (12,000) ADM prorated down to three (3.0) FTE for four thousand (4,000) ADM; (VI) Two (2.0) FTE for network supervisor positions at twelve thousand (12,000) ADM prorated down to one (1.0) FTE for four thousand (4,000) ADM; (VII) Two (2.0) FTE for software manager positions at twelve thousand (12,000) ADM prorated down to one (1.0) FTE for four thousand (4,000) ADM; (VIII) Ten (10.0) FTE for other central office professional positions at twelve thousand (12,000) ADM prorated down to zero (0.0) FTE for four thousand (4,000) ADM. (F) For school districts with more than twelve thousand (12,000) ADM: (I) One (1.0) FTE for a superintendent position; (II) Four (4.0) FTE for deputy/assistant superintendent positions; (III) Twenty (20.0) FTE for secretary/accounting positions prorated up from twelve thousand (12,000) ADM; (IV) Fifteen (15.0) FTE for computer technician positions prorated up from twelve thousand (12,000) ADM; (V) Nine (9.0) FTE for director/coordinator positions prorated up from twelve thousand (12,000) ADM; (VI) Two (2.0) FTE for network supervisor positions prorated up from twelve thousand (12,000) ADM; (VII) Two (2.0) FTE for software manager positions prorated up from twelve thousand (12,000) ADM; (VIII) Ten (10.0) FTE for other central office professional positions prorated up from twelve thousand (12,000) ADM. (xxviii) Central office nonpersonnel resources. Six hundred six dollars ($606.00) per ADM; (xxix) School custodians. Resourced at the highest prototypical school model for each school operating for the immediately preceding school year: (A) For schools with more than fifty (50) ADM, calculated using the average of the four (4) factors specified under subdivisions (I) through (IV) of this subparagraph, plus an additional one-half (0.5) FTE for middle or high schools: (I) One (1.0) FTE for every thirteen (13) FTE resourced under paragraphs (ii) through (v) of this subsection; (II) One (1.0) FTE for every three hundred twenty-five (325) ADM; (III) One (1.0) FTE for every thirteen (13) classrooms; (IV) One (1.0) FTE for every eighteen thousand (18,000) square feet of authorized education space, as determined by W.S. 21-13-309(m)(v)(G). (B) District custodians. One (1.0) FTE for every eighteen thousand (18,000) square feet of authorized education space, multiplied by ten percent (10%) of the total authorized education space for all school buildings in the district, as determined under W.S. 21-13-309(m)(v)(G). (xxx) Maintenance workers. Resourced at the highest prototypical school model for each school operating for the immediately preceding school year: (A) A base FTE resourced using the average of the four (4) factors specified under subdivisions (I) through (IV) of this subparagraph, plus the additional adjustments to the base FTE amount as provided in subdivision (V) of this subparagraph: (I) One and one-tenth (1.1) FTE per school building; (II) One (1.0) FTE for every sixty thousand (60,000) square feet of authorized education space, as determined under W.S. 21-13-309(m)(v)(G), multiplied by one and two-tenths (1.2); (III) One (1.0) FTE for every one thousand (1,000) ADM, multiplied by one and three-tenths (1.3); (IV) One (1.0) FTE for every five million dollars ($5,000,000.00) of the school district's school year 2004-2005 general fund operating expenditures, multiplied by one and two-tenths (1.2); (V) The base FTE calculated under this subparagraph for each school building shall be adjusted as follows: (1) A school level adjustment for elementary schools equal to the product of the base FTE multiplied by a factor of eight-tenths (0.8) less the base FTE and for high schools equal to the product of the base FTE multiplied by two (2) less the base FTE; (2) A building age adjustment for a school building that is less than ten (10) years old equal to the product of the base FTE multiplied by a factor of ninety-five hundredths (0.95) less the base FTE and for a school building that is more than thirty (30) years old equal to the product of the base FTE multiplied by a factor of one and one-tenth (1.1) less the base FTE; (3) A small district adjustment for a school district with less than one thousand (1,000) ADM equal to the base FTE plus the adjustments under subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subdivision, then multiplied by a factor of one and one-tenth (1.1) less the base FTE and the adjustments under subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subdivision. (xxxi) Groundskeepers. In making calculations under this paragraph: (A) For school land acreage containing more than one (1) school building, the resources shall be generated at the highest applicable prototypical school model using the total ADM of all schools on the land acreage; (B) Acreage acquired by a district after July 1, 1997 shall be calculated using the lesser of the actual site acreage on which the facility is situated or the acreage specified in the state construction department's rules, provided that this limitation shall not apply if the acreage was acquired through an exchange with another governmental entity and the acreages involved in the exchange were originally acquired by the district and the governmental entity on or prior to July 1, 1997; (C) A base groundskeeper FTE for each school site for the immediately preceding school year shall be equal to the authorized acreage computed under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this paragraph multiplied by ninety-three (93) hours per acre divided by two thousand eight (2,008) hours of work per year. The base groundskeeper FTE shall be adjusted by a factor equal to the base groundskeeper FTE multiplied by one and five-tenths (1.5) for middle school sites and two and five-tenths (2.5) for high school sites; (D) Groundskeeper FTE positions for district level sites shall be equal to ten percent (10%) of the school level groundskeeper FTE positions calculated under subparagraph (C) of this paragraph. (xxxii) Operations and maintenance supplies. The authorized education space for each school building, as determined under W.S. 21-13-309(m)(v)(G), multiplied by one dollar and two cents ($1.02) per square foot and adjusted by a factor of one and one-tenth (1.1); (xxxiii) Utilities. Actual school year 2024-2025 general fund expenditures by school district excluding amounts reimbursed under W.S. 21-13-320 and 21-13-321 adjusted by the external cost adjustment in accordance with W.S. 21-13-309(o). For additional buildings added or removed from school district building inventories after school year 2024-2025, one hundred percent (100%) of 2024-2025 district average utility expenditures per gross square foot for district school buildings as adjusted by the external cost adjustment in accordance with W.S. 21-13-309(o) multiplied by the additional or removed square footage; (xxxiv) Salaries. The average salaries for the positions specified in this subsection shall be as follows: (A) Superintendents: one hundred sixty-four thousand three hundred sixty-seven dollars ($164,367.00); (B) Deputy/assistant superintendents: one hundred twenty-four thousand nine hundred ninety-four dollars ($124,994.00); (C) Director/coordinators: one hundred fifteen thousand nine hundred five dollars ($115,905.00); (D) Other central office professional personnel: ninety thousand dollars ($90,000.00); (E) Network supervisor/software managers: sixty-eight thousand five hundred sixteen dollars ($68,516.00); (F) Computer technicians: sixty thousand three hundred fifty-eight dollars ($60,358.00); (G) Principals: one hundred fifteen thousand nine hundred five dollars ($115,905.00); (H) Assistant principals: one hundred eight thousand nine hundred fifty-one dollars ($108,951.00); (J) Teachers, including instructional facilitators, tutors, counselors, pupil support, librarians and nurses: seventy-five thousand eight hundred sixty-three dollars ($75,863.00); (K) Secretary/accounting personnel: forty-seven thousand four hundred thirty-two dollars ($47,432.00); (M) Supervisory/library aides: twenty-nine thousand four hundred thirty-four dollars ($29,434.00); (N) Maintenance workers: fifty-three thousand seven hundred twenty-four dollars ($53,724.00); (O) Groundskeepers/custodians: thirty-seven thousand six hundred five dollars ($37,605.00); (P) Substitute teachers: one hundred eighty-five dollars ($185.00) per day. (xxxv) In determining the resources allocated to each school district, each salary specified in paragraph (xxxiv) of this subsection shall be adjusted in the following order: (A) Multiplied by the external cost adjustment adopted by the legislature pursuant to W.S. 21-13-309(o) and in accordance with paragraph (xxxviii) of this subsection; (B) Multiplied by the lowest regional cost adjustment specified in subsection (f) of this section for the applicable school year to establish a baseline salary; (C) The baseline salary for each position computed in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph shall be further multiplied by each school district's rebased regional cost adjustment determined in subsection (f) of this section for the applicable school year to determine the salary for each school district for each position. (xxxvi) Employer-paid payroll costs. In determining the resources allocated to each school district, each salary shall be multiplied by eight and forty-one hundredths percent (8.41%), including: (A) Social security equal to six and two-tenths percent (6.2%). Social security benefits shall be limited to each salary up to the maximum taxable earnings amount as of January 1 of the immediately preceding school year; (B) Medicare equal to one and forty-five hundredths percent (1.45%); (C) Workers' compensation equal to seven-tenths percent (0.7%); (D) Unemployment insurance equal to six-hundredths percent (0.06%). (xxxvii) Health insurance. Health insurance benefits shall be computed pursuant to W.S. 21-13-309(m)(v)(F); (xxxviii) External cost adjustment. The following categories of model components shall be adjusted by the external cost adjustment adopted by the legislature pursuant to W.S. 21-13-309(o): (A) "Education materials category" including the following components: (I) Instructional and library materials component resourced under paragraph (xxi) of this subsection; (II) Student activities component resourced under paragraph (xxiv) of this subsection; (III) Professional development component determined under paragraph (xxv) of this subsection; (IV) Central office nonpersonnel resources under paragraph (xxviii) of this subsection; (V) Operations and maintenance supplies resources under paragraph (xxxii) of this subsection. (B) "Energy category" includes the utilities component resourced under paragraph (xxxiii) of this subsection; (C) "Nonprofessional labor category" includes salaries for secretaries and accounting staff, supervisory and library aides, groundskeepers and custodians and maintenance workers identified under paragraph (xxxiv) of this subsection; (D) "Professional labor category" including salaries for superintendents, deputy and assistant superintendents, directors and coordinators, other central office professional personnel, network supervisors and software managers, computer technicians, principals, assistant principals and teachers identified under paragraph (xxxiv) of this subsection. (d) Amounts resourced through the education resource block grant model for FTE generated pursuant to paragraphs (c)(ii) through (x) of this section shall only be expended by a school district for instructional purposes and shall not be expended or transferred for any other purpose. As used in the subsection, "instructional purposes" includes individual, group or class instructional activities to provide educational programs required under W.S. 21-9-101 by teachers, tutors, paraeducators or instructional aides or any combination thereof, the use of instructional facilitators or any other instructional activity to assist in the instructional process. Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit a district from hiring fewer or more positions than resourced under paragraphs (c)(ii) through (x) of this section, prohibit a district from hiring paraeducators or instructional aides for instructional purposes or prohibit a district from contracting to deliver the educational program. Expenditures related to technology and equipment or instructional materials are not appropriate expenditures for instructional purposes under this subsection. (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, co-located schools shall be treated as a single school for purposes of funding, staffing and resource allocation through the education resource block grant model. The ADM for co-located schools shall be aggregated, and no component of the education resource block grant model, or any categorical allocation shall be calculated or distributed on a separate or duplicative basis for co-located schools, unless expressly authorized by law. (f) The salary for each staffing category shall be further adjusted for regional cost differences as follows: (i) By the hedonic wage index as computed in the 2025 cost of education study. For school year 2027-2028 and each year thereafter, the hedonic wage index shall be updated annually by the legislative service office until it is recalibrated in accordance with W.S. 21-13-309(t). Each salary under paragraph (c)(xxxiv) of this section shall be adjusted by the lowest annual hedonic wage index to establish a baseline state average salary for each position in the education resource block grant model. The baseline state average salary shall be further adjusted by each school district's rebased hedonic wage index with a minimum of one hundred (100) as the index value or an adjusted rebased hedonic wage index as computed in paragraph (ii) of this subsection; (ii) If the difference between a school district's rebased Wyoming cost-of-living index and its rebased hedonic wage index is greater than thirty-three (33) percentage points, the difference, less thirty-three (33) percentage points, shall be added to a district's rebased hedonic wage index. The version of the Wyoming cost-of-living index used under this paragraph for any school year shall be the average of the six (6) consecutive semi-annual index reports completed by January 1 of the immediately preceding school year and each semi-annual index report shall be rebased with the minimum of one (100) as the index value.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-310 Annual computation of district revenues.

