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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 13 - School Finance › Article 3 - State Financial Support › Section 21-13-311 - Determination of Amount to Be Distributed to Each District From Foundation Account; Undistributed Balance; Prohibition on Expenditures.

21-13-311. Determination of amount to be distributed to each district from foundation account; undistributed balance; prohibition on expenditures.
(a) The amount of money which shall be distributed to each district 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.
Note: Effective 7/1/2024 this subsection will read as:
(a) The amount of money which shall be distributed to each district in accordance with this article from the public school foundation program account shall be determined by subtracting the sum of the district revenues computed in accordance with W.S. 21-13-310 from the total amount of the foundation program computed in accordance with W.S. 21-13-309.
(b) Repealed By Laws 1997 Special Session, ch. 3, 304.
(c) The amount of the foundation account which is not distributed in any year, for any reason, shall be held in the foundation account for distribution in subsequent years in accordance with this article.
(d) Effective school year 2011-2012 and each school year thereafter, no foundation program funds distributed under subsection (a) of this section shall be expended by any district for conducting random drug testing of students within the district without prior approval of the student's parents.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 13 - School Finance › Article 3 - State Financial Support › Section 21-13-312 - Prorating Payments When Income From Foundation Account Insufficient.

21-13-312. Prorating payments when income from foundation account insufficient.
(a) To preserve the integrity of the foundation account for the biennium and so that payments can be made during the full school year for each year of the biennium, if it appears to the state superintendent that the income available to the foundation program account is not sufficient to meet the payments as provided by law:
(i) The state superintendent shall determine a uniform percentage by which the amount guaranteed to each district under W.S. 21-13-309 shall be reduced so that available revenues in the foundation program account for that school year are as nearly as possible equal to the amount necessary to fund payments to districts under W.S. 21-13-313; and
(ii) The revenue to be rebated by a district under W.S. 21-13-102(b) shall be adjusted based upon the guaranteed amount for that district determined under paragraph (a)(i) of this section.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 13 - School Finance › Article 3 - State Financial Support › Section 21-13-316 - Interfund Borrowing.

21-13-316. Interfund borrowing.
(a) The state treasurer may utilize interfund loans to the school foundation program account to ensure statutory payments are made when dedicated revenues are not yet received. Interfund loans under this subsection may be made from the legislative stabilization reserve account or, to the extent insufficient funds exist in the legislative stabilization reserve account, the common school account within the permanent land fund. Any interfund loans executed pursuant to this section shall be repaid in whole or in part periodically as soon as school foundation program account revenues permit.
(b) Repealed by Laws 1988, ch. 82, 2.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 13 - School Finance › Article 3 - State Financial Support › Section 21-13-324 - Teacher Extra Compensation Adjustment to District Total Amount per Adm.

21-13-324. Teacher extra compensation adjustment to district total amount per ADM.
(a) A district may pay extra compensation to a teacher as necessary to employ teachers for providing educational programs at locations which because of their unique circumstances require additional pay. Extra compensation under this section:
(i) Shall not reflect district preference for higher salaries;
(ii) Shall be payment for performing regular duties and not be payment for performing any additional duties assigned to the teacher;
(iii) May be in the form of subsidized expenses other than rent or housing allowances, a cash bonus or a combination.
(b) If compensation is paid to the teacher for costs other than rent or housing allowances, the school district shall provide information to the state department describing the difference in the amount paid by the teacher and the average comparable market rate within the county for the subsidized cost.
(c) Upon application by a district upon a form prescribed and provided by the state department, the department shall reimburse the district from the foundation account for extra compensation paid pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, administered as if the district's total foundation program amount computed under W.S. 21-13-309(p) was increased by the amount of extra compensation paid during the preceding year. The department shall require the district to document the need for extra compensation payments.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 13 - School Finance › Article 3 - State Financial Support › Section 21-13-331 - Cooperative Services Incentive.

