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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 4 - Pupils › Article 1 - Compulsory Attendance › Section 21-4-102 - When Attendance Required; Exemptions; Withdrawal.

21-4-102. When attendance required; exemptions; withdrawal.
(a) Every parent, guardian or other person having control or charge of any child who is a resident of this state and whose seventh birthday falls on or before August 1, or September 15 if the child started kindergarten pursuant to an approved request under W.S. 21-3-110(a)(xxxviii), of any year and who has not yet attained his sixteenth birthday or completed the tenth grade shall be required to send such child to, and such child shall be required to attend, a public or private school each year, during the entire time that the public schools shall be in session in the district in which the pupil resides; provided, that the board of trustees of each school district may exempt any child from the operation of this article when:
(i) The board believes that compulsory attendance in school would be detrimental to the mental or physical health of such child or the other children in the school; provided, the board may designate at the expense of the district a medical doctor of its choice to guide it and support it in its decision;
(ii) The board feels that compulsory school attendance might work undue hardship. The board may conduct a hearing on issues pursuant to this paragraph by executive session; or
(iii) The child has been legally excluded from the regular schools pursuant to the provisions of W.S. 21-4-306.
(b) A home-based educational program shall meet the requirements of a basic academic educational program pursuant to W.S. 21-4-101(a)(vi). It shall be the responsibility of every person administering a home-based educational program to submit a curriculum to the local board of trustees each year showing that the program complies with the requirements of this subsection. Failure to submit a curriculum showing compliance is prima facie evidence that the home-based educational program does not meet the requirements of this article.
(c) In addition to subsection (a) of this section, the parent, guardian or other person having control or charge of any child under the age of eighteen (18), who has not otherwise notified the district of enrolling that child in a different school district or in a private school or home-based educational program, shall meet in person with a school district counselor or administrator to provide the school district with written consent to the withdrawal of that child from school attendance. The written consent to withdrawal shall include a separate provision authorizing the release of the student's identity and address to the Wyoming national guard youth challenge program, as established by W.S. 19-9-701, for the sole purpose of recruitment into the Wyoming national guard youth challenge program.
2023 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.
2023 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 rules and policies 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, habitual truancy and willful absenteeism;
(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 under W.S. 21-4-102 and local board rules pursuant to W.S. 21-3-110(a)(xxxix). If after such notice has been given, the child has continued unexcused absences in violation of W.S. 21-4-102 or local board of trustees rules under W.S. 21-3-110(a)(xxxix) and the attendance officer reasonably believes that the unexcused absences were due to neglect as defined in W.S. 14-3-202(a)(vii), willful absenteeism or habitual truancy, the attendance officer shall proceed in accordance with W.S. 21-4-107.
2023 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 may be punished by not more than ten (10) days of community service and subject to proceedings under the Child Protection Act, W.S. 14-3-401 et seq., or the Children In Need of Supervision Act, W.S. 14-6-401 et seq., or both.
2023 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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 4 - Pupils › Article 1 - Compulsory Attendance › Section 21-4-107 - Notice to District Attorney and Tribe of Habitual Truancy or Willful Absenteeism; Duty of District Attorney.

21-4-107. Notice to district attorney and tribe of habitual truancy or willful absenteeism; duty of district attorney.
When the attendance officer of any school district determines that a child is an habitual truant or has been absent due to willful absenteeism as defined by this article the attendance officer shall notify the board of trustees and the district attorney who may initiate proceedings in the interest of the child under the Child Protection Act, W.S. 14-3-401 et seq., or the Children In Need of Supervision Act, W.S. 14-6-401 et seq., as appropriate. If the child is an Indian child as defined in the federal Indian Child Welfare Act, 25 U.S.C. 1901 et seq. or as defined by W.S. 14-6-702(a)(iv), the district attorney shall notify the child's tribe and any other person or entity entitled to notice under the Wyoming Indian Child Welfare Act and may initiate proceedings in the interest of the child if authorized to do so under state and federal law. If the Indian child resides on the Wind River Indian Reservation, the attendance officer shall notify the Wind River Tribal Court prosecutor and the tribal prosecutor may initiate proceedings pursuant to applicable tribal law and order codes.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 4 - Pupils › Article 3 - Right to Attend School › Section 21-4-302.2 - Enrollment and Transfer for Children of Active Duty Military Members; Discrimination.

