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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 16 - Higher Education Generally › Article 17 - College Credit Retention › Section 21-16-1701 - Presumption Relating to Previously Taken Courses; Hearing.

21-16-1701. Presumption relating to previously taken courses; hearing.
Any Wyoming institution of higher education receiving funding from the state of Wyoming shall accept as valid and transferrable any college level credit hour previously completed with an acceptable grade in any other Wyoming institution of higher education. An institution of higher education may decline to accept a credit hour only if there is a lack of demonstrable applicability to the current educational standards of the institution. The length of time since completion of the credit hour, without more, shall not demonstrate a lack of applicability. Each institution of higher education shall establish appropriate policies to implement this section, which shall include an appeals process available to persons who are denied acceptance of a college level credit hour.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 16 - Higher Education Generally › Article 18 - Higher Education Expenditures on Abortions › Section 21-16-1801 - Prohibition on Expending Funds for Abortion.

21-16-1801. Prohibition on expending funds for abortion.
(a) As a condition of receiving or expending any monies or funds appropriated to the University of Wyoming, the University of Wyoming shall not expend any appropriated general funds for:
(i) Elective abortions for students;
(ii) Group health insurance that provides coverage of elective abortions for students.
(b) As a condition of receiving any monies or funds appropriated to the community college commission, a community college shall not expend any appropriated general funds for:
(i) Elective abortions for students;
(ii) Group health insurance that provides coverage of elective abortions for students.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 16 - Higher Education Generally › Article 19 - Wyoming's Tomorrow Scholarship Program › Section 21-16-1901 - Definitions.

21-16-1901. Definitions.
(a) As used in this article:
(i) "Academic term" means the fall semester or term or the spring semester or term. In this article, "semester" and "term" have the same meaning except that recipients may elect to use the scholarship for a summer term or January term or any other term besides the fall semester or spring semester that the eligible institution designates, which counts toward the maximum number of terms for which a student is eligible but does not count toward computation of an academic year;
(ii) "Academic year" means two (2) consecutive semesters or terms and is the period of time in which a full-time student is expected to complete the equivalent of at least two (2) academic terms of academic work;
(iii) "Certificate" means a credential other than a degree and indicates satisfactory completion of training in an academic year program of study offered by an eligible institution including non-credit industry recognized credentials that meet eligibility requirements of the Wyoming works program under W.S. 21-18-403;
(iv) "Commission" means the Wyoming community college commission;
(v) "Cost of attendance" means the sum cost of tuition, mandatory fees, room and board, books and supplies, travel and personal expenses to attend an eligible institution;
(vi) "Degree" means a baccalaureate or an associate degree other than a certificate;
(vii) "Eligible institution" means the University of Wyoming or a Wyoming community college;
(viii) "Equivalent of a full-time semester" means twelve (12) semester hours in a semester;
(ix) "Semester hour" means each semester hour or clock hour as defined by commission rule attempted for credit or eligible Wyoming works program non-credit degree or certificate;
(x) "Title IV" means Title IV of the federal Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended;
(xi) "Unmet financial need" means the cost of attendance minus the sum of expected family contribution and all federal, state, local, institutional and privately funded scholarships or grants received by the student as determined by the eligible institution. "Unmet financial need" shall not include any loans a student may be eligible to receive.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 16 - Higher Education Generally › Article 19 - Wyoming's Tomorrow Scholarship Program › Section 21-16-1903 - Wyoming's Tomorrow Scholarship Program; Eligibility Requirements.

21-16-1903. Wyoming's tomorrow scholarship program; eligibility requirements.
(a) There is created the Wyoming's tomorrow scholarship program.
(b) Under the Wyoming's tomorrow scholarship program, subject to W.S. 21-16-1905(b) and availability of funds as determined by the legislature, the commission may award a scholarship pursuant to W.S. 21-16-1904 to any student who has been accepted by and enrolls in an eligible institution to pursue a degree or certificate, and who meets the following qualifications:
(i) The student has demonstrated Wyoming residency for not less than one (1) year immediately preceding application or not less than a total of three (3) years at any time prior to application;
(ii) The student is twenty-four (24) years of age or older;
(iii) The student has completed and filed a free application for federal student aid for the academic year for which the student is applying for a scholarship and has unmet financial need;
(iv) The student agrees to register with the department of workforce services for applicable training assistance, as defined by rule of the commission required under W.S. 21-16-1905(b).
(c) A student is not eligible for a scholarship under this article if the student:
(i) Is currently receiving a scholarship under the Hathaway scholarship program established under W.S. 21-16-1301 et seq.;
(ii) Is not a United States citizen or a permanent resident alien who meets the definition of an eligible noncitizen under federal Title IV requirements or requirements of a subsequent similar federal enactment;
(iii) Owes a refund under a federal Title IV student financial aid program or a subsequently enacted similar federal student financial aid program, or a student financial aid program administered through the state;
(iv) Is incarcerated; or
(v) Previously received a scholarship under this article for the maximum of the equivalent of four (4) full-time academic terms or a total of seven thousand two hundred dollars ($7,200.00) in scholarships for unmet financial need under this article.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 16 - Higher Education Generally › Article 19 - Wyoming's Tomorrow Scholarship Program › Section 21-16-1904 - Wyoming's Tomorrow Scholarships.

