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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 17 - University of Wyoming › Article 4 - Capital Construction Projects › Section 21-17-449 - Scope and General Construction of w.s. 21-17-402 Through 21-17-450.

21-17-449. Scope and general construction of W.S. 21-17-402 through 21-17-450.
(a) This act constitutes full authority for the exercise of the incidental powers herein granted concerning the borrowing of money to defray wholly or in part the cost of any project authorized by the legislature appertaining to the university, or to refinance outstanding loans, or both, and the issuance of bonds or other securities to evidence loans or other obligations or to fund or refund outstanding securities, or any combination thereof, as the board may determine.
(b) No other act or law with regard to the authorization or issuance of securities or the exercise of any other power herein granted that requires an approval, or in any way impedes or restricts the carrying out of the acts herein authorized to be done shall be construed as applying to any proceedings taken under or acts done pursuant to this act, except as herein otherwise provided.
(c) The powers conferred by this act shall be in addition and supplemental to, and not in substitution for, and the limitations imposed by this act shall not affect the powers conferred by, any other law.
(d) Nothing contained in this act shall be construed as preventing the exercise of any power granted to the board or to the university acting by and through the board, or any officer, agent or employee thereof, by any other law.
(e) No part of this act repeals or affects any other law or part thereof, it being intended that this act shall provide a separate method of accomplishing its objectives and not an exclusive one.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 18 - Community Colleges › Article 1 - Generally › Section 21-18-103 - Transfer of Property From Existing to Newly Established Community College District; Indebtedness and Obligations to Pass to New College District.

21-18-103. Transfer of property from existing to newly established community college district; indebtedness and obligations to pass to new college district.
Whenever a community college district is established and created and includes territory comprising a community college district already supporting and operating a community college, the board of trustees of the existing community college district shall immediately, by proper conveyance, transfer unto the new community college district all of the assets, both real and personal, used in the operation of, or in any manner connected with, the former college. The property shall become the property of the new college district and any and all indebtedness or obligations, in any manner created, in relation to the property so transferred shall automatically, by operation of law, become the indebtedness or obligations of the new college district as if originally created by action of the new college district.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 18 - Community Colleges › Article 1 - Generally › Section 21-18-104 - Small Business Development Centers.

21-18-104. Small business development centers.
The small business development centers shall be operated by the University of Wyoming. The university shall specify the organizational structure of the network of centers in consultation with the Wyoming business council created by W.S. 9-12-103. The university shall integrate the operations of the centers with the Wyoming business council to the fullest extent permitted by federal law.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 18 - Community Colleges › Article 1 - Generally › Section 21-18-105 - Budget Authority.

21-18-105. Budget authority.
(a) The community college commission shall include in its budget request funding for Wyoming public television.
(i) Repealed by Laws 1995, ch. 20, 2.
(ii) Repealed by Laws 1995, ch. 20, 2.
(iii) Repealed By Laws 2000, Ch. 33, 2.
(iv) Repealed By Laws 1997, ch. 178, 2.
(b) The central Wyoming community college district board shall oversee the operations of Wyoming public television. The board shall assist Wyoming public television to provide educational, cultural and informational programming to the residents of this state.
(c) In addition to subsection (a) of this section, the community college commission shall administer and shall include in its budget request funding for the following programs:
(i) Adult basic education program; and
(ii) High school equivalency certification program.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 18 - Community Colleges › Article 2 - Community College Commission › Section 21-18-201 - Community College Commission; Created; Composition; Removal.

21-18-201. Community college commission; created; composition; removal.
(a) The Wyoming community college commission is created.
(b) The commission consists of seven (7) appointed members:
(i) Repealed By Laws 2000, Ch. 73, 3.
(ii) No less than three (3) nor more than four (4) appointed members shall be from counties in which a community college district is located;
(iii) No more than seventy-five percent (75%) of the members shall be from the same political party.
(c) The governor and the state superintendent of public instruction are ex officio nonvoting members of the commission.
(d) Appointments to the commission shall be made by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. Vacancies shall be filled by the governor as provided by W.S. 28-12-101. Commission members shall not be employees or trustees of a community college district. All terms of appointment shall be for four (4) years except appointments to fill unexpired terms. No person shall be appointed for more than two (2) full four (4) year terms plus any portion of a term served while filling a vacancy. The governor may remove any commission member as provided in W.S. 9-1-202.
(e) A chairman and officers of the commission shall be elected biennially by the commission from its members.
(f) The members of the commission shall be paid per diem and travel expenses while attending commission meetings at the same rate allowed members of the legislature. The commission shall meet at least four (4) times each fiscal year.
(g) Any commissioner who does not attend at least fifty percent (50%) of scheduled commission meetings during any year commencing from the date of appointment is automatically removed from office. The director of the commission shall certify the name of any commissioner who has not attended at least fifty percent (50%) of scheduled meetings during each appointment year to the governor who shall appoint a successor to fill the vacancy within two (2) weeks from the date of certification.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 18 - Community Colleges › Article 2 - Community College Commission › Section 21-18-203 - Budget Procedure.

