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WY Stat § 21-3-303 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 21 - Education|Chapter 3 - School Districts in General|Article 3 - Charter Schools|Section 21-3-303 - Charter School Prohibitions.

21-3-303. Charter school prohibitions.| (a) This article shall not prohibit any private person or organization from funding or providing other assistance for the establishment or operation of a charter school established pursuant to this article when the district board determines the funding or assistance is compatible with the mission of the district.  Note: Effective 7/1/2022 this subsection will read as:  (a) This article shall not prohibit any private person or organization from funding or providing other assistance for the establishment or operation of a charter school established pursuant to this article.  (b) No charter shall be granted under this article if it is determined that its sole purpose is to avoid consolidation or closure of any school or district. For purposes of this subsection, consolidation or closure applies regardless of grade configuration, building location or school or district name.  (c) No charter application shall be considered from any person, group or organization proposing to convert a private school or a nonpublic home-based educational program into a charter school.  (d) No charter school shall enter into a contract with an independent management company without the prior written consent of the district board. The school district shall be a third party beneficiary to any management contract approved by the district board.  Note: Effective 7/1/2022 this subsection will read as:  (d) No charter school shall enter into a contract with an independent management company or education service provider without the prior written consent of the authorizer.  (e) For applications filed on and after July 1, 2007, a charter application shall not be considered from any person, group or organization that has previously filed a charter application within a twelve (12) month period and the application was subsequently denied. Computation of the twelve (12) month period under this subsection shall begin on the date the denied application was filed with the district board.  Note: this subsection is repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 169, § 4. effective 7/1/2022.
WY Stat § 21-3-306 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 21 - Education|Chapter 3 - School Districts in General|Article 3 - Charter Schools|Section 21-3-306 - Application for Establishing Charter Schools; Conversion of Existing Schools.

21-3-306. Application for establishing charter schools; conversion of existing schools.| (a) Any person may apply to the district board for the establishment of a new charter school or a charter school within a school to be located within the school district.  Note: Effective 7/1/2022 this subsection will read as:  (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 state loan and investment 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.  (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) If a school district denies an application to convert a school to a charter school under subsection (b) of this section, the applicant may appeal to the state loan and investment board. If the state loan and investment board approves the application, it shall be the authorizer of the charter school. [NOTE: This section will be effective 7/1/2022.]
WY Stat § 21-3-311 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 21 - Education|Chapter 3 - School Districts in General|Article 3 - Charter Schools|Section 21-3-311 - Participation in Retirement System.

21-3-311. Participation in retirement system.| (a) A charter school approved pursuant to this article shall comply with the provisions set forth in its charter petition.  Note: this subsection is repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 169, § 4. effective 7/1/2022.  (b) Any charter school shall participate in the Wyoming retirement system to the extent as if it were a public school within the district.  Note: Effective 7/1/2022 this subsection will read as:  (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.
WY Stat § 21-3-312 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 21 - Education|Chapter 3 - School Districts in General|Article 3 - Charter Schools|Section 21-3-312 - Authorizer to Report to State Board. [Note: This Is Effective as of 7/1/2022.]

21-3-312. Authorizer to report to state board. [NOTE: This is effective as of 7/1/2022.]| Each authorizer granting a charter pursuant to this article shall annually report to the state board on each charter school operating under its authorization and compliance with the provisions of the charter.
WY Stat § 21-3-313 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 21 - Education|Chapter 3 - School Districts in General|Article 3 - Charter Schools|Section 21-3-313 - Charter Schools; Employee Options.