21-13-331. Cooperative services incentive.
(a) If two (2) or more districts enter into an arrangement to combine student transportation services, the district shall receive an amount in addition to the guarantee under W.S. 21-13-309(p) during the succeeding school year, subject to the following:
(i) The combined service arrangement shall result in a reduction in the total expenditures of both participating districts for the portion of total transportation services included within the arrangement. Districts participating in a combined service arrangement may agree to apportion reduced expenditures among themselves for the purposes of paragraph (ii) of this subsection;
(ii) This additional incentive shall be equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total savings but shall not exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) for any one (1) combined service arrangement; and
(iii) Each district participating in a combined service arrangement shall report to and submit documentation regarding the combined service arrangement to the state department.
(b) If two (2) or more districts enter into an arrangement to combine any program or service for children with disabilities, the district shall receive an amount in addition to the guarantee under W.S. 21-13-309(p) during the succeeding school year, subject to the following:
(i) The combined arrangement shall result in a reduction in the total expenditures of all participating districts for that program, service or portion thereof which is included within the arrangement. Districts participating in a combined service arrangement may agree to apportion reduced expenditures among themselves for the purposes of paragraph (ii) of this subsection;
(ii) This additional incentive shall be equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total savings but shall not exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) for any one (1) combined service arrangement; and
(iii) The district reports to and submits documentation on the combined arrangement to the state department.
(c) Districts shall report information necessary to compute any additional payments resulting from combined service agreements under subsection (a) or (b) of this section at the same time they report actual revenue collections for the purpose of reconciliation under W.S. 21-13-313(d). Not later than October 15 of each year, school districts shall be paid from the school foundation program any payments for which the district is eligible under this section. None of the additional incentive payments under this section shall be counted for the purpose of computing a district s entitlement to revenues for any school year.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 13 - School Finance › Article 5 - Building Fund and Reserve Fund › Section 21-13-501 - Board of Trustees of Any School District Authorized to Hold Election; Building or Repayment Fund Generally.

21-13-501. Board of trustees of any school district authorized to hold election; building or repayment fund generally.
(a) The board of trustees of any school district may, whenever a majority thereof so decide, submit to the electors of the district the question whether the board shall be authorized to start a building fund of a certain amount, to be raised within a certain number of years, for the purpose of acquiring land, erection, enlargement, and equipping of school buildings, teacherages, garages or other such buildings as may be needed for school purposes therein, or submit the question of whether the board is authorized to direct the county treasurer to annually levy against the property of the district to pay off existing school district or school facility authority refunding bonds of a certain amount, not to exceed four percent (4%) on the assessed value of the taxable property therein as shown by the last preceding general assessment. The fund and any interest accruing thereto shall be held by the county treasurer for the purposes herein specified and shall be used for no other purpose. The fund may be voted and raised in addition to the existing bonded indebtedness of the district.
(b) The authority for levies to pay off existing refunding bonds as specifically authorized by this section is only effective for school districts receiving voter approval on or before September 15, 1982.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 13 - School Finance › Article 5 - Building Fund and Reserve Fund › Section 21-13-502 - Conduct of Election; Levy of Tax; Custody and Investment of Funds Raised.

21-13-502. Conduct of election; levy of tax; custody and investment of funds raised.
(a) The election in connection with the question under W.S. 21-13-501 shall be held on a date and in the manner prescribed for elections on the issuance of school bonds, except that the ballots must contain the words "building fund, yes" and "building fund, no" or "levy against the property of the district to pay off existing refunding bonds, yes" and "levy against the property of the district to pay off existing refunding bonds, no". If the majority of the votes at the elections are "building fund, yes" or "levy against the property of the district to pay off existing refunding bonds, yes", the clerk of the district shall immediately notify the board of county commissioners and the county treasurer, and the board of county commissioners shall thereafter levy annually the tax necessary to raise the fund in the number of years specified. The funds as raised shall be kept in the custody of the county treasurer until sufficient funds have been raised to commence the building or to commence the payoff of the existing refunding bonds contemplated by the school district. The board of trustees may require the county treasurer to invest the funds raised under this section as permitted by law and the interest accruing from the investment shall be retained in the building fund and to make payments as directed by the board of trustees.
(b) The authority for levies to pay off existing refunding bonds as specifically authorized by this section is only effective for school districts receiving voter approval on or before September 15, 1982.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 13 - School Finance › Article 5 - Building Fund and Reserve Fund › Section 21-13-503 - Election on Issuance of Bonds; Discontinuance of Tax Levy.

