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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 6 - School District Organization › Article 2 - District Boundary Board › Section 21-6-217 - New Districts May Draw Proportion of Funds From Old Districts; Transfer of Property.

21-6-217. New districts may draw proportion of funds from old districts; transfer of property.
(a) Whenever the district boundary board establishes a new district from districts already organized, the board of trustees of the newly organized district may draw its proportion of the public school funds for paying teachers or other legal school expenses from the school treasury of the district or districts from which it was separated until such time as the newly organized district receives its proper apportionment of school monies and taxes. In like manner, any district that is established from two (2) or more districts may draw its proportion of the proper school funds for payment of teachers or other necessary legal school expenses from the treasuries of the former districts.
(b) All real and personal property of any district combined under this article shall be and become the property of the newly organized district. All real and personal property shall be transferred or conveyed by operation of law unless otherwise provided in the approved proposal. However, real property which was transferred in accordance with this subsection from a then existing school district to a newly organized school district and on which is located a structure used as a school which the district has closed or intends to close shall not be conveyed or offered for sale to any other entity unless the municipality in which the property is located is first offered a right to purchase the property. If the municipality and school board cannot agree on a price for the property, the property shall be sold to the highest bidder at a public auction.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 6 - School District Organization › Article 2 - District Boundary Board › Section 21-6-218 - Allocation of Assets and Debts Upon Reorganization of Districts.

21-6-218. Allocation of assets and debts upon reorganization of districts.
Whenever a district boundary board reorganizes any school districts under the provisions of this article, the board shall allocate equitably the assets and debts of the districts affected by the action of the district boundary board.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 6 - School District Organization › Article 2 - District Boundary Board › Section 21-6-219 - Adjustment of State Foundation Entitlement.

21-6-219. Adjustment of state foundation entitlement.
(a) When two (2) or more districts or parts of districts are organized into a school district and the total fiscal resources of the new school district are less than the combined fiscal resources of the districts the last year before organization, then the state superintendent shall adjust the state foundation entitlement to compensate for the differences in fiscal resources. The adjustment shall be equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the initial difference in each of the first two (2) fiscal years after the new organization, fifty percent (50%) of the initial difference in the third fiscal year and twenty-five percent (25%) of the initial difference in the fourth fiscal year. The adjustment shall also provide reimbursement for expenses incurred by the school districts involved in the new organization. Expenses which are reimbursable shall be determined in accordance with rules adopted by the state superintendent, shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00), and shall be paid in equal amounts over a period not to exceed three (3) fiscal years.
(b) When any district consolidates two (2) or more schools within the district and the total state aid to the district would decrease because of the consolidation, the state superintendent shall adjust the state foundation entitlement to compensate for the decrease for not more than one (1) year.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 6 - School District Organization › Article 2 - District Boundary Board › Section 21-6-220 - Name or Number of Newly Created District.

21-6-220. Name or number of newly created district.
In all cases, where a school district created by the action of the boundary board has been created from the territory of preexisting school districts, or the territory formerly belonging to a school district is annexed to a preexisting district, the district boundary board shall designate a descriptive name and a number for the newly created district or the district to which territory was added.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 6 - School District Organization › Article 2 - District Boundary Board › Section 21-6-221 - School Advisory Boards.

21-6-221. School advisory boards.
(a) Whenever any school within any school district is located twenty (20) road miles or more from the nearest town or city that is the population center of the district and whenever fifty percent (50%) of the parents of children attending the school agree, they may call a meeting at the school for the purpose of electing an advisory board of three (3) members for a term of three (3) years. The initial board shall have one (1) member elected for one (1) year, one (1) member for two (2) years and one (1) member for three (3) years.
(b) The advisory board may aid and advise the board of trustees of the district in all matters concerning the operation of the school in their area. The advisory board may present grievances and recommendations at any regular meeting of the board of trustees of the district.
(c) The advisory board secretary shall keep minutes of the meetings of the advisory board. These minutes shall be submitted to the board of trustees of the district and read at their next scheduled meeting.
(d) There shall be an election held annually for the purpose of electing a successor for the advisor whose term has expired. An advisor may be elected to succeed himself or herself. The election need not comply with the elections provisions of this code.
(e) Following the election of the advisory board the members of the board shall organize themselves by electing one (1) of their members as chairman and one (1) as secretary.
(f) The district trustee, within whose election area the school is located, is an ex officio member of the advisory board but shall not vote.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 6 - School District Organization › Article 2 - District Boundary Board › Section 21-6-222 - Election of Elementary School Districts to Create Unified School Districts; Levy of Taxes at Maximum Rates.

