Wyo. Stat. § 21-3-128 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 3 / Section 21-3-128
§ 21-3-128. Protection or insurance of board members, teachers and other personnel against personal liability
Status: in_force

The board of trustees of each school district within the state may save harmless and protect all board members, teachers, and other personnel from financial loss arising out of any claim, demand, suit, or judgment by reason of alleged negligence or other act resulting in accidental bodily injury or death to any person within or without the school building; provided, such board member, teacher, or other personnel at the time of the accident was acting in the discharge of his duties within the scope of his employment. Each board of trustees may procure appropriate policies of insurance to maintain this protection, or it may elect in its discretion to act as a self-insurer. This section shall not be construed as creating or tending to create a liability of the school district so protecting or insuring board members, teachers, or other personnel, nor shall the failure to procure such insurance as is authorized by this section be construed as creating any liability of the school district.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-4-306 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 4 / Section 21-4-306
§ 21-4-306. Suspension or expulsion; grounds
Status: in_force

(a) The following shall be grounds for suspension or expulsion of a child from a public school during the school year:

(i) Continued willful disobedience or open defiance of the authority of school personnel;

(ii) Willful destruction or defacing of school property during the school year or any recess or vacation;

(iii) Any behavior which in the judgment of the local board of trustees is clearly detrimental to the education, welfare, safety or morals of other pupils, including the use of foul, profane or abusive language or habitually disruptive behavior as defined by subsection (b) of this section;

(iv) Torturing, tormenting, or abusing a pupil or in any way maltreating a pupil or a teacher with physical violence;

(v) Possession, use, transfer, carrying or selling a deadly weapon as defined under W.S. 6-1-104(a)(iv) within any school bus as defined by W.S. 31-7-102(a)(xl) or within the boundaries of real property used by the district primarily for the education of students in grades kindergarten through twelve (12).

(b) As used in paragraph (a)(iii) of this section, “habitually disruptive behavior” means overt behavior willfully initiated by a student causing disruption in the classroom, on school grounds, on school vehicles or at school activities or events, which requires the attention of a teacher or other school personnel.

(c) The board of trustees shall, subject to the case-by-case modification permitted by subsection (d) of this section, require the district superintendent to expel from school for a period of one (1) year any student determined to violate paragraph (a)(v) of this section.

(d) The superintendent with the approval of the board of trustees may modify the period of any expulsion on a case-by-case basis based upon the circumstances of the violation. Upon a violation of paragraph (a)(v) of this section and following notice and hearing requirements of W.S. 21-4-305 , the superintendent shall notify the district attorney of the violation together with the specific act in violation of paragraph (a)(v) of this section and the name of the student violating paragraph (a)(v) of this section. Nothing in this section prohibits a district from providing educational services to the expelled student in an alternative setting.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-18-301 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 18 / Section 21-18-301
§ 21-18-301. Community college district to be body corporate; name
Status: in_force

Each community college district which is formed under this act is a body corporate by the name and style of “․․․․ Community College District, State of Wyoming”, the blank space to contain the chosen name of the district, and in that name the district may hold property and be a party to suits and contracts.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-17-429 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 17 / Section 21-17-429
§ 21-17-429. Rights and powers of securities holders
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to any contractual limitations binding upon the holders of any issue or series of securities, or trustee therefor, including but not limited to the restriction of the exercise of any remedy to a specified proportion, percentage or number of holders, and subject to any prior or superior rights of others, any holder of securities, or trustee therefor, shall have the right and power, for the equal benefit and protection of all holders of securities similarly situated:

(i) By mandamus or other suit, action or proceeding at law or in equity to enforce his rights against and to require or compel the board or university, or both, the president of the university, and any other of the officers, agents and employees of the board or university, or both, to perform and carry out their respective duties, obligations or other commitments under this act and their respective covenants and agreements with the holder of any security;

(ii) By action or suit in equity to require the board or university, or both, to account as if they were the trustee of an express trust;

(iii) By action or suit in equity to have appointed a receiver who may enter and take possession of any facilities and any pledged revenues for the payment of the securities, prescribe sufficient fees derived from the facilities, and collect, receive and apply all pledged revenues or other monies pledged for the payment of the securities in the same manner as the board itself might do in accordance with the obligations of the board; and

(iv) By action or suit in equity to enjoin any acts or things which may be unlawful or in violation of the rights of the holder of any securities and to bring suit thereupon.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-16-1001 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 16 / Section 21-16-1001
§ 21-16-1001. Definitions
Status: repealed

(a) As used in this article:

(i) “ Challenge account ” means the university athletics challenge account established under W.S. 21-16-1002 ;

(ii) “ Qualifying contribution ” means a transfer of money or other property of a value of not less than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) to the University of Wyoming foundation to be expended exclusively for university intercollegiate athletic facilities consistent with the 2003 intercollegiate athletics plan approved by the university board of trustees. The commitment for a qualifying contribution or the contribution itself shall be made on or after September 13, 2003. The contribution shall be actually received by the University of Wyoming foundation on or before December 31 of the fifth calendar year following the calendar year in which the written commitment was made to the university foundation. Members of a single family may aggregate their individual gifts to meet the minimum dollar threshold required for matching funds. Gifts from nonfamily members in memory of a deceased individual may also be aggregated to meet the minimum dollar threshold required for matching funds.

(iii) Repealed by Laws 2009, ch. 52, § 3.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-4-402 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 4 / Section 21-4-402
§ 21-4-402. Instruction for hospitalized or homebound pupils
Status: in_force

(a) The board of trustees of each school district shall offer homebound instruction for each pupil in the district who is hospitalized or homebound for more than one (1) week because of injury or illness.

(b) The board shall also offer homebound instruction for each pupil in the district who is hospitalized or placed in a state accredited or state certified treatment facility for more than one (1) week in a hospital or facility located in another Wyoming school district because of injury or illness. The board shall either provide instruction directly or contract with the school district in which the pupil is hospitalized or placed in a facility to provide this instruction. This subsection does not apply to pupils who:

(i) Are hospitalized or placed due to a mental, physical or psychological disability and who are receiving educational services under W.S. 21-2-501 ; or

(ii) Have been placed in a psychiatric residential treatment facility who are receiving educational services pursuant to W.S. 21-13-315 or 21-13-336 .
Wyo. Stat. § 21-3-125 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 3 / Section 21-3-125
§ 21-3-125. Application of Municipal Budget Act
Status: in_force

The Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures Act applies to every school district within the state.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-25-204 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 25 / Section 21-25-204
§ 21-25-204. Eligibility for interscholastic activities
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any state board rule or policy of an athletic association, and except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section:

(i) Once a student has obtained the eligibility approval of the commission under subsection (d) of this section, the student may participate in a gender-designated interscholastic activity that does not correspond with the sex designation on the student's birth certificate; or

(ii) If a student does not obtain the eligibility approval of the commission under subsection (d) of this section, the student shall not participate in a gender-designated interscholastic activity that does not correspond with the sex designation on the student's birth certificate.

(b) A student who has undergone or is undergoing a gender transition shall obtain the eligibility approval of the commission under subsection (d) of this section before participating in a gender-designated interscholastic activity that does not correspond with the student's biological sex.

(c) Nothing in this subsection prohibits a student from participating in a gender-designated interscholastic activity in accordance with 34 C.F.R. 106.41(b) as of December 31, 2022.

(d) When a student registers to participate in a gender-designated interscholastic activity:

(i) A student who has undergone or is undergoing a gender transition shall notify the athletic association of the student's transition and the need for the commission's eligibility approval as described in subsection (b) of this section;

(ii) The athletic association shall notify the commission of a student for whom an eligibility determination of the commission is required due to the sex designation on the student's birth certificate not corresponding with the gender-designation of the gender-designated interscholastic activity in which the student seeks to participate or the student's notice of a gender transition under paragraph (a)(ii) of this section;

(iii) The commission shall notify the student described in paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this subsection regarding the process for determining the student's eligibility for the activity under this section.

(e) The commission shall:

(i) Schedule a closed meeting to consider a student's eligibility to be held within thirty (30) days after the day on which the commission receives the notification described in subsection (d) of this section; and

(ii) Notify the relevant athletic association and the student's parents or legal guardians of the scheduled meeting.

(f) Before the meeting described in subsection (e) of this section:

(i) The student for whom the commission has scheduled the meeting or the student's parent or guardian may submit to the commission any information the student wishes to disclose to the commission that may be relevant to the commission's eligibility determination, including information regarding:

(A) The gender-designated interscholastic activities for which the student seeks eligibility;

(B) The gender-designated interscholastic activities in which the student has previously participated; and

(C) The student's physical characteristics or medical treatments that support the student's eligibility for the specific gender-designated interscholastic activity.

(ii) The commission may request additional evidence from the student that is:

(A) Limited to the extent possible to protect the student's privacy; and

(B) Only directly relevant to the commission's eligibility determination.

(iii) The commission shall cover the cost of a diagnostic assessment if the commission makes a request for medical information under paragraph (ii) of this subsection for which the student's insurance does not provide coverage or reimbursement for the diagnostic that:

(A) Would provide the requested information; and

(B) Is not free or otherwise readily available without additional expense to the student.

(g) During the meeting described in subsection (e) of this section:

(i) Only the following persons may be present or participate electronically:

(A) The student for whom the commission is meeting to make an eligibility determination;

(B) The student's parents or guardians;

(C) The members and necessary staff of the commission; and

(D) Any medical professionals or other witnesses the student chooses to include to support the student's eligibility.

(ii) Attendees may participate in person or electronically;

(iii) The commission shall:

(A) Hear the information that supports the student's eligibility;

(B) Render the commission's eligibility determination in accordance with subsection (h) of this section or request additional information and schedule an additional commission meeting to be held within thirty (30) days of the meeting and in accordance with this subsection to discuss the additional information and render the commission's eligibility determination.

(h) In making an eligibility determination the commission shall:

(i) Make a determination regarding whether, when measured against the eligibility criteria established by rule of the commission, granting the student's eligibility would:

(A) Present a substantial safety risk to the student or others that is significantly greater than the inherent risks of the given activity; or

(B) Likely give the student a material competitive advantage when compared to students of the same age competing in the relevant gender-designated activity, including consideration of the student's previous history of participation in gender-designated interscholastic activities.

(ii) Record the commission's decision and rationale in writing and provide the written decision to the student within thirty (30) days after the day on which the commission renders an eligibility decision.

(j) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and except as provided in subsections (h) and (k) of this section, the commission shall not disclose:

(i) The name of a student whose eligibility the commission will consider, is considering, or has considered;

(ii) The commission's determination regarding a student's eligibility.

(k) The commission shall disclose the commission's determination of a student's eligibility for a given gender-designated interscholastic activity to the relevant athletic association, only for the purpose of confirming whether the student is eligible for the interscholastic activity.

(m) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no athletic association shall disclose the information described in paragraphs (j)(i) and (ii) of this section.

(n) Nothing in subsections (k) or (m) of this section prohibits an athletic association from affirming that a student is eligible if the eligibility of a student is questioned.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-16-701 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 16 / Section 21-16-701
§ 21-16-701. Short title
Status: in_force

This article may be cited as the “Wyoming Higher Education Assistance Authority Act.”
Wyo. Stat. § 21-9-104 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 9 / Section 21-9-104
§ 21-9-104. Child sexual abuse prevention instruction
Status: in_force

(a) A school district may include child sexual abuse prevention instruction in a health and safety program required under W.S. 21-9-101(b)(i)(G) . A school district may provide instruction under this subsection in any appropriate manner, which may include age appropriate, evidence based instruction on:

(i) Recognizing sexual abuse and assault;

(ii) Personal boundary violations;

(iii) Ways in which a sexual offender may groom or desensitize a victim;

(iv) Strategies relating to:

(A) Disclosure of child sexual abuse;

(B) Reducing self blame;

(C) Mobilizing bystanders to respond to child sexual abuse.

(b) If a school district chooses to provide instruction under subsection (a) of this section, the parent or legal guardian of a student shall provide written permission to the school district authorizing their student to participate before that student shall be allowed to participate in the instruction.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-16-719 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 16 / Section 21-16-719
§ 21-16-719. Assistance by state agencies
Status: in_force

(a) Upon request of the authority, any state agency may temporarily assign to the authority officers and employees necessary to assist the authority in carrying out its functions and duties under this article. Assigned state officers and employees shall not lose status or rights as state employees.

(b) Upon request of the authority, any state agency may lend technical assistance, render advice and attend meetings with the directors and employees of the authority as the authority requires in carrying out its functions and duties.

(c) The authority shall compensate the state for any assistance received.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-3-102 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 3 / Section 21-3-102
§ 21-3-102. Elementary school districts
Status: in_force

Every school district in the state offering an educational program in grades kindergarten through eight (8) only is hereby declared to be an elementary school district. The name of an elementary school district shall be in form as follows: “Elementary School District No. ․․․․, in the County of ․․․․, and State of Wyoming.”
Wyo. Stat. § 21-17-409 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 17 / Section 21-17-409
§ 21-17-409. Pledge not to amend or repeal W.S. 21-17-402 through 21-17-450 to impair securities
Status: repealed

The faith of the state is hereby pledged that this act, any law supplemental or otherwise appertaining thereto and any other act concerning the bonds and other securities of the board or the university or the pledged revenues shall not be repealed nor amended or otherwise directly or indirectly modified in such a manner as to impair adversely any outstanding securities of the board until all such securities payable from the pledged revenues have been discharged in full or provision has been fully made therefor, including without limitation the known minimum yield from the investment or reinvestment of monies pledged therefor in investments under W.S. 21-17-426 .
Wyo. Stat. § 21-16-712 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 16 / Section 21-16-712
§ 21-16-712. Age discrimination prohibited; full legal capacity of minors
Status: in_force

Any student qualifying for a loan under this article is not disqualified by reason of being a minor. For the purpose of applying for, receiving and repaying a loan, any student has full legal capacity to act and all the rights, powers, privileges and obligations of an adult with respect thereto.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-17-415 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 17 / Section 21-17-415
§ 21-17-415. General criteria for securities
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided, securities issued under this act shall be (a) in a form, (b) issued in a manner, at, above or below par, at public or private sale, and (c) issued with recitals, terms, covenants, conditions and other provisions, as may be provided by the board in a resolution authorizing their issuance and in an indenture or other proceedings appertaining thereto.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-3-308 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 3 / Section 21-3-308
§ 21-3-308. Hearing by local board; prohibited actions by local board; criteria; compliance with state standards; state board review; contractual authority
Status: repealed

(a) Not later than sixty (60) days after receiving an application for any charter school which has been determined to be complete pursuant to W.S. 21-3-307(b) , the authorizer shall hold a public hearing on the application, at which time the authorizer shall consider the level of community and parental support for the application if an application for a new charter school, or the level of teacher and parental support if an application for a converted charter school or charter school within a school. The application review process shall also include an in-person interview of the applicant or applicant group. Following review of the application and the public hearing, if applicable, and in accordance with subsection (d) of this section, the authorizer shall either approve or deny the application within ninety (90) days of receipt. In addition, the authorizer may approve an application for the operation of a converted charter school only if it determines teacher and parental support for the conversion are established at the levels required by W.S. 21-3-306(b) . Prior to approving an application for a charter school under this section, the authorizer shall approve and adopt the content and terms of the charter as provided in W.S. 21-3-307 .

(b) No district board of trustees or agent of the board shall require any employee of the school district to be employed in a charter school or any pupil enrolled in the school district to attend a charter school. No district board or its agent shall harass, threaten, discipline, discharge, retaliate or in any manner discriminate against any district employee involved directly or indirectly with an application to establish a charter school as authorized under this article.