21-13-503. Election on issuance of bonds; discontinuance of tax levy.
At any time after the raising of a building fund has been commenced by any school district, the board of school trustees may submit to the electors of the district, as provided for bond elections by the Political Subdivision Bond Election Law, W.S. 22-21-101 through 22-21-112, the question whether the board shall be authorized to issue coupon bonds of the district, but in no case shall the amount of bonds exceed the bonded indebtedness permitted by law. If the bonds are authorized, the annual building fund levy shall be discontinued by the board of county commissioners when the levy is commenced for payment of the bonds.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 13 - School Finance › Article 5 - Building Fund and Reserve Fund › Section 21-13-504 - Special Reserve Fund.

21-13-504. Special reserve fund.
The board of trustees of each Wyoming school district may create a special reserve fund of a specified amount, for the purpose of purchasing or replacing specified equipment or a depreciation reserve for equipment and school building repair. The board may annually include in its budget for the ensuing fiscal year, the amount so designated, as a special fund, expendable only for the purposes stated and segregated as such, from general and other special school funds, disbursements therefrom to be made from time to time by the school clerk's warrants drawn against said special fund, as duly ordered by said board; provided, that said amount so specially budgeted for any fiscal year shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the total amount budgeted for the same year; and further provided, that any difference in the amount so specially budgeted for any such year and the amount expended from said fund during such year, may be retained in and carried over as a part of the special reserve fund.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 13 - School Finance › Article 7 - Bond Issues › Section 21-13-701 - Submission of Question to Electors Authorized; Purposes for Which Indebtedness May Be Created; Required Public Hearing on Bonding Proposition; Reserve Fund for Maintenance Required.

21-13-701. Submission of question to electors authorized; purposes for which indebtedness may be created; required public hearing on bonding proposition; reserve fund for maintenance required.
(a) The board of trustees of a school district may, after conducting at least two (2) public hearings as required under subsection (c) of this section and subject to subsection (d) of this section, submit to the qualified electors of the district on a date authorized under W.S. 22-21-103, the question of creating an indebtedness for the purpose of:
(i) Acquiring or improving land;
(ii) Acquiring or erecting buildings;
(iii) Enlarging, improving, remodeling, repairing or adding to buildings;
(iv) Equipping and furnishing buildings;
(v) Repair and maintenance; and
(vi) Any combination of the above.
(b) The purposes for which an indebtedness may be created shall be broadly construed. It is the intention of the legislature that school districts be empowered to create indebtedness under this section for any purpose which, directly or indirectly, enables the district to provide facilities which are in excess of the statewide standards for the adequacy of school buildings and facilities.
(c) Prior to submitting a bonding proposition to district voters in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, the school district board of trustees shall hold at least two (2) public hearings within the district at which the board provides an explanation of the need to obtain district funding for building and facility features that are in excess of state standards for buildings and facilities.
(d) In addition to subsection (a) of this section and for any bond proposition submitted to district voters on or after July 1, 2007, the proposition shall provide that not less than three percent (3%) of bond proceeds be used for the creation of reserves or sinking funds for the maintenance and repair of any buildings or facilities or any building or facility features in excess of state building and facility adequacy standards which are to be constructed or otherwise acquired through the bond issue.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 13 - School Finance › Article 7 - Bond Issues › Section 21-13-702 - Construction of School Building on Leased Land; State and Its Agencies Authorized to Enter Into Leases.

21-13-702. Construction of school building on leased land; state and its agencies authorized to enter into leases.
A school building may be constructed on leased land provided that the lease shall be for a term of years not less than the economic life of the building as determined by the board. The state of Wyoming and any board, commission, department, corporation, instrumentality, or agency thereof may enter into such a lease with a school district notwithstanding any other provision of law limiting the term of such a lease.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 13 - School Finance › Article 7 - Bond Issues › Section 21-13-703 - Limits on Indebtedness.