21-6-222. Election of elementary school districts to create unified school districts; levy of taxes at maximum rates.
(a) Any elementary school district not yet organized and unified under the provisions of the Wyoming School District Organization Act of 1969, may petition the district boundary board to be included within a unified school district of the county in which it is located.
(b) Any elementary school district electing to come under the provisions of this section shall levy taxes in the same manner and subject to the same maximum rates as provided for the unified school district.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 6 - School District Organization › Article 2 - District Boundary Board › Section 21-6-223 - Elementary School Districts Not Electing to Organize and Unify; Affiliation With Unified High School Districts.

21-6-223. Elementary school districts not electing to organize and unify; affiliation with unified high school districts.
An elementary school district not electing to unify shall affiliate itself with a unified school district and become an elementary supporting district for the high school within that district for purposes as defined by law.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 6 - School District Organization › Article 2 - District Boundary Board › Section 21-6-224 - Judicial Review of Actions of Board.

21-6-224. Judicial review of actions of board.
(a) Any school district or a district boundary board, if aggrieved by any action of the state committee, may institute proceedings for judicial review thereof in the district court of the county in which an affected school district is located pursuant to provisions of the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act. No other person shall have standing to appeal a decision of the state committee made under this article. The state committee shall be named defendant, and service of process shall be pursuant to the Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure.
(b) The appeal shall be heard promptly. Pending the appeal provided by this section, all proceedings regarding the proposal shall be stayed unless otherwise ordered by the court to which appeal is taken.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 6 - School District Organization › Article 2 - District Boundary Board › Section 21-6-225 - Contract Rights and Benefits of Employees and Teachers.

21-6-225. Contract rights and benefits of employees and teachers.
No contract right, fringe benefit, benefit granted under school policies, or continuing contract status of any employee, or any rights under the Wyoming Teachers' Employment Act shall be denied or reduced as a result of school district reorganization, except as provided by W.S. 21-7-111(a)(iv). The new school district shall have the right to establish a uniform salary and benefit schedule for employees of the previous school districts and shall have the right to establish the length of the contract year.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 6 - School District Organization › Article 2 - District Boundary Board › Section 21-6-226 - Boundaries of School Districts; Filing With the Department of Revenue.

21-6-226. Boundaries of school districts; filing with the department of revenue.
(a) Each school district board shall file a copy of an official map or legal description designating the geographical boundaries of the school district or the changes to its geographical boundaries with the department of revenue, the county assessor and the county clerk in the county or counties within which the district is located in accordance with the department's rules adopted pursuant to W.S. 39-11-102(c)(xxiv) regarding tax districts and as follows:
(i) Within ten (10) days after the effective date of formation; and
(ii) Annually, by a date determined by the department, if the school district has changes to its geographical boundaries in the preceding year.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 7 - Teachers and Employees › Article 1 - Teacher Contracts › Section 21-7-102 - Definitions.

21-7-102. Definitions.
(a) As used in this article the following definitions shall apply:
(i) "Board".-The board of trustees of any school district in the state of Wyoming offering instruction in any of the grades kindergarten through twelve (12);
(ii) "Continuing Contract Teacher" means:
(A) Any initial contract teacher who has been employed by the same school district in the state of Wyoming for a period of three (3) consecutive school years and has had his contract renewed for a fourth consecutive school year; or
(B) A teacher who has achieved continuing contract status in one (1) district, and who without lapse of time has taught two (2) consecutive school years and has had his contract renewed for a third consecutive school year by the employing school district.
(iii) "Dismissal".-The cancellation of any teacher's contract of employment by the board of trustees while such contract is in effect. In the case of a continuing contract teacher, dismissal shall mean cancellation of his contract at any time other than at the end of a school year where proper notice has been given;
(iv) "Initial Contract Teacher".-Any teacher who has not achieved continuing contract status;
(v) "Superintendent".-The chief administrative officer of any school district;
(vi) "Suspension" means the removal of a teacher from the classroom during the school year. Unless otherwise agreed to by the teacher and the district superintendent or board, suspension shall be with, or without, pay as follows:
(A) By the superintendent "with pay" pending:
(I) The investigation of an allegation of misconduct which investigation shall not exceed thirty (30) days; and
(II) The final action of the board following completion of the investigation under subdivision (I) of this subparagraph and, if requested, the outcome of a hearing in accordance with W.S. 21-7-110.
(B) By the board "without pay" for a period not to exceed one (1) calendar year following the outcome of a hearing in accordance with W.S. 21-7-110.
(vii) "Teacher".-Any person employed under contract by the board of trustees of a school district as a certified professional employee;
(viii) "Termination".-The failure of the board of trustees of a school district in Wyoming to reemploy a teacher at the end of a school year in any given year;
(ix) "Repealed by Laws 2011, Ch. 182, 2.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 7 - Teachers and Employees › Article 1 - Teacher Contracts › Section 21-7-103 - Absences and Leaves Not Considered Interruptions in Service.