(c) The applicant shall provide with the application information regarding the proposed operation and potential effects of the school, including but not limited to the facilities to be utilized by the school, the manner in which administrative services of the school are to be provided and a demonstration that the school is adequately insured for liability, including errors and omissions coverage, and that the authorizer is indemnified to the fullest extent possible. A district board may upon request of the applicant and approval of the charter school application, make available for use by the charter school any district facility which is closed, not operational and otherwise feasible for use as an educational building as defined under W.S. 21-15-109(a)(ii) .

(d) Upon the approval of any application by the authorizer, the applicant shall provide written notice of that approval including a copy of the application to the state superintendent. If the authorizer denies the application, the authorizer shall not later than forty-five (45) days following the date of its decision, notify the applicant of the denial in writing together with its reasons for denial.

(e) A charter school may contract for the provision of services and property subject to the following:

(i) The contract shall be executed in the same manner and subject to the same restrictions as contracts by a school district;

(ii) The charter school shall be subject to all competitive bidding laws which apply to a school district;

(iii) The contract shall not exceed funds available to the charter school;

(iv) The contract shall not exceed the remaining length of operation for which the charter school was approved pursuant to W.S. 21-3-309 ;

(v) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 169, § 4, e ffective July 1, 2022.

(f) A school district shall not discriminate against a charter school in publicizing the district's educational options through advertising, direct mail, availability of mailing lists or other informational activities.

(g) Charter schools shall meet the state uniform educational program standards imposed upon public schools by 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 , including compliance with requirements under the statewide assessment system pursuant to W.S. 21-2-304(a)(v) .

(h) Those teachers employed on a full-time basis in the charter school system shall be subject to the same requirements with respect to certification by the Wyoming professional teaching standards board under W.S. 21-2-802 and other qualifications as any other teachers authorized to teach in Wyoming public schools.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-17-432 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 17 / Section 21-17-432
§ 21-17-432. Omission by security holder not to relieve board or university of obligation
Status: in_force

The failure of any holder of any securities to proceed as provided by this act shall not relieve the board or the university, or any of their officers, agents and employees of any liability for failure to perform or carry out any duty, obligation or other commitment.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-16-302 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 16 / Section 21-16-302
§ 21-16-302. Filing copies of commission's reports and bylaws
Status: in_force

The report required under article III(k) of W.S. 21-16-301 shall be filed with the governor and the joint education interim committee of the legislature. Pursuant to article III(j) of the compact, the commission shall file a copy of its bylaws and any amendment thereto with the secretary of state of the state of Wyoming.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-7-112 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 7 / Section 21-7-112
§ 21-7-112. Effect on existing contracts
Status: in_force

The contracts of all teachers in the state of Wyoming from and after July 1, 2012, shall be subject to the policies, rules, and regulations of the school district not in conflict with this law or the other laws of the state of Wyoming.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-17-436 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 17 / Section 21-17-436
§ 21-17-436. Interim debentures; bonds for funding
Status: in_force

(a) For the purpose of funding any interim debentures, any bonds pledged as collateral security to secure the payment of interim debentures, upon their surrender as pledged property, may be reissued, and any bonds not previously issued but authorized to be issued by any law for a purpose or purposes the same as or encompassing the purpose or purposes for which the interim debentures were issued, may be issued for such a funding.

(b) Any bonds shall mature at such time or times as the board may determine, but in no event exceeding fifty (50) years from the dates of the interim debentures so funded and the bonds so pledged as collateral security, or if the dates are not the same, from whichever date is the earlier.

(c) Bonds for funding and bonds for any other purpose or purposes may be issued separately or issued in combination in one (1) or more series.

(d) Except as herein otherwise provided in W.S. 21-17-433 through 21-17-436 , any funding bonds shall be issued as is provided by this act for other bonds.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-12-102 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 12 / Section 21-12-102
§ 21-12-102. Powers of boards of trustees establishing and maintaining programs
Status: in_force

(a) The board of trustees of any school district within the state establishing and maintaining an adult education program under this chapter, in addition to all other powers provided by law, may:

(i) Fix fee and tuition rates for adult education courses;

(ii) Cooperate with the state department of education, the state board, community college commission and the federal government in administering the program; and

(iii) Do all things necessary to promote the purposes of this article.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-13-712 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 13 / Section 21-13-712
§ 21-13-712. Security for payment of bonds
Status: in_force

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. § 21-3-105 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 3 / Section 21-3-105
§ 21-3-105. Board of trustees to be governing body; quorum; majority vote
Status: in_force

The board of trustees of a school district shall be the governing body of the school district. A majority of the number of members of the board of trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the board of trustees. No action of the board of trustees shall be valid unless such action shall receive the approval of a majority of the members elected to the board of trustees.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-16-706 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 16 / Section 21-16-706
§ 21-16-706. Revenue obligations; issuance
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to W.S. 21-16-707 , the authority may issue bonds in principal amounts it deems necessary to provide sufficient funds for achieving any of its purposes, including the payment of interest and the establishment of reserves. All obligations issued under this article are deemed to be negotiable instruments under the laws of the state unless expressly stated to the contrary on the face of the obligations.

(b) The principal of and interest and premium, if any, on the obligations shall be payable solely from the sources provided by this article for payment. The obligations of each issue shall be dated, shall bear interest at rates including variable rates, shall mature at times not to exceed twenty (20) years from their date, as determined by the authority, and may be made redeemable before maturity at the option of the authority, at a price and under terms and conditions as may be fixed by the authority prior to issuance of the obligations.

(c) The authority shall determine the form and the manner of execution of the obligations, including any interest coupons to be attached thereto, and shall fix the denomination of the obligations and the place of payment of principal and interest, which may be any financial institution or trust company within or without the state.

(d) The authority may sell the obligations in any manner, either at public or private sale and for a price as it may determine will best effectuate the purposes of this article. The authority may pay legal fees, expenses, premiums and commissions which it finds necessary or advantageous in connection with the issuance and sale.

(e) The authority may provide for the issuance of its obligations to refund any of its outstanding obligations, including payment of any redemption premium and any interest or premium accrued or to accrue to the earliest or subsequent date of redemption, purchase or maturity of the obligations. Refunding shall be accomplished in the manner prescribed by W.S. 16-5-101 through 16-5-119 to the extent not inconsistent with this article.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-16-1906 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 16 / Section 21-16-1906
§ 21-16-1906. Additional funding considerations
Status: in_force

The commission shall limit the number and amount of scholarships awarded under this article so that the expected expenditures do not exceed the projected funding available considering the total duration of the awards. To the extent sufficient funds are not available in the Wyoming's tomorrow scholarship expenditure account to fund all scholarships awarded by the commission under this article, the payment to the eligible institutions shall be reduced on a first come first served basis using the student's application date for the scholarship.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-6-211 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 6 / Section 21-6-211
§ 21-6-211. Approval or rejection of proposal by state committee
Status: in_force

Within ninety (90) days after receipt of a proposal from any district boundary board, the state committee shall either approve or reject the proposal and notify the district boundary board of its action. In approving or rejecting a proposal, the state committee shall consider the effect of the proposal upon the purposes stated in this article. No proposal shall be approved if in the opinion of the state committee it fails to comply with the provisions or purposes of this article. If a proposal is rejected, the state committee shall enter its order with reasons for the rejection and recommendations for making the proposal acceptable. If a proposal is rejected, a district boundary board may resubmit a modified proposal as often as necessary or may appeal the rejection pursuant to W.S. 21-6-224 . When a proposal is approved, the state committee shall make an order establishing the school district according to the approved proposal. An order of the state committee pursuant to this section shall be the final administrative determination and shall be filed with the county clerk of each county involved within ten (10) days from the approval or rejection of the proposal, in accordance with W.S. 21-6-212 .
Wyo. Stat. § 21-18-305 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 18 / Section 21-18-305
§ 21-18-305. Budget
Status: in_force

The chief administrative officer shall annually cause to be submitted a budget for the approval of the community college district board.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-3-130 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 3 / Section 21-3-130
§ 21-3-130. From whom insurance obtained
Status: in_force

No school district shall obtain, sponsor, arrange, or handle insurance of any kind except from the companies which maintain an office in this state and are authorized to do business in Wyoming subject to the supervision of the state insurance commissioner.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-6-210 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 6 / Section 21-6-210
§ 21-6-210. Powers and duties of state committee
Status: in_force

(a) The state committee shall:

(i) Aid the district boundary boards in carrying out the powers and duties vested in and imposed upon those boards by this article, as authorized by the state superintendent, and provide plans for procedure, standards, data, maps and other information and services for district boundary boards throughout the state as it appears to the state committee necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this article;

(ii) Receive, file and review all proposals for organization, reorganization and boundary adjustments submitted to it by a district boundary board and either approve the proposals or reject them with reasons for rejection and recommendations for making the proposal acceptable as provided in W.S. 21-6-211 .
Wyo. Stat. § 21-12-103 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 12 / Section 21-12-103
§ 21-12-103. Special school tax; submission to electors authorized; tax in addition to limitations in W.S. 21-13-102
Status: in_force

For the purpose of maintaining a program of adult education, the board of trustees may submit for vote to the electors of the district, a special school tax of not to exceed two and one-half (2 1 / 2 ) mills on the taxable valuation of the district. Said special school tax, if approved, shall be above and in addition to the tax limitations expressed in W.S. 21-13-102 .
Wyo. Stat. § 21-18-406 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 18 / Section 21-18-406
§ 21-18-406. Student grant limitations
Status: in_force

To the extent a student grant under this article would, when combined with any grant or scholarship from a student financial aid program administered through the state or any state institution, in any academic term exceed the cost of attendance at the community college, the grant under this article shall be reduced by the amount necessary to not exceed the cost of attendance. The commission shall by rule require that student grant funds under this article shall be provided for unmet financial need and only after all other public or private grants, scholarship or other financial aid available for the student's enrollment in the credential program have been applied.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-17-110 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 17 / Section 21-17-110
§ 21-17-110. Regional college of veterinary medicine; University of Wyoming Board of Trustees authorized to participate
Status: in_force

The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees may enter into agreements with the governing bodies of other universities or states for the purpose of providing for regionalized veterinary medical education and services. No final agreement is binding unless approved by the legislature.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-4-502 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 4 / Section 21-4-502
§ 21-4-502. Attendance in another district when convenient or desirable; admission of pupils resident in other districts; attendance for ADM computations specified
Status: in_force

(a) The board of trustees of every school district within the state may provide for the enrollment of any pupil resident therein in a school within another district if the pupil desires to attend the school and if attendance in such other district would be more convenient or is desirable because of services available in the other district. Except as provided under subsection (c) of this section, the district providing for the enrollment of the pupil in a school within another district shall not include the pupil within its average daily membership (ADM) for purposes of the foundation program under W.S. 21-13-309 .

(b) Any district within the state may admit pupils resident in other districts of the state unless the admission overcrowds the classrooms of the admitting district. No district within the state shall be required to admit a pupil who has been suspended or expelled by the board of trustees or designated disciplinarian of any other district located in or outside the state. Except as provided under subsection (c) of this section, the district admitting a pupil under this subsection shall not assess tuition payments upon the district wherein the pupil resides, but shall include the pupil within its average daily membership (ADM) for purposes of determining its foundation program amount under W.S. 21-13-309 .

(c) Any district within the state may allow pupils enrolled in another school district in the state to receive a portion of a pupil's education pursuant to an agreement with the district in which the pupil is enrolled. The agreement shall be in writing with a copy kept on file by both districts. The district providing for the enrollment of the pupil shall include the pupil within its average daily membership (ADM) for purposes of the foundation program under W.S. 21-13-309 . The district providing a portion of the pupil's education may assess the district providing for the enrollment of the pupil tuition for the classes the pupil attends. The tuition shall be equal to or less than the per ADM amount for the district providing a portion of the pupil's education prorated to reflect the number of classes attended by the pupil.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-17-113 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 17 / Section 21-17-113
§ 21-17-113. Agreements with universities, colleges, associations, agencies and corporations; applicability
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to other powers granted to the trustees of the University of Wyoming, the trustees may enter into agreements with other institutions, universities, colleges, community colleges, boards of trustees of school districts, agencies, associations or corporations, within or without the state, providing for the offering of courses or programs of instruction, in whole or in part, at, or in cooperation with, such other institutions or agencies, or for the delivery of instruction, performance of services, or provision of materials or facilities. Such agreements may provide for the granting of University of Wyoming credit or degrees for collegiate work completed pursuant to such agreements.

(b) Nothing in this section alters or otherwise affects any other law authorizing the board of trustees of the University of Wyoming to offer or provide any programs or courses of instruction or to enter into agreements with other institutions, universities or colleges to provide such programs or courses of instruction, nor does any other law limit or otherwise affect the board of trustees' authority under this section.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-2-402 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 2 / Section 21-2-402
§ 21-2-402. Licensure; registration of private degree granting post secondary education institutions; fees; suspension and revocation; notification upon entry into state
Status: repealed

(a) Schools specified under W.S. 21-2-401(a) excluding those schools exempt under W.S. 21-2-406 and private degree granting post secondary education institutions subject to subsections (b) and (f) of this section, shall pay an annual license fee established by rule and regulation of the department in an amount that, to the extent practicable, generates a total revenue from the fees collected that approximates but does not exceed the direct and indirect costs of administering the regulatory provisions required under this article.

(b) Except as provided by subsection (f) of this section, private degree granting post secondary education institutions shall annually apply to the department of education for registration under this article. Application shall be in a manner and on a form prescribed by the department and shall include documentation or other verification of accreditation by an accrediting association recognized by the United States department of education or verification of candidacy or verification of otherwise being in the application process status for accreditation. Except as otherwise provided under this subsection, an annual registration fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) shall be collected by the department prior to issuing a registration certificate under this article. If the applicant is a candidate for accreditation or is otherwise in the application process for accreditation, and the applicant submits verification of candidacy or application status together with a performance bond or other form of security required under W.S. 21-2-405 , the department shall collect an annual registration fee of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for each year the applicant institution remains a candidate or continues the application process, up to a period of not to exceed five (5) years, until the institution receives accreditation or upon refusal of accreditation by the accrediting association, whichever first occurs. The period of candidacy or otherwise in the application process status expires at the end of the five (5) year period or at the time the applicant is refused candidacy or application status or accreditation by the accrediting association, or otherwise loses candidacy or application status, whichever occurs first, and the applicant shall not operate or conduct business in this state unless, upon a showing of good cause by the applicant, the department finds the five (5) year period of candidacy or applicant status should be extended. As used in this article, “ candidate for accreditation or otherwise in the application process ” means that within three (3) months of first enrolling students, or by July 1, 2006, for any private degree granting post secondary education institution licensed to operate or do business under this article prior to July 1, 2006, the private degree granting post secondary education institution has applied for accreditation by an accrediting association recognized by the United States department of education and is being considered for candidacy status or for accreditation by that association and is in the process of gathering information and performing activities requested by that association to complete the application process.

(i) to (xii) Repealed by Laws 2006, ch. 34, § 2.

(c) Repealed by Laws 2006, ch. 34, § 2.

(d) Subject to the requirements of the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act, the department may suspend or revoke a registration certificate issued under this section to any private degree granting post secondary education institution for loss of accreditation status or loss of accreditation candidacy or application status during any registration period.

(e) All fees collected under this section shall be deposited into the general fund.