21-13-703. Limits on indebtedness.
Each school district actually and physically operating within its boundaries a school shall have a limit on outstanding indebtedness of ten percent (10%) of the assessed value of the taxable property therein. Nothing in this section shall be construed as permitting any combination of school districts embracing common territory to incur a bonded indebtedness of more than ten percent (10%) of the assessed value of the taxable property therein. The amount in any sinking fund available for the payment of outstanding indebtedness may be deducted for the purpose of computing the debt-incurring power of such district. For this purpose, any general assessment for a particular district shall become effective when the county assessor shall have received notice from the state board of equalization of its final approval of the county valuations; provided, however, that if the county assessor receives such notice after the district has entered into an enforceable contract for the sale of bonds, a new lower assessed valuation shall not become effective until the day following the date of delivery of such bonds.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 13 - School Finance › Article 7 - Bond Issues › Section 21-13-704 - Sale of Bonds Generally.

21-13-704. Sale of bonds generally.
If a proposed issue of bonds has been approved in the election and issuance thereof has been authorized by the school district board of trustees as provided by this article, the bonds shall thereafter at one (1) time or from time to time be sold at public or private sale. All costs and expenses incident to the issue and sale of the bonds may be paid out of the proceeds of the sale of the bonds. If the bonds are to be sold at public sale, the school district board of trustees shall give notice of sale by at least one (1) insertion of such notice in some newspaper of general circulation in the district of its intention to sell the bonds. The notice shall briefly describe the bonds and the time and place where the sale thereof will take place. If there is no newspaper of general circulation in the district, the board may publish the notice of sale in any newspaper published in the county seat of any county in which the district is wholly or partially located. Publication shall be made not less than ten (10) days nor more than thirty (30) days prior to the date designated for the sale of the bonds.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 13 - School Finance › Article 7 - Bond Issues › Section 21-13-705 - Printing and Numbering of Bonds.

21-13-705. Printing and numbering of bonds.
After ascertaining the best terms upon, and the lowest interest at which said bonds can be sold, the board of trustees shall cause said bonds to be suitably printed or lithographed, with coupons, if any, attached, and thereafter shall have said bonds consecutively numbered and otherwise properly prepared and executed.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 13 - School Finance › Article 7 - Bond Issues › Section 21-13-706 - Execution, Form and Contents of Bonds.

21-13-706. Execution, form and contents of bonds.
(a) Said bonds shall be signed by the chairman of the board of trustees and countersigned by the county treasurer. The coupons, if any, shall be signed by the county treasurer. The clerk of the board shall endorse a certificate upon every bond, that the same is issued pursuant to law and is within the lawful debt limit of the district. The county treasurer may authorize his deputy to sign any bond or coupon on his behalf. The board of trustees may authorize another member of the board to sign any bond or certificate in place of the chairman or clerk. It shall not be necessary for any bond to bear the seal of the district. Said bonds and coupons shall otherwise be in such form as the board may determine; provided, that the board may, at its option, utilize a statutory form of bond which shall include the following details:
(i) The name of the district and the date of the bond;
(ii) The principal amount thereof and interest rate or rates applicable thereto;
(iii) The place or places and time or times of payment of principal and interest;
(iv) The prior redemption option, if any;
(v) A recital that the bond is one of a series approved at an election held for that purpose, that the total indebtedness of the district does not exceed the lawful debt limit of the district; and that the bond has been issued under the authority of, and in full compliance with, and for a purpose authorized by, the constitution and this article.
(b) A bond delivered to the purchaser thereof in the optional statutory form shall:
(i) Be payable in lawful money of the United States of America without deduction for exchange or collection charges;
(ii) Be conclusively presumed to have been issued for value;
(iii) Be payable upon presentation and surrender of the bond and the attached coupons as they severally become due;
(iv) If not paid upon presentation at maturity, continue to draw interest until the principal thereof is paid in full;
(v) Be presumed to have been issued by the proper officers of the district under and by virtue of and in full conformity with the constitution of the state of Wyoming, this article, any amendments thereto, and all other laws thereunto enabling; and
(vi) Be incontestable as hereafter provided.
(c) Any resolution of a school district board of trustees authorizing bonds may provide that each bond therein authorized shall recite that it is issued under the authority of this article. Such recital shall conclusively impart full compliance with all the provisions hereof, and all bonds issued containing such recital shall be incontestable for any cause whatsoever after their delivery for value.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 13 - School Finance › Article 7 - Bond Issues › Section 21-13-707 - Record of Bonds Sold and Delivered.