21-4-302.2. Enrollment and transfer for children of active duty military members; discrimination.
(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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 4 - Pupils › Article 3 - Right to Attend School › Section 21-4-309 - Mandatory Immunizations for Children Attending Schools; Exceptions.

21-4-309. Mandatory immunizations for children attending schools; exceptions.
(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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 4 - Pupils › Article 3 - Right to Attend School › Section 21-4-310 - Self-Administration of Medication for Potentially Life Threatening Conditions.

21-4-310. Self-administration of medication for potentially life threatening conditions.
(a) The district board shall permit a student to possess and self-administer within any school of the district medication required for potentially life threatening conditions if a written statement is submitted to the district containing applicable:
(i) Parental verification that the student is responsible for and capable of self-administration and parental authorization for self-administration of medication required for potentially life threatening conditions;
(ii) Health care provider identification of the prescribed or authorized medication required for potentially life threatening conditions and verification of the appropriateness of the student's possession and self-administration of the medication required for potentially life threatening conditions.
(b) The written statement shall be prescribed by the department of education, with the assistance of the department of health, and shall require the signatures of the parent or guardian of the student and the student's physician or physician's representative.
(c) As used in this section:
(i) "Asthma medication" means prescription or nonprescription inhaled asthma medication;
(ii) "Potentially life threatening conditions" includes, but is not limited to asthma, food allergies and insect bites;
(iii) "Medication required for potentially life threatening conditions" includes, but is not limited to asthma medication and prescription single dose epinephrine pens.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 4 - Pupils › Article 3 - Right to Attend School › Section 21-4-312 - Definitions.

21-4-312. Definitions.
(a) As used in this act:
(i) "Harassment, intimidation or bullying" means any intentional gesture, any intentional electronic communication or any intentional written, verbal or physical act initiated, occurring or received at school that a reasonable person under the circumstances should know will have the effect of:
(A) Harming a student physically or emotionally, damaging a student's property or placing a student in reasonable fear of personal harm or property damage;
(B) Insulting or demeaning a student or group of students causing substantial disruption in, or substantial interference with, the orderly operation of the school; or
(C) Creating an intimidating, threatening or abusive educational environment for a student or group of students through sufficiently severe, persistent or pervasive behavior.
(ii) "School" includes a classroom or other location on school premises, a school bus or other school-related vehicle, a school bus stop, an activity or event sponsored by a school, whether or not it is held on school premises, and any other program or function where the school is responsible for the child;
(iii) "This act" means W.S. 21-4-311 through 21-4-315.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 4 - Pupils › Article 3 - Right to Attend School › Section 21-4-313 - Prohibition Against Harassment, Intimidation or Bullying; Reporting to School Officials.

21-4-313. Prohibition against harassment, intimidation or bullying; reporting to school officials.
(a) No person shall engage in:
(i) Harassment, intimidation or bullying; or
(ii) Reprisal or retaliation against a victim, witness or person who reports information about an act of harassment, intimidation or bullying.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 4 - Pupils › Article 3 - Right to Attend School › Section 21-4-315 - Applicability; No Civil Liability Created; Immunity.

21-4-315. Applicability; no civil liability created; immunity.
This article shall not be interpreted to prevent a victim from seeking redress pursuant to any other applicable civil or criminal law. This article does not create or alter any civil cause of action for monetary damages against any person or school district nor shall it constitute grounds for any claim or motion raised by either the state or defendant in any proceedings, except that the defense of immunity shall be retained and may be asserted in any action arising under this act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 4 - Pupils › Article 4 - Isolation › Section 21-4-402 - Instruction for Hospitalized or Homebound Pupils.

21-4-402. Instruction for hospitalized or homebound pupils.
(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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 4 - Pupils › Article 5 - Tuition › Section 21-4-502 - Attendance in Another District When Convenient or Desirable; Admission of Pupils Resident in Other Districts; Attendance for Adm Computations Specified.