21-16-1904. Wyoming's tomorrow scholarships.
(a) Any student who meets the criteria under W.S. 21-16-1903 may be eligible to receive a Wyoming's tomorrow scholarship to pursue a degree or certificate for:
(i) Not more than one hundred and fifty dollars ($150.00) per semester hour and not more than one thousand eight hundred dollars ($1,800.00) per academic term for unmet financial need at an eligible institution if enrolled for twelve (12) or more semester hours in the academic term;
(ii) The amount provided for the academic term under paragraph (i) of this subsection times a fraction in which the numerator is the number of semester hours in which the student is enrolled in for the academic term and the denominator is twelve (12).
(b) Scholarships under this section shall be for a maximum of the equivalent of four (4) full-time academic terms. No student shall receive more than a total of seven thousand two hundred dollars ($7,200.00) in scholarships for unmet financial need under this article.
(c) To remain eligible for the scholarship under this section, the student shall:
(i) Make satisfactory academic progress toward a degree or certificate by completing at least two-thirds (2/3) of attempted semester hours in any academic term;
(ii) Maintain a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0 as evaluated at the end of each spring academic term;
(iii) Meet other criteria as established by the eligible institution to ensure the student earns a degree or certificate in a timely manner;
(iv) Maintain continuous enrollment for not less than two (2) academic terms in each successive academic year. The commission may grant waivers to the requirement of this subparagraph for military service, religious service and other good cause shown pursuant to commission rule.
(d) A student receiving a Wyoming's tomorrow scholarship who fails to meet the requirements of subsection (c) of this section shall be ineligible to receive another scholarship under this article.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 16 - Higher Education Generally › Article 19 - Wyoming's Tomorrow Scholarship Program › Section 21-16-1906 - Additional Funding Considerations.

21-16-1906. Additional funding considerations.
The commission shall limit the number and amount of scholarships awarded under this article so that the expected expenditures do not exceed the projected funding available considering the total duration of the awards. To the extent sufficient funds are not available in the Wyoming's tomorrow scholarship expenditure account to fund all scholarships awarded by the commission under this article, the payment to the eligible institutions shall be reduced on a first come first served basis using the student's application date for the scholarship.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 16 - Higher Education Generally › Article 19 - Wyoming's Tomorrow Scholarship Program › Section 21-16-1907 - Legislative Oversight and Authority.

21-16-1907. Legislative oversight and authority.
Nothing in this article shall be construed to constitute an entitlement to a scholarship established and funded by the legislature. Wyoming's tomorrow scholarships shall be subject to legislative appropriation and the legislature reserves the right to modify or terminate the program established under this article at any time.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 17 - University of Wyoming › Article 1 - In General › Section 21-17-102 - Objects; Departments.

21-17-102. Objects; departments.
(a) The objects of the university are to provide an efficient means of imparting to men and women, without regard to color, on equal terms, a liberal education, together with a thorough knowledge of the various branches connected with the scientific, industrial and professional pursuits. To this end it shall embrace colleges or departments of letters, of science and of the arts together with such professional or other departments as in course of time may be connected therewith. The department of letters shall embrace a liberal course of instruction in language, literature and philosophy, together with such courses or parts of courses in the college or department of science as are deemed necessary.
(b) The college, or department of science, shall embrace courses of instruction in the mathematical, physical and natural sciences, together with such courses in language, literature and philosophy as shall constitute a liberal education. The college or department of the arts shall embrace courses of instruction in the practical and fine arts and especially in the applications of science to the arts of mining and metallurgy, mechanics, engineering, architecture, agriculture and commerce, together with instruction in military tactics, and in such branches in the department of letters, as are necessary to a proper fitness of students for their chosen pursuits, and as soon as the income of the university will allow, in such order as the wants of the public shall seem to require, the courses in the sciences and their practical applications shall be expanded into full and distinct schools or departments.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 17 - University of Wyoming › Article 1 - In General › Section 21-17-103 - Powers and Duties of the Faculty.