21-13-707. Record of bonds sold and delivered.
A record of any bonds sold and delivered by the district shall be kept by the county treasurer in a public book provided for that purpose, and therein shall be stated the number, date, amount, time and place of payment, rate of interest, number of coupons attached, if any, and any other proper description thereof for future identification.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 13 - School Finance › Article 7 - Bond Issues › Section 21-13-708 - Terms of Bonds; Negotiability.

21-13-708. Terms of bonds; negotiability.
Bonds issued by school districts pursuant to the provisions of this article shall bear interest payable annually or semiannually, and evidenced by one (1) or two (2) sets of coupons, if any, except that the first coupon may evidence interest for a period not in excess of one (1) year, and the bonds may be in one (1) or more series, may bear a date or dates, may mature at a time or times not exceeding twenty-five (25) years from their respective dates, may be in a denomination or denominations, may be payable in a medium of payment, in a place or places, within or without the state, including, but not limited to the office of the county treasurer of a county in which the district is wholly or partially located, may carry registration privileges, may be subject to prior redemption in advance of maturity in an order, or by lot, or otherwise, at a time or times with or without premium, may bear privileges for reissuance in the same or other denominations, may be so reissued (without modification of maturities and interest rates), and may be in a form, either coupon or registered, as may be provided by resolution of the school district board of trustees. Except as the board may otherwise provide, the bonds and interest coupons attached thereto, if any, shall be fully negotiable, within the meaning of and for all purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code-Investment Securities. The holder of a bond or coupon, by accepting the bond or coupon, is conclusively deemed to have agreed that the bond or coupon (except as otherwise provided) is and shall be fully negotiable within the meaning and for all purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code-Investment Securities.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 13 - School Finance › Article 7 - Bond Issues › Section 21-13-709 - How Bonds to Mature.

21-13-709. How bonds to mature.
The various annual maturities shall commence not later than the third year after the date of the bonds. All bonds shall mature serially, at the option of the board of trustees, in substantially equal annual installments of principal, or upon an amortization plan for the bonds of said series, or upon an amortization plan for the proposed bonds and all outstanding bonds of the district, or in any other manner as the board may determine.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 13 - School Finance › Article 7 - Bond Issues › Section 21-13-710 - Sale to Be Conducted by Board of Trustees; Disposition of Proceeds.

21-13-710. Sale to be conducted by board of trustees; disposition of proceeds.
The sale of the bonds shall be conducted by the school district board of trustees. Proceeds from the sale of the bonds shall be paid to the school district treasurer for deposit in the school district treasury.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 13 - School Finance › Article 7 - Bond Issues › Section 21-13-711 - Price of Bonds; Bids.

21-13-711. Price of bonds; bids.
The bonds may be sold at, above or below the par value thereof as determined by the board of trustees, but the bonds shall be sold at a price such that the net effective interest rate for the issue of bonds does not exceed the maximum net effective interest rate approved by the voters in the election authorizing the bonds. The board is authorized to reject any and all bids and to waive any informality or irregularity in any bid.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 13 - School Finance › Article 7 - Bond Issues › Section 21-13-712 - Security for Payment of Bonds.

21-13-712. Security for payment of bonds.
The full faith, credit, and all taxable property lying within the school district are solemnly pledged for the payment of the principal and the interest of all bonds issued pursuant to this article.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 13 - School Finance › Article 7 - Bond Issues › Section 21-13-713 - Tax Levy.