21-4-502. Attendance in another district when convenient or desirable; admission of pupils resident in other districts; attendance for ADM computations specified.
(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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 4 - Pupils › Article 5 - Tuition › Section 21-4-504 - Cost of Maintaining Pupil Attending School Outside District of Residence.

21-4-504. Cost of maintaining pupil attending school outside district of residence.
A school district admitting a pupil from a nonunified school district in the state under W.S. 21-4-501 or providing for the enrollment of a pupil in a school within a school district in another state under W.S. 21-4-505 shall, in accordance with rules and regulations of the state department, be reimbursed from the school foundation program account for expenditures for maintaining that pupil in the admitting district for any length of time the pupil is required to reside in the admitting district. Reimbursement under this subsection shall be subject to and reported in accordance with rule and regulation of the state department and shall be administered as if the district's total foundation program amount computed under W.S. 21-13-309(p) is increased by the amount of the expenditure for maintenance during the preceding year for a school district admitting a pupil from a nonunified school district in the state under W.S. 21-4-501 and in the current school year for pupils attending a school in another state under W.S. 21-4-505.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 4 - Pupils › Article 5 - Tuition › Section 21-4-506 - Participation in Activities by Students Not Enrolled in the District; Limitation on Fees.

21-4-506. Participation in activities by students not enrolled in the district; limitation on fees.
(a) Any school age child who is a resident of a school district, who is not under suspension or expulsion by a Wyoming school district and who is not enrolled as a full-time student in the district in which he resides, shall be permitted by the district to participate in any activities which are sanctioned by the Wyoming high school activities association and which are offered by the district subject to the following:
(i) The district may require the student to pay any fees for participation which are required by the Wyoming high school activities association;
(ii) The district may charge that student an additional fee for participating, but that fee shall be no more than any fee for participating charged to full-time students of the district. The district shall not require that student to pay tuition or to pay any other fees or charges as a condition of participation;
(iii) As a condition of participation, the student shall be required to comply with all other rules and policies of the district or any school activities association applicable to all students participating in the activity and not related to the assessment of fees or charges.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 4 - Pupils › Article 6 - American Indian Education Programs › Section 21-4-602 - American Indian Educational Program.

21-4-602. American Indian educational program.
(a) The state board through the department of education shall, in cooperation with tribes of the region including the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Indian tribes, evaluate and review existing state social studies content and performance standards to ensure the cultural heritage, history and contemporary contributions of American Indians are addressed in the Wyoming social studies content and performance standards.
(b) The department shall, in consultation with tribes of the region including the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Indian tribes, make available materials and resources on the department's official web site to assist school districts in meeting social studies benchmarks within Wyoming social studies content and performance standards relating to the study of American Indian tribes.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 6 - School District Organization › Article 2 - District Boundary Board › Section 21-6-201 - Purpose.

21-6-201. Purpose.
(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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 6 - School District Organization › Article 2 - District Boundary Board › Section 21-6-202 - Definitions.

21-6-202. Definitions.
(a) As used in this article:
(i) "School district" includes unified school districts and elementary school districts pursuant to W.S. 21-3-102;
(ii) "State committee" means the state board of education;
(iii) "Trustee residence area" means a geographical area within a unified school district from which a member or members of the board of trustees of the school district is nominated. Any person desiring to be a candidate for the office of a school district trustee shall be a resident of the residence area which he seeks to represent;
(iv) "Unified school district" means a district supporting at least grades kindergarten or one (1) through twelve (12) under the control of one (1) board of trustees and administered by one (1) superintendent of schools, that offers an adequate and integrated educational program.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 6 - School District Organization › Article 2 - District Boundary Board › Section 21-6-203 - District Boundary Boards; Membership; Style.

21-6-203. District boundary boards; membership; style.
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."
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 6 - School District Organization › Article 2 - District Boundary Board › Section 21-6-204 - Quorum; Majority Vote.

21-6-204. Quorum; majority vote.
(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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 6 - School District Organization › Article 2 - District Boundary Board › Section 21-6-205 - Chairman; Meetings.