21-3-313. Charter schools; employee options.| (a) During the first year that a teacher employed by a school district is employed by a charter school, the teacher shall be considered to be on a one (1) year leave of absence from the school district. The leave of absence shall commence on the first day of services for the charter school. Upon the request of the teacher, the one (1) year leave of absence shall be renewed for up to two (2) additional one (1) year periods upon the mutual agreement of the teacher and the school district. At the end of three (3) years, the relationship between the teacher and the school district shall be determined by the school district and the district shall provide notice to the teacher of the relationship.  Note: this subsection is repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 169, § 4. effective 7/1/2022.  (b) The employment status of school district employees employed by the charter school who seek to return to employment with noncharter schools in the school district shall be negotiated and included in the charter contract.  Note: Effective 7/1/2022 this subsection will read as:  (b) The employment status of school district employees employed by the charter school who seek to return to employment with noncharter schools in the school district shall be negotiated with the school district and included in the charter contract.  (c) Effective school year 2015-2016 and each school year thereafter, employees of a charter school shall, for purposes of this subsection, be included as payroll of the school district and shall be eligible to participate in any salary adjustment for school district employees which is funded by the legislature and is in addition to the foundation program amount computed under W.S. 21-13-309(p). Any amount computed and allocated pursuant to this subsection shall be used exclusively by the governing body of the charter school for charter school employee salary adjustments as determined by the governing body.  Note: this subsection is repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 169, § 4. effective 7/1/2022.
WY Stat § 21-4-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 21 - Education|Chapter 4 - Pupils|Article 1 - Compulsory Attendance|Section 21-4-101 - Definitions.

21-4-101. Definitions.| (a) For the purposes of this article:  (i) "Unexcused absence" means the absence, as defined in the policies of the local board of trustees, of any child required by this article to attend school when such absence is not excused to the satisfaction of the board of trustees by the parent, guardian, or other person having control of such child;  (ii) "Habitual truant" means any child with five (5) or more unexcused absences in any one (1) school year;  (iii) "Private school" is any nonpublic, elementary or secondary school providing a basic academic educational program for children and may include parochial and church or religious schools and home-based educational programs;  (iv) "Parochial, church or religious school" is one operated under the auspices or control of a local church or religious congregation or a denomination established to promote and promulgate the commonly held religious doctrines of the group though it may also include basic academic subjects in its curriculum. Nothing contained in W.S. 21-4-102(b), 21-2-401 or 21-2-406 grants to the state of Wyoming or any of its officers, agencies or subdivisions any right or authority to control, manage, supervise or make any suggestions as to the control, management or supervision of any parochial, church or religious school which meets the requirements of W.S. 21-2-406(a);  (v) A home-based educational program means a program of educational instruction provided to a child by the child's parent or legal guardian or by a person designated by the parent or legal guardian. An instructional program provided to more than one (1) family unit does not constitute a home-based educational program;  (vi) "Basic academic educational program" is one that provides a sequentially progressive curriculum of fundamental instruction in reading, writing, mathematics, civics, history, literature and science. These curriculum requirements do not require any private school or home-based educational program to include in its curriculum any concept, topic or practice in conflict with its religious doctrines or to exclude from its curriculum any concept, topic or practice consistent with its religious doctrines.
WY Stat § 21-4-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 21 - Education|Chapter 4 - Pupils|Article 1 - Compulsory Attendance|Section 21-4-103 - Enforcement of Article; Appointment and Compensation of Attendance Officers.

21-4-103. Enforcement of article; appointment and compensation of attendance officers.| 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.
WY Stat § 21-4-104 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 21 - Education|Chapter 4 - Pupils|Article 1 - Compulsory Attendance|Section 21-4-104 - Duties of Attendance Officers.

21-4-104. Duties of attendance officers.| (a) Subject to the policy of the board of trustees, it shall be the duty of each attendance officer to:  (i) Counsel with students, parents, guardians or custodians and teachers; and to investigate the causes of unexcused absences;  (ii) Give written notice to the parent, guardian, or custodian of any child having an unexcused absence that the attendance of such child at school is required by law. If after such notice has been given, the child has a second unexcused absence, which the attendance officer reasonably believes was due to the willful neglect or failure of the parent, guardian, or custodian of the child, then he shall make and file a complaint against such parent, guardian, or custodian of such child before the district court for the violation of W.S. 21-4-102.
WY Stat § 21-4-105 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 21 - Education|Chapter 4 - Pupils|Article 1 - Compulsory Attendance|Section 21-4-105 - Penalty for Failure of Parent, Guardian or Custodian to Comply With Article.