(a) To ensure revenues available to each district are uniformly sufficient to enable compliance with the uniform standards for educational programs prescribed under W.S. 21-9-101 and 21-9-102 and to secure state board accreditation of educational programs under W.S. 21-2-304(a)(ii), the revenues specified under this subsection shall be deemed state revenues and shall be considered in determining the amount to be distributed to each district under W.S. 21-13-311. A district shall make an annual computation of the following revenues: (i) The revenue collections estimated to be received by each district during the school year as its proportionate share of the county six (6) mill levy imposed under W.S. 21-13-201(a) as certified on August 10 under W.S. 39-11-102.1(c)(v) for that school year; (ii) The required local tax effort in the current school year for the assessment and levy of school taxes by the district according to the following schedule: (A) Any district actually and physically operating a school within the boundaries of the district offering instruction in kindergarten through grade twelve (12), the amount of revenue collections estimated to be received during the school year under the twenty-five (25) mill local district levy as certified on August 10 under W.S. 39-11-102.1(c)(v) for that school year; (B) Any nonunified district actually and physically operating a school within the boundaries of the district offering instruction in kindergarten through grade eight (8), the amount of revenue collections estimated to be received during the school year under the number of mills levied pursuant to W.S. 21-13-102(a)(ii)(A), as certified on August 10 under W.S. 39-11-102.1(c)(v) for that school year. (iii) Repealed by Laws 1981, ch. 43, § 2. (iv) Repealed By Laws 2000, Ch. 12, § 3. (v) The district's share of fines and forfeitures distributed to it during the previous school year, including penalties distributed under W.S. 35-11-424(c); (vi) The district's share of forest reserve funds distributed to it during the previous year under W.S. 9-4-504; (vii) The district's share of Taylor Grazing Act funds distributed to it during the previous school year under W.S. 9-4-402; (viii) The district's share of the county motor vehicle fund distributed to it during the previous school year by the county treasurer under W.S. 31-3-103; (ix) The amount of tuition paid to the district during the previous school year, including any amount charged under W.S. 21-4-501 and any amount assessed in excess of the costs incurred for adult education programs, summer school programs, programs provided under an agreement for cooperative educational programs under W.S. 21-20-101 through 21-20-111 and any amount assessed for programs and services for children with disabilities, but excluding any tuition assessed by a district for the provision of virtual education programs to participating students pursuant to W.S. 21-13-330, any tuition assessed by a district for the provision of part-time educational programs to participating students pursuant to W.S. 21-2-904(b)(i)(C) and 21-4-502(c), any revenues received by a district from post secondary education option programs provided under W.S. 21-20-201 or for the provision of educational programs to a nonresident student placed in a juvenile detention facility pursuant to an agreement with the student's resident school district; (x) Repealed by Laws 1990, ch. 122, § 2. (xi) Repealed by Laws 1999, ch. 110, § 209. (xii) The district's share of interest and penalties on delinquent taxes under W.S. 39-13-108(b)(ii) and (c) distributed to it during the previous school year by the county treasurer; (xiii) The district's share of railroad car company taxes distributed to it during the previous school year by the county treasurer under W.S. 39-13-111(a)(iii); (xiv) Except as provided under W.S. 21-15-123(f)(vi), any amount received by the district during the preceding school year from the sale of real or personal property which was not owned by the district prior to July 1, 1997; (xv) One-half (1/2) of the amount of realized investment earnings received on school district investments; (xvi) All other revenues received or collected by the district during the previous school year, but excluding any amount received from private contributions and gifts, excluding any revenues dedicated by law to the payment of bonded indebtedness, and any revenues from the disposition of school buildings and land pursuant to W.S. 21-15-123(f)(vi), and excluding fees or other charges imposed by the district for goods or services, such as rental fees and the price paid for admission into any place for recreation, entertainment or an athletic event. Upon application of a district, the department shall exclude from this paragraph revenue received by the district if the department finds that the revenue could not be used by the district to provide educational services to students. (b) On or before July 10 of each year the county treasurer of each county shall certify to the state superintendent, in such form as the state superintendent shall provide, a report of monies distributed by him to each district within the county during the previous school year. (c) Annually, commencing on July 30, 1984, the state board of equalization, when determinable, shall certify to the department of education whether or not the level of local assessments for any category in each county is in accord with the requirements of the board of equalization and, if not, the percent by which the assessments are below the board's requirements. (d) As used in this section, "revenue collections estimated to be received" means nonmineral ad valorem taxes due in accordance with W.S. 39-13-107(b)(i)(D) as certified on August 10 under W.S. 39-11-102.1(c)(v) and monthly payment of ad valorem taxes on mineral production due in accordance with W.S. 39-13-113. (e) Repealed by Laws 1989, ch. 260, § 3. (f) Repealed by Laws 1990, ch. 122, § 2. (g) Repealed by Laws 1993, ch. 107, § 2.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-311 Determination of amount to be distributed to each district from foundation account; undistributed balance; prohibition on expenditures.

(a) The amount of money which shall be distributed to each district in accordance with this article from the public school foundation program account shall be determined by subtracting the sum of the district revenues computed in accordance with W.S. 21-13-310 from the total amount of the foundation program computed in accordance with W.S. 21-13-309. (b) Repealed By Laws 1997 Special Session, ch. 3, § 304. (c) The amount of the foundation account which is not distributed in any year, for any reason, shall be held in the foundation account for distribution in subsequent years in accordance with this article. (d) Effective school year 2011-2012 and each school year thereafter, no foundation program funds distributed under subsection (a) of this section shall be expended by any district for conducting random drug testing of students within the district without prior approval of the student's parents.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-312 Prorating payments when income from foundation account insufficient.

(a) To preserve the integrity of the foundation account for the biennium and so that payments can be made during the full school year for each year of the biennium, if it appears to the state superintendent that the income available to the foundation account is not sufficient to meet the payments as provided by law: (i) The state superintendent shall determine a uniform percentage by which the amount guaranteed to each district under W.S. 21-13-309 shall be reduced so that available revenues in the foundation account for that school year are as nearly as possible equal to the amount necessary to fund payments to districts under W.S. 21-13-313; and (ii) The revenue to be rebated by a district under W.S. 21-13-102(b) shall be adjusted based upon the guaranteed amount for that district determined under paragraph (a)(i) of this section.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-313 Distribution of funds from foundation account; property tax and cash reserve adjustment; regulations.