21-17-103. Powers and duties of the faculty.
The president and professors of the university shall be styled "the faculty", and may enforce rules and regulations adopted by the trustees for the government of students, reward and censure students as they may deserve, and generally exercise such discipline, in harmony with the regulations, as is necessary for the good order of the institution. The faculty may present to the trustees for degrees and honors such students as are entitled thereto, and in testimony thereof, when ordered by the board, suitable diplomas, certificates or other testimonials under the seal of the university, and the signatures of the faculty. When, in course of time, distinct colleges or departments of the university are duly organized and in active operation, the immediate government of such departments shall, in like manner, be entrusted to their respective faculties.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 17 - University of Wyoming › Article 1 - In General › Section 21-17-104 - Powers and Duties of the President.

21-17-104. Powers and duties of the president.
The president of the university shall be president of the several faculties and the executive head of all the departments. As such, subject to the board of trustees, he has authority to give general direction to the instruction and investigations of the several schools and departments, and, so long as the interests of the institution require it, he may be charged with the duties of one (1) of the professorships.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 17 - University of Wyoming › Article 1 - In General › Section 21-17-107 - Legislature to Make Appropriations.

21-17-107. Legislature to make appropriations.
The legislature shall appropriate monies intended for the support and maintenance of the University of Wyoming. The appropriations shall specify the purposes for which the monies are intended and may be used. The appropriations shall apply to and include all monies received by the university from the United States for the endowment and support of colleges for the benefit of agriculture and mechanic arts. No expenditure shall be made in excess of an appropriation, and no monies so appropriated shall be used for any purpose other than that for which they are appropriated.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 17 - University of Wyoming › Article 1 - In General › Section 21-17-108 - Agreements With Boards or Trustees of Community Colleges, School Districts or University Centers, Collaboration With Community Colleges.

21-17-108. Agreements with boards or trustees of community colleges, school districts or university centers, collaboration with community colleges.
(a) The University of Wyoming may enter into agreements with the several community college district boards or the boards of trustees of school districts providing for the joint operation of the institutions in whole or in part or for the furnishing of services, facilities and staff members of the University of Wyoming to the institution. Agreements may provide for the granting of University of Wyoming credit for collegiate work done in the institution.
(b) The University of Wyoming in collaboration with the community colleges, shall establish an accrediting committee which shall determine the credit to be granted by the University of Wyoming for work taken in community colleges or university centers. In addition, the university shall cooperate with the Wyoming community college commission in developing and maintaining a common course numbering system among community colleges and the university pursuant to W.S. 21-18-202(b)(ii).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 17 - University of Wyoming › Article 1 - In General › Section 21-17-110 - Regional College of Veterinary Medicine; University of Wyoming Board of Trustees Authorized to Participate.

21-17-110. Regional college of veterinary medicine; University of Wyoming Board of Trustees authorized to participate.
The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees may enter into agreements with the governing bodies of other universities or states for the purpose of providing for regionalized veterinary medical education and services. No final agreement is binding unless approved by the legislature.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 17 - University of Wyoming › Article 1 - In General › Section 21-17-111 - Contracts to Provide Training in Physical Therapy.

21-17-111. Contracts to provide training in physical therapy.
The University of Wyoming may enter into contracts with institutions, universities and colleges which maintain schools for the training and education of students of physical therapy services to provide such training and education to Wyoming residents.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 17 - University of Wyoming › Article 1 - In General › Section 21-17-113 - Agreements With Universities, Colleges, Associations, Agencies and Corporations; Applicability.

21-17-113. Agreements with universities, colleges, associations, agencies and corporations; applicability.
(a) In addition to other powers granted to the trustees of the University of Wyoming, the trustees may enter into agreements with other institutions, universities, colleges, community colleges, boards of trustees of school districts, agencies, associations or corporations, within or without the state, providing for the offering of courses or programs of instruction, in whole or in part, at, or in cooperation with, such other institutions or agencies, or for the delivery of instruction, performance of services, or provision of materials or facilities. Such agreements may provide for the granting of University of Wyoming credit or degrees for collegiate work completed pursuant to such agreements.
(b) Nothing in this section alters or otherwise affects any other law authorizing the board of trustees of the University of Wyoming to offer or provide any programs or courses of instruction or to enter into agreements with other institutions, universities or colleges to provide such programs or courses of instruction, nor does any other law limit or otherwise affect the board of trustees' authority under this section.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 17 - University of Wyoming › Article 1 - In General › Section 21-17-114 - Scholarship Fund for Students Planning Teaching Careers Authorized; Eligibility; Rulemaking Authority Granted.