21-4-105. Penalty for failure of parent, guardian or custodian to comply with article.| Any parent, guardian or custodian of any child to whom this article applies who willfully fails, neglects, or refuses to comply with the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail not more than ten (10) days or by both such fine and imprisonment.
WY Stat § 21-4-106 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 21 - Education|Chapter 4 - Pupils|Article 1 - Compulsory Attendance|Section 21-4-106 - List of Children of School Age to Be Furnished; Notice of Unexcused Absences.

21-4-106. List of children of school age to be furnished; notice of unexcused absences.| At the beginning of each school year, the board of trustees shall furnish each district attendance officer a list of the names of the children of compulsory school age within the district who are enumerated on the regular enumeration lists. The person in charge of each school within the district shall notify each district attendance officer promptly in writing of all cases of unexcused absence so that the attendance officer may proceed according to the provisions of this article.
WY Stat § 21-4-107 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 21 - Education|Chapter 4 - Pupils|Article 1 - Compulsory Attendance|Section 21-4-107 - Notice to District Attorney of Habitual Truancy; Duty of District Attorney.

21-4-107. Notice to district attorney of habitual truancy; duty of district attorney.| When the board of trustees of any school district shall determine that a child is an habitual truant as defined by this article the board or its attendance officer shall notify the district attorney who shall then initiate proceedings in the interest of the child under the Juvenile Justice Act.
WY Stat § 21-4-301 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 21 - Education|Chapter 4 - Pupils|Article 3 - Right to Attend School|Section 21-4-301 - Schools to Be Free and Accessible to All Children; Minimum School Year.

21-4-301. Schools to be free and accessible to all children; minimum school year.| 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.
WY Stat § 21-4-302.1 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 21 - Education|Chapter 4 - Pupils|Article 3 - Right to Attend School|Section 21-4-302.1 - Advance Enrollment for Children of Transferred Military Personnel.

21-4-302.1. Advance enrollment for children of transferred military personnel.| (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.
WY Stat § 21-4-303 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 21 - Education|Chapter 4 - Pupils|Article 3 - Right to Attend School|Section 21-4-303 - Right Not Denied on Account of Sex, Race or Religion.

21-4-303. Right not denied on account of sex, race or religion.| No child shall be denied the right to attend the public schools of this state on account of sex, race, or religion.
WY Stat § 21-4-306 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 21 - Education|Chapter 4 - Pupils|Article 3 - Right to Attend School|Section 21-4-306 - Suspension or Expulsion; Grounds.

21-4-306. Suspension or expulsion; grounds.| (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.
WY Stat § 21-4-307 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 21 - Education|Chapter 4 - Pupils|Article 3 - Right to Attend School|Section 21-4-307 - Denial of Admission to School.

21-4-307. Denial of admission to school.| (a) The board of trustees of any school district within the state may deny admission to any child who:  (i) Has completed the twelfth grade; or  (ii) Has such a mental or physical disability that based upon a physician's certificate the board believes such child could not reasonably benefit from the programs available or the attendance of such child would be inimical to the health, safety, or welfare of other pupils; provided, that the board shall make the best possible provision for suitable and adequate education of such child in accordance with the laws of this state.
WY Stat § 21-4-308 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 21 - Education|Chapter 4 - Pupils|Article 3 - Right to Attend School|Section 21-4-308 - Punishment and Disciplinary Measures; Denial of Diploma or Credit.

21-4-308. Punishment and disciplinary measures; denial of diploma or credit.| (a) Each board of trustees in each school district within the state may adopt rules for reasonable forms of punishment and disciplinary measures. Subject to such rules, teachers, principals, and superintendents in such district may impose reasonable forms of punishment and disciplinary measures for insubordination, disobedience, and other misconduct.  (b) Teachers, principals and superintendents in each district shall be immune from civil and criminal liability in the exercise of reasonable corporal discipline of a student as authorized by board policy.  (c) No diploma or credit for a course which has been completed successfully shall be denied a pupil who has earned it; provided, such diploma or credit shall not be deemed earned until payment has been made for all indebtedness due to the school district.