21-13-713. Tax levy.
The board of county commissioners shall cause to be levied annually upon all taxable property of the school district, in addition to other authorized taxes, a sufficient sum to pay the principal and interest on school district bonds as the payments thereon become due. All taxes for the repayment of bonded indebtedness shall be levied, assessed, and collected in the same manner as other taxes for school purposes. The taxes shall be levied in the manner prescribed above until the principal and interest of the bonds are fully paid.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 13 - School Finance › Article 7 - Bond Issues › Section 21-13-714 - Payment of Bonds Before Collection of Tax Levy.

21-13-714. Payment of bonds before collection of tax levy.
In the event that the tax for the payment of the principal or interest on any bonds issued at any time under the provisions of this article is not levied or collected in time to meet such payment, the principal or interest shall be paid out of any monies in the general or other funds of the district, and the monies so used for such payment shall be repaid to the fund from which so taken, out of the first monies collected from district taxes.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 13 - School Finance › Article 7 - Bond Issues › Section 21-13-715 - County Treasurer to Pay Bonds and Report Payment to Board of Trustees.

21-13-715. County treasurer to pay bonds and report payment to board of trustees.
The county treasurer shall pay the principal and interest of any bonds issued under this article by such school district, when the same becomes due, and all amounts so paid must be reported to the school district board of trustees at its next meeting thereafter.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 13 - School Finance › Article 7 - Bond Issues › Section 21-13-716 - Penalty for Misappropriation of Funds by Trustees.

21-13-716. Penalty for misappropriation of funds by trustees.
If any member of the school district board of trustees fraudulently fails or refuses to pay into the proper county treasury the money arising from the sale of any bonds provided for by this article, he shall be deemed guilty of a felony; and upon conviction thereof, be punished by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a term of not less than one (1) year, nor more than ten (10) years.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 13 - School Finance › Article 7 - Bond Issues › Section 21-13-717 - Additional Surety by County Treasurer.

21-13-717. Additional surety by county treasurer.
The school district board of trustees shall require the said county treasurer to give said district a separate bond in such sum as said board may deem proper, with two (2) or more sufficient sureties, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties required of him by this article, and the faithful accounting for the monies deposited with him and realized from the sale of said bonds, as herein provided for, and such bonds shall be approved by said board and shall be and remain in the custody of said district board.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 13 - School Finance › Article 7 - Bond Issues › Section 21-13-718 - Bonds Valid Though Signers Cease to Hold Office.

21-13-718. Bonds valid though signers cease to hold office.
The bonds and any coupons bearing the signatures of the officers in office at the time of the signing thereof, shall be valid and binding obligations of the school district, notwithstanding that before delivery and/or payment thereof, any or all of the persons whose signatures or facsimiles appear thereon shall have ceased to fill respective offices.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 13 - School Finance › Article 7 - Bond Issues › Section 21-13-719 - Use of Facsimile Signatures.

21-13-719. Use of facsimile signatures.
Any person herein authorized or permitted to sign any bonds or interest coupons, may utilize a facsimile signature in lieu of his manual signature provided that the signature on the certificate required by section 8, article 16, of the constitution shall be manually executed. Such officer may adopt as and for his own signature the facsimile signature of his predecessor in office in the event that such facsimile signature, having been executed by an officer then authorized to do so, appears upon the bonds or coupons, if any. It shall not be necessary for such officer to file any certificate with the secretary of state or any other board or officer.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 13 - School Finance › Article 7 - Bond Issues › Section 21-13-720 - Refunding Bonds.

21-13-720. Refunding bonds.
Any bonds heretofore or hereafter issued by a school district of this state may be refunded, without an election, by the district which issued said bonds, or any district which has assumed the obligation of said bonds in the manner and subject to the conditions provided by the General Obligation Public Securities Refunding Law, as from time to time amended.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 13 - School Finance › Article 7 - Bond Issues › Section 21-13-721 - Validation of Outstanding Bonds, Acts and Proceedings.