21-17-114. Scholarship fund for students planning teaching careers authorized; eligibility; rulemaking authority granted.
(a) The board of trustees is authorized to establish a tuition scholarship fund for students planning teaching careers. The purpose of this tuition scholarship fund is to encourage Wyoming students demonstrating superior academic achievement to pursue careers in teaching within the state of Wyoming. Each year the board may award scholarships to sixteen (16) Wyoming high school graduates covering five hundred dollars ($500.00) per semester of the cost of tuition at the university or any community college in the state who major in education. No student is eligible to apply for a scholarship under this section unless the student or his mother, father or lawful guardian is a resident of Wyoming and has been a resident of Wyoming for at least five (5) years. Scholarships under this section shall be in addition to any Hathaway scholarship awarded a student under W.S. 21-16-1301 et seq., but shall be considered for purposes of calculating unmet financial need for Hathaway need based scholarships.
(b) Repealed by Laws 1995, ch. 71, 2.
(c) The board shall promulgate university regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this section, including procedures for application and selection of recipients.
(d) No student shall be awarded a scholarship under this section to attend more than ten (10) semesters of which no more than five (5) semesters shall be at a community college.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 17 - University of Wyoming › Article 1 - In General › Section 21-17-115 - University Technology Transfer Center Program.

21-17-115. University technology transfer center program.
(a) The University of Wyoming may operate a technology transfer center and provide training to Wyoming county and municipality employees regarding current trends in transportation technology. The funding of the program shall be administered by the Wyoming department of transportation. The cost of the program shall be provided by each of the following contributing a minimum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) each regardless of any contribution from the federal government or other nonstate sources, or up to a maximum of thirty-one thousand two hundred fifty dollars ($31,250.00) each provided the federal government or other nonstate sources contribute an amount equal to the total monies provided by the following as specified:
(i) Wyoming department of transportation from available funds;
(ii) Counties as provided in W.S. 24-2-110(c)(i);
(iii) Cities and towns as provided in W.S. 39-17-111(d)(iii)(A);
(iv) University of Wyoming from available funds.
(b) The university shall annually certify the cost of the state's share of the program to the transportation commission which shall transfer the amounts specified in W.S. 24-2-110(c)(i) and 39-17-111(d)(iii)(A) to the university to be used for funding the program.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 17 - University of Wyoming › Article 1 - In General › Section 21-17-118 - Student Support and Student Financial Aid Fund; Rulemaking Authority Granted.

21-17-118. Student support and student financial aid fund; rulemaking authority granted.
(a) The board of trustees is authorized to establish a student support and student financial aid fund for students at the university. The fund shall include those monies collected by the university pursuant to W.S. 31-2-219 and such other gifts, contributions, donations, grants, or other funds provided to the university for purposes of this section. Financial aid funded under this section shall be in addition to any Hathaway scholarship awarded a student under W.S. 21-16-1301 et seq., but shall be considered for purposes of calculating unmet financial need for Hathaway need based scholarships.
(b) The board shall promulgate university regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this section, including procedures for application and selection of recipients of financial aid under this section. Revenues in the fund established under this section shall be used exclusively for student financial aid and for projects and programs that directly support students at the university. The board shall coordinate with the University of Wyoming Alumni Association in the university's administration of the student support funds and financial aid under this section in accordance with an agreement with that association, or its successor organization.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 17 - University of Wyoming › Article 1 - In General › Section 21-17-120 - Wyoming Conservation Corps; Creation Authorized; Reports.