21-18-203. Budget procedure.
(a) In collaboration with the boards of the community colleges, the commission shall submit state appropriation requests on behalf of the community college system in compliance with the statewide community college system strategic plan. The standard budget request submitted by the commission for state aid to community colleges under W.S. 21-18-205 for the fiscal biennium commencing July 1, 2020 and every four years thereafter, shall be equal to the amount defined in W.S. 9-2-1002(a)(ix). A request for an enrollment adjustment to the standard budget for state aid to community colleges shall be submitted every four (4) years commencing in the fiscal biennium beginning July 1, 2018. The enrollment adjustment shall be based solely upon the calculation under subsection (e) of this section. The budget requests shall be made upon forms and in a format to be determined by the state budget department.
(b) Repealed By Laws 2000, Ch. 33, 2.
(c) To facilitate its appropriation request, the community college commission shall hold at least one (1) budget hearing for the community colleges.
(d) Repealed By Laws 2000, Ch. 73, 3.
(e) An enrollment adjustment request shall be based upon changes in annual weighted average enrollment and only for variable costs. An enrollment adjustment request for a percentage increase or decrease to a standard budget base amount for annual weighted average enrollment shall be calculated as follows:
(i) The variable cost percentage determined pursuant to W.S. 21-18-205(c) multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the difference in the annual weighted average enrollment for the three (3) most recent academic years and the annual weighted average enrollment at the time of last enrollment adjustment request submitted pursuant to this subsection, the denominator of which is the annual weighted average enrollment at the time of the last enrollment adjustment request submitted pursuant to this subsection;
(ii) The standard budget enrollment adjustment request submitted for the fiscal biennium commencing July 1, 2018 shall apply the formula in paragraph (i) of this subsection, with the substitution of annual weighted average enrollment for fiscal years 2013, 2014 and 2015 in lieu of the "annual weighted average enrollment at the time of the last enrollment adjustment request submitted pursuant to this subsection";
(iii) Any funding increase or decrease as determined by the state legislature shall be distributed in proportion to the funding amounts determined in W.S. 21-18-205(c).
(f) In preparing the estimates under W.S. 9-3-210(c), the community college commission shall submit an exception budget request for health insurance funding needs related to the addition of any benefitted positions created during the preceding fiscal year at the colleges in the commission's budget request for the subsequent fiscal year.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 18 - Community Colleges › Article 2 - Community College Commission › Section 21-18-204 - Commission and Districts Subject to Public Records Provisions; Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures Act.

21-18-204. Commission and districts subject to public records provisions; Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures Act.
(a) The commission and the community college districts are subject to the provisions of W.S. 16-4-201 through 16-4-205.
(b) The community college districts are subject to the provisions of the Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures Act. Audits for each community college required by W.S. 16-4-121 shall be performed by independent auditors selected by the college. The audits shall be conducted in accordance with guidelines set forth in W.S. 9-1-507. The independent auditors shall submit audit findings to the college board of trustees, the commission and the state budget department. Questions by the commission regarding audits shall be submitted to the community colleges for response.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 18 - Community Colleges › Article 2 - Community College Commission › Section 21-18-206 - Paying Out Appropriations by Warrants Drawn Upon Vouchers.

21-18-206. Paying out appropriations by warrants drawn upon vouchers.
The state treasurer shall pay out state appropriations for community colleges on warrants drawn by the auditor of the state upon vouchers issued and signed by the director of the commission.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 18 - Community Colleges › Article 3 - Community College Districts › Section 21-18-301 - Community College District to Be Body Corporate; Name.