21-7-103. Absences and leaves not considered interruptions in service.
Absences and leaves of absence approved by the employing board shall not be considered as interruptions in service for purposes of determining continuing contract status.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 7 - Teachers and Employees › Article 1 - Teacher Contracts › Section 21-7-104 - Employment of Continuing Contract Teachers on Continuing Basis; Salary Increases.

21-7-104. Employment of continuing contract teachers on continuing basis; salary increases.
(a) A continuing contract teacher shall be employed by each school district on a continuing basis from year to year without annual contract renewal at a salary determined by the board of trustees of each district, said salary subject to increases from time to time as provided for in the salary provisions adopted by the board.
(b) Any teacher hired by a Wyoming school district shall receive credit in accordance with that district's salary schedule for all prior years of service obtained as a teacher in any Wyoming school district or as a teacher in the regional developmental preschool system defined by W.S. 21-2-701(a)(iii).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 7 - Teachers and Employees › Article 1 - Teacher Contracts › Section 21-7-105 - Employment of Initial Contract Teachers on Annual Basis; Notice of Termination to Such Teachers.

21-7-105. Employment of initial contract teachers on annual basis; notice of termination to such teachers.
An initial contract teacher who has taught in the system continuously for a period of at least ninety (90) days shall be hired on an annual basis and shall be notified in writing of the reasons for termination, if such is the case, no later than April 15 of each year. An initial contract teacher's employment may be terminated for any reason not specifically prohibited by law, and a board is not limited to the reasons set forth in W.S. 21-7-110(a). The notice of termination shall not be disseminated to the public or to prospective employers absent the teacher's consent. Nothing contained in this section shall limit the use of the notice in any hearing.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 7 - Teachers and Employees › Article 1 - Teacher Contracts › Section 21-7-106 - Notice of Recommendation of Termination to Teacher; When Termination Effective.

21-7-106. Notice of recommendation of termination to teacher; when termination effective.
(a) A continuing contract teacher shall be notified of a recommendation of termination by the superintendent or any member of the board designated by the superintendent or designated by the board pursuant to a majority vote of the board by giving the teacher written notice together with written reasons for termination on or before April 15 of any year. Upon receipt of notice, the teacher may request a hearing on the recommendation before an independent hearing officer through the office of administrative hearings as provided under W.S. 21-7-110.
(b) If ordered by the board under W.S. 21-7-110(g), termination under recommendation shall be effective at the end of the school year in the year in which notice of termination is given.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 7 - Teachers and Employees › Article 1 - Teacher Contracts › Section 21-7-107 - Resignation of Teachers.

21-7-107. Resignation of teachers.
Any teacher may resign his position, effective at the end of the school year, by giving written notice on or before May 15 of any year, to the superintendent of schools or any other designated official, of his desire not to be employed by the school district for the following year.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 7 - Teachers and Employees › Article 1 - Teacher Contracts › Section 21-7-109 - When Contract Offered to and Accepted by Initial Contract Teacher.

21-7-109. When contract offered to and accepted by initial contract teacher.
The board must offer a contract for the ensuing year to each initial contract teacher if such is to be offered by April 15, and it must be accepted by May 15 of each year or the position will be declared open.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 7 - Teachers and Employees › Article 1 - Teacher Contracts › Section 21-7-111 - Inapplicability of Provisions.

21-7-111. Inapplicability of provisions.
(a) Nothing in this article shall prohibit:
(i) The transfer of a teacher within a school system to a position of equal or greater salary;
(ii) The retirement of a teacher in accordance with an established policy of retirement;
(iii) The reduction of a salary of a teacher as part of a general salary reduction applicable to at least fifty percent (50%) of the teachers employed by a school district;
(iv) The termination of the contract of a teacher at the end of current school year because of a decrease in the size of faculty due to decreased enrollment, combining of school districts or an event beyond the control of the board if notice of termination is given pursuant to W.S. 21-7-105 and 21-7-106(a) except the request for a hearing does not apply;
(v) The termination of extra services or duties together with a corresponding termination of any pay for such extra services.
(b) Repealed by Laws 2011, Ch. 182, 2.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 7 - Teachers and Employees › Article 1 - Teacher Contracts › Section 21-7-112 - Effect on Existing Contracts.