(a) For each school year the state auditor, on the certification of the state superintendent, shall draw warrants on the state treasurer for the amount of money which shall be distributed to each district from the foundation account as computed under W.S. 21-13-311. The warrants, payable to the treasurer of the district concerned, shall be delivered to the state superintendent for distribution to the several school districts. (b) The state superintendent shall determine on or before September 1 of each year the tentative allotment of foundation funds to which each district is entitled under this article. In making this determination, the state superintendent may, if current fiscal information required by law to compute the tentative allotment is not available for any district, use fiscal information available to the state superintendent from the foundation program computations of the previous school year for that district. The previous year's fiscal information shall be adjusted to reflect current fiscal changes and other information known by or available to the state superintendent. Upon receiving actual fiscal information from a district, the state superintendent shall accordingly adjust future foundation program determinations for that district such that foundation program payments appropriately reflect current fiscal information for the applicable school year. (c) Ten percent (10%) of each district's entitlement shall be paid to the district on or before July 15 of each year and subject to any adjustment under subsections (d) and (e) of this section, nine percent (9%) of each district's entitlement shall be paid on or about the fifteenth day of each month through April of each year. The final payment for the balance of each district's entitlement shall be distributed on or before May 15 of each year. If the state superintendent determines that the entitlement to be paid to a district for that school year is not accurate, the state superintendent shall adjust payments to or payments from that district as necessary to correct the inaccuracy as soon as practicable. Except as provided under W.S. 21-2-202(e) and 21-13-307(b), after June 30 of any school year, the state superintendent shall not adjust any district's entitlement or fiscal information used to compute a district's entitlement for that school year, and the entitlement or fiscal information shall only be adjusted thereafter in accordance with audit review pursuant to W.S. 9-1-513. (d) On or before August 15 of the succeeding fiscal year, each school district shall report the amount of revenue it received during the preceding fiscal year attributable to levies provided by W.S. 21-13-102(a)(i)(A) and (ii)(A) and 21-13-201 regardless of the assessment year, but not to include assessments from years prior to July 1, 1991. If those revenues reported are less than the revenues estimated under W.S. 21-13-310(a)(i) and (ii) for that fiscal year, as applicable, and if the district's total revenues computed under W.S. 21-13-310 for that fiscal year continue to be less than the total foundation program amount computed under W.S. 21-13-309, the school district shall be paid the difference by October 15 from the public school foundation program account. No amount in excess of the total foundation program amount computed for any district for that fiscal year shall be paid from the public school foundation program account for purposes of this subsection. Any amount paid under this subsection shall not thereafter be relevant to or used for future foundation program calculations. If those revenues reported are greater than the revenues estimated under W.S. 21-13-310(a)(i) and (ii) for that fiscal year, as applicable, the excess shall be included as revenues of the district under W.S. 21-13-310 in computing the foundation entitlement for the succeeding fiscal year. (e) Not later than January 31 of each fiscal year, and except where a different percentage is otherwise specified in this subsection, the department shall compute the amount by which each district's operating balance and cash reserves at the end of the preceding fiscal year exceed twenty percent (20%) of the total foundation program amount computed under W.S. 21-13-309, 21-13-309.1, 21-13-321 and 21-13-339 for the preceding fiscal year. Revenues from settlements of protested amounts attributable to levies assessed under W.S. 21-13-102(a)(i)(A) and (ii)(A) and 21-13-201, regardless of the assessment year, shall be accounted for and excluded from the calculation under this subsection for a period of not more than one (1) year following that fiscal year in which the revenue was received by a district, as verified in writing by the district and certified by the county treasurer. Except as excluded under this subsection, that excess shall be deemed to be a state revenue under W.S. 21-13-310(a) for the purpose of determining distributions under W.S. 21-13-311 and amounts to be rebated under W.S. 21-13-102. The department shall promulgate rules, including reporting requirements and procedures for districts, to implement this subsection. As used in this section, "operating balance and cash reserves" means those financial resources of the district which are not encumbered by the district board of trustees for expenditure to meet an existing legal obligation or otherwise restricted by law or regulation for expenditure on specific educational programs. For purposes of this subsection, any balance within a district's separate account established under W.S. 21-15-109(e) for major building and facility repair and replacement shall be deemed restricted by law for expenditure as provided by W.S. 21-15-109(e) and shall not be considered an operating balance and cash reserve under this section. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022 through the fiscal year ending June 30, 2028, the department shall compute the amount by which each district's operating balance and cash reserves at the end of the preceding fiscal year exceed thirty percent (30%) of the total foundation program amount computed under W.S. 21-13-309, 21-13-309.1, 21-13-321 and 21-13-339 for the preceding fiscal year. (f) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 2, § 803. (g) In addition to subsections (b) and (c) of this section, the state superintendent shall, for any district subject to W.S. 21-13-102(b) as determined by the department for any school year, or for any district not subject to W.S. 21-13-102(b) whose entitlement amount determined under W.S. 21-13-311(a) for any school year is equal to or less than twenty percent (20%) of the foundation program amount computed under W.S. 21-13-309(p), and upon demonstration by the district of financial need as documented by cash flow analysis, provide payments from the public school foundation program account in an amount not to exceed one-fifth (1/5) of the foundation program amount computed for that district for that school year in accordance with W.S. 21-13-309. The computed amount shall be paid to each eligible district on or after July 1 based upon tentative computations under W.S. 21-13-309, for which the department may use fiscal information available from foundation program computations for the previous school year in the manner provided under subsection (b) of this section. Any district receiving a payment under this subsection shall repay the public school foundation program account not later than June 15 of that school year.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-315 Costs of court ordered placement of children in private residential treatment facilities, group homes, day treatment programs and juvenile detention facilities.

(a) The department of family services shall establish an account to pay residential and treatment costs excluding educational and medical costs of court ordered placements of children in private residential treatment facilities and group homes located in Wyoming. Programs providing education services including programs for children with disabilities provided by a board of cooperative educational services, shall bill the department of education directly for educational costs of court ordered placements. In addition, costs of all services provided pursuant to a student's individualized education program, including special education services, related services and supplementary aids and services for children with disabilities and costs of education assessment for other children incurred as a result of court order prior to any placement, shall be billed directly to the department of education. The department of family services shall promulgate reasonable rules and regulations to provide procedures for implementing subsection (m) of this section. If the court rejects an in-state placement recommendation of the predisposition report or multidisciplinary team under W.S. 14-6-227 or 14-6-427, the court shall enter on the record specific findings of fact relied upon to support its decision to deviate from the recommended disposition. No court shall order an out-of-state placement unless: (i) Evidence has been presented to the court regarding the costs of the out-of-state placement being ordered together with evidence of the comparative costs of any suitable alternative in-state treatment program or facility, as determined by the department of family services pursuant to paragraph (d)(vii) of this section, whether or not placement in the in-state program or facility is currently available; (ii) The court makes an affirmative finding on the record that no placement can be made in a Wyoming institution or in a private residential treatment facility or group home located in Wyoming that can provide adequate treatment or services for the child; and (iii) The court states on the record why no in-state placement is available. (b) Except to the extent costs are covered under subsection (n) of this section, the department of education using federal or foundation funds, or both, shall pay for the allowable education costs of juvenile and district court ordered placements of children residing in private treatment facilities and group homes where a fee is charged, including court ordered placements in programs for children with disabilities provided by a board of cooperative educational services. No district shall receive funds, either directly or indirectly, from any facility or home receiving payment under this section for providing education programs and services to children placed and residing in the facility or home, but the district may count the children among its average daily membership if the district provides education services directly to the children or pays another district to provide education services to the children pursuant to contract. The department of education shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations prescribing standards and allowable costs for educational program services funded under this section. Standards shall be subject to W.S. 21-9-101 and 21-9-102 and rules and regulations of the state board and shall be designed to fit the unique populations of residential centers, group homes, programs and services provided by boards of cooperative educational services and out of state placement facilities. (c) Costs shall be billed monthly by the program provider to: (i) The department of family services account for residential and treatment services; and (ii) Except to the extent costs are covered under subsection (n) of this section, the department of education for approved educational services specified under subsection (b) of this section. (d) If a placement of a child is to be made and funded under this section, the predisposition study required by W.S. 14-6-227 or 14-6-427 shall include: (i) A description of efforts to provide services to the child in the home prior to placement; (ii) Contact with other agencies involved with the child. At a minimum, those contacted shall include the child's school and the field office of the department of family services; (iii) The presence of any preexisting and identified handicapping conditions; (iv) A review of the financial resources of the child's parent or guardian; (v) A certification by the department of family services that funding for the placement is available within the appropriation. The placement of the child shall not be funded under this section if the department of family services is unable to make the certification. The department of family services shall make the certification only if unencumbered funds are available within the appropriation making allowance for the costs for children already placed. Funds shall not be certified available if an adequate, less restrictive, less expensive placement is available; (vi) The names of persons and agencies contacted in preparing the report; and (vii) If an out-of-state placement is under consideration, the name, address, program description and costs of each Wyoming institution and each private residential treatment facility and group home located in Wyoming that the department of family services has determined can provide adequate treatment or services for the child, and whether placement in the in-state institution, treatment facility or group home is available. (e) If at any time the placement is found to be educationally inappropriate or not the least restrictive placement available, the placement shall be referred back to the court with a recommendation on what would be a suitable placement. (f) Only group homes and residential treatment facilities certified by the department of family services are eligible to receive funding for residential and treatment services under this section. Costs for education services shall be paid by the department of education under this section only if the educational program of the group home or residential treatment facility or the program provided by the board of cooperative educational services meets the standards of subsection (b) of this section and has been approved by the department. The department of family services and the department of education shall provide the courts with a list of approved facilities and services. The court shall determine the parents' or the guardian's contribution to the court ordered placement for all costs excluding necessary education costs based on the parents' or guardian's ability to pay as provided by W.S. 14-6-236 or 14-6-435. (g) Repealed by Laws 1987, ch. 221, § 2. (h) In the placement order the court shall declare the child's school district or school districts of residency in any district or districts which it deems proper in the best interests of the child. The declaration by the court shall be binding upon the school districts. (j) In the placement order the court shall determine that adequate efforts were made to maintain the child in the child's home prior to placement. (k) Except as otherwise provided by law, this section applies to children who are at least five (5) years of age as of August 1, or September 15 if pursuant to an approved request under W.S. 21-3-110(a)(xxxviii), of the year in which they may register in kindergarten as provided in W.S. 21-4-302(b) but who are under twenty-one (21) years of age. (m) The department of family services shall regularly monitor the amount of unencumbered funds available within the appropriation making allowance for the costs for children already placed. If the projected costs exceed the amount available, the division shall terminate its contracts for services under this section after notice of thirty (30) days and reduce the rates it pays to all providers by a uniform percentage. The percentage shall be determined by the division and shall bring the costs and projected fund availability into balance. The division shall readjust rates dependent upon change in availability of funds. (n) Prior to billing the department of education under paragraph (c)(ii) of this section, program providers shall bill the department of health for costs of approved educational services covered under the school health program under the Wyoming Medical Assistance and Services Act pursuant to W.S. 42-4-103(a)(xxx).