21-18-301. Community college district to be body corporate; name.
Each community college district which is formed under this act is a body corporate by the name and style of ".... Community College District, State of Wyoming", the blank space to contain the chosen name of the district, and in that name the district may hold property and be a party to suits and contracts.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 18 - Community Colleges › Article 3 - Community College Districts › Section 21-18-302 - District Board Generally; Quorum; Organization; Officers.

21-18-302. District board generally; quorum; organization; officers.
(a) Within thirty (30) days after the election establishing the community college district and its initial board, and on or about December 1 each year thereafter, the board shall meet and organize by electing one (1) of its members as president, one (1) as treasurer, and one (1) as secretary. The president shall preside at all meetings of the board except that a temporary chairman may be selected by the board in his absence. The secretary shall keep the minutes and proceedings of all board meetings and the treasurer shall receive all funds payable to the district and disburse them on the order of the board.
(b) A majority of the community college district board members constitutes a quorum for the transaction of all business but a minimum of three (3) concurring votes is required to decide any question.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 18 - Community Colleges › Article 3 - Community College Districts › Section 21-18-306 - Bonds of Officers and Employees.

21-18-306. Bonds of officers and employees.
The community college district may require each officer and employee whose duty it is to handle funds or property of the district to be bonded under a suitable bond indemnifying the district against loss. The board shall determine the amount and the type of the bond.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 18 - Community Colleges › Article 3 - Community College Districts › Section 21-18-308 - Number of Board Members; Election; Subdistricts; Apportionment.

21-18-308. Number of board members; election; subdistricts; apportionment.
(a) Each community college district board shall consist of seven (7) members to be elected as provided by law.
(b) The community college district board may by resolution partition the community college district into election subdistricts to provide for representation on the district board in accordance with population. Where population figures permit, monetary evaluation and geographic factors may be considered in determining subdistricts.
(c) The community college district board shall by resolution designate the number of members of the district board which shall be elected from each election subdistrict if any, in accordance with the population of the community college district and the respective election subdistricts.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 18 - Community Colleges › Article 3 - Community College Districts › Section 21-18-309 - First Regular Election of Board; Fiscal Year.

21-18-309. First regular election of board; fiscal year.
The first regular election of a community college district board shall not be held until the date of the second succeeding general election that follows the election establishing the community college district and its initial board. The terms of the members elected at the first regular election shall begin as provided by W.S. 22-22-102(a) with the four (4) candidates receiving the highest number of votes serving four (4) year terms and the candidates receiving the next three (3) highest number of votes serving two (2) year terms. The fiscal year of each community college district shall begin on July 1 of each year and shall end on June 30 of the following year.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 18 - Community Colleges › Article 3 - Community College Districts › Section 21-18-315 - Bond Issues; Refunding.

21-18-315. Bond issues; refunding.
(a) Any bonds issued by any community college district may be refunded, without an election, by the district which issued the bonds, in the name of the district, but subject to the provisions concerning their payment and to any other contractual limitations in the proceedings authorizing their issuance or otherwise appertaining thereto, for any of the following purposes:
(i) To extend the maturities of outstanding bonds for which payment is in arrears, or which there is not, or it is certain that there will not be, sufficient money to pay the principal or interest on outstanding bonds as due;
(ii) To reduce interest costs or effecting other economies;
(iii) To reorganize all or any part of the outstanding bonds of the district in order to equalize tax levies;
(iv) To refund any bonds which were issued payable from a limited mill levy.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 18 - Community Colleges › Article 3 - Community College Districts › Section 21-18-317 - Authority to Provide Educational Program; Scope and Approval of Program.

21-18-317. Authority to provide educational program; scope and approval of program.
The community college district board of any community college in this state may provide an educational program in the field of nursing. The educational program shall be of the duration and intensity as may be deemed appropriate by the community college district board and the Wyoming state board of nursing and shall lead to an associate degree in nursing and prepare each student for licensure as provided by law. Approval of the Wyoming state board of nursing is required prior to the establishment of the nursing education.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 18 - Community Colleges › Article 4 - Wyoming Works Program › Section 21-18-402 - Definitions.