21-7-112. Effect on existing contracts.
The contracts of all teachers in the state of Wyoming from and after July 1, 2012, shall be subject to the policies, rules, and regulations of the school district not in conflict with this law or the other laws of the state of Wyoming.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 7 - Teachers and Employees › Article 1 - Teacher Contracts › Section 21-7-113 - Application to Teachers Presently Employed.

21-7-113. Application to teachers presently employed.
The provisions of this article shall apply to all teachers who are teaching in Wyoming on and after July 1, 2012, and shall apply regardless of whether the teacher was employed prior to July 1, 2012 as a teacher in Wyoming.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 7 - Teachers and Employees › Article 3 - Teachers in General › Section 21-7-301 - Insurance and Other Fringe and Employment Benefits.

21-7-301. Insurance and other fringe and employment benefits.
(a) The board of trustees of each school district within the state may provide health insurance, life insurance, and other fringe and employment benefits of all types for the teachers, administrative personnel and other employees of the school district to such extent as it deems such benefits to be in the best interest of the school district. Benefits under this subsection may be paid for entirely by the school district or partly by the school district and partly by the employee, the degree of participation of each being entirely within the discretion of the board of trustees. Benefits under this subsection may be in addition to any benefits obtained through the group insurance plan if elected by the school district under W.S. 9-3-201(e).
(b) The board of trustees of each school district which is a participating district in the state employees' and officials' group insurance plan, as defined under W.S. 9-3-203(a)(xvi), shall provide insurance under the group plan for the teachers, administrative personnel and other employees meeting the definition of employee under W.S. 9-3-203(a)(iv), as provided by W.S. 9-3-202 through 9-3-218. Each participating school district shall report to the department of administration and information and make payments for employer and employee contributions as provided by W.S. 9-3-210 and 9-3-211. The amount of contributions paid under W.S. 9-3-211 for each employee electing coverage shall be deducted from the employee's monthly salary in accordance with W.S. 9-3-211.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 7 - Teachers and Employees › Article 3 - Teachers in General › Section 21-7-303 - Certificate or Permit Required; Exception.

21-7-303. Certificate or permit required; exception.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), (c) or (d) of this section, no person shall teach or supervise in a public school in this state and receive compensation therefor out of any public fund who at the time of rendering such services is not a holder of or a candidate and qualified for a certificate or permit issued or to be issued under the laws of this state and the rules and regulations of the Wyoming professional teaching standards board pursuant to W.S. 21-2-802.
(b) Faculty members employed, even if for less than a calendar year, by any postsecondary education institution accredited by a regional accrediting agency may teach courses offered at a public high school in this state without holding or being qualified for a certificate or permit issued by the Wyoming professional teaching standards board and without meeting the requirements of W.S. 21-7-304 as provided in this subsection. A person teaching at a public school pursuant to this subsection shall teach only if the course is within the same subject area in which he instructs at the accredited postsecondary institution and:
(i) The course provides academic credit for both high school graduation requirements and postsecondary education requirements; or
(ii) The course provides only academic credit for high school graduation requirements and there is no other certified and qualified teacher teaching at that school available to teach the course.
(c) In accordance with the provisions of this subsection, a person may teach driver education in a public school in this state without holding or being qualified for a certificate or permit issued by the Wyoming professional teaching standards board and without meeting the requirements of W.S. 21-7-304. The Wyoming professional teaching standards board shall by rule establish and maintain minimum standards for a permit for that employment which shall be applicable only as provided in this subsection. A person employed by a school district to teach driver education in a public school in this state, shall not be employed for more than three (3) consecutive school years in any period beginning after July 1, 1997, unless the person has met the requirements of the professional teaching standards board for a permit to teach driver education.
(d) A person may be employed as superintendent of schools by any district board of trustees without holding or being qualified for certification by the Wyoming professional teaching standards board pursuant to W.S. 21-2-802. A person who has not qualified for certification pursuant to W.S. 21-2-802 shall be required to comply with W.S. 21-2-802(e) prior to being employed by any district board as a superintendent of schools.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 7 - Teachers and Employees › Article 3 - Teachers in General › Section 21-7-304 - Candidate for Certificate Must Pass Examination on State and Federal Constitutions.