21-17-120. Wyoming conservation corps; creation authorized; reports.
(a) The University of Wyoming shall establish a Wyoming conservation corps (WCC) program patterned after similar conservation corps programs in Utah, Montana and Colorado under which students in those states have performed service on conservation projects in Wyoming. The WCC program shall begin in the summer of 2007. The WCC program shall enter into agreements with state and federal agencies and private industry under which Wyoming students shall perform conservation projects in Wyoming prior to the students performing any work under those agreements. The students who participate in the WCC program may be high school, community college or university students. The students shall receive stipends and education financial awards for their service, as well as the educational and practical benefits of working on valuable conservation projects. The WCC program shall be fully self-sustaining by the end of summer 2009.
(b) The University of Wyoming shall report to the joint minerals, business and economic development interim committee and the joint travel, recreation, wildlife and cultural resources interim committee on October 1, 2007, and October 1, 2008, regarding expenditures made under this act, progress made by the WCC program toward financial self-sufficiency and the educational and conservation related benefits of the program.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 17 - University of Wyoming › Article 1 - In General › Section 21-17-123 - Program for Certification of Behavioral Specialists.

21-17-123. Program for certification of behavioral specialists.
The community college commission shall cooperate with the department of health and the University of Wyoming to develop a course of training and education in the field of professional health services for behavioral specialists with an emphasis in the care of persons dually diagnosed with an intellectual disability and a mental disorder. The course may be offered at the University of Wyoming or one (1) or more community colleges, or both, in collaboration. The program shall be designed to lead to certification as a behavioral health specialist pursuant to W.S. 42-4-120(j) and rules and regulations of the department of health. Certification may also be granted to behavioral specialists who have completed another training program that meets training standards established by the department and who pass a competency evaluation under direction of the department.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 17 - University of Wyoming › Article 1 - In General › Section 21-17-124 - Student Electronic Writings and Other Electronic Communications; Expectation of Privacy.

21-17-124. Student electronic writings and other electronic communications; expectation of privacy.
(a) No ownership rights to any electronic writing or other electronic communication created by a student shall be conveyed, transferred or otherwise affected solely as a result of the writing or other communication being stored on an electronic device paid for in whole or in part by the university or transmitted or stored on the university's network.
(b) Students at the university shall have an expectation of privacy in the electronic writings and other electronic communications created by the student regardless of whether the writing or other communication is stored on an electronic device paid for in whole or in part by the university or transmitted or stored on the university's network. The university shall not require a student to waive or limit the student's expectation of privacy specified under this subsection. This subsection shall not apply to writings or other communications:
(i) Publicly disclosed, released or conveyed by the student or otherwise made available for observation by the student in such a manner that a person would not reasonably expect the writing or other communication would remain undisclosed to others;
(ii) Accessed by the university in cases where there is a technological requirement to support and maintain the university's electronic device or network. Writings or other communications viewed during the technological support or maintenance of the electronic device or network shall be limited to only those writings or other communications required to address the specific technical issue and shall not be used or distributed to any other person or entity unless otherwise mandated by federal or state law.
(c) The property rights and expectation of privacy provided in subsections (a) and (b) of this section do not apply to a writing or other communication created by a student who is simultaneously employed by and enrolled at the university if the writing or other communication is created when the person is acting in an official capacity as an employee of the university. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to diminish the property rights or expectation of privacy of persons acting in the capacity of an employee of the university.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to:
(i) Impose, by operation of law, or require the university to accept or prohibit the university from accepting any liability or responsibility for collecting, maintaining, storing or otherwise recording writings and other communications created by a student;
(ii) Require the university to establish or prohibit the university from establishing standards on the retention and destruction of student writings and other communications.
(e) For purposes of this section, "student" means any person currently enrolled full time or part time at the university.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 17 - University of Wyoming › Article 1 - In General › Section 21-17-126 - University Water System.

21-17-126. University water system.
(a) Subject to title 41 of the Wyoming statutes and notwithstanding any municipal or county ordinance, the University of Wyoming may:
(i) Develop, drill, construct, operate, maintain and use any water line, system, well or works on property owned by the university for the purposes of distributing, providing and using nonpotable water on property owned or leased by the university for miscellaneous use where water is to be used for landscape watering, lawns, athletic fields, trees, shrubs and flowers;
(ii) Connect a building, facility, landscape, lot, premises or structure owned by the university to any water line, system, well or works operated, maintained or used by the university.
(b) No city or county shall restrict or prohibit the university from developing, drilling, constructing, operating, maintaining or using any water system independent of the city's or county's water system.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 17 - University of Wyoming › Article 2 - Board of Trustees › Section 21-17-201 - Composition; Appointment and Qualifications of Members Generally; Members Ex Officio; Quorum.