(f) Any private degree granting post secondary education institution entering this state after July 1, 2006, with the intent of operating and doing business in this state, shall notify the department of education in a manner and within the time prescribed by rule and regulation of the department. Notification shall include submission of a performance bond or other form of security in an amount and in the manner prescribed by W.S. 21-2-405 .
Wyo. Stat. § 21-13-306-1 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 13 / Section 21-13-306-1
§ 21-13-306-1. School foundation program reserve account; purposes
Status: in_force

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. § 21-17-109 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 17 / Section 21-17-109
§ 21-17-109. Course in field of professional health services; authority to offer; contracts with students; repayment of funds expended; deposit of repayments
Status: repealed

(a) In addition to other powers heretofore granted to the trustees of the University of Wyoming, the board may offer and provide, in whole or in part at the university or in whole or in part at other institutions, universities or colleges within or without the state, a course of training and education in the field of professional health services including and limited to medicine, dentistry, veterinary, optometry or nursing.

(b) To accomplish the purposes hereof and in order that degrees in such fields of professional health services may be awarded by the university the board of trustees may enter into contracts with other institutions, universities or colleges within or without the state that maintain schools for the training and education of students in professional health services and to expend its funds in connection therewith.

(c) Students desiring to avail themselves of the opportunities under this section, before enrolling for such courses and having passed a competitive examination, must be approved by the president of the university acting with the advice of the respective state board in each particular field. No student shall be approved by the president unless the student or the student's father, mother or lawful guardian are residents of Wyoming and have been residents for not less than five (5) years immediately prior thereto.

(d) In addition to the requirements of subsection (c) of this section, before expending any funds the board of trustees shall obtain an agreement from each student whereby the student agrees to:

(i) Authorize the state of Wyoming to pay all or a portion of the cost of attendance incurred in his or her medical education as determined by any contract between the state of Wyoming and the school of medicine providing that education; and

(ii) Actively engage in professional practice or other professional pursuits in Wyoming for not to exceed three (3) years as the board requires. The taking of a family practice residency program in the state shall be credited toward the practice requirements at the rate of one-third ( 1 / 3 ) year of practice for each year of service in a family practice residency program in the state; or

(iii) Repay all amounts expended by the state of Wyoming under paragraph (i) of this subsection on the student's education, together with interest which shall begin accruing after the student's residency but in no event later than eight (8) years after the student enters into an agreement, upon terms specified by the board. However, interest shall begin to accrue if the board finds that the student has withdrawn from medical school or a residency program or is otherwise not making satisfactory progress toward completion of the degree or program. Money expended under this subsection shall accrue at an annual interest rate equal to that charged for federal Stafford loans at the time interest begins to accrue, which rate shall be adjusted annually to match the federal Stafford loan rate. In no event shall the interest rate be greater than eight percent (8%);

(iv) Repealed by Laws 2011, ch. 176, § 2, eff. March 3, 2011.

(e) Any amounts, other than fees and tuition payments, paid by medical students in accordance with the contractual arrangements authorized under this section shall be deposited into a special fund designated the Medical School Student Fund, maintained and separately accounted for by the University of Wyoming, which fund may be added to by specific contributions from other sources. The fund may be invested, at the discretion of the president of the University of Wyoming and the dean of the College of Health Sciences, for the production of income. The investment income shall be expended by the University of Wyoming solely for direct assistance for relocation costs associated with practice in Wyoming, fees and materials for medical board examinations, rural training, dislocation, student development and scholarships to medical students as authorized by the president of the University of Wyoming and the dean of the College of Health Sciences. The principal of the fund established shall remain unimpaired and only the income derived therefrom may be collected and expended from year to year. The amount of income expended annually pursuant to this section shall not exceed an amount equal to four percent (4%) of the previous five (5) year average market value of the fund, calculated from the first day of the fiscal year. Any unexpended income shall remain in the fund. On or before October 1 of each year, the university shall submit a report to the joint appropriations committee and the joint labor, health and social services interim committee on income to the fund and expenditures from fund earnings during the prior fiscal year.

(f) Upon recommendation of the president of the university, the board of trustees may relieve a student of the obligation to repay amounts expended under paragraph (d)(i) of this section, in whole or in part, where repayment would cause undue hardship. The university shall annually report the number of students relieved from repayment under this subsection to the joint labor, health and social services interim committee not later than October 1.

(g) Tuition and fees received by the University of Wyoming from students participating in the medical education program under this section, shall be separately accounted for by the university. These funds are to be used by the university solely for the support of education and training conducted at the university pursuant to this section. The receipt and expenditure of these funds shall be identified in the university's biennial budget request.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-13-103 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 13 / Section 21-13-103
§ 21-13-103. Cancellation of unpaid warrants; remedy of holders
Status: in_force

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. § 21-16-1907 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 16 / Section 21-16-1907
§ 21-16-1907. Legislative oversight and authority
Status: in_force

Nothing in this article shall be construed to constitute an entitlement to a scholarship established and funded by the legislature. Wyoming's tomorrow scholarships shall be subject to legislative appropriation and the legislature reserves the right to modify or terminate the program established under this article at any time.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-17-207 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 17 / Section 21-17-207
§ 21-17-207. University board composition; community college ex-officio member
Status: in_force

In addition to the members of the university board of trustees specified under W.S. 21-17-201 , the director of the Wyoming community college commission shall serve as a member ex officio, having the right to speak but not to vote.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-3-309 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 3 / Section 21-3-309
§ 21-3-309. Length of operation under charter; renewal; revocation
Status: repealed

(a) A charter contract may be granted pursuant to this article for a period of five (5) years. A charter contract may be renewed for successive five (5) year terms, provided that the authorizer may vary the duration of the term based on the performance, demonstrated capacities and particular circumstances of the charter school. An authorizer may grant renewal of the charter contract with specific conditions for necessary improvements to the charter school.

(b) A charter school renewal application submitted to the authorizer shall be on a form prescribed by the state superintendent pursuant to W.S. 21-3-307(d) and in accordance with W.S. 21-3-305(b) and shall contain:

(i) A report on the progress of the charter school in achieving the goals, objectives, pupil performance standards, content standards and other terms of the initial approved charter application; and

(ii) A financial statement that discloses the costs of administration, instruction and other spending categories for the charter school that is understandable to the general public and that will allow comparison of such costs to other schools or other comparable organizations, in a format required by the state board.

(c) A charter may be revoked or not renewed by the authorizer if the authorizer determines that the charter school did any of the following:

(i) Committed a material violation of any of the conditions, standards or procedures set forth in the charter application;

(ii) Failed to meet or make reasonable progress toward achievement of the content standards or pupil performance standards identified in the charter application;

(iii) Failed to meet generally accepted standards of fiscal management; or

(iv) Violated any provision of law from which the charter school was not specifically exempted.

(d) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 169, § 4, e ffective July 1, 2022.

(e) If an authorizer revokes or does not renew a charter, the authorizer shall state its reasons for the revocation or nonrenewal.

(f) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 169, § 4, e ffective July 1, 2022.

(g) The charter school may appeal the authorizer's decision to revoke or not renew a charter application first to the office of administrative hearings, then to the district court where the charter school is located.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-7-101 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 7 / Section 21-7-101
§ 21-7-101. Short title
Status: in_force

This article shall be known and cited as the Wyoming Teacher Employment Law.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-18-102 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 18 / Section 21-18-102
§ 21-18-102. Definitions
Status: repealed

(a) As used in this act:

(i) “ Academic program ” means those programs approved by the commission which provide credits:

(A) Resulting in a two (2) year associate degree;

(B) Resulting in an applied baccalaureate degree;

(C) Resulting in a credit bearing credential such as a certificate; or

(D) Which may be transferred to an accredited four (4) year college or university.

(ii) “ Administrative computing ,” means hardware and software components that support data processing activities for daily business operations and provide support for management information systems. Administrative computing shall be distinct from academic computing operations that support instructional programs;

(iii) “ Assessed value ” means the total assessed value of any community college district;

(iv) “ Biennial funding report ” means the current funds estimated by each college to be expended in a biennial period. For purposes of this paragraph, “ current funds ” shall be as defined by the national association of college and university business officers;

(v) “ College system ” means the community colleges and the community college commission established pursuant to this act;

(vi) “ Commission ” means the community college commission of Wyoming;

(vii) “ Community college ” means an institution established under this act;

(viii) “ Community college district ” means a body corporate established by statute as a subdivision of a county or counties that establishes or maintains a community college;

(ix) “ Community service programs ” means all programs, class activities and services sponsored by a college which are not for credit or part of an academic, vocational-technical or continuing education program;

(x) “ Continuing education programs ” means those programs, class activities and services sponsored by a college which provide job skills necessary to remain in or advance as a member of the work force which do not result in degrees or certificates;

(xi) “ Coordination ” means to facilitate collaborative interaction among state government, the boards of the individual community colleges, the community college commission and other entities;

(xii) “ Full-time equivalency ” means the number of approved academic or vocational-technical credit hours for each class for which students are enrolled divided by twelve (12). In calculating full-time equivalency, the census date of student enrollment as audited by the commission shall be used;

(xiii) “ Governing board ” or “ board ” means the community college district board;

(xiv) “ School district ” means any school district established pursuant to the laws of this state excluding community colleges and community college districts;

(xv) “ Vocational-technical programs ” means those programs approved by the commission which provide job skills necessary to enter, remain in or advance as a member of the work force and result in degrees or certificates;

(xvi) “ Annual weighted average enrollment ” means the total of three (3) consecutive academic years' full-time weighted equivalency enrollment in which the most recent academic year is multiplied by one-half (.5) and the immediately preceding two (2) academic years are multiplied by one-quarter (.25);

(xvii) “ Distance education class ” means a class in which the instructor and a majority of students are physically separated by time or space, and a communications source other than face to face in class instruction is used to provide synchronous or asynchronous instruction. A class which qualifies as a distance education class shall be considered a level one, level two or level three class as determined by the content of the course;

(xviii) “ Full-time weighted equivalency enrollment ” means full-time equivalency with credit hours for each class assigned a weighting system as follows:

(A) Repealed by Laws 2023, ch. 2, § 2, eff. July 1, 2023.

(B) Each level one class credit hour shall be multiplied by one (1);

(C) Each level two class credit hour shall be multiplied by one and one-quarter (1.25);

(D) Each level three class credit hour shall be multiplied by one and one-half (1.5).

(xix) “ Level one class ” means a class guided by an instructor through course material via classroom lecture, limited field trips, multimedia, text book reading, written assignments and one-on-one tutorial wherein students rely on the instructor to lead the class and assign appropriate homework and tests based on class lecture;

(xx) “ Level two class ” means a class taught in a laboratory setting, supplemented but not solely based on lecture, textbook reading, field trips, writing assignments and the use of multimedia;

(xxi) “ Level three class ” means a class that is highly technical and requires significant ancillary equipment. Level three classes incorporate all methods of instruction with the primary emphasis of instruction centering on equipment and hands-on experiences;

(xxii) “ Standard budget base amount ” means a base budget amount of one hundred ninety-four million seven hundred two thousand one hundred thirty-one dollars ($194,702,131.00) adjusted by all increases and decreases enacted pursuant to W.S. 21-18-203(e) ;

(xxiii) “This act” means W.S. 21-18-101 through 21-18-409 .
Wyo. Stat. § 21-20-103 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 20 / Section 21-20-103
§ 21-20-103. Definitions
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this act:

(i) “Assessed value” means the total assessed value of the member school district or community college district;

(ii) “Board of trustees” means the board of trustees of any school district within the state or the community college district board of any community college within the state;

(iii) “Post secondary education” means education programs offered by any accredited Wyoming college, the University of Wyoming or any accredited college or university outside of Wyoming if services are unavailable in Wyoming;

(iv) “This act” means W.S. 21-20-101 through 21-20-112 .
Wyo. Stat. § 21-17-401 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 17 / Section 21-17-401
§ 21-17-401. Certain portions of campus restricted to park or recreational purposes; construction of buildings or structures prohibited thereon
Status: in_force

(a) That portion of the campus of the University of Wyoming described as follows is restricted to park or recreational purposes only and no structure shall be constructed on the tract without the approval of the legislature:

(i) A tract of land in the southwest corner of the property known as the campus of the University of Wyoming, in Albany county, Wyoming, which is bounded on the south by a street in the city of Laramie designated as Ivinson Avenue; on the west by a street in the said city designated as Ninth (9th) Street; on the north by an easterly extension of the north line of the street in said city designated as University Avenue; and on the east by an extension, north and south, of the west line of the building known as Hoyt Hall and located on said campus.

(b) In order to preserve the natural and open beauty of that portion of the University of Wyoming campus commonly known and referred to as “Prexy's Pasture”, no structures, other than ornamental improvements, or buildings of any kind or type shall be located or constructed upon the portion of the campus described as follows:

(i) All that portion of the East 1/2 of Section 33, Township 16 N, R 73 W, of the 6th PM, Albany county, Wyoming, bounded as follows:

(A) Beginning at a point from which the East 1/4 corner of said Section 33 bears South 83 degrees 15' East a distance of 803 feet; thence South 5 degrees 45' West a distance of 410 feet; thence North 84 degrees 15' West a distance of 578 feet; thence North 5 degrees 45' East a distance of 410 feet; thence South 84 degrees 15' East a distance of 578 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning. Said parcel of land containing 5.44 acres, more or less.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-17-445 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 17 / Section 21-17-445
§ 21-17-445. Determination of board final; exceptions
Status: in_force

The determination of the board that the limitations imposed upon the issuance of refunding bonds or upon the issuance of other securities under this act have been met is conclusive in the absence of fraud or arbitrary and gross abuse of discretion regardless of whether the authorizing resolution or the securities thereby authorized contain a recital as authorized by W.S. 21-17-416 .
Wyo. Stat. § 21-16-1903 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 16 / Section 21-16-1903
§ 21-16-1903. Wyoming's tomorrow scholarship program; eligibility requirements
Status: in_force

(a) There is created the Wyoming's tomorrow scholarship program.

(b) Under the Wyoming's tomorrow scholarship program, subject to W.S. 21-16-1905(b) and availability of funds as determined by the legislature, the commission may award a scholarship pursuant to W.S. 21-16-1904 to any student who has been accepted by and enrolls in an eligible institution to pursue a degree or certificate, and who meets the following qualifications:

(i) The student has demonstrated Wyoming residency for not less than one (1) year immediately preceding application or not less than a total of three (3) years at any time prior to application;

(ii) The student is twenty-four (24) years of age or older;

(iii) The student has completed and filed a free application for federal student aid for the academic year for which the student is applying for a scholarship and has unmet financial need;

(iv) The student agrees to register with the department of workforce services for applicable training assistance, as defined by rule of the commission required under W.S. 21-16-1905(b) .

(c) A student is not eligible for a scholarship under this article if the student:

(i) Is currently receiving a scholarship under the Hathaway scholarship program established under W.S. 21-16-1301 et seq. ;

(ii) Is not a United States citizen or a permanent resident alien who meets the definition of an eligible noncitizen under federal Title IV requirements or requirements of a subsequent similar federal enactment;

(iii) Owes a refund under a federal Title IV student financial aid program or a subsequently enacted similar federal student financial aid program, or a student financial aid program administered through the state;

(iv) Is incarcerated; or

(v) Previously received a scholarship under this article for the maximum of the equivalent of four (4) full-time academic terms or a total of seven thousand two hundred dollars ($7,200.00) in scholarships for unmet financial need under this article.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-17-102 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 17 / Section 21-17-102
§ 21-17-102. Objects; departments
Status: in_force

(a) The objects of the university are to provide an efficient means of imparting to men and women, without regard to color, on equal terms, a liberal education, together with a thorough knowledge of the various branches connected with the scientific, industrial and professional pursuits. To this end it shall embrace colleges or departments of letters, of science and of the arts together with such professional or other departments as in course of time may be connected therewith. The department of letters shall embrace a liberal course of instruction in language, literature and philosophy, together with such courses or parts of courses in the college or department of science as are deemed necessary.