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-316 Interfund borrowing.

(a) The state treasurer may utilize interfund loans to the public school foundation program account to ensure statutory payments are made when dedicated revenues are not yet received. Interfund loans under this subsection may be made from the legislative stabilization reserve account or, to the extent insufficient funds exist in the legislative stabilization reserve account, the common school account within the permanent land fund. Any interfund loans executed pursuant to this section shall be repaid in whole or in part periodically as soon as public school foundation program account revenues permit. (b) Repealed by Laws 1988, ch. 82, § 2.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-320 Student transportation; amount within school foundation program formula for transportation maintenance and operations expenditures and school bus purchases; school year 2026-2027 reimbursement; repeal of subsection (o) of this section effective July 1, 2027; district reporting requirements.

(a) The amount provided for the transportation of school children within the education resource block grant model pursuant to W.S. 21-13-309(m)(v)(E)(I) shall be computed in accordance with this section. (b) There shall be an amount computed for each school district equal to the amount actually expended by the district during the previous school year for: (i) The maintenance and operation of transportation routes for transporting school children to and from school; and (ii) The transportation of students to and from student activities authorized by department of education rules. For the purpose of this paragraph, student activities means athletic and nonathletic activities sanctioned by the Wyoming high school activities association and school sponsored athletic and nonathletic activities in grades preceding high school which directly correspond to those high school activities sanctioned by the Wyoming high school activities association. No reimbursement shall be made for transportation expenses for student activities for expenses for transportation in excess of one hundred fifty (150) miles from the Wyoming border into another state. (c) Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 204, § 4. (d) Repealed By Laws 2004, Chapter 74, § 1. (e) Repealed By Laws 2002, Ch. 76, § 3. (f) The department of education shall adopt necessary rules to implement and enforce state standards established under this section and to administer this section. District expenditures computed under subsection (b) of this section shall not include expenditures for contributions to the Wyoming retirement system exceeding the amount specified in W.S. 21-13-339 of any member employee's salary. In addition, the department shall, in accordance with procedures prescribed by department rule, establish a base price for each school bus type or other student transportation vehicle type for the applicable fiscal period that complies with minimum state standards for vehicle specifications and equipment. The department shall also establish a process including competitive bidding which guarantees the acquisition of school buses and other student transportation vehicles approved for reimbursement and complying with state minimum standards and district fleet size restrictions at the established base price for the applicable fiscal year. Department rules shall establish appropriate restrictions on how and under which conditions a school district may procure a school bus or other student transportation vehicle to ensure that the procurement method used is the most cost effective. School districts shall notify the department of school bus and other student transportation vehicle needs and requirements for the appropriate fiscal year in the manner and within the times prescribed by department rule, and shall report expenditures and purchases for the applicable reporting period, including vehicles replaced by purchases, as required by department rule. The department shall annually review and conduct audits as necessary of information submitted under this section. As authorized under W.S. 21-13-307(b), the department may correct the information reported by districts under this section as necessary to fairly and accurately reflect the data type, classification and format required to administer this section in accordance with law and department rules. (g) In addition to amounts provided pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, in a manner consistent with department rules, the department shall reimburse each school district for the amount expended for the purchase of school buses and other vehicles used primarily for the transportation of students to and from school and to and from school activities. Amounts provided under this subsection shall be in addition to and shall not be considered in determining the school foundation program amount under the education resource block grant model pursuant to W.S. 21-13-309. Amounts reimbursed under this subsection shall be based upon the base price established by the department under subsection (f) of this section for the student transportation vehicle type and shall be subject to the following: (i) Buses and other vehicles used primarily for student transportation, for which reimbursement is authorized, shall meet state minimum standards for vehicle specifications and equipment and shall be subject to vehicle replacement schedules specified by department rule and regulation; (ii) The number of buses and other student transportation vehicles comprising a district's fleet shall comply with fleet size standards established by rule of the department, which shall be established to ensure safe and efficient student transportation; (iii) In consultation with the pupil transportation committee, the department shall by rule establish a replacement schedule for buses and other student transportation vehicles. The replacement schedule shall establish replacement cycles for mileage and age not less than the applicable national averages for replacement of school buses and other student transportation vehicles; (A) Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 204, § 4. (B) Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 204, § 4. (C) Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 204, § 4. (iv) Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 204, § 4. (v) Reimbursement for the purchase of buses and other student transportation vehicles authorized under this subsection shall be paid by the department not later than three (3) months after the month in which the school district expends the funds for the purchase and shall be in an amount equal to: (A) The base price established under subsection (f) of this section for each school bus or other student transportation vehicle purchased by the district; (B) Repealed by Laws 2026, ch. 82, § 3. (vi) School bus purchases that are fully or partially paid for or rebated under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act, 42 U.S.C. § 16131 et seq., or other similar program, shall be made in accordance with department rule and regulation. (h) As used in this section: (i) Repealed by Laws 2026, ch. 82, § 3. (ii) "Pupil transportation committee" means an advisory committee comprised of school district business managers, student transportation program managers and employees, district superintendents and other district personnel organized by the state department of education to assist the department in developing and maintaining state standards for vehicle specifications and equipment, vehicle fleet regulations and vehicle replacement schedules. (j) Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 204, § 4. (k) Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 204, § 4. (m) No district shall purchase a school bus unless it first demonstrates to the department and the department determines that the school district has in good faith attempted to purchase a bus that will be fully or partially paid for or rebated under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act, 42 U.S.C. § 16131 et seq., or other similar program. (n) Except as needed to ensure shared services for the purpose of efficiency, educational stability for a child taken into protective custody or pursuant to an agreement under W.S. 21-4-502, no district shall send or arrange to send any bus or other form of transportation into another school district for the purposes of loading or discharging students residing in that district. (o) For school year 2026-2027 only, the department of education shall reimburse each school district for any remaining balance for buses or other student transportation vehicles purchased in accordance with this section prior to July 1, 2026. This subsection is repealed July 1, 2027.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-321 Special education; amount provided for special education programs and services; reimbursement for out-of- district placements; district reporting requirements; billing for Medicaid authorized school based services.

(a) As used in this section: (i) "General fund operating expenditures" means those expenditures of the district from the general fund for operation of the district as reported to the department of education under rules promulgated by the department; (ii) "Special education programs and services" means programs and services for students with disabilities as identified under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq. (b) Except for expenditures for out-of-district special education placements, the amount provided to a school district for special education shall be equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the amount actually expended by the district during the previous school year for special education programs and services, which shall include the amount actually expended by the district during the previous school year for reasonable administrative costs to bill for authorized Medicaid services under subsection (h) of this section. Amounts provided under this section shall be in addition to and shall not be considered in determining the school foundation program amount under the education resource block grant model pursuant to W.S. 21-13-309. Except for expenditures for out-of-district special education placements, the department of education shall distribute the amount computed under this section to each school district in the same proportion and schedule of distributions under W.S. 21-13-313(c). Expenditures by a district for out-of-district special education placements shall be reimbursed in the year in which the costs are incurred and shall be distributed to each school district on a quarterly basis in accordance with rules adopted by the department of education. (c) Repealed by Laws 2003, Ch. 208, § 102. (d) The department of education shall adopt necessary rules to implement and administer this section. Districts shall report special education program expenditures for the applicable reporting period as required by department rule and regulation. District expenditures computed under subsection (b) of this section shall not include expenditures for contributions to the Wyoming retirement system specified in W.S. 21-13-339 of any member employee's salary. The department shall annually review and report to the joint education interim committee regarding services provided to special education students by school districts. In addition, the department shall when necessary, conduct audits of information submitted by districts under this section and may, in accordance with W.S. 21-13-307(b), correct the information reported by districts as necessary to fairly and accurately reflect the data type, classification and format required to administer this section in accordance with law and department rule and regulation. (e) Repealed By Laws 2004, Chapter 74, § 1. (f) In addition to subsection (d) of this section, the state department of education shall assess school district special education staffing levels based upon staffing guidelines established pursuant to W.S. 21-2-202(a)(xxiii), and report on the adequacy of staffing levels to the joint education interim committee. School districts shall report staffing and other necessary information to the department in accordance with department rules and regulations and shall provide written explanation to the department justifying district special education staffing levels. Based upon information collected under this subsection and following review, the department shall include within its report to the joint education interim committee as required under subsection (d) of this section, recommendations for improving appropriate special education program and service delivery within the state. (g) Assistive technology equipment included within district expenditures for special education programs and services and reported under subsection (b) of this section, which was acquired to assist a student with a specific disability, shall to the extent practicable, transfer with that student if the student transfers to another school district within the state. Within the report required under subsection (d) of this section, districts shall separately document assistive technology equipment including an inventory of assistive technology equipment and the status of the usage levels of the equipment and shall report to the department equipment which is accordingly transferred to another school district or which is currently unused by the district. The provisions of this subsection requiring transfer of assistive technology equipment apply only if no other student within the district currently uses the equipment and the equipment is capable of transfer to another district. (h) Beginning July 1, 2022, each school district with Medicaid eligible students receiving special education programs and services, as calculated by the department of education pursuant to subsection (j) of this section, may bill the department of health for the costs of any special education program and service covered under W.S. 42-4-103(a)(xxxiv) through (xxxvi) provided to the district's students. The department of health shall provide payment to each eligible school district that has billed the department of health as soon as reasonably practical for the costs of approved services. By September 1 of each school year, each school district shall remit to the department of education all funds received during the prior school year from the department of health for billed services. The department of education shall remit all funds received under this subsection to the state treasurer for deposit in the public school foundation program account. (j) A school district may report the number of Medicaid eligible students receiving special education programs and services enrolled within the school district on forms and in such manner required by the department for the 2021-2022 school year. Beginning with the 2022-2023 school year and each school year thereafter, a school district shall report the number of Medicaid eligible students receiving special education programs and services enrolled within the school district on forms and in the manner required by the department. The number of Medicaid eligible students receiving special education programs and services for a school year shall be determined by the department of education using data from October 1 of the immediately preceding school year.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-324 Teacher extra compensation adjustment to district total amount per ADM.