21-7-304. Candidate for certificate must pass examination on state and federal constitutions.
All persons hereafter applying for certificates authorizing them to become administrators or teachers in the public schools of this state shall before receiving such certificate be required to pass a satisfactory examination upon the provisions and principles of the constitutions of the United States and the state of Wyoming or present evidence of having successfully completed a course equivalent to that required in W.S. 21-9-102.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 7 - Teachers and Employees › Article 4 - Employee Security Requirements › Section 21-7-401 - Boards of Trustees to Require Criminal History Background Information.

21-7-401. Boards of trustees to require criminal history background information.
The board of trustees of each school district within the state shall require any employee initially hired by the school board on or after July 1, 1996, who may have access to minors to submit to fingerprinting for the purpose of obtaining state or national criminal history record information before employment. The provisions of this section shall not apply to persons certificated under W.S. 21-2-802 who have met the requirements of this section pursuant to the certification process.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 8 - County Superintendent of Schools › Section 21-8-102 - Transfer of Duties; Incumbents May Serve Out Terms.

21-8-102. Transfer of duties; incumbents may serve out terms.
When the present term of the county superintendent of schools has expired the fiscal duties assigned by law to the county superintendent shall be discharged by the county treasurer, who shall receive no extra pay for the performance of such duties. All duties other than fiscal duties shall be discharged by the clerk of each district board of trustees, who shall receive no further compensation; provided, that any incumbent may serve out his term without reduction in compensation.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 9 - Courses of Study, Textbooks, Supplies › Article 1 - Courses of Study › Section 21-9-102 - Instruction in State and Federal Constitutions Required; Satisfactory Examination a Prerequisite to Graduation.

21-9-102. Instruction in state and federal constitutions required; satisfactory examination a prerequisite to graduation.
All schools and colleges in this state that are supported in any manner by public funds shall give instruction in the essentials of the United States constitution and the constitution of the state of Wyoming, including the study of and devotion to American institution and ideals, and no student shall receive a high school diploma, associate degree or baccalaureate degree without satisfactorily passing an examination on the principles of the constitution of the United States and the state of Wyoming. The instruction shall be given for at least three (3) years in kindergarten through grade eight (8) and for one (1) year each in the secondary and college grades.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 9 - Courses of Study, Textbooks, Supplies › Article 1 - Courses of Study › Section 21-9-103 - Penalty for Failure to Carry Out Requirements of w.s. 21-9-102.

21-9-103. Penalty for failure to carry out requirements of W.S. 21-9-102.
Willful failure on the part of any school or college administrator or instructor to carry out the requirements of W.S. 21-9-102 shall be sufficient cause for the removal of such person from his position.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 9 - Courses of Study, Textbooks, Supplies › Article 1 - Courses of Study › Section 21-9-104 - Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Instruction.

21-9-104. Child sexual abuse prevention instruction.
(a) A school district may include child sexual abuse prevention instruction in a health and safety program required under W.S. 21-9-101(b)(i)(G). A school district may provide instruction under this subsection in any appropriate manner, which may include age appropriate, evidence based instruction on:
(i) Recognizing sexual abuse and assault;
(ii) Personal boundary violations;
(iii) Ways in which a sexual offender may groom or desensitize a victim;
(iv) Strategies relating to:
(A) Disclosure of child sexual abuse;
(B) Reducing self blame;
(C) Mobilizing bystanders to respond to child sexual abuse.
(b) If a school district chooses to provide instruction under subsection (a) of this section, the parent or legal guardian of a student shall provide written permission to the school district authorizing their student to participate before that student shall be allowed to participate in the instruction.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 9 - Courses of Study, Textbooks, Supplies › Article 2 - Free Textbooks and Supplies › Section 21-9-201 - Boards of Trustees to Purchase and Lend to Pupils; Responsibility of Pupils; Sale of Surplus.

21-9-201. Boards of trustees to purchase and lend to pupils; responsibility of pupils; sale of surplus.
(a) The board of trustees of each school district within the state shall purchase all textbooks necessary to the operation of the schools under its jurisdiction. Each such board may in addition purchase such supplies as it deems necessary. Such textbooks and supplies shall be held as the property of the district and shall be loaned to pupils free of any charge; provided, the pupils shall be held responsible for damage to, loss of, or failure to return such books and supplies except those that by their nature are expended during the course of study.
(b) The board may sell to any pupil or parent, at its cost, any surplus books or supplies it has purchased and which such pupil or parent desires to purchase for his own use.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 9 - Courses of Study, Textbooks, Supplies › Article 2 - Free Textbooks and Supplies › Section 21-9-203 - Purchase and Use of Eye Protective Devices.