21-18-402. Definitions.
(a) As used in this article:
(i) "Academic term" means the fall semester or term, the spring semester or term, summer school, or other defined period of time within a term or semester in which the approved credential program or course is offered. In this article, "term" and "semester" have the same meaning. If an approved credential program or course encompasses a defined period of less than a full semester or term the beginning of the defined period shall be considered the beginning of the term or semester for that program or course;
(ii) "College" or "community college" means an institution established under the Wyoming Community College System Code;
(iii) "Commission" means the Wyoming community college commission;
(iv) "Consortium" means two (2) or more colleges sharing or jointly delivering credential programs in more than one (1) geographic location, by sharing resources or otherwise collaborating in order to more efficiently provide access to credential programs for students;
(v) "Cost of attendance" means the sum cost of tuition, mandatory fees, room and board, books and supplies, travel and personal expenses to attend a community college as determined annually by the college in accordance with W.S. 21-18-404(b);
(vi) "Credential" means a license, permit, certificate or other government or industry recognized qualification for working in a trade or occupation in this state, including, but not limited to, drivers of commercial motor vehicles, welders, machine shop operators or other workforce training programs. College academic credit and an applied science degree or certificate may be earned in a credential program, but college academic credit shall not be a requirement for a credential program;
(vii) "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, all as determined by the community college. The college shall use the most recent federal free application for federal student aid form to determine expected family contribution and shall do so annually in accordance with W.S. 21-18-404.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 18 - Community Colleges › Article 4 - Wyoming Works Program › Section 21-18-403 - Wyoming Works Program Created; Eligibility Requirements.

21-18-403. Wyoming works program created; eligibility requirements.
(a) There is created the Wyoming works program for Wyoming community college students.
(b) Under the Wyoming works program, subject to the availability of funds as determined by the legislature, the state may provide grant funds pursuant to this article on behalf of an eligible student who has been accepted by and enrolled in a community college to pursue a credential program approved by the commission for the Wyoming works program, who has demonstrated Wyoming residency as determined by the community college at which the student is enrolled and who is not ineligible under subsection (c) of this section. No college shall require a high school diploma or high school equivalency certificate as a prerequisite for admission to a credential program funded in whole or in part with monies under this article, unless the credential program is included within a college academic credit program requiring the diploma or equivalency certificate and the college provides the student assistance in achieving the diploma or equivalency certificate.
(c) No student shall be eligible for a grant under this article for more than six (6) academic terms. A student is not eligible for a grant under this article if he:
(i) 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;
(ii) Has not complied with United States selective service system requirements for registration, if the requirements are applicable to the student;
(iii) Is in default on a federal Title IV education loan. Nothing in this paragraph prohibits a student who is otherwise eligible for a grant under this article and has fully repaid a defaulted loan or is no longer in default, from receiving a grant for future academic terms;
(iv) 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. Nothing in this paragraph prohibits a student who is otherwise eligible for a grant under this article and has fully paid the refund owed, from receiving a grant for future academic terms;
(v) For continued enrollment in a credential program if he fails to make satisfactory academic progress as required for the credential program by commission rule;
(vi) Is currently receiving a scholarship under the Hathaway scholarship program established in W.S. 21-16-1301 through 21-16-1311.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 18 - Community Colleges › Article 4 - Wyoming Works Program › Section 21-18-404 - Student Grants; Amounts.

21-18-404. Student grants; amounts.
There shall be made available student grants under the Wyoming works program. The grant amount shall not exceed the amount provided for two (2) semesters under the Hathaway provisional opportunity scholarship pursuant to W.S. 21-16-1305(a)(i)(A), in any one (1) academic year, unless the credential program is in an economic sector determined by the commission to fulfill a critical workforce need. For credential programs in such economic sectors, the grant amount shall not exceed the amount provided for two (2) semesters under the Hathaway honor scholarship pursuant to W.S. 21-16-1304(a)(iii)(A) in any one (1) academic year. One-half (1/2) of the annual award shall be provided to the student at each fall and spring academic term of qualification, unless the credential program or course is for a defined period of less than a full semester or the student elects to reserve any portion of the annual award for attendance at a subsequent summer school term. For credential programs of one (1) term or less, cost of attendance and unmet financial need shall be calculated on a projected annual basis, but the annual award amount shall be provided in full in the term of attendance, on a prorated basis.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 18 - Community Colleges › Article 4 - Wyoming Works Program › Section 21-18-406 - Student Grant Limitations.

21-18-406. Student grant limitations.
To the extent a student grant under this article would, when combined with any grant or scholarship from a student financial aid program administered through the state or any state institution, in any academic term exceed the cost of attendance at the community college, the grant under this article shall be reduced by the amount necessary to not exceed the cost of attendance. The commission shall by rule require that student grant funds under this article shall be provided for unmet financial need and only after all other public or private grants, scholarship or other financial aid available for the student's enrollment in the credential program have been applied.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 18 - Community Colleges › Article 4 - Wyoming Works Program › Section 21-18-408 - Accounts Created.