(a) A district may pay extra compensation to a teacher as necessary to employ teachers for providing educational programs at locations which because of their unique circumstances require additional pay. Extra compensation under this section: (i) Shall not reflect district preference for higher salaries; (ii) Shall be payment for performing regular duties and not be payment for performing any additional duties assigned to the teacher; (iii) May be in the form of subsidized expenses other than rent or housing allowances, a cash bonus or a combination. (b) If compensation is paid to the teacher for costs other than rent or housing allowances, the school district shall provide information to the state department describing the difference in the amount paid by the teacher and the average comparable market rate within the county for the subsidized cost. (c) Upon application by a district upon a form prescribed and provided by the state department, the department shall reimburse the district from the foundation account for extra compensation paid pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, administered as if the district's total foundation program amount computed under W.S. 21-13-309(p) was increased by the amount of extra compensation paid during the preceding year. The department shall require the district to document the need for extra compensation payments.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-330 Virtual education; program content; agreements between districts authorized; remote education.

(a) Repealed By Laws 2008, Ch. 95, § 502. (b) Repealed By Laws 2008, Ch. 95, § 502. (c) Repealed By Laws 2008, Ch. 95, § 502. (d) Repealed By Laws 2008, Ch. 95, § 502. (e) Repealed By Laws 2008, Ch. 95, § 502. (f) As used in this section: (i) "Virtual education" means instruction primarily through technology outside of the physical classroom in the statewide educational program prescribed by W.S. 21-9-101 and 21-9-102 through a program accredited by the state board under W.S. 21-2-304(a)(ii); (ii) Repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 193, § 2. (iii) Repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 193, § 2. (iv) Repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 193, § 2. (v) "Full-time virtual education" means more than fifty percent (50%) of the required educational program is provided through virtual education by a school district established pursuant to the laws of this state; (vi) "Part-time virtual education" means fifty percent (50%) or less of the required educational program is provided through virtual education by a school district established pursuant to the laws of this state. (g) Pursuant to rule and regulation of the department, a school district providing full-time virtual education for a student, or a student's resident school district that has entered into an agreement with another school district to provide full-time virtual education for the student, shall: (i) Repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 193, § 2. (ii) Enroll and assign the participating student to a school within the district offering appropriate grade level instruction; (iii) Monitor the participating student's progress and in accordance with the district's assessment policies, administer or ensure his participation in required student performance evaluations and assessments at the same intervals required of other students at the participating student's grade level; (iv) Facilitate necessary instructional support for the student and notify and assist any student not performing satisfactorily; (v) Maintain the student's records within the district's permanent student data system including equivalent attendance as specified by department rule and regulation, assessment and other performance evaluation data, immunization and other information required by the district or by rule and regulation of the department; (vi) Verify the virtual education program received by the participating student complies with and fulfills the state education program established by W.S. 21-9-101 and 21-9-102 and rule and regulation of the state superintendent under W.S. 21-2-202(a)(xxxi) and that the program otherwise meets district program standards; (vii) Restrict the student's virtual education to programs approved by the department of education pursuant to W.S. 21-2-202(a)(xxxi) and accredited by the state board. (h) Pursuant to department rule and regulation, a school district providing part-time virtual education to any student enrolled in another school district shall: (i) Complete a tuition agreement with the school district in which the student is enrolled. The agreement shall identify the services, classes and the payments to be provided by the respective school districts. The tuition shall be paid on a per course basis and shall be equal to or less than the ADM amount received by the district providing the part-time virtual education prorated to reflect the number of virtual education classes attended by the pupil; (ii) Monitor the participating student's academic progress in the virtual education courses and provide any necessary academic information to the school district in which the student is enrolled as required by department rule and regulation; (iii) Facilitate necessary instructional support for the virtual education courses taken by the student and notify and assist any student not performing satisfactorily; (iv) Maintain the student's record for the virtual education courses taken by the student and, as necessary, share educational information with the district in which the pupil is enrolled; (v) Verify the virtual education program received by the participating student complies with and fulfills the state education program established by W.S. 21-9-101 and 21-9-102 and rule and regulation of the state superintendent under W.S. 21-2-202(a)(xxxi) and that the program otherwise meets program standards agreed upon by the district in which the student is enrolled and the district providing the part-time virtual education; (vi) Restrict the student's virtual education to programs approved by the department of education pursuant to W.S. 21-2-202(a)(xxxi) and accredited by the state board. (j) Each student participating in virtual education shall be included within the average daily membership (ADM) of the district in which the student is enrolled as computed under the education resource block grant model pursuant to W.S. 21-13-309(m)(iv). The virtual education program membership may be combined with any classes physically attended by the student at the school to result in a larger fractional ADM of not to exceed one (1.0) ADM as defined by department rule and regulation. (k) The department of education shall by rule and regulation provide a procedure under which a school district may allow a student whose custodial parent or guardian is in active military service and leaves the state of Wyoming, and whose custodial parent or guardian maintains Wyoming residency, to participate in virtual education programs offered under this section provided the district complies with this section to the extent required by department rule and regulation. (m) Two (2) school districts may enter into an agreement to allow a teacher in one (1) school district to remotely instruct a student in another school district. A course taught pursuant to an agreement entered into under this subsection shall not be considered virtual education for purposes of determining if a student is receiving part-time virtual education or full-time virtual education. An agreement to provide remote education pursuant to this subsection shall require that the teacher who teaches the course does so in-person, in a physical classroom setting in the district of employment and provides interactive delivery of content to the remote student. The school district providing the remotely taught courses shall: (i) Complete a tuition agreement with the school district in which the student is enrolled. The agreement shall identify the services, courses and the payments to be provided by the respective school districts. The tuition shall be paid on a per course basis and shall be equal to or less than the ADM amount received by the district providing the remote education prorated to reflect the number of remotely taught courses attended by the student; (ii) Monitor the participating student's academic progress in the remotely taught courses and provide any necessary academic information to the school district in which the student is enrolled; (iii) Facilitate necessary instructional support for the remotely taught courses taken by the student and notify and assist any student not performing satisfactorily; (iv) Maintain the student's record for the remotely taught courses taken by the student and, as necessary, share educational information with the district in which the student is enrolled; (v) Verify the remotely taught program received by the participating student complies with and fulfills the state education program established by W.S. 21-9-101 and 21-9-102 and that the program otherwise meets program standards agreed upon by the district in which the student is enrolled and the district providing the remotely taught courses. (n) A teacher who teaches a course in-person, in a physical classroom setting in the teacher's district of employment may teach the course remotely to other students in the same district using interactive delivery of course content. A course taught remotely pursuant to this subsection shall not be considered virtual education for purposes of determining if a student is receiving part-time virtual education or full-time virtual education.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-331 Cooperative services incentive.

(a) If two (2) or more districts enter into an arrangement to combine student transportation services, the district shall receive an amount in addition to the guarantee under W.S. 21-13-309(p) during the succeeding school year, subject to the following: (i) The combined service arrangement shall result in a reduction in the total expenditures of both participating districts for the portion of total transportation services included within the arrangement. Districts participating in a combined service arrangement may agree to apportion reduced expenditures among themselves for the purposes of paragraph (ii) of this subsection; (ii) This additional incentive shall be equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total savings but shall not exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) for any one (1) combined service arrangement; and (iii) Each district participating in a combined service arrangement shall report to and submit documentation regarding the combined service arrangement to the state department. (b) If two (2) or more districts enter into an arrangement to combine any program or service for children with disabilities, the district shall receive an amount in addition to the guarantee under W.S. 21-13-309(p) during the succeeding school year, subject to the following: (i) The combined arrangement shall result in a reduction in the total expenditures of all participating districts for that program, service or portion thereof which is included within the arrangement. Districts participating in a combined service arrangement may agree to apportion reduced expenditures among themselves for the purposes of paragraph (ii) of this subsection; (ii) This additional incentive shall be equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total savings but shall not exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) for any one (1) combined service arrangement; and (iii) The district reports to and submits documentation on the combined arrangement to the state department. (c) Districts shall report information necessary to compute any additional payments resulting from combined service agreements under subsection (a) or (b) of this section at the same time they report actual revenue collections for the purpose of reconciliation under W.S. 21-13-313(d). Not later than October 15 of each year, school districts shall be paid from the school foundation program any payments for which the district is eligible under this section. None of the additional incentive payments under this section shall be counted for the purpose of computing a district’s entitlement to revenues for any school year.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-336 Education costs of children certified by the department of health for treatment in psychiatric residential treatment facilities.