21-9-203. Purchase and use of eye protective devices.
(a) Every teacher and every pupil except nonparticipating visitors, in any public school participating in any course involving the following: (1) hot molten metals; (2) milling, sawing, turning, shaping, cutting or stamping of any solid materials with stationary power equipment; (3) gas or electric arc welding; (4) caustic or explosive materials; or (5) any other material or activity which creates a substantial risk of harm to the eyes is required to wear industrial quality eye protective devices meeting the standards of the American Standard Safety Code for head, eye, and respiratory protection, Z2.1-1959, promulgated by the American Standards Association, Incorporated.
(b) The board of trustees of each school district shall purchase such eye protective devices and cause them to be available free of charge to all pupils and teachers involved in the activities listed above; provided, that the board of trustees shall not be required to furnish protective corrective lenses.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 10 - School Lunch Program › Section 21-10-108 - The School Protein Enhancement Project.

21-10-108. The school protein enhancement project.
(a) The school protein enhancement project is created. Under the project and for the 2021-2022 school year and thereafter, the department of education may provide financial assistance to school districts to increase the quantity of Wyoming poultry, lamb, pork, beef and bison used in school meals. Financial assistance shall be provided only to pay for processing costs for Wyoming poultry, lamb, pork, beef or bison donated to a school district. The project shall meet program requirements and criteria established by rule and regulation of the department. The department shall, contingent upon available funding, provide a match of at least one dollar ($1.00) for every one dollar ($1.00) contributed by school districts to pay for Wyoming poultry, lamb, pork, beef or bison processing costs. The department may accept any gifts, contributions, donations, grants or federal funds specifically given to the department to support the school protein enhancement project. The department shall, to the extent possible, maintain the structure and requirements of the school protein enhancement pilot project for public school children as created by 2017 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 137. The department shall also endeavor to provide funding to as many school districts as possible.
(b) Each school district may apply to the department of education for financial assistance under this section. Application shall be on a form and in a manner prescribed by the department. At a minimum, the application shall include a description of the district's goals for increasing the quantity of Wyoming poultry, lamb, pork, beef or bison used in school lunches.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 12 - Career and Technical Education › Section 21-12-101 - "State Board" Defined; Boards of Trustees Authorized to Establish and Maintain Adult Education Program.

21-12-101. "State board" defined; boards of trustees authorized to establish and maintain adult education program.
(a) As used in this chapter "state board" means the state board of education acting as the state board of career and technical education.
(b) The board of trustees of any unified school district in the state may establish and maintain a program of adult education in connection with the public schools of the district. The program shall be open to adults. No community college shall be established except under W.S. 21-18-101 through 21-18-317.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 12 - Career and Technical Education › Section 21-12-102 - Powers of Boards of Trustees Establishing and Maintaining Programs.

21-12-102. Powers of boards of trustees establishing and maintaining programs.
(a) The board of trustees of any school district within the state establishing and maintaining an adult education program under this chapter, in addition to all other powers provided by law, may:
(i) Fix fee and tuition rates for adult education courses;
(ii) Cooperate with the state department of education, the state board, community college commission and the federal government in administering the program; and
(iii) Do all things necessary to promote the purposes of this article.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 12 - Career and Technical Education › Section 21-12-103 - Special School Tax; Submission to Electors Authorized; Tax in Addition to Limitations in w.s. 21-13-102.

21-12-103. Special school tax; submission to electors authorized; tax in addition to limitations in W.S. 21-13-102.
For the purpose of maintaining a program of adult education, the board of trustees may submit for vote to the electors of the district, a special school tax of not to exceed two and one-half (2 1/2) mills on the taxable valuation of the district. Said special school tax, if approved, shall be above and in addition to the tax limitations expressed in W.S. 21-13-102.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 12 - Career and Technical Education › Section 21-12-104 - Special School Tax; Election; Conduct; Levy, Collection and Disbursement.

21-12-104. Special school tax; election; conduct; levy, collection and disbursement.
(a) The election shall be conducted under the law governing school elections and on an election date authorized under W.S. 22-21-103. The ballot shall state the proposition to be voted upon, the amount of the proposed special levy and shall contain a form for voting substantially as follows: "Shall an additional special tax of not to exceed .... mills be levied for the purpose of maintaining a program of adult education?"
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(b) If the majority of the votes cast in the election are "special levy-YES", the tax shall be levied, collected and disbursed in the same manner as other school district taxes.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 13 - School Finance › Article 1 - Local Financial Support › Section 21-13-103 - Cancellation of Unpaid Warrants; Remedy of Holders.