(b) The college, or department of science, shall embrace courses of instruction in the mathematical, physical and natural sciences, together with such courses in language, literature and philosophy as shall constitute a liberal education. The college or department of the arts shall embrace courses of instruction in the practical and fine arts and especially in the applications of science to the arts of mining and metallurgy, mechanics, engineering, architecture, agriculture and commerce, together with instruction in military tactics, and in such branches in the department of letters, as are necessary to a proper fitness of students for their chosen pursuits, and as soon as the income of the university will allow, in such order as the wants of the public shall seem to require, the courses in the sciences and their practical applications shall be expanded into full and distinct schools or departments.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-15-114 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 15 / Section 21-15-114
§ 21-15-114. School facilities commission powers and duties
Status: repealed

(a) The school facilities commission shall:

(i) Repealed by Laws 2011, ch. 2, § 3, eff. July 1, 2011.

(ii) Adopt policies, guidelines and standards for any assessment of school buildings and facilities under W.S. 21-15-117 ;

(iii) Adopt policies, guidelines and standards for school district facility plans required under W.S. 21-15-116 and review and approve each plan as required under this act;

(iv) to (vi) Repealed by Laws 2011, ch. 2, § 3, eff. July 1, 2011.

(vii) Develop policies and criteria for use in determining renovation, replacement or discontinuation of inadequate buildings and facilities based upon statewide adequacy standards and other requirements necessary to ensure adequate, efficient and cost effective school buildings and facilities;

(viii) Repealed by Laws 2011, ch. 2, § 3, eff. July 1, 2011.

(ix) Establish criteria and procedures for the identification of local enhancements to school buildings and facilities which are in excess of state building adequacy standards and develop criteria and procedures to determine whether and how any local enhancements should be incorporated into the statewide adequacy standards;

(x) Repealed by Laws 2011, ch. 2, § 3, eff. July 1, 2011.

(xi) Establish a process under which prototypes are developed for remedies addressing building and facility needs identified under this act through building and facility replacement. Prototypes shall be assembled based upon:

(A) Capacity requirements of the building or facility and projected student populations to be attending programs in the building or facility;

(B) Educational programs to be provided within the building or facility, provided that this subparagraph shall not be construed to grant the commission any authority to specify the educational programs offered by any district;

(C) Accommodations, in coordination and cooperation with the district, to the proposed site on which the building or facility is to be constructed, including specific site requirements and limitations.

(xii) Develop criteria and procedures for the site analysis of remedies responding to identified building and facility needs by building and facility replacement. Site analysis shall include a comprehensive review and evaluation of site soil conditions, traffic patterns, utilities and site topography;

(xiii), (xiv) Repealed by Laws 2011, ch. 2, § 3, eff. July 1, 2011.

(xv) With prior consultation with the select committee on school facilities, promulgate necessary rules and regulations to administer and implement this act.

(b), (c) Repealed by Laws 2011, ch. 2, § 3, eff. July 1, 2011.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-16-1204 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 16 / Section 21-16-1204
§ 21-16-1204. Annual reports; review by committees
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than October 1, 2006, and October 1 of each year thereafter, the University of Wyoming and each Wyoming community college shall report to the joint appropriations and joint education interim committees of the legislature and to the governor on the use and expenditure of earnings from the excellence in higher education endowment fund pursuant to this article, including the following:

(i) Faculty positions partially or fully funded through the endowment program;

(ii) The name of each faculty member filling a position identified under paragraph (i) of this subsection, together with that individual's education and experience and a summary of his research and instructional activities during the preceding academic year;

(iii) A description of the benefits of the research or instruction provided by the individual filling a position identified under paragraph (i) of this subsection during the preceding academic year, to students, businesses, industries or to other Wyoming residents as required under this article;

(iv) Reserve fund distributions pursuant to W.S. 9-4-719(n) .

(b) Upon receipt of reports by the University of Wyoming and each Wyoming community college on the use and expenditure of earnings as required under subsection (a) of this section, the joint appropriations and joint education interim committees shall report to members of the Wyoming legislature and the governor on the progress made by the university and community colleges in achieving the purposes stated under this article for distributions from the excellence in higher education endowment fund and shall recommend any necessary changes to the higher education endowment program to accomplish these purposes. The reports required under this subsection shall be made in sufficient time to enable consideration by the legislature at the general or budget session immediately following the receipt of reports submitted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-16-901 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 16 / Section 21-16-901
§ 21-16-901. University of Wyoming endowment challenge program
Status: in_force

The University of Wyoming endowment challenge program is created.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-4-501 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 4 / Section 21-4-501
§ 21-4-501. Payment of tuition for children resident in districts which maintain no high school; admission of children to high schools in other districts; state board approval for out-of-state placements; duties of admitting districts; tuition amount
Status: in_force

(a) Any district which does not maintain a high school shall pay tuition, in addition to transportation or maintenance, for any child resident therein who has successfully completed the course offered therein and desires to attend high school, at any public school within or subject to the approval of the state board of education, without the state, which the district board may designate in the best interest, welfare and convenience of the child. Application for attendance at a high school outside the state shall be filed by the nonunified district board with the state department of education. If the nonunified district provides evidence that the amount of tuition assessed by the out-of-state district for the out-of-state placement shall not exceed one hundred twenty-five percent (125%) of the actual per pupil cost as determined under subsection (c) of this section, state board approval shall be waived under this subsection.

(b) The board of trustees of any school district within the state which maintains a high school shall admit, upon payment of tuition, pupils of districts which do not maintain a high school; provided that nothing in this section shall be construed to require a district to admit nonresident pupils, when to do so would overcrowd the facilities of the admitting district or in any way work a definite hardship upon the educational program offered by the admitting district. The admitting district shall:

(i) Include any pupil admitted under this section among its average daily membership (ADM) for purposes of computing the foundation program under W.S. 21-13-309 ; and

(ii) Account separately for the portion of the tuition received pursuant to this section which is related to school buildings and facilities, as determined by the district and reported to the state department, and deposit that portion in its debt service account. The remainder shall be reported as revenues for purposes of W.S. 21-13-310(a)(ix) .

(c) The amount of tuition assessed under this section shall be determined by dividing the total operating cost of the district for the previous year, plus the cost of bond redemption and interest for the previous year, by the total of the district's average daily membership for the previous year.

(d) Subject to state board approval if an out-of-state placement as required under subsection (a) of this section, nonunified school districts shall be reimbursed from the school foundation program account for tuition paid under subsection (a) of this section as if the district's total foundation program amount for that year as computed under W.S. 21-13-309(p) was increased by the amount of the tuition paid during the preceding year.

(e) Any out-of-state placement under subsection (a) of this section shall include within the agreement with the out-of-state school district, that district's agreement to provide student transcripts as required under W.S. 21-16-1308(a)(ii) . The agreement shall also require the out-of-state school district to cooperate with the department of education to identify those courses provided by the out-of-state school district which satisfy the success curriculum requirements established under W.S. 21-16-1307 .
Wyo. Stat. § 21-6-220 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 6 / Section 21-6-220
§ 21-6-220. Name or number of newly created district
Status: in_force

In all cases, where a school district created by the action of the boundary board has been created from the territory of preexisting school districts, or the territory formerly belonging to a school district is annexed to a preexisting district, the district boundary board shall designate a descriptive name and a number for the newly created district or the district to which territory was added.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-6-204 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 6 / Section 21-6-204
§ 21-6-204. Quorum; majority vote
Status: in_force

(a) A majority of the members of the district boundary board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. No action of the district boundary board shall be valid unless the action is approved by a majority of the members.

(b) Expenses incurred by the district boundary board in the performance of its duties required by this article shall be borne by the county treasury.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-17-306 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 17 / Section 21-17-306
§ 21-17-306. Soil conservation programs; state advisory board
Status: in_force

(a) In formulating plans for soil conservation programs to be submitted to the secretary of agriculture the university shall select a state advisory board with the approval of the governor from persons who participate in soil conservation programs as recommended by committees of county associations of persons who participate in soil conservation programs. The director of the department of agriculture is an ex officio member of the state advisory board.

(b) In implementing approved soil conservation program plans the university may:

(i) Employ and designate such agencies as it deems necessary to cooperate with local and state agencies, agencies of other states and the federal government;

(ii) Provide for the conduct of research and educational activities;

(iii) Provide by voluntary methods for adjustments in the utilization of land and farming practices and for payment in connection therewith.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-13-310 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 13 / Section 21-13-310
§ 21-13-310. Annual computation of district revenues
Status: repealed

(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. 21-4-502(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) 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. § 21-13-713 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 13 / Section 21-13-713
§ 21-13-713. Tax levy
Status: in_force

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. § 21-17-422 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 17 / Section 21-17-422
§ 21-17-422. Use of surplus proceeds
Status: in_force

Any unexpended balance of the proceeds of securities remaining after the completion of the acquisition or improvement of properties pertaining to the project or otherwise the completion of the purpose or purposes for which the securities were issued shall be credited immediately to the fund or account created for the payment of the interest on or the principal of the securities, or both principal and interest, and shall be used therefor, subject to the provisions as to the times and methods for their payment as stated in the securities and the proceedings authorizing or otherwise appertaining to their issuance, or so paid into a reserve therefor, or any combination thereof, as the board may determine.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-16-710 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 16 / Section 21-16-710
§ 21-16-710. Disposition of monies received
Status: in_force

Monies received pursuant to this article, whether as proceeds from the sale of obligations or as revenues, receipts or income, shall be held as trust funds to be applied solely as provided in the proceedings under which the obligations are authorized. The trustee shall hold and apply the monies for purposes authorized by this article and by the proceedings authorizing the obligations and included in the resolution or indenture providing for the issuance of the obligations.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-2-103 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 2 / Section 21-2-103
§ 21-2-103. Effect on functions and powers of community college commission
Status: in_force

Nothing in this code shall be construed to limit or contravene the functions and powers of the community college commission of Wyoming as established by law.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-7-109 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 7 / Section 21-7-109
§ 21-7-109. When contract offered to and accepted by initial contract teacher
Status: in_force

The board must offer a contract for the ensuing year to each initial contract teacher if such is to be offered by April 15, and it must be accepted by May 15 of each year or the position will be declared open.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-13-102 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 13 / Section 21-13-102
§ 21-13-102. Maximum rate of school district tax; recapture of excess; equalization of permissive levies
Status: repealed

(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, Sp.Sess., ch. 3, § 103(a).

(C) Repealed by Laws 1997, Sp.Sess., ch. 3, § 104(a).

(D), (E) Repealed by Laws 2006, ch. 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, Sp.Sess., ch. 3, § 103(a).

(C) Repealed by Laws 1999, ch. 110, § 103.

(D) Repealed by Laws 1997, Sp.Sess., ch. 3, § 104(a).

(E), (F) Repealed by Laws 2006, ch. 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) .

(c) Repealed by Laws 2008, ch. 94, § 2.

(d) Repealed by Laws 1997, Sp.Sess., ch. 3, § 103(a).

(e) Annually on or before August 15 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 March 1 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 August 15. 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, ch. 37, § 2.

(g) Repealed by Laws 2015, ch. 29, § 1, eff. July 1, 2015.

(h), (j) Repealed by Laws 2006, ch. 37, § 2.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-17-424 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 17 / Section 21-17-424
§ 21-17-424. Creation of special funds and accounts
Status: in_force

The board in any resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds or other securities under this act or in any instrument or other proceedings appertaining thereto may create special funds and accounts for the payment of the cost of a project, of operation and maintenance expenses, of the securities, including the accumulation and maintenance of reserves therefor, of improvements, including the accumulation and maintenance of reserves therefor, and of other obligations appertaining to the securities, any project or otherwise in connection with the university.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-18-203 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 18 / Section 21-18-203
§ 21-18-203. Budget procedure
Status: repealed

(a) In collaboration with the boards of the community colleges, the commission shall submit state appropriation requests on behalf of the community college system in compliance with the statewide community college system strategic plan. The standard budget request submitted by the commission for state aid to community colleges under W.S. 21-18-205 for the fiscal biennium commencing July 1, 2020 and every four years thereafter, shall be equal to the amount defined in W.S. 9-2-1002(a)(ix) . A request for an enrollment adjustment to the standard budget for state aid to community colleges shall be submitted every four (4) years commencing in the fiscal biennium beginning July 1, 2018. The enrollment adjustment shall be based solely upon the calculation under subsection (e) of this section. The budget requests shall be made upon forms and in a format to be determined by the state budget department.

(i) to (v) Repealed by Laws 2000, ch. 33, § 2.

(b) Repealed by Laws 2000, ch. 33, § 2.

(c) To facilitate its appropriation request, the community college commission shall hold at least one (1) budget hearing for the community colleges.

(d) Repealed by Laws 2000, ch. 73, § 3.

(e) An enrollment adjustment request shall be based upon changes in annual weighted average enrollment and only for variable costs. An enrollment adjustment request for a percentage increase or decrease to a standard budget base amount for annual weighted average enrollment shall be calculated as follows:

(i) The variable cost percentage determined pursuant to W.S. 21-18-205(c) multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the difference in the annual weighted average enrollment for the three (3) most recent academic years and the annual weighted average enrollment at the time of last enrollment adjustment request submitted pursuant to this subsection, the denominator of which is the annual weighted average enrollment at the time of the last enrollment adjustment request submitted pursuant to this subsection;

(ii) The standard budget enrollment adjustment request submitted for the fiscal biennium commencing July 1, 2018 shall apply the formula in paragraph (i) of this subsection, with the substitution of annual weighted average enrollment for fiscal years 2013, 2014 and 2015 in lieu of the “annual weighted average enrollment at the time of the last enrollment adjustment request submitted pursuant to this subsection”;

(iii) Any funding increase or decrease as determined by the state legislature shall be distributed in proportion to the funding amounts determined in W.S. 21-18-205(c) .

(f) In preparing the estimates under W.S. 9-3-210(c) , the community college commission shall submit an exception budget request for health insurance funding needs related to the addition of any benefitted positions created during the preceding fiscal year at the colleges in the commission's budget request for the subsequent fiscal year.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-19-103 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 19 / Section 21-19-103
§ 21-19-103. Contributions generally
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided under W.S. 21-19-102(d) , the terms and conditions of the Wyoming Retirement Act shall remain effective as to all employees of the institution except that any required employer and employee contributions thereunder which are based upon an employee's annual salary rate in excess of six thousand six hundred dollars ($6,600.00) may be paid for the benefit of the employee in accordance with the institution's retirement plan. The payments of employer and employee contributions shall be in lieu of a portion of payments to the Wyoming retirement account, and the full amount of payments is subject to management and disposition in accordance with contractual rights and obligations of the institution's retirement plan. Any retirement plan shall provide that:

(i) Any employee whose annual salary rate is less than eight thousand six hundred dollars ($8,600.00), or who is sixty (60) years of age or more at the time an institutional retirement plan becomes effective or his annual salary rate exceeds eight thousand six hundred dollars ($8,600.00), shall have the option to have all employer and employee contributions paid to the Wyoming retirement account;

(ii) All employees whose annual salary rate exceeds eight thousand six hundred dollars ($8,600.00) shall have all employer and employee contributions based upon an annual salary rate in excess of six thousand six hundred dollars ($6,600.00) paid in accordance with the institution's retirement plan.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-7-110 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 7 / Section 21-7-110
§ 21-7-110. Suspension or dismissal of teachers; notice; hearing; independent hearing officer; board review and decision; appeal
Status: repealed

(a) The board may suspend or dismiss any teacher, or terminate any continuing contract teacher, for any of the following reasons:

(i) Incompetency;

(ii) Neglect of duty;

(iii) Immorality including, without limitation, engaging in conduct with a student which would be a violation of W.S. 6-2-314 through 6-2-318 , 12-6-101(a) or 35-7-1036 ;

(iv) Insubordination;

(v) Physical incapacity to perform job duties even with reasonable accommodation;

(vi) Failure to perform duties in a satisfactory manner;

(vii) Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 84, § 2, eff. July 1, 2019.