(a) The department of education using federal or public school foundation program account funds as appropriated by the legislature, or both, shall pay for the allowable education costs of children placed in psychiatric residential treatment facilities where a fee is charged and the department of health has determined the placement is medically necessary for purposes of benefit eligibility under W.S. 42-4-103(a)(xvi). This section shall not apply to children eligible for services under W.S. 21-13-315. No district shall receive funds, either directly or indirectly, from any facility receiving payment under this section for providing educational programs and services to children placed and residing in the facility. No psychiatric residential treatment facility shall receive funds for educational services under this section unless certified by the department of health for purposes of providing medical services and approved by the department of education under the requirements of this section. (b) Upon placement or admittance of a child in a psychiatric residential treatment facility, the facility shall notify the department of education and the student's resident school district in writing within seventy-two (72) hours of placement. Within seven (7) days of receiving notice, the resident school district shall notify the facility of the manner in which educational services shall be provided to the child. The district shall either: (i) Request the facility provide the educational services to the student; (ii) Deliver the educational services directly to the student; or (iii) Contract with the school district in which the psychiatric residential treatment facility is located to provide educational services to the student. (c) If a psychiatric residential treatment facility does not receive notification from the school district regarding educational services for the student as required by subsection (b) of this section, the facility shall provide educational services to the student provided the facility has an education program certified by the department of education pursuant to department rules and regulations. (d) A district that provides educational services directly to the student, or contracts with another district to provide the educational services, shall continue to count the student among its ADM. A district shall eliminate students from its ADM if the psychiatric residential treatment facility provides the educational services pursuant to this section. (e) Educational programs provided by psychiatric residential treatment facilities shall be certified and approved by the department of education prior to the facility billing the department for any educational services provided under this section. A facility providing educational services under this section shall bill the department of education monthly for allowable education costs as defined by department rule and regulation pursuant to W.S. 21-13-315(b). (f) If at any time the department of health determines the placement is no longer medically necessary for purposes of receiving benefits under W.S. 42-4-103(a)(xvi), the department of education shall discontinue payment for educational services provided by a psychiatric residential treatment facility. (g) All psychiatric residential treatment facilities providing educational services shall comply with the provisions of the federal Family Education Rights and Privacy Act. Not later than ten (10) days after release of the student from the psychiatric residential treatment facility, all educational records shall be transferred via a secure method to the resident school district or the district in which the student enrolls upon release. (h) A school district or psychiatric residential treatment facility providing educational services to a student placed in a treatment facility shall create an individualized learning plan for the student, which: (i) Is appropriate for the learning capabilities of the student and complies with all state and federal education requirements; (ii) Monitors and measures the student's progress towards meeting defined educational benchmarks and accounts for any applicable assessment requirements; (iii) Facilitates necessary instructional support for the student and notifies and assists the student if he is not performing satisfactorily or failing to achieve performance benchmarks established within the individualized learning plan; (iv) Maintains the student's permanent education records, including his individualized learning plan, equivalent attendance as specified by the plan, assessment and other performance evaluation data, immunization and other information required by the state; and (v) Verifies the individualized learning plan complies with and fulfills the state education program established by W.S. 21-9-101 and 21-9-102 and rules and regulations of the state board and that the plan otherwise meets educational program standards. (j) The department of education shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations necessary for carrying out its duties under this section, including prescribing standards for educational programs of psychiatric residential treatment facilities and a certification and approval process for educational programs of facilities. Standards shall be subject to W.S. 21-9-101 and 21-9-102 and rules and regulations of the state board and shall be designed to fit the unique populations of students placed in psychiatric residential treatment facilities under this section. (k) For purposes of this section "resident school district" means the district in which the child's custodial parent or guardian resides at the time of the child's placement in the psychiatric residential treatment facility.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-337 Career and technical education equipment grants; application; criteria; limitations.

(a) A school district may apply to the state department of education for state assistance to fund the purchase of supplies, materials and equipment for a new or existing career and technical education program in the district. Amounts awarded under this section shall be in addition to and shall not be considered in determining the school foundation program amount under the education resource block grant model pursuant to W.S. 21-13-309 and shall be in addition to the amount for career and technical education supplies, materials and equipment pursuant to W.S. 21-13-338. Any school district receiving funds under W.S. 21-12-105 for a career and technical education demonstration project grant shall be ineligible to receive funds under this section for the period the district receives funds under W.S. 21-12-105. (b) A grant awarded under this section shall be for a period of two (2) years and shall not exceed seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000.00) per year. Applications for a grant under this section shall be submitted on a form and in a manner specified by rule of the department, shall be filed with the department on or before June 30 to secure a grant during the immediately succeeding school year and shall at a minimum include: (i) A proposal documenting the need for the requested supplies, materials and equipment and the relationship of the career and technical education program to the workforce, education and economic needs of Wyoming; (ii) The purpose, plan and timeline for expenditure of grant amounts; (iii) Assurances that school facilities appropriately accommodate the career and technical education program for which the supplies, materials and equipment will be used; (iv) Other necessary information required by the department. (c) Not later than August 15 of the applicable school year and following review of applications submitted under this section, the department shall notify applicant districts of its grant awards and shall provide each applicant district a written statement of the reasons for approving or denying the application. No award shall be given to a district unless it has expended, or will expend with the award of the grant requested under this section, the entire amount generated under W.S. 21-13-309(m)(v)(D) prior to school year 2025-2026 for supplies, materials and equipment for career and technical education programs and commencing school year 2025-2026, the entire amount generated under W.S. 21-13-338 for supplies, materials and equipment for career and technical education programs utilizing expenditure data from the immediately preceding two (2) school years from the date of application and amounts from the special reserve fund created under W.S. 21-13-504 for supplies, materials and equipment for career and technical education programs. Preference shall be given to districts that have not received a grant under this section in the immediately preceding five (5) school years from the date of application. If an application is approved, the department shall award the grant from amounts made available by legislative appropriation from the public school foundation program account for purposes of this section. (d) Each applicant district shall report to the department on the expenditure of amounts awarded under this section and shall provide other information as required by rule of the department. (e) The department of education shall promulgate rules necessary to carry out this section. (f) As used in this section, "career and technical education program" shall be as specified in W.S. 21-13-309(m)(v)(D)(II).

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-338 Career and technical education supplies, materials, equipment and repair of equipment; criteria; limitations.

(a) To augment amounts within the education resource block grant model available to districts for career and technical education programs, the department of education shall distribute career and technical education supplies, materials, equipment and repair of equipment funding in accordance with this section. (b) Each school district shall report the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) career and technical education teachers within a school from the prior school year, as computed in accordance with guidelines prescribed by the department, who are providing career and technical education instruction in grades nine (9) through twelve (12) and except as provided under W.S. 21-2-202(a)(xxvii), certified by the Wyoming professional teaching standards board to provide instruction at the high school level for career and technical education courses comprising career and technical education programs. Nothing in this subsection shall require a district to employ teachers certified for high school career and technical education instruction on a full-time basis or to require teachers to teach only high school career and technical education courses on a full-time basis. (c) Amounts distributed to each school district for career and technical education supplies, materials, equipment and repair of equipment funding under this section shall be calculated as follows: (i) Except as provided in paragraph (ii) of this subsection, the product of each school's FTE career and technical education teachers reported under subsection (b) of this section multiplied by fourteen thousand three hundred thirty-six dollars ($14,336.00); (ii) If a school's FTE career and technical education teachers reported in subsection (b) of this section is less than two (2), the amount of funding for the school's career and technical education supplies, materials, equipment and repair of equipment funding shall be equal to twenty-eight thousand six hundred seventy-two dollars ($28,672.00); (iii) The department shall further adjust the amounts for career and technical education supplies, materials, equipment and repair of equipment funding in paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this subsection by any external cost adjustment enacted by the legislature for the educational materials category of the educational resource block grant model. (d) Not later than October 15 of the applicable school year and following review of reports submitted under this section, the department shall notify districts of distributions. The department shall pay each school district not later than February 15 of the applicable school year. (e) Each district shall report to the department on the expenditure of amounts distributed under this section and shall provide other information as required by rule of the department. Amounts distributed under this section shall only be expended on supplies, materials, equipment and repair of equipment for career and technical education programs. (f) The department of education shall promulgate rules necessary to carry out this section. (g) As used in this section, "career and technical education program" shall be as specified in W.S. 21-13-309(m)(v)(D)(II).

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-339 Retirement; K-12 public school employees.