21-13-103. Cancellation of unpaid warrants; remedy of holders.
The treasurer of each school district shall on the first Monday in April of each year cancel all unpaid warrants of such school district which have been issued for a period exceeding twelve (12) months, and shall at the same time certify to the board of trustees of such school district the number and amount of each warrant which he has canceled. Such list of canceled warrants shall be entered in the minutes of the board and published at least once in a regular issue of a newspaper published in the county, during the month in which such warrants were canceled. Any person or persons holding a school district warrant which has been canceled under the provisions of this section, may present such warrant to the board of trustees of such school district at any subsequent time, not later than five (5) years after the date such warrant was canceled. The said board of trustees shall issue to the holder of such school district warrant, a new warrant covering the amount due on the original warrant at the time so canceled.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 13 - School Finance › Article 2 - County Financial Support › Section 21-13-201 - Levy, Collection and Distribution of 6 Mill School Tax.

21-13-201. Levy, collection and distribution of 6 mill school tax.
(a) Pursuant to article XV, section 17 of the constitution of the state of Wyoming, there shall be levied each year, by the county commissioners in each county in the state, a tax of six (6) mills on the dollar of assessed valuation of the property within the county for the support and maintenance of the public schools. This tax shall be collected by the county treasurer.
(b) On or before September 1 of each year, the state department of education shall notify the treasurer of each county of the percentage proportion to be allocated from the countywide six (6) mill school levy to each school district in his respective county. The computation of the distribution of the countywide six (6) mill levy shall be made by the department of education on the basis of the average daily membership (ADM) for the previous year. This number, for each district, shall be converted into a percentage of the total average daily membership (ADM) for all school districts within the county. The county treasurer shall distribute the revenue arising from the countywide six (6) mill levy among the school districts of the county according to the percentage computed above and pursuant to W.S. 21-13-207.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 13 - School Finance › Article 2 - County Financial Support › Section 21-13-206 - Disposition of Fines, Penalties and Forfeitures.

21-13-206. Disposition of fines, penalties and forfeitures.
All fines, penalties, and forfeitures provided by the school laws may be recovered by an action by any citizen in the name of the people of the state of Wyoming for the use of the proper school district or county, and when they accrue, shall belong to the school district or county in which they have accrued and shall be deposited with the county treasurer.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 13 - School Finance › Article 2 - County Financial Support › Section 21-13-207 - Apportionment of Funds by County Treasurer.

21-13-207. Apportionment of funds by county treasurer.
On the second Monday of each month, and on June 20 or the last business day immediately preceding June 20 of each year, the county treasurer shall apportion all monies in the county treasury belonging to the county school fund, including all interest earned thereon and including fines and forfeitures, among the various school districts of the county in the same percentages as provided by W.S. 21-13-201(b) and shall immediately pay the amount to each school district.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 13 - School Finance › Article 3 - State Financial Support › Section 21-13-301 - Distribution to School Districts of Money in Common School Account for Use of Public Schools.

21-13-301. Distribution to school districts of money in common school account for use of public schools.
Between January 1 and June 30 of each year, if there is any money to the credit of the common school account within the permanent land income fund for the use of the public schools in the state treasury, the state treasurer shall, after making any distributions necessary under W.S. 21-15-108(a), distribute the income in the account to the school foundation program. The state treasurer may make distributions to the school foundation program under this section at such times and in such amounts as may be advantageous for the state s investment program and cash management, but all income shall be credited to the school foundation program not later than June 30 of each year.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 13 - School Finance › Article 3 - State Financial Support › Section 21-13-303 - Levy of State Tax; Disposition of Funds; Reduction of Mill Levy.