21-17-201. Composition; appointment and qualifications of members generally; members ex officio; quorum.
The government of the university is vested in a board of twelve (12) trustees appointed by the governor, no two (2) of whom may be residents of the same county of the state. At least one (1) trustee shall be appointed from each appointment district pursuant to W.S. 9-1-218. Not more than seventy-five percent (75%) of the members of the board shall be registered in the same political party. The governor, the president of the university, the state superintendent of public instruction and the president of the associated students of the university are members ex officio, having the right to speak, but not to vote. A majority of the board is a quorum.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 17 - University of Wyoming › Article 2 - Board of Trustees › Section 21-17-202 - Term; Appointment of Additional Trustees; Appointment of Successors; Vacancies; Members of Faculty Disqualified; Removal.

21-17-202. Term; appointment of additional trustees; appointment of successors; vacancies; members of faculty disqualified; removal.
(a) The term of office of the trustees appointed is six (6) years. During each session of the legislature, the governor shall nominate, and with the advice and consent of the senate, appoint successors to those trustees whose term of office has expired or will expire before the next session of the legislature. Any vacancy in the board of trustees caused by death, resignation, removal from the state or otherwise, shall be filled by appointment by the governor as provided in W.S. 28-12-101. No member of the faculty, while holding that position, shall ever be appointed a trustee. The governor may remove any trustee as provided in W.S. 9-1-202.
(b) Effective July 1, 1979, appointments and terms shall be in accordance with W.S. 28-12-101 through 28-12-103.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 17 - University of Wyoming › Article 2 - Board of Trustees › Section 21-17-203 - To Be Body Corporate; Powers, Duties and Functions Generally.

21-17-203. To be body corporate; powers, duties and functions generally.
The board of trustees and their successors in office constitute a body corporate by the name of "the trustees of the University of Wyoming". They possess all the powers necessary or convenient to accomplish the objects and perform the duties prescribed by law, and shall have custody of the books, records, buildings and all other property of the university. The board shall elect a chairman, secretary and treasurer, who shall perform the duties prescribed in the bylaws of the board. The treasurer shall execute a bond, with approved sureties in double the sum likely to come into his hands, for the faithful discharge of his duties. The term of office of board officers, their duties severally and the times for holding meetings shall be fixed in the bylaws of the board. A majority of the board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business but a less number may adjourn from time to time, and all routine business may be entrusted to an executive committee of no fewer than three (3) members subject to such conditions as the bylaws of the board prescribe. The board may from time to time appoint and authorize a person to examine and approve for payment all legal claims against the corporation. The person shall give bond with surety approved by the board, payable to the state of Wyoming in such sum as the board may fix, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties. A certificate of appointment signed by the chairman and secretary of the board and the bond shall be filed with the state auditor. At each meeting of the board all action taken by the person so appointed subsequent to the immediately preceding board meeting shall be submitted to the board for its approval or disapproval. The actual and necessary traveling expenses of nonresident members in attending the annual meeting of the board may be audited by the auditing committee thereof and paid by warrant on the treasurer out of the general fund of the university.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 17 - University of Wyoming › Article 2 - Board of Trustees › Section 21-17-204 - Additional Powers and Duties; Sectarian or Partisan Instruction or Test Prohibited.

21-17-204. Additional powers and duties; sectarian or partisan instruction or test prohibited.
(a) The board of trustees shall prescribe rules for the government of the university and all its branches, elect the requisite officers, professors, instructors and employees, a director of finance and budget and a superintendent of buildings and grounds, any of whom may be removed for cause, and fix the salary and term of office of each. The board of trustees shall prescribe the studies to be pursued and the textbooks to be used, and determine the qualifications of applicants for admission to the various courses of study. No instruction either sectarian in religion or partisan in politics shall ever be allowed in any department of the university, and no sectarian or partisan test shall ever be exercised or allowed in the appointment of trustees or in the election or removal of professors, teachers or other officers of the university or in the admission of students thereto, or for any purpose whatsoever. The board of trustees may:
(i) Confer such degrees and grant such diplomas as are usual in universities or as they deem appropriate;
(ii) Through bylaws confer upon the faculty the power to suspend or expel students for causes therein prescribed;
(iii) Possess and use for the benefit of the institution all property of the university;
(iv) Hold, manage, lease or dispose of, according to law, any real or personal estate as is conducive to the welfare of the institution;
(v) Expend the income placed under their control from whatever source derived, and exercise all other functions properly belonging to such a board and necessary to the prosperity of the university and all its departments.
(b) The board of trustees shall adopt university regulations consistent with the requirements of W.S. 9-2-3006 for capital construction projects let by the University of Wyoming.
(c) The board of trustees shall procure the professional services of architects, engineers and surveyors in accordance with W.S. 9-23-105(f) through (h) and 9-23-106(g).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 17 - University of Wyoming › Article 2 - Board of Trustees › Section 21-17-205 - Report.