21-18-408. Accounts created.
(a) The Wyoming works program account is created. The account shall consist of funds appropriated by the legislature, gifts and grants accepted by the state and such other funds as directed by law. Monies within the account are continuously appropriated to the commission for distribution to colleges as provided in this article. Interest and other earnings on funds within the account shall be credited to the account. Unexpended and unencumbered monies within the account at the end of each fiscal year shall not lapse but shall remain in the account.
(b) The Wyoming works student grant account is created. The account shall consist of funds appropriated by the legislature, gifts and grants accepted by the state and such other funds as directed by law. Monies within the account are continuously appropriated to the commission for distribution as provided in this article. Interest and other earnings on funds within the account shall be credited to the account. Unexpended and unencumbered monies within the account at the end of each fiscal year shall not lapse but shall remain in the account.
(c) Appropriated state funds within the Wyoming works student grant account and within the Wyoming works program account shall be accounted for separately from all other funds within each account.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 18 - Community Colleges › Article 4 - Wyoming Works Program › Section 21-18-409 - Legislative Oversight and Authority; Reporting.

21-18-409. Legislative oversight and authority; reporting.
(a) Nothing in this article shall be construed to constitute an entitlement to a grant established and funded by the legislature. Wyoming works grants 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.
(b) The Wyoming community college commission shall report to the legislature by October 1 of each year the colleges, programs, industries and total number of students served by the Wyoming works program in the preceding school year. The report shall specify the funding provided to each college from the Wyoming works student grant account and the Wyoming works program account. The commission may require information from each college as necessary to provide the report required by this section.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 19 - Higher Education Retirement › Section 21-19-102 - Authorization of Supplemental Retirement Plan; Conditions for Participation.

21-19-102. Authorization of supplemental retirement plan; conditions for participation.
(a) Except as provided in subsections (b), (c) and (d) of this section, the governing body of any lawfully established community college or of the University of Wyoming may establish and administer a retirement plan for the benefit of certain employees of its institution by the use of a portion of the employer and employee contributions required under the provisions of the Wyoming Retirement Act.
(b) Except for participation on and after January 1, 1994, pursuant to subsection (d) of this section, any employee who is initially employed by an institution after June 30, 1985, shall elect to participate in either the institution's retirement plan or the Wyoming retirement system but shall not participate in any manner in both retirement plans.
(c) Prior to January 1, 1994, any employee participating in a retirement plan pursuant to this chapter but who is not a member of the Wyoming retirement system, by written notice to his employer, may elect to discontinue participation under the institution's plan and become a member of the Wyoming retirement system, or if an employee is participating in the Wyoming retirement system as a limited member, he may elect to transfer his limited contributions and matching employer contributions, plus regular interest, from the Wyoming retirement system to one (1) of the plans authorized by this section.
(d) Prior to January 1, 1994, any employee of an institution shall elect to participate in either the retirement plan offered by the employing institution or the Wyoming retirement system. Each employee shall prior to January 1, 1994, provide written notice to the employing institution and the Wyoming retirement board of his election under this subsection. If an employee fails to notify the employing institution which retirement plan he selects, the institution shall notify the retirement board of this omission and the retirement board shall serve notice on the employee by registered mail return receipt requested that participation in the retirement system shall be cancelled effective January 1, 1994. All retirement contributions made on and after January 1, 1994 by any employee, together with matching employer contributions on his behalf, shall be made to the elected plan. An election pursuant to this subsection is irrevocable during the remainder of an employee's working career as a public employee.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 19 - Higher Education Retirement › Section 21-19-103 - Contributions Generally.