In addition to amounts resourced and computed by the education resource block grant model and amounts reimbursed under W.S. 21-13-320 and 21-13-321, the department of education shall reimburse each school district for retirement benefits equal to the percentage paid for state employee members under W.S. 9-3-413 and 9-3-413.1, but only for those employees' salaries paid from amounts specified by W.S. 21-13-309.1, 21-13-320 or 21-13-321. If a portion of an employee's total salary is paid from funds other than those amounts specified by W.S. 21-13-309.1, 21-13-320 or 21-13-321, only the proportional amount shall be subject to reimbursement. The department shall promulgate rules regarding employee eligibility for reimbursement under this section and the information required from school districts to reimburse retirement benefit costs under this section. The department shall reimburse the amount computed under this section to each school district monthly or in accordance with the schedule provided under W.S. 21-13-313(c).

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-340 Instructional reserve account; expenditures; reporting.

(a) Each school district may establish an instructional reserve account. (b) The account shall consist of any unexpended and unencumbered funds resourced through the education resource block grant model, pursuant to W.S. 21-13-309.1(c)(ii) through (x), for instructional purposes, as defined by W.S. 21-13-309.1(d). Interest and other earnings shall be credited to the account. Unexpended and unencumbered monies within the account at the end of each fiscal year shall not lapse but shall remain in the account. These funds shall be excluded from the school district's operating balance and cash reserves calculated pursuant to W.S. 21-13-313(e). In no event shall these funds be transferred or expended for any other purpose, except as authorized by subsection (c) of this section. (c) Funds within the instructional reserve account may be expended by school districts for instructional purposes as defined by W.S. 21-13-309.1(d), to mitigate the fiscal impact of declining enrollment or to recruit, hire and retain instructional personnel. (d) Each school district shall report annually to the department of education the balance of the instructional reserve account and a general accounting of the expenditures from the account. Reporting shall be in the manner and form required by the department of education. (e) The department of education shall promulgate rules, including reporting requirements and procedures for districts, to implement this section.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-341 Dual enrollment district reimbursement program; administration; application; distribution.

(a) In addition to funding generated by the education resource block grant model, the department of education shall reimburse each school district for amounts expended for student enrollment in and completion of dual enrollment courses pursuant to an agreement with the University of Wyoming or a community college under W.S. 21-20-201. From amounts appropriated by the legislature, the department of education shall distribute funds not to exceed ten million dollars ($10,000,000.00) each school year from the public school foundation program account pursuant to this section. (b) The department of education shall promulgate rules necessary to implement this section. The rules shall, at a minimum, establish the form, manner and procedures for submitting reimbursement requests and the timeline and process for approval or denial. Any denial shall be in writing and shall state the specific reasons for the denial. (c) The department shall annually distribute funds to school districts in accordance with this section. If the funds appropriated for this program are insufficient to pay approved reimbursement expenses submitted by school districts, the payments shall be reduced on a pro rata basis relative to each school district's proportion of completed credit hours. (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, school districts, the University of Wyoming and community colleges shall not limit the number of dual enrollment courses in which a student may enroll pursuant to W.S. 21-20-201. (e) Not later than October 1 of each year, the department of education shall report to the joint education interim committee the total reimbursements awarded, the number of participating districts and students, total credit hours funded and the rate of completion and any pro rata reductions pursuant to subsection (c) of this section.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-501 Board of trustees of any school district authorized to hold election; building or repayment fund generally.

(a) The board of trustees of any school district may, whenever a majority thereof so decide, submit to the electors of the district the question whether the board shall be authorized to start a building fund of a certain amount, to be raised within a certain number of years, for the purpose of acquiring land, erection, enlargement, and equipping of school buildings, teacherages, garages or other such buildings as may be needed for school purposes therein, or submit the question of whether the board is authorized to direct the county treasurer to annually levy against the property of the district to pay off existing school district or school facility authority refunding bonds of a certain amount, not to exceed four percent (4%) on the assessed value of the taxable property therein as shown by the last preceding general assessment. The fund and any interest accruing thereto shall be held by the county treasurer for the purposes herein specified and shall be used for no other purpose. The fund may be voted and raised in addition to the existing bonded indebtedness of the district. (b) The authority for levies to pay off existing refunding bonds as specifically authorized by this section is only effective for school districts receiving voter approval on or before September 15, 1982.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-502 Conduct of election; levy of tax; custody and investment of funds raised.

(a) The election in connection with the question under W.S. 21-13-501 shall be held on a date and in the manner prescribed for elections on the issuance of school bonds, except that the ballots must contain the words "building fund, yes" and "building fund, no" or "levy against the property of the district to pay off existing refunding bonds, yes" and "levy against the property of the district to pay off existing refunding bonds, no". If the majority of the votes at the elections are "building fund, yes" or "levy against the property of the district to pay off existing refunding bonds, yes", the clerk of the district shall immediately notify the board of county commissioners and the county treasurer, and the board of county commissioners shall thereafter levy annually the tax necessary to raise the fund in the number of years specified. The funds as raised shall be kept in the custody of the county treasurer until sufficient funds have been raised to commence the building or to commence the payoff of the existing refunding bonds contemplated by the school district. The board of trustees may require the county treasurer to invest the funds raised under this section as permitted by law and the interest accruing from the investment shall be retained in the building fund and to make payments as directed by the board of trustees. (b) The authority for levies to pay off existing refunding bonds as specifically authorized by this section is only effective for school districts receiving voter approval on or before September 15, 1982.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-503 Election on issuance of bonds; discontinuance of tax levy.

At any time after the raising of a building fund has been commenced by any school district, the board of school trustees may submit to the electors of the district, as provided for bond elections by the Political Subdivision Bond Election Law, W.S. 22-21-101 through 22-21-112, the question whether the board shall be authorized to issue coupon bonds of the district, but in no case shall the amount of bonds exceed the bonded indebtedness permitted by law. If the bonds are authorized, the annual building fund levy shall be discontinued by the board of county commissioners when the levy is commenced for payment of the bonds.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-504 Special reserve fund.

(a) Except as prohibited under subsection (b) of this section, the board of trustees of each Wyoming school district may create a special reserve fund of a specified amount, for the purpose of purchasing or replacing specified equipment or a depreciation reserve for equipment and school building repair. The board may annually include in its budget for the ensuing fiscal year, the amount so designated, as a special fund, expendable only for the purposes stated and segregated as such, from general and other special school funds, disbursements therefrom to be made from time to time by the school clerk's warrants drawn against said special fund, as duly ordered by said board; provided, that said amount so specially budgeted for any fiscal year shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the total amount budgeted for the same year; and further provided, that any difference in the amount so specially budgeted for any such year and the amount expended from said fund during such year, may be retained in and carried over as a part of the special reserve fund. (b) In no event shall any funds generated by the school foundation program, defined by W.S. 21-13-101(a)(v), that are transferred to a special reserve fund be expended by the board of trustees of a school district for major building and facility repair or replacement, as defined under W.S. 21-15-109(a)(iii), for a project, as defined under W.S. 21-15-111(a)(iv) or for any educational building, office building, portable building, teacherage or warehouse building, as defined under W.S. 21-15-109(a).

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-701 Submission of question to electors authorized; purposes for which indebtedness may be created; required public hearing on bonding proposition; reserve fund for maintenance required.

(a) The board of trustees of a school district may, after conducting at least two (2) public hearings as required under subsection (c) of this section and subject to subsection (d) of this section, submit to the qualified electors of the district on a date authorized under W.S. 22-21-103, the question of creating an indebtedness for the purpose of: (i) Acquiring or improving land; (ii) Acquiring or erecting buildings; (iii) Enlarging, improving, remodeling, repairing or adding to buildings; (iv) Equipping and furnishing buildings; (v) Repair and maintenance; and (vi) Any combination of the above. (b) The purposes for which an indebtedness may be created shall be broadly construed. It is the intention of the legislature that school districts be empowered to create indebtedness under this section for any purpose which, directly or indirectly, enables the district to provide facilities which are in excess of the statewide standards for the adequacy of school buildings and facilities. (c) Prior to submitting a bonding proposition to district voters in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, the school district board of trustees shall hold at least two (2) public hearings within the district at which the board provides an explanation of the need to obtain district funding for building and facility features that are in excess of state standards for buildings and facilities. (d) In addition to subsection (a) of this section and for any bond proposition submitted to district voters on or after July 1, 2007, the proposition shall provide that not less than three percent (3%) of bond proceeds be used for the creation of reserves or sinking funds for the maintenance and repair of any buildings or facilities or any building or facility features in excess of state building and facility adequacy standards which are to be constructed or otherwise acquired through the bond issue.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-702 Construction of school building on leased land; state and its agencies authorized to enter into leases.

A school building may be constructed on leased land provided that the lease shall be for a term of years not less than the economic life of the building as determined by the board. The state of Wyoming and any board, commission, department, corporation, instrumentality, or agency thereof may enter into such a lease with a school district notwithstanding any other provision of law limiting the term of such a lease.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-703 Limits on indebtedness.

Each school district actually and physically operating within its boundaries a school shall have a limit on outstanding indebtedness of ten percent (10%) of the assessed value of the taxable property therein. Nothing in this section shall be construed as permitting any combination of school districts embracing common territory to incur a bonded indebtedness of more than ten percent (10%) of the assessed value of the taxable property therein. The amount in any sinking fund available for the payment of outstanding indebtedness may be deducted for the purpose of computing the debt-incurring power of such district. For this purpose, any general assessment for a particular district shall become effective when the county assessor shall have received notice from the state board of equalization of its final approval of the county valuations; provided, however, that if the county assessor receives such notice after the district has entered into an enforceable contract for the sale of bonds, a new lower assessed valuation shall not become effective until the day following the date of delivery of such bonds.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-704 Sale of bonds generally.

