2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 13 - School Finance › Article 1 - Local Financial Support › Section 21-13-101 - Definitions.

21-13-101. Definitions.
(a) As used in this chapter:
(i) "Average daily membership" or "ADM" means the aggregate number of pupils present plus the aggregate number of pupils absent, divided by the actual number of days the school is in session for the year. Pupils who attend at least eighty percent (80%) of a full time equivalency basis shall be considered full time. For pupils enrolled in school on less than eighty percent (80%) of a full time equivalency basis, the school district shall calculate the pupil's contribution to the ADM on a prorated basis with the hours or class periods of enrollment being the numerator and the hours or class periods of full time equivalency being the denominator. Pupils who have withdrawn from school or who have been absent for more than ten (10) consecutive calendar days shall not be counted as members;
(ii) Repealed By Laws 1997 Special Session, ch. 3, 304.
(iii) "District" means any school district as defined by law;
(iv) "Elementary school" means a school consisting of kindergarten through grade five (5), or any appropriate combination of grades within this range, as determined by the plan of organization for schools authorized by the district board of trustees;
(v) "Foundation program" means the level of funding which is to be made available to each district under this article so that each district is able to comply with the state uniform educational program standards imposed under W.S. 21-9-101 and 21-9-102 and the uniform state student content and performance standards prescribed by the state board of education under W.S. 21-2-304(a)(iii);
(vi) "High school" means a school consisting of grades nine (9) through twelve (12), or any combination of grades within this range, as determined by the plan of organization by the district board;
(vii) "Middle school" means a school consisting of grades six (6) through eight (8), or any combination of grades within this range, as determined by the plan of organization by the district board;
(viii) "Kindergarten" means a class of pre-first-grade students;
(ix) "Public school foundation program account" and "foundation account" mean the account created by W.S. 21-13-306 for use in financing education in public schools;
(x) Repealed by Laws 1994, ch. 17, 2.
(xi) "Teacher" means any member of the teaching or professional staff engaged in the service of the public schools for whom certification is required as a condition of employment;
(xii) Repealed by Laws 1988, ch. 82, 2.
(xiii) "Year of college training" shall be the successful completion of a one (1) year course of study approved by the state department of education;
(xiv) "Education resource block grant model" means the block grant model for Wyoming school finance contained within the enumeration of model components summarizing and executing recommendations within the 2010 cost of education study as modified by the legislature and as referenced in paragraph (xvii) of this subsection. "Education resource block grant model" or "model" includes model spreadsheets updated with technical corrections, all of which are enacted into law, on file with the secretary of state and are maintained and made available for public inspection by the state superintendent under W.S. 21-2-202(e), and as may be subsequently modified by the legislature prior to future model recalibration required under W.S. 21-13-309(t);
(xv) Repealed By Laws 2006, Chapter 37, 2.
(xvi) "Prototypical school model" means a school level, comprised of cost, resource and enrollment parameters, as described within the education resource block grant model. The separate school levels identified with the model are as follows:
(A) Elementary school - kindergarten through grade five (5) modeled at cost and resource levels for:
(I) Greater than forty-nine (49) ADM;
(II) Ninety-six (96) ADM;
(III) One hundred ninety-two (192) ADM; and
(IV) Two hundred eighty-eight (288) ADM.
(B) Middle school - grades six (6) through eight (8) modeled at cost and resource levels for:
(I) Greater than forty-nine (49) ADM;
(II) One hundred five (105) ADM;
(III) Two hundred ten (210) ADM; and
(IV) Three hundred fifteen (315) ADM.
(C) High school - grades nine (9) through twelve (12) modeled at cost and resource levels for:
(I) Greater than forty-nine (49) ADM;
(II) One hundred five (105) ADM;
(III) Two hundred ten (210) ADM;
(IV) Three hundred fifteen (315) ADM; and
(V) Six hundred thirty (630) ADM.
(xvii) "Attachment A" to 2011 House Bill 0127 as amended by 2012 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 99 consists of an enumeration of model components as enacted into law, summarizing and executing recommendations contained within the 2010 cost of education study, as modified by the legislature, and is hereby incorporated into this chapter by this reference;
(xviii) Repealed By Laws 2011, Ch. 185, 2(a).
(b) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 2, 203.
(c) The education resource block grant model as defined under paragraph (a)(xiv) of this section and as included in "Attachment A" referenced in paragraph (a)(xvii) of this section, as each are enacted into law, and including any technical correction which may be implemented by rule and regulation of the state superintendent under W.S. 21-2-202(e), shall be filed with the secretary of state.