21-13-721. Validation of outstanding bonds, acts and proceedings.
All bonds of any school district in this state outstanding on the effective date of this article, the right to the payment of which has not been barred by any pertinent statute of limitations, and all acts and proceedings heretofore had or taken, or purportedly had or taken by or on behalf of such district under law or under color of law preliminary to and in the authorization, execution, sale, issuance and payment of all such bonds, are hereby validated, ratified, approved and confirmed, including but not necessarily limited to the terms, provisions, conditions, and covenants of any resolution appertaining thereto, the redemption of bonds before maturity and provisions therefor, and the levy and collection of taxes to pay such bonds, notwithstanding any lack of power, authority, or otherwise, and notwithstanding any defects and irregularities in such bonds, act, and proceedings, and in such authorization, execution, sale, issuance, and payment. Such outstanding bonds are and shall be binding, legal, valid, and enforceable obligations of the school district issuing them in accordance with their terms and the authorizing proceedings.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 15 - Capital Construction Projects › Section 21-15-111 - Definitions.

21-15-111. Definitions.
(a) As used in this act, unless the context requires otherwise:
(i) Repealed by Laws 2023, ch. 175, 3.
(ii) "Commission" means the school facilities commission created by this act;
(iii) "Local enhancements to school buildings and facilities" or "local enhancements" means any renovation, construction, replacement, repair or other improvement of or to any school building or facility initiated by a school district which is designed to bring the building or facility to a condition exceeding the statewide building adequacy standards;
(iv) "Project" means replacement, renovation or new construction projects which increase the value of the school building or facility by improving the functioning of the building or facility or the capacity of the building or facility, or both, excluding major building and facility repair and replacement defined under W.S. 21-15-109(a)(iii) and routine maintenance and repair defined under W.S. 21-15-109(a)(vi);
(v) "Remedy" or "remediation" means a course of action addressing identified building and facility needs in accordance with statewide adequacy standards developed under this act, consisting of building or facility construction, replacement, renovation, repair or any combination thereof;
(vi) "School buildings and facilities" mean the physical structures and the land upon which the structures are situated, which are primarily used in connection with or for the purpose of providing the educational programs offered by a school district in compliance with law, including both student-related and nonstudent-related buildings and facilities;
(vii) Repealed By Laws 2008, Ch. 93, 2.
(viii) "This act" means W.S. 21-15-108, 21-15-109 and 21-15-111 through 21-15-123;
(ix) "Department" means the state construction department created by W.S. 9-2-3001.
(b) Repealed By Laws 2002, Ch. 99, 3.
(c) Repealed By Laws 2002, Ch. 99, 3.
(d) Repealed By Laws 2002, Ch. 99, 3.
(e) Repealed By Laws 2002, Ch. 99, 3.
(f) Repealed By Laws 2002, Ch. 99, 3.
(g) Repealed By Laws 2002, Ch. 99, 3.
(h) Repealed By Laws 2002, Ch. 99, 3.
(j) Repealed By Laws 2002, Ch. 99, 3.
(k) Repealed By Laws 2002, Ch. 99, 3.
(m) Repealed By Laws 2002, Ch. 99, 3.
(n) Repealed By Laws 2002, Ch. 99, 3.
(o) Repealed By Laws 2002, Ch. 99, 3.
(p) Repealed By Laws 2002, Ch. 99, 3.
(q) Repealed By Laws 2002, Ch. 99, 3.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 15 - Capital Construction Projects › Section 21-15-113 - School Facilities Commission; Membership; Conflict of Interest; Terms; Chairman; Meetings; Compensation.