(viii) Conviction of a felony; and

(ix) Any other good or just cause relating to the educational process.

(b) Suspension or dismissal proceedings shall be initiated by the superintendent or any member of the board designated by the superintendent or designated by the board pursuant to a majority vote of the board delivering to the teacher a written notice of suspension or dismissal, together with written reasons.

(c) Any continuing contract teacher receiving notice of a recommendation of termination under W.S. 21-7-106(a) , or any teacher against whom dismissal or suspension proceedings are instituted, is entitled to a hearing before an independent hearing officer provided through the office of administrative hearings on the recommendation for termination or the reasons for dismissal or suspension, upon submission of a written request to the superintendent. The request for hearing shall be given within seven (7) days after receipt of notice of termination under W.S. 21-7-106(a) or after receiving notice of dismissal or suspension under subsection (b) of this section. Expenses of the hearing officer shall be paid by the school district in accordance with W.S. 9-2-2202(b)(ii) .

(d) Within five (5) days after selection, the hearing officer shall set the date for hearing and notify the teacher and superintendent of the hearing date, time and location. In no event shall the hearing commence on a date later than forty-five (45) days after notice under W.S. 21-7-106(a) or subsection (b) of this section, as applicable. The hearing shall be conducted in accordance with contested case procedures specified under W.S. 9-2-2202(b) . All school district records pertaining to the teacher shall be made available to the hearing officer.

(e) At the hearing, the superintendent shall have the burden of proving that the recommendation for termination is based upon reasons provided in the notice of termination submitted pursuant to W.S. 21-7-106(a) or that suspension or dismissal is based upon reasons specified in the notice given under subsection (b) of this section, as applicable.

(f) Repealed by Laws 2011, ch. 182, § 2, eff. July 1, 2012.

(g) The board shall review the findings of fact and recommendation submitted by the hearing officer and within twenty (20) days after receipt, issue a written order to either terminate, suspend or dismiss the teacher, or to retain the teacher. If the board terminates, suspends or dismisses the teacher's employment over a recommendation by the hearing officer for retention, the written order of the board shall include a conclusion together with reasons supported by the record. A copy of the order shall be provided to the teacher and a copy shall be entered into the school district records pertaining to the teacher. Any action by the board pursuant to this subsection shall be approved by a majority of the duly elected members of the board.

(h) Appeals may be taken from the order of the board to the district court as provided by the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act. An electronic recording of hearing proceedings may serve as the official transcript but upon appeal, the district court may request a written transcript of the proceedings or any portion of the proceedings. The cost of transcribing the record shall be borne equally by the teacher and the school district.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-17-301 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 17 / Section 21-17-301
§ 21-17-301. Supervision and management of farms and stations; director of experiments
Status: in_force

(a) All the experiment farms and stations are under the supervision, management and control of the board of trustees of the University of Wyoming.

(b) The board of trustees of the University of Wyoming may employ a director of experiments, who shall receive a salary fixed by the board and necessary traveling expenses, and shall perform such duties as assigned to him by the board. The director of experiments, with the approval of the board, shall:

(i) Manage and control the experiment farms;

(ii) Manage, control and dispose of personal property used in connection with experiment farms and stations;

(iii) Employ practical and experienced dry farmers, irrigation farmers, horticulturists, persons skilled in animal husbandry and other agents and servants, who shall under his direction cultivate the farms, conduct experiments thereon, demonstrate the adaptability of various soils and climatic conditions for the production of different kinds of grain, grasses, vegetables, shade, ornamental and fruitbearing trees, vines and bushes that may profitably be grown in the varied locations of the farms of the state, and conduct such other experiments as advisable in animal husbandry.

(c) The director of the experiments shall carefully record, preserve and compile the results of all experiments and demonstrations and report the results publicly on a regular basis.

(d) The sale and disposition of all crops and livestock raised or produced upon experiment farms shall be made by the director of the Wyoming agricultural experiment station jointly with the director of experiments. Any money realized from sales in excess of the expense of conducting the farms shall be turned over to the treasury of the state.

(e) Before purchasing any land for use in the agricultural experiment and research program at the University of Wyoming, the board of trustees shall determine the location of all lands owned by the state or any agency of the state and the use being made of such state lands. The board of trustees shall negotiate with the agency of the state responsible for the administration and control of such state lands to determine the feasibility of leasing such state lands for use in the agricultural experiment and research program providing the lands available are suitable to the purpose. Any state agency which owns or has responsibility for the administration and control of state lands shall negotiate with the University of Wyoming in leasing such lands, at the fair market value, provided the use of the land by the university is not inconsistent with the use for which the land is held by the state or agency.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-4-302-2 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 4 / Section 21-4-302-2
§ 21-4-302-2. Enrollment and transfer for children of active duty military members; discrimination
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this section, “ active duty military ” means full-time duty status in the active uniformed services of the United States. The term does not include members of the national guard and reserve on active duty orders.

(b) Once enrolled in a public school within the school district, any pupil whose parent or guardian is an active duty military member may transfer enrollment from one (1) public school within the school district where the pupil resides to another public school within the same district at any time, except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this section. A transfer of enrollment under this subsection shall require that the active duty military member provide proof of having filed an official complaint with a military base equal opportunity office describing discrimination against the pupil seeking the transfer of enrollment.

(c) A school district may decline to transfer a pupil seeking a transfer under this section in a particular public school within the district if the pupil seeking a transfer of enrollment has been suspended or expelled or is in the process of being suspended or expelled under W.S. 21-4-305 through 21-4-306 .

(d) Not later than ten (10) days after a school district declines to transfer a pupil seeking a transfer under subsection (c) of this section, a school district shall report its denial to the state superintendent of public instruction.

(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a particular public school to offer additional programs, alter the structure or equipment of the necessary facilities to meet any special needs of a pupil, offer a particular program or alter eligibility criteria for participation in a particular program including age requirements, course prerequisites and required levels of performance.

(f) Any parent or guardian who is an active duty military member aggrieved by a decision of the school district under subsection (c) of this section, may seek review in accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act. In accordance with W.S. 16-3-112 , the review of a decision of the school district shall be before the state superintendent of public instruction.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-17-108 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 17 / Section 21-17-108
§ 21-17-108. Agreements with boards or trustees of community colleges, school districts or university centers, collaboration with community colleges
Status: in_force

(a) The University of Wyoming may enter into agreements with the several community college district boards or the boards of trustees of school districts providing for the joint operation of the institutions in whole or in part or for the furnishing of services, facilities and staff members of the University of Wyoming to the institution. Agreements may provide for the granting of University of Wyoming credit for collegiate work done in the institution.

(b) The University of Wyoming in collaboration with the community colleges, shall establish an accrediting committee which shall determine the credit to be granted by the University of Wyoming for work taken in community colleges or university centers. In addition, the university shall cooperate with the Wyoming community college commission in developing and maintaining a common course numbering system among community colleges and the university pursuant to W.S. 21-18-202(b)(ii) .
Wyo. Stat. § 21-16-1904 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 16 / Section 21-16-1904
§ 21-16-1904. Wyoming's tomorrow scholarships
Status: in_force

(a) Any student who meets the criteria under W.S. 21-16-1903 may be eligible to receive a Wyoming's tomorrow scholarship to pursue a degree or certificate for:

(i) Not more than one hundred and fifty dollars ($150.00) per semester hour and not more than one thousand eight hundred dollars ($1,800.00) per academic term for unmet financial need at an eligible institution if enrolled for twelve (12) or more semester hours in the academic term;

(ii) The amount provided for the academic term under paragraph (i) of this subsection times a fraction in which the numerator is the number of semester hours in which the student is enrolled in for the academic term and the denominator is twelve (12).

(b) Scholarships under this section shall be for a maximum of the equivalent of four (4) full-time academic terms. No student shall receive more than a total of seven thousand two hundred dollars ($7,200.00) in scholarships for unmet financial need under this article.

(c) To remain eligible for the scholarship under this section, the student shall:

(i) Make satisfactory academic progress toward a degree or certificate by completing at least two-thirds ( 2 / 3 ) of attempted semester hours in any academic term;

(ii) Maintain a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0 as evaluated at the end of each spring academic term;

(iii) Meet other criteria as established by the eligible institution to ensure the student earns a degree or certificate in a timely manner;

(iv) Maintain continuous enrollment for not less than two (2) academic terms in each successive academic year. The commission may grant waivers to the requirement of this subparagraph for military service, religious service and other good cause shown pursuant to commission rule.

(d) A student receiving a Wyoming's tomorrow scholarship who fails to meet the requirements of subsection (c) of this section shall be ineligible to receive another scholarship under this article.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-6-221 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 6 / Section 21-6-221
§ 21-6-221. School advisory boards
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever any school within any school district is located twenty (20) road miles or more from the nearest town or city that is the population center of the district and whenever fifty percent (50%) of the parents of children attending the school agree, they may call a meeting at the school for the purpose of electing an advisory board of three (3) members for a term of three (3) years. The initial board shall have one (1) member elected for one (1) year, one (1) member for two (2) years and one (1) member for three (3) years.

(b) The advisory board may aid and advise the board of trustees of the district in all matters concerning the operation of the school in their area. The advisory board may present grievances and recommendations at any regular meeting of the board of trustees of the district.

(c) The advisory board secretary shall keep minutes of the meetings of the advisory board. These minutes shall be submitted to the board of trustees of the district and read at their next scheduled meeting.

(d) There shall be an election held annually for the purpose of electing a successor for the advisor whose term has expired. An advisor may be elected to succeed himself or herself. The election need not comply with the elections provisions of this code.

(e) Following the election of the advisory board the members of the board shall organize themselves by electing one (1) of their members as chairman and one (1) as secretary.

(f) The district trustee, within whose election area the school is located, is an ex officio member of the advisory board but shall not vote.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-24-117 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 24 / Section 21-24-117
§ 21-24-117. Severability and construction
Status: in_force

(a) The provisions of this compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision is deemed unenforceable, the remaining provisions of the compact shall be enforceable.

(b) The provisions of this compact shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes.

(c) Nothing in this compact shall be construed to prohibit the applicability of other interstate compacts to which the states are members.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-22-101 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 22 / Section 21-22-101
§ 21-22-101. Trust fund established; corpus inviolate; investment by state treasurer
Status: in_force

(a) A fund is established which shall be referred to as the Wyoming education trust fund. The Wyoming education trust fund shall consist of those funds appropriated or designated to the fund by law or by gift from whatever source.

(b) Funds deposited into the Wyoming education trust fund established pursuant to subsection (a) of this section are intended to be inviolate and constitute a permanent or perpetual trust fund which shall be invested by the state treasurer as authorized by law and in a manner to obtain the highest net return possible consistent with preservation of the corpus. Any earnings from investment of the corpus of the trust fund shall be credited by the state treasurer into a separate account and distributed in accordance with W.S. 21-22-102 .

(c) Until the balance in the account established under subsection (a) of this section reaches fifty million dollars ($50,000,000.00), the governor shall annually recommend to the legislature specific revenue sources for a ten million dollar ($10,000,000.00) appropriation to that account.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-16-1401 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 16 / Section 21-16-1401
§ 21-16-1401. Definitions
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this article:

(i) “ Challenge account ” means the university academic facilities challenge account established under W.S. 21-16-1402 ;

(ii) “ Qualifying contribution ” means a transfer of money or other property of a value of not less than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) to the University of Wyoming foundation to be expended exclusively for university academic facilities as approved by the university president and board of trustees. The commitment for a qualifying contribution or the contribution itself shall be made in writing on or after October 1, 2005. The contribution shall be actually received by the University of Wyoming foundation on or before December 31 of the fifth calendar year following the calendar year in which the written commitment was made. Members of a single family may aggregate their individual gifts to meet the minimum dollar threshold required for matching funds. Gifts from nonfamily members in memory of a deceased individual may also be aggregated to meet the minimum dollar threshold required for matching funds.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-13-306 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 13 / Section 21-13-306
§ 21-13-306. Foundation program account established; disposition of monies
Status: repealed

(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 this article.

(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 account shall be paid into the state treasury and shall be drawn out and distributed to the districts upon certification of the state superintendent and upon vouchers approved by the state auditor payable to the treasurer of the several districts.

(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. § 21-6-216 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 6 / Section 21-6-216
§ 21-6-216. Newly organized school district a body corporate; authority of trustees; old districts to cease to exist
Status: in_force

(a) On the effective date of the proposal, each proposed newly organized school district shall be and become a body corporate under the name and number as indicated in the proposal as a school district, and the new board of trustees shall have full authority and power to act as the board of trustees to do all things necessary with reference to the business and educational affairs of the new school district using the funds on hand or the funds received through existing levies of the old districts as nearly as practicable for the balance of the fiscal year.

(b) When members of the board of trustees of the new school district assume their duties as provided in this article on the effective date of the proposal each of the old districts or portions of districts from which the new district was formed shall cease to exist as a legal entity and the board of trustees of each former district or districts situated within the new district shall cease to function and the terms of office of the members thereof shall automatically expire.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-17-446 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 17 / Section 21-17-446
§ 21-17-446. Securities exempt from state taxation
Status: in_force

Bonds and other securities issued under this act, their transfer, and the income therefrom, shall forever be and remain free and exempt from taxation by this state or any subdivision thereof.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-13-304 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 13 / Section 21-13-304
§ 21-13-304. State treasurer to keep separate account
Status: in_force

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. § 21-4-302-1 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 4 / Section 21-4-302-1
§ 21-4-302-1. Advance enrollment for children of transferred military personnel
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of registration with a school district, a pupil shall be considered a resident of this state if the pupil's parent or guardian is transferred to or is pending transfer to the state while on active military duty pursuant to an official military order.

(b) For pupils qualifying under subsection (a) of this section, school districts shall accept enrollment requests electronically. If a school district allows enrollment requests for a pupil to attend a specific school or program, the school district shall allow the enrollment request to be submitted electronically for a pupil qualifying under subsection (a) of this section.

(c) For pupils qualifying under subsection (a) of this section, a parent or guardian shall provide proof of residence to the pupil's school district within ten (10) days after the pupil first attends the school district.

(d) As used in this section, “ active military duty ” means full-time duty status in the active uniformed service of the United States, including members of the national guard and reserve on active duty orders.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-24-107 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 24 / Section 21-24-107
§ 21-24-107. Graduation
Status: in_force

(a) In order to facilitate the on-time graduation of children of military families, states and local education agencies shall adhere to W.S. 21-2-304(a)(iii) and paragraph (iv) of this subsection and any applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and to the extent possible incorporate the following procedures:

(i) Local education agency administrative officials shall use best efforts to waive specific courses required for graduation if similar course work has been satisfactorily completed in another local education agency or shall provide reasonable justification for denial. Should a waiver not be granted to a student who would qualify to graduate from the sending school, the local education agency shall use best efforts to provide an alternative means of acquiring required coursework so that graduation may occur on time;

(ii) States shall accept:

(A) Exit or end-of-course exams required for graduation from the sending state;

(B) National norm-referenced achievement tests; or

(C) Alternative testing, in lieu of testing requirements for graduation in the receiving state. In the event the above alternatives cannot be accommodated by the receiving state for a student transferring in his senior year, then the provisions of W.S. 21-24-107(a)(iii) shall apply.