If a proposed issue of bonds has been approved in the election and issuance thereof has been authorized by the school district board of trustees as provided by this article, the bonds shall thereafter at one (1) time or from time to time be sold at public or private sale. All costs and expenses incident to the issue and sale of the bonds may be paid out of the proceeds of the sale of the bonds. If the bonds are to be sold at public sale, the school district board of trustees shall give notice of sale by at least one (1) insertion of such notice in some newspaper of general circulation in the district of its intention to sell the bonds. The notice shall briefly describe the bonds and the time and place where the sale thereof will take place. If there is no newspaper of general circulation in the district, the board may publish the notice of sale in any newspaper published in the county seat of any county in which the district is wholly or partially located. Publication shall be made not less than ten (10) days nor more than thirty (30) days prior to the date designated for the sale of the bonds.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-705 Printing and numbering of bonds.

After ascertaining the best terms upon, and the lowest interest at which said bonds can be sold, the board of trustees shall cause said bonds to be suitably printed or lithographed, with coupons, if any, attached, and thereafter shall have said bonds consecutively numbered and otherwise properly prepared and executed.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-706 Execution, form and contents of bonds.

(a) Said bonds shall be signed by the chairman of the board of trustees and countersigned by the county treasurer. The coupons, if any, shall be signed by the county treasurer. The clerk of the board shall endorse a certificate upon every bond, that the same is issued pursuant to law and is within the lawful debt limit of the district. The county treasurer may authorize his deputy to sign any bond or coupon on his behalf. The board of trustees may authorize another member of the board to sign any bond or certificate in place of the chairman or clerk. It shall not be necessary for any bond to bear the seal of the district. Said bonds and coupons shall otherwise be in such form as the board may determine; provided, that the board may, at its option, utilize a statutory form of bond which shall include the following details: (i) The name of the district and the date of the bond; (ii) The principal amount thereof and interest rate or rates applicable thereto; (iii) The place or places and time or times of payment of principal and interest; (iv) The prior redemption option, if any; (v) A recital that the bond is one of a series approved at an election held for that purpose, that the total indebtedness of the district does not exceed the lawful debt limit of the district; and that the bond has been issued under the authority of, and in full compliance with, and for a purpose authorized by, the constitution and this article. (b) A bond delivered to the purchaser thereof in the optional statutory form shall: (i) Be payable in lawful money of the United States of America without deduction for exchange or collection charges; (ii) Be conclusively presumed to have been issued for value; (iii) Be payable upon presentation and surrender of the bond and the attached coupons as they severally become due; (iv) If not paid upon presentation at maturity, continue to draw interest until the principal thereof is paid in full; (v) Be presumed to have been issued by the proper officers of the district under and by virtue of and in full conformity with the constitution of the state of Wyoming, this article, any amendments thereto, and all other laws thereunto enabling; and (vi) Be incontestable as hereafter provided. (c) Any resolution of a school district board of trustees authorizing bonds may provide that each bond therein authorized shall recite that it is issued under the authority of this article. Such recital shall conclusively impart full compliance with all the provisions hereof, and all bonds issued containing such recital shall be incontestable for any cause whatsoever after their delivery for value.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-707 Record of bonds sold and delivered.

A record of any bonds sold and delivered by the district shall be kept by the county treasurer in a public book provided for that purpose, and therein shall be stated the number, date, amount, time and place of payment, rate of interest, number of coupons attached, if any, and any other proper description thereof for future identification.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-708 Terms of bonds; negotiability.

Bonds issued by school districts pursuant to the provisions of this article shall bear interest payable annually or semiannually, and evidenced by one (1) or two (2) sets of coupons, if any, except that the first coupon may evidence interest for a period not in excess of one (1) year, and the bonds may be in one (1) or more series, may bear a date or dates, may mature at a time or times not exceeding twenty-five (25) years from their respective dates, may be in a denomination or denominations, may be payable in a medium of payment, in a place or places, within or without the state, including, but not limited to the office of the county treasurer of a county in which the district is wholly or partially located, may carry registration privileges, may be subject to prior redemption in advance of maturity in an order, or by lot, or otherwise, at a time or times with or without premium, may bear privileges for reissuance in the same or other denominations, may be so reissued (without modification of maturities and interest rates), and may be in a form, either coupon or registered, as may be provided by resolution of the school district board of trustees. Except as the board may otherwise provide, the bonds and interest coupons attached thereto, if any, shall be fully negotiable, within the meaning of and for all purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code-Investment Securities. The holder of a bond or coupon, by accepting the bond or coupon, is conclusively deemed to have agreed that the bond or coupon (except as otherwise provided) is and shall be fully negotiable within the meaning and for all purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code-Investment Securities.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-709 How bonds to mature.

The various annual maturities shall commence not later than the third year after the date of the bonds. All bonds shall mature serially, at the option of the board of trustees, in substantially equal annual installments of principal, or upon an amortization plan for the bonds of said series, or upon an amortization plan for the proposed bonds and all outstanding bonds of the district, or in any other manner as the board may determine.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-710 Sale to be conducted by board of trustees; disposition of proceeds.

The sale of the bonds shall be conducted by the school district board of trustees. Proceeds from the sale of the bonds shall be paid to the school district treasurer for deposit in the school district treasury.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-711 Price of bonds; bids.

The bonds may be sold at, above or below the par value thereof as determined by the board of trustees, but the bonds shall be sold at a price such that the net effective interest rate for the issue of bonds does not exceed the maximum net effective interest rate approved by the voters in the election authorizing the bonds. The board is authorized to reject any and all bids and to waive any informality or irregularity in any bid.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-712 Security for payment of bonds.

The full faith, credit, and all taxable property lying within the school district are solemnly pledged for the payment of the principal and the interest of all bonds issued pursuant to this article.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-713 Tax levy.

The board of county commissioners shall cause to be levied annually upon all taxable property of the school district, in addition to other authorized taxes, a sufficient sum to pay the principal and interest on school district bonds as the payments thereon become due. All taxes for the repayment of bonded indebtedness shall be levied, assessed, and collected in the same manner as other taxes for school purposes. The taxes shall be levied in the manner prescribed above until the principal and interest of the bonds are fully paid.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-714 Payment of bonds before collection of tax levy.

In the event that the tax for the payment of the principal or interest on any bonds issued at any time under the provisions of this article is not levied or collected in time to meet such payment, the principal or interest shall be paid out of any monies in the general or other funds of the district, and the monies so used for such payment shall be repaid to the fund from which so taken, out of the first monies collected from district taxes.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-715 County treasurer to pay bonds and report payment to board of trustees.

The county treasurer shall pay the principal and interest of any bonds issued under this article by such school district, when the same becomes due, and all amounts so paid must be reported to the school district board of trustees at its next meeting thereafter.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-716 Penalty for misappropriation of funds by trustees.

If any member of the school district board of trustees fraudulently fails or refuses to pay into the proper county treasury the money arising from the sale of any bonds provided for by this article, he shall be deemed guilty of a felony; and upon conviction thereof, be punished by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a term of not less than one (1) year, nor more than ten (10) years.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-717 Additional surety by county treasurer.

The school district board of trustees shall require the said county treasurer to give said district a separate bond in such sum as said board may deem proper, with two (2) or more sufficient sureties, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties required of him by this article, and the faithful accounting for the monies deposited with him and realized from the sale of said bonds, as herein provided for, and such bonds shall be approved by said board and shall be and remain in the custody of said district board.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-718 Bonds valid though signers cease to hold office.

The bonds and any coupons bearing the signatures of the officers in office at the time of the signing thereof, shall be valid and binding obligations of the school district, notwithstanding that before delivery and/or payment thereof, any or all of the persons whose signatures or facsimiles appear thereon shall have ceased to fill respective offices.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-719 Use of facsimile signatures.

Any person herein authorized or permitted to sign any bonds or interest coupons, may utilize a facsimile signature in lieu of his manual signature provided that the signature on the certificate required by section 8, article 16, of the constitution shall be manually executed. Such officer may adopt as and for his own signature the facsimile signature of his predecessor in office in the event that such facsimile signature, having been executed by an officer then authorized to do so, appears upon the bonds or coupons, if any. It shall not be necessary for such officer to file any certificate with the secretary of state or any other board or officer.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-720 Refunding bonds.

Any bonds heretofore or hereafter issued by a school district of this state may be refunded, without an election, by the district which issued said bonds, or any district which has assumed the obligation of said bonds in the manner and subject to the conditions provided by the General Obligation Public Securities Refunding Law, as from time to time amended.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-721 Validation of outstanding bonds, acts and proceedings.

All bonds of any school district in this state outstanding on the effective date of this article, the right to the payment of which has not been barred by any pertinent statute of limitations, and all acts and proceedings heretofore had or taken, or purportedly had or taken by or on behalf of such district under law or under color of law preliminary to and in the authorization, execution, sale, issuance and payment of all such bonds, are hereby validated, ratified, approved and confirmed, including but not necessarily limited to the terms, provisions, conditions, and covenants of any resolution appertaining thereto, the redemption of bonds before maturity and provisions therefor, and the levy and collection of taxes to pay such bonds, notwithstanding any lack of power, authority, or otherwise, and notwithstanding any defects and irregularities in such bonds, act, and proceedings, and in such authorization, execution, sale, issuance, and payment. Such outstanding bonds are and shall be binding, legal, valid, and enforceable obligations of the school district issuing them in accordance with their terms and the authorizing proceedings.
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