21-6-205. Chairman; meetings.
The district boundary board shall elect a chairman. He shall call a meeting of the district boundary board in the first quarter of each calendar year for the purpose of electing one (1) of the members as secretary. Thereafter, meetings shall be held upon the call of the chairman or of a majority of the members of the board.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 6 - School District Organization › Article 2 - District Boundary Board › Section 21-6-206 - Duties of Secretary.

21-6-206. Duties of secretary.
The secretary shall keep an accurate record showing the boundaries of all the districts in his county. The secretary shall give each member one (1) day written notice before each hearing or meeting and shall publish in a newspaper of general circulation within the county, notice of any hearing or meeting at which a change in boundaries or reorganization of a school district or combining of school districts is to be considered at least once each week for the two (2) weeks immediately preceding the time set for the hearing or meeting.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 6 - School District Organization › Article 2 - District Boundary Board › Section 21-6-208 - Creation of New Unified School Districts From Within Boundaries of Existing School Districts.

21-6-208. Creation of new unified school districts from within boundaries of existing school districts.
Whenever at least one hundred (100) qualified electors of any area within an existing school district, which area includes both a high school and one (1) or more elementary schools with a total K-12 enrollment of more than five hundred (500) pupils, petition the district boundary board for creation of the area into a new unified school district, the district boundary board may, after holding a hearing on the petition, submit a proposal to form the area into a new unified school district to the state committee.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 6 - School District Organization › Article 2 - District Boundary Board › Section 21-6-209 - Proposal to Abolish or Combine District Failing to Maintain School.

21-6-209. Proposal to abolish or combine district failing to maintain school.
Whenever any district fails to maintain a school for a period of six (6) months in any school year, a district boundary board shall, within thirty (30) days after the conclusion of the six (6) months, submit to the state committee a proposal to abolish or combine the school district or portion thereof with any adjoining school district or districts.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 6 - School District Organization › Article 2 - District Boundary Board › Section 21-6-210 - Powers and Duties of State Committee.

21-6-210. Powers and duties of state committee.
(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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 6 - School District Organization › Article 2 - District Boundary Board › Section 21-6-211 - Approval or Rejection of Proposal by State Committee.

21-6-211. Approval or rejection of proposal by state committee.
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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 6 - School District Organization › Article 2 - District Boundary Board › Section 21-6-212 - Filing of Notice of Approval or Rejection; Proposal Effective on Filing.

21-6-212. Filing of notice of approval or rejection; proposal effective on filing.
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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 6 - School District Organization › Article 2 - District Boundary Board › Section 21-6-213 - Notice to Districts Affected by Action of Committee.

21-6-213. Notice to districts affected by action of committee.
When a district boundary board proposal organizing or reorganizing a school district or altering or changing the boundaries of any district or districts is approved or rejected by the state committee, the secretary shall promptly notify the clerk of the district board in each of the districts affected, in writing, giving in the notice the number of the district or districts affected and describing their boundaries and other changes approved or rejected.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 6 - School District Organization › Article 2 - District Boundary Board › Section 21-6-214 - City or Town to Be All in One District; District May Include Other Territory.

21-6-214. City or town to be all in one district; district may include other territory.
Whenever the district boundary board organizes or reorganizes a school district or changes the boundaries of existing districts, the organization, reorganization or change shall be made so as to keep all territory embraced in any incorporated city or town in one (1) school district. A district boundary board may include in any school district territory not within such corporate boundaries. District boundary boards are hereby authorized to change the boundaries of any school district or districts so that all the territory embraced in a corporate city or town shall be in one (1) district.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 6 - School District Organization › Article 2 - District Boundary Board › Section 21-6-215 - Appointment and Terms of Trustees for New Districts.

21-6-215. Appointment and terms of trustees for new districts.
(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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 6 - School District Organization › Article 2 - District Boundary Board › Section 21-6-216 - Newly Organized School District a Body Corporate; Authority of Trustees; Old Districts to Cease to Exist.

21-6-216. Newly organized school district a body corporate; authority of trustees; old districts to cease to exist.
(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.