21-15-113. School facilities commission; membership; conflict of interest; terms; chairman; meetings; compensation.
(a) The school facilities commission is established to consist of eight (8) members comprised of the state superintendent of public instruction, who shall serve in an ex-officio, nonvoting capacity, and seven (7) members who are Wyoming residents appointed by the governor with one (1) member appointed from each of the seven (7) appointment districts designated in W.S. 9-1-218(b). Four (4) of the appointees shall have knowledge and experience in the following areas:
(i) Repealed By Laws 2011, Ch. 2, 3.
(ii) Repealed By Laws 2011, Ch. 2, 3.
(iii) Building and facility engineering, construction and operations;
(iv) Building design and specifications;
(v) Estimating, bidding and building construction;
(vi) School district administration.
(b) Commission members appointed under subsection (a) of this section shall not be an employee of any educational association or organization. In addition, not more than one (1) commission member shall be an employee of a school district. Commission members shall be subject to W.S. 16-6-118 and shall not vote or otherwise participate in any matter as prohibited under W.S. 16-6-118.
(c) Gubernatorial appointments shall be subject to senate approval and shall serve a term of four (4) years beginning March 1. Not more than seventy-five percent (75%) of the appointed members shall be of the same political party. The governor shall fill a vacancy on respective appointments to the commission in accordance with W.S. 28-12-101, and may remove appointed commissioners as provided by W.S. 9-1-202.
(d) The governor shall designate a chairman from commission appointments, who shall hold office for the length of his term or until a successor is designated, whichever first occurs. The commission shall meet not less than quarterly and a majority of the voting membership constitutes a quorum for the transaction of commission business.
(e) Appointed commissioners shall receive one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125.00) per day as salary for attendance at commission meetings and conducting official commission business, and shall be reimbursed for travel and other expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties in the same manner and amount as state employees.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 15 - Capital Construction Projects › Section 21-15-114 - School Facilities Commission Powers and Duties.

21-15-114. School facilities commission powers and duties.
(a) The school facilities commission shall:
(i) Repealed By Laws 2011, Ch. 2, 3.
(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) Repealed By Laws 2011, Ch. 2, 3.
(v) Repealed By Laws 2011, Ch. 2, 3.
(vi) Repealed By Laws 2011, Ch. 2, 3.
(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.
(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.
(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) Repealed By Laws 2011, Ch. 2, 3.
(xiv) Repealed By Laws 2011, Ch. 2, 3.
(xv) With prior consultation with the select committee on school facilities, promulgate necessary rules and regulations to administer and implement this act.
(b) Repealed By Laws 2011, Ch. 2, 3.
(c) Repealed By Laws 2011, Ch. 2, 3.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 15 - Capital Construction Projects › Section 21-15-118 - Building and Facility Construction and Renovation Projects.

21-15-118. Building and facility construction and renovation projects.
(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).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 15 - Capital Construction Projects › Section 21-15-120 - Emergency Facility Needs.

21-15-120. Emergency facility needs.
(a) The commission shall promulgate rules under which an emergency shall be determined to exist with respect to the adequacy of the school buildings and facilities of any school district such that the ability of the district to provide educational programs required by law is immediately and substantially impacted and no reasonable alternative exists to address it other than emergency funding under this section.
(b) Upon a finding that an emergency exists under subsection (a) of this section, the commission shall in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the commission under this subsection and to the extent funds are available within the school capital construction account or otherwise made available by the legislature, acquire facilities and equipment, undertake school building and facility repairs, fund additional operating expenses incurred in providing temporary measures and other responses to the emergency situation including necessary investigative and qualified contract assistance expenses incurred by the commission, as necessary to enable the district to provide educational programs required by law on a temporary basis until permanent action can be taken to address school building and facility adequacy.
Note: Effective 7/1/2024 this subsection will read as:
(b) Upon a finding that an emergency exists under subsection (a) of this section, the commission shall in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the commission under this subsection and to the extent funds are available within the public school foundation program account or otherwise made available by the legislature, acquire facilities and equipment, undertake school building and facility repairs, fund additional operating expenses incurred in providing temporary measures and other responses to the emergency situation including necessary investigative and qualified contract assistance expenses incurred by the commission, as necessary to enable the district to provide educational programs required by law on a temporary basis until permanent action can be taken to address school building and facility adequacy.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 15 - Capital Construction Projects › Section 21-15-121 - Annual School Building Status Report to Select Committee on School Facilities.

21-15-121. Annual school building status report to select committee on school facilities.
(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) Repealed By Laws 2008, Ch. 93, 2.
(vii) Repealed By Laws 2008, Ch. 93, 2.
(viii) Any expenditures for emergency school building and facility needs under W.S. 21-15-120.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 16 - Higher Education Generally › Article 3 - Interstate Compact for Education › Section 21-16-302 - Filing Copies of Commission's Reports and Bylaws.

21-16-302. Filing copies of commission's reports and bylaws.
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.