21-19-103. Contributions generally.
(a) Except as provided under W.S. 21-19-102(d), the terms and conditions of the Wyoming Retirement Act shall remain effective as to all employees of the institution except that any required employer and employee contributions thereunder which are based upon an employee's annual salary rate in excess of six thousand six hundred dollars ($6,600.00) may be paid for the benefit of the employee in accordance with the institution's retirement plan. The payments of employer and employee contributions shall be in lieu of a portion of payments to the Wyoming retirement account, and the full amount of payments is subject to management and disposition in accordance with contractual rights and obligations of the institution's retirement plan. Any retirement plan shall provide that:
(i) Any employee whose annual salary rate is less than eight thousand six hundred dollars ($8,600.00), or who is sixty (60) years of age or more at the time an institutional retirement plan becomes effective or his annual salary rate exceeds eight thousand six hundred dollars ($8,600.00), shall have the option to have all employer and employee contributions paid to the Wyoming retirement account;
(ii) All employees whose annual salary rate exceeds eight thousand six hundred dollars ($8,600.00) shall have all employer and employee contributions based upon an annual salary rate in excess of six thousand six hundred dollars ($6,600.00) paid in accordance with the institution's retirement plan.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 19 - Higher Education Retirement › Section 21-19-104 - Retirement Annuity Policies.

21-19-104. Retirement annuity policies.
Any retirement plan established pursuant to W.S. 21-19-102 shall provide for the purchase of retirement annuity policies for the contributing employees. Rights and benefits of the annuity contracts shall vest in the employee. Annuity contracts may be made transferable from one (1) institution to another and provide acceptance of service of process by the issuer of the policy within the home state of the policyholder.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 19 - Higher Education Retirement › Section 21-19-105 - Rules and Regulations; Further Provisions as to Contributions.

21-19-105. Rules and regulations; further provisions as to contributions.
The governing body shall make rules and regulations necessary and appropriate for administration of the plan and for the performance of its functions under W.S. 21-19-101 through 21-19-106. Except as provided under W.S. 21-19-102(d), a retirement plan may require a minimum dollar contribution by employees whose annual salary rate is less than eight thousand six hundred dollars ($8,600.00), and may permit employees to make voluntary additional contributions to be withheld from salary payments and paid into the retirement plan for the employee's benefit. In no event shall the total employer contribution to the Wyoming retirement account and the institution's retirement plan exceed the amount that may be authorized by the Wyoming Retirement Act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 20 - Cooperative Educational Services › Article 1 - In General › Section 21-20-102 - Purpose.

21-20-102. Purpose.
The purpose of this act is to provide a method whereby school districts and community college districts or any combination may work together and cooperate to provide educational services, including but not limited to postsecondary education, career and technical education, adult education and services for children with disabilities, when the services can be more effectively provided through a cooperative effort. Educational services provided under this act by or in cooperation with public schools shall be subject to the standards for educational programs imposed under W.S. 21-9-101 and 21-9-102, and by rule and regulation of the state board.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 20 - Cooperative Educational Services › Article 1 - In General › Section 21-20-103 - Definitions.

21-20-103. Definitions.
(a) As used in this act:
(i) "Assessed value" means the total assessed value of the member school district or community college district;
(ii) "Board of trustees" means the board of trustees of any school district within the state or the community college district board of any community college within the state;
(iii) "Post secondary education" means education programs offered by any accredited Wyoming college, the University of Wyoming or any accredited college or university outside of Wyoming if services are unavailable in Wyoming;
(iv) "This act" means W.S. 21-20-101 through 21-20-112.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 20 - Cooperative Educational Services › Article 1 - In General › Section 21-20-104 - Board of Cooperative Educational Services; Generally.

21-20-104. Board of cooperative educational services; generally.
(a) If two (2) or more boards of trustees desire to establish a board of cooperative services for the purpose of providing cooperative educational services and if the services can be provided more effectively through a cooperative effort, the boards of trustees of the interested districts, a majority of whose members respectively vote in favor of doing so, may enter into an agreement to form a board of cooperative educational services. The agreement shall specify among other things the length of term of the agreement, the rights, responsibilities and obligations of each participating district, the types of services to be rendered, the procedure for the establishment of additional services and the procedure for the inclusion of additional districts within the cooperative educational services program. The agreement shall also provide a method for the amendment and dissolution of the agreement with the consent of each participating district. Any agreement to form a board of cooperative educational services entered into between the participating districts shall be approved by the state board of education.
(b) The boards of trustees agreeing to participate in the board of cooperative educational services shall appoint members of the participating boards of trustees to a board of cooperative educational services. The appointed board shall be composed of not less than five (5) nor more than nine (9) members unless there are more than nine (9) districts participating in which event each participating district shall have one (1) member. Each participating board of trustees shall have at least one (1) member appointed to the board of cooperative educational services. The terms of office of each of the members of the board of cooperative educational services shall be coterminous with their respective terms of office upon their boards of trustees. As the terms of office expire, or as vacancies occur, new members of the board of cooperative educational services shall be appointed by the board of trustees of the participating district.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 20 - Cooperative Educational Services › Article 1 - In General › Section 21-20-105 - Board of Cooperative Educational Services; Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Clerk and Treasurer; Meetings.