(iii) Should a military student transferring at the beginning or during his senior year be ineligible to graduate from the receiving local education agency after all alternatives have been considered, the sending and receiving local education agencies shall to the extent possible ensure the receipt of a diploma from the sending local education agency, if the student meets the graduation requirements of the sending local education agency. In the event that one (1) of the states in question is not a member of this compact, the member state shall use best efforts to facilitate the on-time graduation of the student in accordance with paragraphs (a)(i) and (ii) of this subsection.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-24-106 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 24 / Section 21-24-106
§ 21-24-106. Eligibility
Status: in_force

(a) Eligibility for enrollment shall be as follows:

(i) Special power of attorney, relative to the guardianship of a child of a military family and executed under applicable law shall be sufficient for the purposes of enrollment and all other actions requiring parental participation and consent;

(ii) A local education agency shall be prohibited from charging local tuition to a transitioning military child placed in the care of a noncustodial parent or other person standing in loco parentis who lives in a jurisdiction other than that of the custodial parent;

(iii) A transitioning military child, placed in the care of a noncustodial parent or other person standing in loco parentis who lives in a jurisdiction other than that of the custodial parent, may continue to attend the school in which he was enrolled while residing with the custodial parent.

(b) State and local education agencies shall facilitate the opportunity for transitioning military children's inclusion in extracurricular activities, regardless of application deadlines, to the extent they are otherwise qualified.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-15-112 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 15 / Section 21-15-112
§ 21-15-112. Leasing of real property
Status: in_force

(a) At the request of the school facilities commission, any school district shall lease any land, building, or fixture from the nonprofit corporation approved by the state building commission pursuant to 1997 Wyoming session laws, chapter 94, section 3, as amended by 1998 Wyoming session laws, chapter 35, subject to the following conditions:

(i) The lease shall be terminable, without penalty, at the sole option of the lessee;

(ii) Any option to purchase under the lease shall be at the sole discretion of the lessee;

(iii) The financing for the land, building, or fixture to be leased under the lease may only involve private funds and may not involve the creation of any indebtedness or debt within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory provision or limitation;

(iv) The lessee shall not pledge the lessee's full faith and credit for any payments under the lease or any financing thereof;

(v) The obligations of the lessee under the lease shall constitute a special obligation of the lessee and may be paid only from sources authorized by the legislative body of the lessee and may be terminated, without penalty or recourse against the lessee, in the event that the legislative body of the lessee fails to appropriate sufficient funds to meet the financial obligations under the lease;

(vi) No bonds or other obligations of the lessor shall constitute an indebtedness, legal, moral or otherwise, result in a pecuniary obligation, legal, moral or otherwise, or constitute a pledge of or charge, legal, moral or otherwise, against the faith or credit of the lessor, the state, any department, agency, board, commission or political subdivision of the state, any instrumentality of any of the foregoing or any public body corporate or other public body created by or pursuant to the constitution or statutes of the state;

(vii) The obligations of the lessee to make any payments due under the lease in any fiscal year shall be limited to funds appropriated by the legislative body of the lessee for that fiscal year and no appropriation by the legislative body of the lessor of funds to make payments due under the lease for any fiscal year shall constitute, or be construed to create, any obligation, legal, moral or otherwise, by the lessee to appropriate funds to make any payments due under the lease for any other fiscal year or constitute an indebtedness, legal, moral or otherwise, result in a pecuniary obligation, legal, moral or otherwise, or constitute a pledge of or charge, legal, moral or otherwise, against the faith or credit of the lessor, the state, any department, agency, board, commission or political subdivision of the state, any instrumentality of any of the foregoing or any public body corporate or other public body created by or pursuant to the constitution or statutes of the state; and

(viii) The lease shall provide that all bonds or any other obligations of the lessor relating to the land, building, or fixture to be leased under the lease contain disclaimers describing the limitations set forth in paragraphs (i) through (vii) of this subsection.

(b) For purposes of this section, the legislative body:

(i) Of the state, any department, agency, board or commission of the state or any instrumentality of any of the foregoing is the state legislature;

(ii) Of any school district is the board of trustees of such school district.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-13-207 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 13 / Section 21-13-207
§ 21-13-207. Apportionment of funds by county treasurer
Status: in_force

On the second Monday of each month, and on June 20 or the last business day immediately preceding June 20 of each year, 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. § 21-16-1601 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 16 / Section 21-16-1601
§ 21-16-1601. Definitions
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this article:

(i) “ Challenge account ” means the reclamation and restoration challenge account established under W.S. 21-16-1602 ;

(ii) “ Qualifying contribution ” means a transfer of money or other property of a value of not less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) to the University of Wyoming foundation to be expended by the university exclusively for the Wyoming reclamation and restoration center. The commitment for a qualifying contribution or the contribution itself shall be made in the period beginning July 1, 2011 and ending June 30, 2018. The contribution shall be actually received by the University of Wyoming foundation on or before June 30, 2020.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-3-311 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 3 / Section 21-3-311
§ 21-3-311. Participation in retirement system
Status: repealed

(a) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 169, § 4, eff. July 1, 2022.

(b) Any charter school shall participate in the Wyoming retirement system to the extent as if it were a public school within the district as designated in the charter.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-7-401 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 7 / Section 21-7-401
§ 21-7-401. Boards of trustees to require criminal history background information
Status: in_force

The board of trustees of each school district within the state shall require any employee initially hired by the school board on or after July 1, 1996, who may have access to minors to submit to fingerprinting for the purpose of obtaining state or national criminal history record information before employment. The provisions of this section shall not apply to persons certificated under W.S. 21-2-802 who have met the requirements of this section pursuant to the certification process.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-21-101 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-21-101
§ 21-21-101. Short title
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Cooperative Teacher Education Act”.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-17-410 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 17 / Section 21-17-410
§ 21-17-410. Borrowing or otherwise becoming obligated to defray cost of authorized projects
Status: in_force

(a) Where any project is otherwise authorized by law and where the board is otherwise authorized by law to issue its securities to defray the cost of the project, the board may borrow money or otherwise become obligated for the project and may evidence any obligation by the issuance of the board's securities.

(b) In connection with any project so authorized, the board, except as otherwise provided, may:

(i) Have and alter a corporate seal;

(ii) Sue and be sued;

(iii) Acquire and hold property, rights or interests therein and water rights;

(iv) Dispose of unnecessary or obsolete property, or rights or interests therein;

(v) Make contracts and execute all instruments necessary or convenient, as determined by the board;

(vi) Acquire by contracts or by its own agents and employees, or otherwise acquire any properties as any project authorized and operate and maintain the properties; and

(vii) Accept grants of money or materials or property of any kind from the federal government, the state, any agency or political subdivision thereof, or any person, upon such terms and conditions as the federal government, state, agency or political subdivision, or person may impose.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-2-104 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 2 / Section 21-2-104
§ 21-2-104. State department of education established; personnel; facilities
Status: in_force

There shall be a separate and distinct state department designated as the state department of education which shall be under the supervision of the state superintendent and consist of the state superintendent and such divisions, staffed by personnel and provided with facilities the state superintendent determines necessary to assist him in the proper and efficient discharge of his respective duties.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-6-201 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 6 / Section 21-6-201
§ 21-6-201. Purpose
Status: in_force

(a) The legislature of the state of Wyoming hereby declares that this article is passed to provide for the organization, reorganization and boundary adjustment of the school districts in this state whereby school districts can be organized to:

(i) Provide an improved and more equalized educational opportunity for all of the pupils in the state;

(ii) Provide a wiser and more efficient use of public funds for education, and making allowance for local conditions, special needs and problems and educational cost differentials, to achieve financial parity among school districts;

(iii) Allow the initial planning for the organization, reorganization and adjustment of boundaries of school districts under this article to be conducted on the local level; and

(iv) Simplify the organization, reorganization and adjustment of boundaries of school districts.

(b) The legislature recognizes organization into unified districts under the Wyoming School District Organization Act of 1969 has been completed to the extent contemplated by that act. Further organization, reorganization and adjustment of boundaries of school districts in Wyoming shall be accomplished in accordance with the provisions of this article.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-18-315 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 18 / Section 21-18-315
§ 21-18-315. Bond issues; refunding
Status: in_force

(a) Any bonds issued by any community college district may be refunded, without an election, by the district which issued the bonds, in the name of the district, but subject to the provisions concerning their payment and to any other contractual limitations in the proceedings authorizing their issuance or otherwise appertaining thereto, for any of the following purposes:

(i) To extend the maturities of outstanding bonds for which payment is in arrears, or which there is not, or it is certain that there will not be, sufficient money to pay the principal or interest on outstanding bonds as due;

(ii) To reduce interest costs or effecting other economies;

(iii) To reorganize all or any part of the outstanding bonds of the district in order to equalize tax levies;

(iv) To refund any bonds which were issued payable from a limited mill levy.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-15-118 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 15 / Section 21-15-118
§ 21-15-118. Building and facility construction and renovation projects
Status: repealed

(a) Upon determination by the commission following review under W.S. 21-15-117 , and appropriation by the legislature in accordance with W.S. 21-15-119 , the department shall proceed with projects as follows:

(i) Repealed by Laws 2008, ch. 93, § 2.

(ii) If a capital outlay remedy:

(A) With the assistance of the involved school district, develop and approve the necessary schematic design documents;

(B) Conduct a value engineering analysis of the project;

(C) Perform an energy efficiency assessment of the project;

(D) Conduct a safety and security assessment of the project;

(E) Enforce the requirements under subparagraphs (a)(ii)(B) through (D) of this section and may waive any of these requirements if determined not necessary or if provided within any one (1) of the other requirements specified under this paragraph.

(b) If required, the department shall provide for temporary space for any scheduled building remedy by means of portable buildings creating capacity or by other means available to the department.

(c) The projects shall be managed and all necessary contracts related to the projects shall proceed in accordance with rules adopted pursuant to W.S. 9-2-3004(c)(ii) and commission rules and regulations promulgated and adopted pursuant to W.S. 21-15-114(a)(xv) .
Wyo. Stat. § 21-13-337 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 13 / Section 21-13-337
§ 21-13-337. Career and technical education equipment grants; application; criteria; limitations
Status: in_force

(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 . 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 fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) 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) for supplies, materials and equipment for career and technical education programs utilizing expenditure data from the immediately preceding five (5) 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. Second 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. § 21-16-702 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 16 / Section 21-16-702
§ 21-16-702. Definitions
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this article:

(i) “Authority” means the Wyoming higher education assistance authority;

(ii) “Board” means the board of directors of the authority;

(iii) “College” means any accredited institution offering higher education;

(iv) “Financial institution” means any banking corporation or institution engaged primarily in lending or investing funds and authorized to do business in the state;

(v) “Higher education” means any program, curriculum or combination of courses or subjects generally accepted as necessary to fulfill requirements for the attainment of a predetermined and identified educational, professional or vocational objective higher than graduation from high school;

(vi) “Obligations” means notes, warrants, bonds, temporary bonds and anticipation notes issued by the authority pursuant to this article;

(vii) “State” means the state of Wyoming;

(viii) “State agency” means any office or instrumentality of the state;

(ix) “Student” means:

(A) Any person who, while a resident of the state, applies to a financial institution for a student loan and who is enrolled in a college or whose application for enrollment has been accepted by a college;

(B) Any person who is enrolled in a college located within the state or whose application for enrollment has been accepted by a college located within the state;

(C) To the extent funding is available after taking into consideration the aggregate funding needs of students specified under subparagraphs (a)(ix)(A) and (B) of this section, any person who is enrolled in a college located outside of this state; or

(D) The parent or legal guardian of a student as defined under this paragraph.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-13-721 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 13 / Section 21-13-721
§ 21-13-721. Validation of outstanding bonds, acts and proceedings
Status: in_force

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.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-2-303 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 2 / Section 21-2-303
§ 21-2-303. Expenses
Status: in_force

All appointed members of the state board shall receive compensation, per diem, and mileage for actual time spent in performance of their duties and traveling expenses while in attendance, and going to and from board meetings in the same manner and amount as members of the Wyoming legislature.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-17-205 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 17 / Section 21-17-205
§ 21-17-205. Report
Status: in_force

The trustees of the University of Wyoming, through their chairman, shall report to the governor as required by W.S. 9-2-1014 respecting the progress, condition and wants of the university and of each school or department thereof, the course of study in each, the number of professors and students, the nature, costs and results of important investigations, and such other information as they deem important or as may be required by any law of this state, or of the United States. The secretary and treasurer of the board of trustees shall prepare an itemized report showing the receipts and disbursements for the year, the appropriation resolution for that year, the purposes for which the revenue was expended, and the amount of revenue expended upon each school or department of work, including the experiment station.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-13-331 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 13 / Section 21-13-331
§ 21-13-331. Cooperative services incentive
Status: in_force

(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. § 21-6-203 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 6 / Section 21-6-203
§ 21-6-203. District boundary boards; membership; style
Status: in_force

The county assessor, the board of county commissioners and the county treasurer shall constitute a board for establishing school districts in the county. If two (2) or more counties are involved, the county assessor, the board of county commissioners and the county treasurer from each county shall comprise the board. The board shall be styled “the district boundary board of․․․․ county or counties, Wyoming.”
Wyo. Stat. § 21-16-1901 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 16 / Section 21-16-1901
§ 21-16-1901. Definitions
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this article:

(i) “ Academic term ” means the fall semester or term or the spring semester or term. In this article, “semester” and “term” have the same meaning except that recipients may elect to use the scholarship for a summer term or January term or any other term besides the fall semester or spring semester that the eligible institution designates, which counts toward the maximum number of terms for which a student is eligible but does not count toward computation of an academic year;

(ii) “ Academic year ” means two (2) consecutive semesters or terms and is the period of time in which a full-time student is expected to complete the equivalent of at least two (2) academic terms of academic work;

(iii) “ Certificate ” means a credential other than a degree and indicates satisfactory completion of training in an academic year program of study offered by an eligible institution including non-credit industry recognized credentials that meet eligibility requirements of the Wyoming works program under W.S. 21-18-403 ;

(iv) “ Commission ” means the Wyoming community college commission;

(v) “ Cost of attendance ” means the sum cost of tuition, mandatory fees, room and board, books and supplies, travel and personal expenses to attend an eligible institution;

(vi) “ Degree ” means a baccalaureate or an associate degree other than a certificate;

(vii) “ Eligible institution ” means the University of Wyoming or a Wyoming community college;

(viii) “ Equivalent of a full-time semester ” means twelve (12) semester hours in a semester;

(ix) “ Semester hour ” means each semester hour or clock hour as defined by commission rule attempted for credit or eligible Wyoming works program non-credit degree or certificate;

(x) “ Title IV ” means Title IV of the federal Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended;

(xi) “ Unmet financial need ” means the cost of attendance minus the sum of expected family contribution and all federal, state, local, institutional and privately funded scholarships or grants received by the student as determined by the eligible institution. “Unmet financial need” shall not include any loans a student may be eligible to receive.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-17-449 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 17 / Section 21-17-449
§ 21-17-449. Scope and general construction of W.S. 21-17-402 through 21-17-450
Status: in_force

(a) This act constitutes full authority for the exercise of the incidental powers herein granted concerning the borrowing of money to defray wholly or in part the cost of any project authorized by the legislature appertaining to the university, or to refinance outstanding loans, or both, and the issuance of bonds or other securities to evidence loans or other obligations or to fund or refund outstanding securities, or any combination thereof, as the board may determine.

(b) No other act or law with regard to the authorization or issuance of securities or the exercise of any other power herein granted that requires an approval, or in any way impedes or restricts the carrying out of the acts herein authorized to be done shall be construed as applying to any proceedings taken under or acts done pursuant to this act, except as herein otherwise provided.

(c) The powers conferred by this act shall be in addition and supplemental to, and not in substitution for, and the limitations imposed by this act shall not affect the powers conferred by, any other law.