21-13-303. Levy of state tax; disposition of funds; reduction of mill levy.
(a) For the support of the public elementary and secondary schools of the state, there shall be assessed and levied each year a state tax of twelve (12) mills on the dollar of the assessed valuation of the property within the state as certified on August 10 under W.S. 39-11-102.1(c)(v) except as provided in subsection (c) of this section. The tax is in addition to any and all other taxes authorized by law.
(b) The funds that may accrue under this section shall be placed in a separate account. Balances in the account, if any, shall not lapse or be transferred to any other fund or account.
(c) Between July 1 and July 10 of each year the state auditor and the state treasurer shall determine if the unobligated average daily general fund balance over the preceding fiscal year exceeds twenty percent (20%) of the amount of the general fund appropriations for the present biennium. If the unobligated average daily general fund balance exceeds twenty percent (20%) of the amount appropriated, the excess is appropriated and shall be transferred into the foundation program account as soon as possible. The auditor and treasurer shall immediately notify the state board of equalization of the amount to be transferred. Based on the current assessed valuation of the state, the board shall compute the estimated amount of revenue to be produced by a twelve (12) mill levy, subtract the amount transferred to the foundation program account and then compute the mill levy necessary to produce the difference. The board shall certify the recomputed mill levy to the county assessors to be levied and collected in lieu of the twelve (12) mill state levy for the next tax year.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 13 - School Finance › Article 3 - State Financial Support › Section 21-13-306 - Foundation Program Account Established; Disposition of Monies.

21-13-306. Foundation program account established; disposition of monies.
(a) The public school foundation program account is established to consist of funds appropriated to, or designated to the account by law, or by gift from whatever source, for distribution to districts in accordance with this article.
Note: Effective 7/1/2024 this subsection will read as:
(a) The public school foundation program account is established to consist of funds appropriated to, or designated to the account by law, or by gift from whatever source, for distribution to districts in accordance with law.
(b) Within the limits of legislative appropriation, if any, the resources of the public school foundation account shall be paid into the state treasury and shall be drawn out and distributed to the districts upon certification of the state superintendent and upon vouchers approved by the state auditor payable to the treasurer of the several districts.
Note: Effective 7/1/2024 this subsection will read as:
(b) Within the limits of legislative appropriation, if any, the resources of the public school foundation program account shall be paid into the state treasury and shall be drawn out and distributed to the districts in accordance with this article upon certification of the state superintendent and upon vouchers approved by the state auditor payable to the treasurer of the several districts.
(c) Repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 205, 2.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 13 - School Finance › Article 3 - State Financial Support › Section 21-13-306.1 - School Foundation Program Reserve Account; Purposes.

21-13-306.1. School foundation program reserve account; purposes.
The school foundation program reserve account created by 2014 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 26, Section 300(g) is continued and codified. Funds within the account shall only be expended by legislative appropriation. All funds within the account shall be invested by the state treasurer and all investment earnings from the account shall be credited to the general fund.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 13 - School Finance › Article 3 - State Financial Support › Section 21-13-307 - Eligibility to Share in Distribution of Money From Foundation Account; Mandatory Financial Reporting.

21-13-307. Eligibility to share in distribution of money from foundation account; mandatory financial reporting.
(a) Each district which meets the following requirements is eligible to share in the distribution of funds from the foundation account:
(i) Employed and compensated teachers for not less than nine (9) school months during the previous year and has actually employed and is compensating at least one (1) teacher for the current year, except that a newly organized district need not have employed any teachers during the previous year in order to qualify for its first year of operation;
(ii) Operated all schools for a term of at least one hundred eighty-five (185) days or the number of days or equivalent hours authorized under an alternative schedule approved by the state board during the previous school year. If the school term of any school in a district was less than one hundred eighty-five (185) days or less than the total number of days authorized under an alternative schedule approved by the state board, the amount allotted per average daily membership (ADM) under W.S. 21-13-309 for the school shall be in proportion to the length of the term the school actually operated, unless caused by closures of schools:
(A) Due to fuel shortages, fire, construction problems, weather, civil disturbance or threatened civil disturbance, days of national recognition, widespread illnesses; or
(B) Whenever necessary to protect the health, safety or welfare of students, teachers and other employees and closures are approved by the state superintendent or are the result of presidential or gubernatorial executive orders.
(iii) Furnishes to the state superintendent statistical data and information as reasonably required to compute a district's entitlement to share in the foundation account and the extent of the entitlement;
(iv) Repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 205, 2.
(b) Each district shall provide financial reports to the department on forms and in such manner required by the department under W.S. 21-2-203 and by rules and regulations promulgated by the state superintendent of public instruction pursuant to this article. In administering this article, the state superintendent may conduct audits of information submitted by districts under this article as necessary to administer and perform computations pertaining to the cost components within the education resource block grant model, and may, after consulting and negotiating with the school district, correct the information reported by districts under this article to fairly and accurately reflect the data type, classification and format necessary to perform computations required to administer the school finance system established under this article.