21-17-205. Report.
The trustees of the University of Wyoming, through their chairman, shall report to the governor as required by W.S. 9-2-1014 respecting the progress, condition and wants of the university and of each school or department thereof, the course of study in each, the number of professors and students, the nature, costs and results of important investigations, and such other information as they deem important or as may be required by any law of this state, or of the United States. The secretary and treasurer of the board of trustees shall prepare an itemized report showing the receipts and disbursements for the year, the appropriation resolution for that year, the purposes for which the revenue was expended, and the amount of revenue expended upon each school or department of work, including the experiment station.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 17 - University of Wyoming › Article 2 - Board of Trustees › Section 21-17-206 - Secretary to Take Oath of Office and Administer Oaths.

21-17-206. Secretary to take oath of office and administer oaths.
(a) The secretary of the board of trustees of the University of Wyoming, before entering upon the duties of the office, shall take the oath of office provided for elective officers under the constitution of this state.
(b) The secretary of the board of trustees of the University of Wyoming may administer oaths and affirmations to any person or persons in connection with the business of the university.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 17 - University of Wyoming › Article 2 - Board of Trustees › Section 21-17-207 - University Board Composition; Community College Ex-Officio Member.

21-17-207. University board composition; community college ex-officio member.
In addition to the members of the university board of trustees specified under W.S. 21-17-201, the director of the Wyoming community college commission shall serve as a member ex officio, having the right to speak but not to vote.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 17 - University of Wyoming › Article 3 - Agriculture and Extension Work › Section 21-17-301 - Supervision and Management of Farms and Stations; Director of Experiments.

21-17-301. Supervision and management of farms and stations; director of experiments.
(a) All the experiment farms and stations are under the supervision, management and control of the board of trustees of the University of Wyoming.
(b) The board of trustees of the University of Wyoming may employ a director of experiments, who shall receive a salary fixed by the board and necessary traveling expenses, and shall perform such duties as assigned to him by the board. The director of experiments, with the approval of the board, shall:
(i) Manage and control the experiment farms;
(ii) Manage, control and dispose of personal property used in connection with experiment farms and stations;
(iii) Employ practical and experienced dry farmers, irrigation farmers, horticulturists, persons skilled in animal husbandry and other agents and servants, who shall under his direction cultivate the farms, conduct experiments thereon, demonstrate the adaptability of various soils and climatic conditions for the production of different kinds of grain, grasses, vegetables, shade, ornamental and fruitbearing trees, vines and bushes that may profitably be grown in the varied locations of the farms of the state, and conduct such other experiments as advisable in animal husbandry.
(c) The director of the experiments shall carefully record, preserve and compile the results of all experiments and demonstrations and report the results publicly on a regular basis.
(d) The sale and disposition of all crops and livestock raised or produced upon experiment farms shall be made by the director of the Wyoming agricultural experiment station jointly with the director of experiments. Any money realized from sales in excess of the expense of conducting the farms shall be turned over to the treasury of the state.
(e) Before purchasing any land for use in the agricultural experiment and research program at the University of Wyoming, the board of trustees shall determine the location of all lands owned by the state or any agency of the state and the use being made of such state lands. The board of trustees shall negotiate with the agency of the state responsible for the administration and control of such state lands to determine the feasibility of leasing such state lands for use in the agricultural experiment and research program providing the lands available are suitable to the purpose. Any state agency which owns or has responsibility for the administration and control of state lands shall negotiate with the University of Wyoming in leasing such lands, at the fair market value, provided the use of the land by the university is not inconsistent with the use for which the land is held by the state or agency.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 17 - University of Wyoming › Article 3 - Agriculture and Extension Work › Section 21-17-302 - Location and Acreage of Farms; Supervision and Control.