(d) Nothing contained in this act shall be construed as preventing the exercise of any power granted to the board or to the university acting by and through the board, or any officer, agent or employee thereof, by any other law.

(e) No part of this act repeals or affects any other law or part thereof, it being intended that this act shall provide a separate method of accomplishing its objectives and not an exclusive one.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-24-201 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 24 / Section 21-24-201
§ 21-24-201. Extension of residential requirement for admission
Status: in_force

For admission into an academic program or a course of study, if the University of Wyoming or any Wyoming community college, vocational, technical or trade school, other secondary educational institution or school district gives a preference or benefit to Wyoming residents, the same preference or benefit shall be extended to any current Wyoming national guard member regardless of the member's state of residence. This section applies when Wyoming residency is required for selection by or entry into a program. This section does not apply for calculating tuition or fees.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-15-121 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 15 / Section 21-15-121
§ 21-15-121. Annual school building status report to select committee on school facilities
Status: repealed

(a) Not later than September 1 of each year, the commission shall submit a report to the select committee on school facilities on progress being made under the school capital facilities system established under this act. The report shall be incorporated into the proposed budget submitted to the select committee under W.S. 21-15-119 and shall include:

(i) Building and facility needs determined under W.S. 21-15-117 , identifying progress made in the year reported;

(ii) Building and facility needs addressed under this act or otherwise by districts including any building or facility which is closed or otherwise removed from operation during that year, and relating this paragraph to progress made in building and facility condition under paragraph (i) of this subsection;

(iii) Use of major building and facility repair and replacement funds which have addressed buildings and facilities identified under W.S. 21-15-117(a) , including the impact of expenditures of these funds, as quantified pursuant to any needs assessment under W.S. 21-15-117(a) , on building condition as reported under paragraph (i) of this subsection and on the capacity of these buildings and facilities;

(iv) Amounts of funds expended to address building and facility needs for the period of time addressed in the report together with historical amounts;

(v) The impact of expenditures on the building and facility scores for condition and computed building capacity;

(vi), (vii) Repealed by Laws 2008, ch. 93, § 2.

(viii) Any expenditures for emergency school building and facility needs under W.S. 21-15-120 .
Wyo. Stat. § 21-2-705 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 2 / Section 21-2-705
§ 21-2-705. Fund allocation
Status: repealed

(a) Repealed by Laws 2001, ch. 143, § 2.

(b) Repealed by Laws 2006, ch. 86, § 2.

(c) All funds received by the state from the federal government pursuant to section 611(d) and reserved by the state pursuant to section 611(e)(2) of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act shall be retained by the department of education for state level activities authorized by federal law. The department of education shall expend these amounts in accordance with the following:

(i) A per student allocation shall be determined by dividing the retained amount, less funds allowed to be retained in the state's high risk pool under section 611(e)(3)(A) of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, by the number of students aged three (3) through twenty-one (21) years receiving special education services on December 1 of the preceding school year;

(ii) The department of education shall distribute to the division an amount determined by multiplying the per student allocation, determined pursuant to paragraph (i) of this subsection, by the number of children aged three (3) through five (5) years receiving special education services through the division;

(iii) For purposes of this subsection, “ children aged three (3) through five (5) years receiving special education services through the division ” means the actual number of students receiving services through the division on December 1 of the preceding school year;

(iv) Any remaining funds shall be expended for state level activities authorized by section 611(e)(2) and (3) of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

(d) All funds received by the state from the federal government pursuant to section 619(c) and reserved by the state pursuant to section 619(f) of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act shall be distributed by the state department of education to the division. To the extent not prohibited by federal law, funds distributed under this subsection shall be expended in a manner jointly determined by the department of education and the division for direct services to children with disabilities eligible for services under federal law.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-17-443 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 17 / Section 21-17-443
§ 21-17-443. Refunding and refunding bonds; issuance of refunding or other bonds
Status: in_force

Bonds for refunding and bonds for any other purpose or purposes authorized by any other law may be issued separately or issued in combination in one (1) or more series by the board.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-20-104 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 20 / Section 21-20-104
§ 21-20-104. Board of cooperative educational services; generally
Status: in_force

(a) If two (2) or more boards of trustees desire to establish a board of cooperative services for the purpose of providing cooperative educational services and if the services can be provided more effectively through a cooperative effort, the boards of trustees of the interested districts, a majority of whose members respectively vote in favor of doing so, may enter into an agreement to form a board of cooperative educational services. The agreement shall specify among other things the length of term of the agreement, the rights, responsibilities and obligations of each participating district, the types of services to be rendered, the procedure for the establishment of additional services and the procedure for the inclusion of additional districts within the cooperative educational services program. The agreement shall also provide a method for the amendment and dissolution of the agreement with the consent of each participating district. Any agreement to form a board of cooperative educational services entered into between the participating districts shall be approved by the state board of education.

(b) The boards of trustees agreeing to participate in the board of cooperative educational services shall appoint members of the participating boards of trustees to a board of cooperative educational services. The appointed board shall be composed of not less than five (5) nor more than nine (9) members unless there are more than nine (9) districts participating in which event each participating district shall have one (1) member. Each participating board of trustees shall have at least one (1) member appointed to the board of cooperative educational services. The terms of office of each of the members of the board of cooperative educational services shall be coterminous with their respective terms of office upon their boards of trustees. As the terms of office expire, or as vacancies occur, new members of the board of cooperative educational services shall be appointed by the board of trustees of the participating district.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-17-125 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 17 / Section 21-17-125
§ 21-17-125. Family medicine resident program education and clinical training; contract for clinical operation; use of University of Wyoming residents, students and faculty
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever the board of trustees deems it in the best interests of the university they may enter into one (1) or more contracts with any person, group, association or corporation for the operation of the family medicine residency program and related functions. As consideration for the operation of the clinical and related functions the contract may provide for:

(i) The lease of appropriate University of Wyoming facilities and equipment;

(ii) The services of university employees;

(iii) A payment from the university; and

(iv) Funding, supplies and equipment.

(b) If the board of trustees deems it in the best interests of the university to enter into one (1) or more contracts for the clinical operations of the family medicine residency program, the university shall ensure that the contract requires:

(i) Provision of a clinic for the university's family medicine residency program as provided by this section;

(ii) To the extent feasible, attainment and maintaining of qualification as a federally qualified health center and performance of the duties required of a federally qualified health center;

(iii) Operation of the clinic in a manner required by the accreditation council for graduate medical education, and if deficiencies in operation are identified, development and implementation of a plan to remedy the deficiencies, which plan shall be developed with the participation and approval of the university;

(iv) As specified in the contract, reimbursement to the university for the services of University of Wyoming faculty, physician residents, staff and any students who function as clinic medical staff or other staff or who otherwise provide services to the entity with whom the university has contracted. The contract may contain provisions to ensure that this reimbursement does not endanger the clinic's financial solvency;

(v) Furnishing the university with semiannual reports showing the financial condition of the clinic and providing an accounting of all monies received and expended. The reports shall satisfy accounting standards specified in the contract and shall provide a level of detail specified in the contract, but which is designed to allow public release of the reports without violating the privacy of any patient;

(vi) Payment to the university of a percentage of the net revenues derived from operation of all family medicine residency program clinics. The contract may specify:

(A) An allowance for depreciation and improvement of equipment to be deducted from gross revenue before calculating net revenue;

(B) That any equipment purchased pursuant to this provision shall be:

(I) The property of the university; and

(II) Included in the facilities leased to the operator pursuant to this section.

(vii) Upon completion or nonrenewal of the contract, return to the university of any funding, supplies, equipment and patient records received from the university to the extent and in the form possible as specified in the contract.

(c) The university may enter into separate contracts for separate facilities, and these contracts may be with multiple entities. The university may enter into separate contracts with other entities to furnish additional training opportunities for family medicine residency program physician residents and other students.

(d) The University of Wyoming family medicine residency program shall include within the university's biennial budget request submitted under W.S. 9-2-1013 a report specifying at a minimum:

(i) The financial condition of the clinic and all monies received and expended;

(ii) Patient demographics;

(iii) Physician resident data;

(iv) Federally qualified health center compliance; and

(v) Quality metrics.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-16-1002 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 16 / Section 21-16-1002
§ 21-16-1002. University athletics challenge account
Status: in_force

(a) The university athletics challenge account is created.

(b) The state treasurer shall invest amounts deposited within the account in accordance with law. All investment earnings shall be credited to the general fund. Notwithstanding W.S. 9-2-1008 , 9-2-1012(e) or 9-4-207 , other funds within the account shall not lapse or revert until directed by the legislature and shall remain available for distribution as provided in this article.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-13-324 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 13 / Section 21-13-324
§ 21-13-324. Teacher extra compensation adjustment to district total amount per ADM
Status: in_force

(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. § 21-4-103 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 4 / Section 21-4-103
§ 21-4-103. Enforcement of article; appointment and compensation of attendance officers
Status: in_force

The primary responsibility for the enforcement of this article shall be upon the board of trustees of the school district, which shall appoint an attendance officer or officers to carry out the provisions of this article. Said officer shall be paid out of the district treasury such sum as may be provided in the order of appointment.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-16-1103 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 16 / Section 21-16-1103
§ 21-16-1103. Wyoming community college endowment challenge fund
Status: in_force

(a) The Wyoming community college endowment challenge fund is created and shall consist of seven (7) separate accounts, one (1) account for each Wyoming community college.

(b) The state treasurer shall invest funds within the fund created under subsection (a) of this section and shall deposit the earnings from fund investments to the general fund. Notwithstanding W.S. 9-2-1008 , 9-2-1012(e) or 9-4-207 , other funds within the fund shall not lapse or revert until directed by the legislature and shall remain available for distribution as provided in this article.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-13-719 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 13 / Section 21-13-719
§ 21-13-719. Use of facsimile signatures
Status: in_force

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. § 21-18-306 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 18 / Section 21-18-306
§ 21-18-306. Bonds of officers and employees
Status: in_force

The community college district may require each officer and employee whose duty it is to handle funds or property of the district to be bonded under a suitable bond indemnifying the district against loss. The board shall determine the amount and the type of the bond.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-16-1309 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 16 / Section 21-16-1309
§ 21-16-1309. Scholarship amounts
Status: in_force

(a) To the extent a scholarship under this article would, when combined with any grant or scholarship from a student financial aid program administered through the state or any state institution, in any semester exceed the cost of attendance at the eligible institution, the scholarship under this article shall be reduced by the amount necessary to not exceed that cost of attendance.

(b) To the extent sufficient funds are not available in the expenditure account to fund all scholarships as provided under this article:

(i) Funds available for scholarships under W.S. 21-16-1304 and 21-16-1305 shall be used for scholarships under W.S. 21-16-1306 after all scholarships under W.S. 21-16-1304 and 21-16-1305 have been paid;

(ii) Funds available for scholarships under W.S. 21-16-1306 shall be used for scholarships under W.S. 21-16-1304 and 21-16-1305 after all scholarships under W.S. 21-16-1306 have been paid;

(iii) After all funds within the expenditure account have been expended, funds within the Hathaway student scholarship reserve account shall be used to fund any remaining scholarships awarded under this article;

(iv) If no funds remain available in the expenditure account or reserve account at the time payment is required to be made to an institution for any semester, the payment to the eligible institutions shall be reduced on a first come first served basis using the student's application date for the scholarship.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-6-212 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 6 / Section 21-6-212
§ 21-6-212. Filing of notice of approval or rejection; proposal effective on filing
Status: in_force

The district boundary board shall file with the county clerk, within ten (10) days from the date of approval or rejection by the state committee, any notice of approval or rejection received from the state committee. An approved proposal shall take effect upon such filing or a later date if specified in the approved proposal. The final administrative action of the state committee shall be appealable from the date of filing with the county clerk under this section.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-24-112 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 24 / Section 21-24-112
§ 21-24-112. Rulemaking functions of the interstate commission
Status: in_force

(a) The interstate commission shall promulgate reasonable rules in order to effectively and efficiently achieve the purposes of this compact. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the interstate commission exercises its rulemaking authority in a manner that is beyond the scope of the purposes of this act or the powers granted hereunder, then such an action by the interstate commission shall be invalid and have no force or effect.

(b) Rules shall be made pursuant to a rulemaking process that substantially conforms to the “Model State Administrative Procedure Act,” of 1981 Act, Uniform Laws Annotated, Vol. 15, p.1 (2000) as amended, as may be appropriate to the operations of the interstate commission.

(c) Not later than thirty (30) days after a rule is promulgated, any person may file a petition for judicial review of the rule, provided that the filing of such a petition shall not stay or otherwise prevent the rule from becoming effective unless the court finds that the petitioner has a substantial likelihood of success. The court shall give deference to the actions of the interstate commission consistent with applicable law and shall not find the rule to be unlawful if the rule represents a reasonable exercise of the interstate commission's authority.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-2-601 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 2 / Section 21-2-601
§ 21-2-601. Designation of boards as agencies to receive federal funds; powers of boards
Status: in_force

The board of trustees of the University of Wyoming is hereby authorized to accept any funds or grants made to the University of Wyoming by the United States to be used for education, research or other purposes. The board of trustees of the University of Wyoming is hereby authorized to accept the terms and provisions of any act of congress relating to any federal grants made for the purposes herein provided and said funds so granted or allocated to the said university shall be under the control of and expended by the said board of trustees of said university.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-17-435 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 17 / Section 21-17-435
§ 21-17-435. Interim debentures; limit as to extension or funding
Status: in_force

No interim debentures issued pursuant to the provisions hereof shall be extended or funded except by the issuance or reissuance of a bond or bonds in compliance herewith.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-4-311 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 4 / Section 21-4-311
§ 21-4-311. Safe school climate act; short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Safe School Climate Act”.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-6-215 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 6 / Section 21-6-215
§ 21-6-215. Appointment and terms of trustees for new districts
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever a new district is created under the provisions of this article, the district boundary board shall appoint a board of trustees for the new district from the combined membership of all the original boards of trustees of the districts involved based upon at-large appointments or through established trustee residence areas in accordance with W.S. 21-3-111(b)(ii) . The district boundary board shall make provision for staggering terms so that a proportion of the membership, as nearly equal as possible, will be elected every two (2) years in the manner provided for the regular election of school board members. The appointed board shall consist of five (5), seven (7) or nine (9) members, who shall serve for not less than two (2) years following the effective date of the plan and until December 1 following the first or second regularly scheduled school election following the effective date of the plan. Thereafter, all trustees shall be elected for four (4) year terms, except those who may fill unexpired terms.

(b) All trustees shall be elected by the electorate of the entire school district. According to the approved proposal and except those districts for which membership is based upon at-large appointments pursuant to W.S. 21-3-111(b)(i) , each trustee residence area shall be entitled to one (1) or more representatives on the board and the candidate nominated from each trustee residence area receiving the largest number of votes shall be elected. If a member of the board of trustees shall become a nonresident of the district or the trustee residence area from which elected during his term of office, as applicable, he shall be deemed thereby to vacate his office. Any vacancy which for any reason occurs on the board shall be filled by a majority vote of the remaining members by the appointment of a resident of the district or the trustee residence area in which the vacancy occurs, as appropriate, and the appointee shall hold his office until the next annual election, at which a trustee shall be duly elected and qualified for the remainder of the unexpired term.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-16-713 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 16 / Section 21-16-713
§ 21-16-713. Information sharing
Status: in_force

Colleges in this state shall furnish to the authority and to financial institutions information necessary to properly administer this article. Upon request, the authority may regularly furnish information on higher education student loan transactions to colleges.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-7-102 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 7 / Section 21-7-102
§ 21-7-102. Definitions
Status: repealed

(a) As used in this article the following definitions shall apply:

(i) “Board”.--The board of trustees of any school district in the state of Wyoming offering instruction in any of the grades kindergarten through twelve (12);

(ii) “ Continuing Contract Teacher ” means:

(A) Any initial contract teacher who has been employed by the same school district in the state of Wyoming for a period of three (3) consecutive school years and has had his contract renewed for a fourth consecutive school year; or

(B) A teacher who has achieved continuing contract status in one (1) district, and who without lapse of time has taught two (2) consecutive school years and has had his contract renewed for a third consecutive school year by the employing school district.

(iii) “Dismissal”.--The cancellation of any teacher's contract of employment by the board of trustees while such contract is in effect. In the case of a continuing contract teacher, dismissal shall mean cancellation of his contract at any time other than at the end of a school year where proper notice has been given;

(iv) “Initial Contract Teacher”.--Any teacher who has not achieved continuing contract status;

(v) “Superintendent”.--The chief administrative officer of any school district;

(vi) “ Suspension ” means the removal of a teacher from the classroom during the school year. Unless otherwise agreed to by the teacher and the district superintendent or board, suspension shall be with, or without, pay as follows:

(A) By the superintendent “with pay” pending:

(I) The investigation of an allegation of misconduct which investigation shall not exceed thirty (30) days; and

(II) The final action of the board following completion of the investigation under subdivision (I) of this subparagraph and, if requested, the outcome of a hearing in accordance with W.S. 21-7-110 .

(B) By the board “without pay” for a period not to exceed one (1) calendar year following the outcome of a hearing in accordance with W.S. 21-7-110 .

(vii) “Teacher”.--Any person employed under contract by the board of trustees of a school district as a certified professional employee;

(viii) “Termination”.--The failure of the board of trustees of a school district in Wyoming to reemploy a teacher at the end of a school year in any given year;

(ix) Repealed by Laws 2011, ch. 182, § 2, eff. July 1, 2012.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-13-303 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 13 / Section 21-13-303
§ 21-13-303. Levy of state tax; disposition of funds; reduction of mill levy
Status: in_force

(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 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 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. § 21-17-411 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 17 / Section 21-17-411
§ 21-17-411. Types of securities authorized
Status: in_force

(a) The board may issue in one (1) series or more, without their being authorized at any election, in anticipation of net pledged revenues and constituting special obligations of the board, any one (1) or more or all of the following types of securities:

(i) Notes evidencing any amount borrowed by the board;

(ii) Warrants evidencing the amount due to any person for any services, or supplies, equipment or other materials furnished to the board or for the benefit of the university and appertaining to an authorized project;

(iii) Bonds evidencing any amount borrowed by the board and constituting long-term financing;

(iv) Temporary bonds pending the preparation of and exchangeable for definitive bonds of like character and in the principal amount when prepared and issued in compliance with the conditions and limitations provided by this act; and

(v) Interim debentures, evidencing any emergency loans, construction loans, and other temporary loans of not exceeding three (3) years, in supplementation of long-term financing and the issuance of bonds, as provided in W.S. 21-17-433 through 21-17-436 .
Wyo. Stat. § 21-24-110 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 24 / Section 21-24-110
§ 21-24-110. Powers and duties of the interstate commission
Status: in_force

(a) The interstate commission shall have the following powers:

(i) To provide for dispute resolution among member states;

(ii) To promulgate rules and take all necessary actions to effect the goals, purposes and obligations as enumerated in this compact;

(iii) To issue, upon request of a member state, advisory opinions concerning the meaning or interpretation of the interstate compact, its bylaws, rules and actions;

(iv) To enforce compliance with the compact provisions, the rules promulgated by the interstate commission, and the bylaws, using all necessary and proper means, including but not limited to the use of judicial process;

(v) To establish and maintain offices which shall be located within one (1) or more of the member states;

(vi) To purchase and maintain insurance and bonds;

(vii) To borrow, accept, hire or contract for services of personnel;

(viii) To establish and appoint committees including, but not limited to, an executive committee as required by W.S. 21-24-111 , which shall have the power to act on behalf of the interstate commission in carrying out its powers and duties hereunder;

(ix) To elect or appoint such officers, attorneys, employees, agents or consultants and to fix their compensation, define their duties and determine their qualifications and to establish the interstate commission's personnel policies and programs relating to conflicts of interest, rates of compensation and qualifications of personnel;

(x) To accept any and all donations and grants of money, equipment, supplies, materials and services, and to receive, utilize and dispose of it;

(xi) To lease, purchase, accept contributions or donations of, or otherwise to own, hold, improve or use any property, real, personal or mixed;

(xii) To sell, convey, mortgage, pledge, lease, exchange, abandon or otherwise dispose of any property, real, personal or mixed;

(xiii) To establish a budget and make expenditures;

(xiv) To adopt a seal and bylaws governing the management and operation of the interstate commission;

(xv) To report annually to the legislatures, governors, judiciary and state councils of the member states concerning the activities of the interstate commission during the preceding year. Such reports shall also include any recommendations that may have been adopted by the interstate commission;

(xvi) To coordinate education, training and public awareness regarding the compact, its implementation and operation for officials and parents involved in such activity;

(xvii) To establish uniform standards for the reporting, collecting and exchanging of data;

(xviii) To maintain corporate books and records in accordance with the bylaws;

(xix) To perform such functions as may be necessary or appropriate to achieve the purposes of this compact;

(xx) To provide for the uniform collection and sharing of information between and among member states, schools and military families under this compact.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-16-707 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 16 / Section 21-16-707
§ 21-16-707. Revenue obligations; amount authorized
Status: in_force

The authority may issue at one time or from time to time, and subject to the express approval of the governor after a public hearing following reasonable public notice, revenue obligations in an aggregate amount outstanding at any one time not to exceed one hundred twenty-five million dollars ($125,000,000.00).
Wyo. Stat. § 21-16-721 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 16 / Section 21-16-721
§ 21-16-721. Conflicts of interest
Status: in_force

(a) The authority shall not purchase from, sell to, borrow from, loan to, contract with or otherwise deal with any corporation, trust, association, partnership or other entity in which any director of the authority has a financial interest.

(b) Subject to subsection (c) of this section, this section does not prohibit:

(i) Buying, selling or placing higher education loans with financial institutions in which a director has a financial interest; or

(ii) Contracting with a Wyoming corporation for the provision of services if one (1) or more directors of the corporation is also a member of the board.

(c) Representations specified under subsection (b) of this section shall be adequately disclosed and any contracts or agreements shall be commercially reasonable. Any financial interest shall be disclosed in the minutes of the authority.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-4-301 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 4 / Section 21-4-301
§ 21-4-301. Schools to be free and accessible to all children; minimum school year
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by law, the public schools of each school district in the state shall at all times be equally free and accessible to all children resident therein of 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) and under the age of twenty-one (21), subject to regulations of the board of trustees. Each school district shall operate its schools and its classes for a minimum of one hundred seventy-five (175) days each school year unless an alternative schedule has been approved by the state board. Prior to submission of a proposed alternative schedule to the state board, the board of trustees shall hold at least two (2) advertised public meetings within the district, at which the board shall present the proposed alternative schedule and respond to public questions and comments. Any school district operating under an alternative schedule shall annually evaluate the effectiveness of that schedule in meeting the educational goals and purposes for which the schedule was adopted.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-4-309 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 4 / Section 21-4-309
§ 21-4-309. Mandatory immunizations for children attending schools; exceptions
Status: in_force

(a) Any person attending, full or part time, any public or private school, kindergarten through twelfth grade, shall within thirty (30) days after the date of school entry, provide to the appropriate school official written documentary proof of immunization. For purposes of this section, documentary proof of immunization is written certification by a private licensed physician or his representative or by any public health authority, that the person is fully immunized. Documentation shall include month, day and year of each required immunization received against vaccine preventable disease as designated by the state health authority. No school administrator shall permit a student to attend school for more than thirty (30) calendar days without documentary proof of immunization. If immunization requires a series of immunizations over a period of more than thirty (30) calendar days, the child shall be permitted to attend school while receiving continuing immunization if the school administrator receives written notification by a private licensed physician or his representative or by a public health official, specifying a written schedule for necessary immunization completion within the medically accepted time period. Waivers shall be authorized by the state or county health officer upon submission of written evidence of religious objection or medical contraindication to the administration of any vaccine. In the presence of an outbreak of vaccine preventable disease as determined by the state or county health authority, school children for whom a waiver has been issued and who are not immunized against the occurring vaccine preventable disease shall be excluded from school attendance for a period of time determined by the state or county health authority, but not suspended from school as provided in W.S. 21-4-305 . Children excluded from school attendance under this section shall not be counted in the aggregate number of pupils absent as defined in W.S. 21-13-101(a)(i) .

(b) The school administrator shall be responsible for an audit of the immunization status of any child enrolled in the school in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by the department of health.

(c) The written documented proof of immunization on a form provided by the state health officer shall be an integral part of the child's school record.

(d) For purposes of this section:

(i) “ State health officer ” means the person appointed by the governor pursuant to W.S. 9-2-103(e) ;

(ii) “County health officer” means the licensed medical officer designated by the county commissioners to serve as health officer for his county;

(iii) “Immunized” or “immunization” means initial immunization and any boosters or reimmunizations required to maintain immunization pursuant to the immunization standards and recommendations issued by the state health officer.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-20-107 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 20 / Section 21-20-107
§ 21-20-107. Powers and duties of board of cooperative educational services
Status: in_force

(a) Each board of trustees of cooperative educational services shall:

(i) Prescribe and enforce rules, regulations and policies for its own government and for the government of the services and affairs under its jurisdiction which are consistent with the laws of the state;

(ii) Keep minutes of all meetings at which official action is taken and a record of all official acts which are public records;

(iii) Be responsible for such programs and services as shall be provided by joint agreement of the boards of trustees involved in the cooperative educational programs;

(iv) Administer and abide by the terms of the agreement or agreements entered into by the participating districts.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-17-201 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 17 / Section 21-17-201
§ 21-17-201. Composition; appointment and qualifications of members generally; members ex officio; quorum
Status: in_force

The government of the university is vested in a board of twelve (12) trustees appointed by the governor, no two (2) of whom may be residents of the same county of the state. At least one (1) trustee shall be appointed from each appointment district pursuant to W.S. 9-1-218 . Not more than seventy-five percent (75%) of the members of the board shall be registered in the same political party. The governor, the president of the university, the state superintendent of public instruction and the president of the associated students of the university are members ex officio, having the right to speak, but not to vote. A majority of the board is a quorum.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-2-407 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 2 / Section 21-2-407
§ 21-2-407. Penalties; injunction
Status: in_force

Any person violating the provisions of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed six (6) months, or both. Each solicitation of enrollment or each transaction of business without a license, registration certificate or without providing notification to the department constitutes a separate offense. Any person violating the provisions of this article may also be enjoined from the continuation of the violation by proceedings brought by the attorney general, any district attorney, any school official or any aggrieved citizen, regardless of whether criminal proceedings have been instituted.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-7-106 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 7 / Section 21-7-106
§ 21-7-106. Notice of recommendation of termination to teacher; when termination effective
Status: in_force

(a) A continuing contract teacher shall be notified of a recommendation of termination by the superintendent or any member of the board designated by the superintendent or designated by the board pursuant to a majority vote of the board by giving the teacher written notice together with written reasons for termination on or before April 15 of any year. Upon receipt of notice, the teacher may request a hearing on the recommendation before an independent hearing officer through the office of administrative hearings as provided under W.S. 21-7-110 .

(b) If ordered by the board under W.S. 21-7-110(g) , termination under recommendation shall be effective at the end of the school year in the year in which notice of termination is given.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-3-306 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 3 / Section 21-3-306
§ 21-3-306. Application for establishing charter schools; conversion of existing schools
Status: repealed

(a) Any person may apply to an authorizer for the establishment of a new charter school. The applicant shall have the right to determine which authorizer to apply to and may apply to a different authorizer for renewal of a charter. The Wyoming charter school authorizing board may reject a renewal application from an existing charter school if the renewal is to avoid necessary corrective measures, including closure of the charter school, identified by the authorizer.

(b) Administrators and teachers employed by the district, parents of students enrolled in the district and any special district advisory group comprised of district residents may apply to the district board to convert an existing public school operating within the school district to a charter school. An application filed under this subsection shall demonstrate the support of not less than fifty percent (50%) of the teachers employed by the school who teach at the school proposed to be converted, and the parents of fifty percent (50%) of all students attending the school proposed to be converted. A converted charter school operated under this subsection is a separate school and shall have the rights and obligations provided under this article, including but not limited to the ability to hire its own employees.

(c) Instead of establishing a new charter school or a converted charter school under this section, a district board and a charter school applicant may by mutual agreement establish a charter school within a school. A charter school operated under this subsection is a separate school and shall have the rights and obligations provided under this article for new and converted charter schools. The agreement between the school board and the charter school may provide that faculty and staff at the charter school may work in both the charter school established under this subsection and other district schools. If district students attend both the charter school established under this subsection and another district school, the students shall be counted for each school in proportion to the percentage of their time spent in each school.

(d) Repealed by Laws 2023, ch. 179, § 3, eff. July 1, 2023.
Wyo. Stat. § 21-13-311 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 13 / Section 21-13-311
§ 21-13-311. Determination of amount to be distributed to each district from foundation account; undistributed balance; prohibition on expenditures
Status: repealed

(a) The amount of money which shall be distributed to each district from the foundation 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 .

(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, Sp. Sess., 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. § 21-16-1603 — WY Code / Title 21 / Chapter 16 / Section 21-16-1603
§ 21-16-1603. University reclamation and restoration challenge account matching program; matching payments; conditions; annual reports; reversion of appropriations
Status: in_force

(a) The university shall administer the university reclamation and restoration challenge account established under this article. The following shall apply to the administration of the challenge account:

(i) To the extent that funds are available in the challenge account, the university shall match each qualifying contribution actually received by the University of Wyoming foundation by authorizing expenditures from the challenge account in an amount equal to the amount of the qualifying contribution. Qualifying contributions made directly to the university shall be considered qualifying contributions to the foundation for purposes of this article. The university shall expend both the qualifying contributions and the matching funds solely for the Wyoming reclamation and restoration center. Any investment earnings credited to the account shall be separately accounted for and may be expended by the university to support the center without a qualifying contribution. To the greatest extent practicable, expenditures for the center shall be made for energy related reclamation projects so that qualifying contributions and matching funds support the work of the center through June 30, 2019. All grants shall be subject to the approval and oversight of an ad hoc committee of industry company representatives appointed by the dean of agriculture;

(ii) If a qualifying contribution is made through a series of payments or transfers, no matching funds shall be authorized for expenditure from the challenge account until the total value of all payments or transfers actually received toward the contribution totals at least one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00). Thereafter, matching funds shall be authorized for expenditure as payments or transfers toward that qualifying contribution are received by the foundation;

(iii) The university shall authorize matching funds for expenditure, or encumber funds for future authorization in the case of a written commitment, to match a qualifying contribution based on the order in which each qualifying contribution is actually received or in which a written commitment to make a qualifying contribution is received by the foundation. Matching funds shall not be authorized for expenditure or encumbered in excess of the amount within the challenge account. The university shall rescind an encumbrance if a donor who made a commitment will not make a qualifying contribution that is eligible for matching funds under this section;

(iv) For the purpose of calculating the matching amount only, the university shall use the value of a qualifying contribution based on its fair market value at the time the contribution is received by the university foundation;

(v) The university shall on or before October 1 of each calendar year submit a report to the governor, joint appropriations interim committee and the joint education interim committee from the university foundation regarding the matching program established under this section for the preceding fiscal year. The report shall include a financial summary and a review of the accomplishments resulting from expenditures.