21-17-302. Location and acreage of farms; supervision and control.
(a) The state may conduct experimental farms:
(i) Repealed By Laws 2003, Ch. 147, 3.
(ii) Repealed By Laws 2003, Ch. 147, 3.
(iii) Repealed By Laws 2003, Ch. 147, 3.
(iv) Repealed By Laws 2003, Ch. 147, 3.
(v) At or near Sheridan, Sheridan county, Wyoming.
(b) The board of trustees of the University of Wyoming and the department of family services shall conclude arrangements for agricultural experimental programs under their joint control to be conducted upon and in connection with farm property of the Wyoming boys' school at Worland, Wyoming, using not less than eighty (80) and not more than one hundred (100) acres of ground on the premises. The arrangements shall include provision for an apartment in the buildings of the institute as living quarters for the superintendent of programs and for availability in the operations of labor from the institute's committed personnel as selected by the superintendent of the institute and jointly controlled during their working hours by that superintendent and the superintendent of the experimental station.
(c) The board of trustees of the University of Wyoming shall provide for the operation of a research station at Powell, Wyoming to conduct programs related to soils, vegetation diseases, fertilizers, insects, irrigation phases and other related factors, in order to effectuate reduction or elimination of causes detrimental to agriculture. The board of trustees of the university may also provide for the operation of a sustainable agricultural research and extension center in Goshen county, Wyoming.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 17 - University of Wyoming › Article 3 - Agriculture and Extension Work › Section 21-17-303 - Appropriation of Funds.

21-17-303. Appropriation of funds.
Revenue within the agricultural college account provided by W.S. 9-4-310(c)(i) is appropriated and may be used by the board of trustees of the University of Wyoming for any purpose connected with the supporting and maintenance of the agricultural college at the University of Wyoming not inconsistent or in conflict with any act of congress. The money shall be paid by the state treasurer to the treasurer of the board of trustees of the state university upon the warrant of the state auditor upon request of the board of trustees.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 17 - University of Wyoming › Article 3 - Agriculture and Extension Work › Section 21-17-304 - Acceptance of Federal Grants; Administration.

21-17-304. Acceptance of federal grants; administration.
(a) The state of Wyoming assents to and accepts the conditions of the acts of the United States Congress cited as 7 U.S.C. sections 301 through 390j and 16 U.S.C. sections 590a through 590q-3, and future acts amendatory or supplemental thereto.
(b) Except as otherwise provided by congress or the laws of Wyoming, all money authorized by subsection (a) of this section shall be received by the state treasurer and transferred to the board of trustees of the University of Wyoming. The trustees of the University of Wyoming shall annually appropriate and designate the uses of the money received under subsection (a) of this section which shall be in conformity with the terms of the grant.
(c) The board of trustees of the University of Wyoming shall have prepared necessary reports and take other actions necessary to comply with the requirements of and obtain grants and administer programs pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. Agricultural extension work shall be carried on in connection with the college of agriculture of the university.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 17 - University of Wyoming › Article 3 - Agriculture and Extension Work › Section 21-17-305 - County Cooperation in Extension Work; Districts; County Agents.

21-17-305. County cooperation in extension work; districts; county agents.
(a) A board of county commissioners may cooperate in extension work in agriculture and home economics in the county under the supervision of the agricultural college of the university and for that purpose may annually appropriate and expend any amount the board deems expedient so long as this levy and all levies for general county government do not exceed the constitutional mill limit.
(b) Any two (2) or more contiguous counties may unite in the formation of a district for the purposes of subsection (a) of this section. The district formed shall be regarded as a single county for the purposes of this section and is entitled to the same benefits as if the district were one (1) county. No county included in a district is entitled to any benefits of this section so long as the district receives benefits under this section.
(c) Any county or district complying with this section upon request shall receive a county agent or agricultural expert to be provided by the agricultural college of the university. The university shall provide a suitable agent or expert, qualified to do the work usually expected from a person educated in the science of agriculture.
(d) The university trustees may receive and expend money from any source under the supervision of the agricultural college for the purposes of this section.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 17 - University of Wyoming › Article 3 - Agriculture and Extension Work › Section 21-17-306 - Soil Conservation Programs; State Advisory Board.

21-17-306. Soil conservation programs; state advisory board.
(a) In formulating plans for soil conservation programs to be submitted to the secretary of agriculture the university shall select a state advisory board with the approval of the governor from persons who participate in soil conservation programs as recommended by committees of county associations of persons who participate in soil conservation programs. The director of the department of agriculture is an ex officio member of the state advisory board.
(b) In implementing approved soil conservation program plans the university may:
(i) Employ and designate such agencies as it deems necessary to cooperate with local and state agencies, agencies of other states and the federal government;
(ii) Provide for the conduct of research and educational activities;
(iii) Provide by voluntary methods for adjustments in the utilization of land and farming practices and for payment in connection therewith.