21-20-105. Board of cooperative educational services; chairman, vice-chairman, clerk and treasurer; meetings.
At its first meeting, the members of the board of cooperative educational services elected as set forth in W.S. 21-20-104(b) shall proceed to elect from their membership a chairman, a vice-chairman, a clerk, and a treasurer, whose terms of office shall be for one (1) year unless their terms of office as school board members expire earlier. The duties of the chairman, vice-chairman, clerk and treasurer of the board of cooperative educational services shall be the same as the duties provided by law for similar offices of boards of trustees of school districts within this state insofar as they are applicable. Except as specifically provided herein, meetings of the board of cooperative educational services shall be called, held and conducted as provided by law for the meeting of the boards of trustees of school districts within this state. Notwithstanding W.S. 21-3-110(a)(iv), the board of cooperative educational services shall meet quarterly and at other times as may be desirable upon call of the chairman. The board shall not be required to meet at least one (1) time per month.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 20 - Cooperative Educational Services › Article 1 - In General › Section 21-20-106 - Cost of Facilities, Equipment and Services.

21-20-106. Cost of facilities, equipment and services.
Except as provided under W.S. 21-20-110(g) for revenues generated from any additional special school district tax, the costs of facilities, equipment and services performed under the direction of the board of cooperative educational services shall be financed by participating districts on a basis agreed upon by the boards of trustees of the participating districts.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 20 - Cooperative Educational Services › Article 1 - In General › Section 21-20-107 - Powers and Duties of Board of Cooperative Educational Services.

21-20-107. Powers and duties of board of cooperative educational services.
(a) Each board of trustees of cooperative educational services shall:
(i) Prescribe and enforce rules, regulations and policies for its own government and for the government of the services and affairs under its jurisdiction which are consistent with the laws of the state;
(ii) Keep minutes of all meetings at which official action is taken and a record of all official acts which are public records;
(iii) Be responsible for such programs and services as shall be provided by joint agreement of the boards of trustees involved in the cooperative educational programs;
(iv) Administer and abide by the terms of the agreement or agreements entered into by the participating districts.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 20 - Cooperative Educational Services › Article 1 - In General › Section 21-20-108 - Powers and Duties of Board of Cooperative Educational Services; Property; Contracts; Gifts, Grants, Bequests or Devises; Employment and Discharge of Personnel; Expenses; Bonding of Employees.

21-20-108. Powers and duties of board of cooperative educational services; property; contracts; gifts, grants, bequests or devises; employment and discharge of personnel; expenses; bonding of employees.
(a) Each board of trustees of cooperative educational services may:
(i) Hold, convey, lease, rent and manage property;
(ii) Except as provided by paragraph (a)(iii) of this section, contract for educational and related services with any other agency;
(iii) Contract for post secondary education services with any accredited Wyoming college or the University of Wyoming or if services are unavailable in Wyoming, with an accredited college or university outside of Wyoming;
(iv) Accept or reject any federal or other gift, grant, bequest or devise;
(v) Discharge any employee;
(vi) Employ any personnel needed to perform the services for which the board of cooperative services is formed;
(vii) Receive and spend funds and provide for the necessary expenses of the board incurred in the exercise of its powers and performance of its duties;
(viii) Require any employee responsible for funds or property of the board to be bonded under suitable bond indemnifying the board against loss, for an amount and of a type determined by the board;
(ix) Provide insurance under the state employees' and officials' group insurance plan pursuant to W.S. 9-3-201(e), for board 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 board of cooperative educational services shall report to the department of administration and information as specified by W.S. 9-3-201(e) 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. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to limit the board's authority to provide insurance for its employees as otherwise provided by law.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 20 - Cooperative Educational Services › Article 1 - In General › Section 21-20-109 - Special School District Tax for Board of Cooperative Educational Services; Election Not Required; Determination of Levy Amount.

21-20-109. Special school district tax for board of cooperative educational services; election not required; determination of levy amount.
(a) For the purpose of maintaining programs offered by a board of cooperative educational services, the school districts comprising the board may levy a special school district tax not to exceed one-half (1/2) mill on the assessed value of the member districts. The vote of the electors within the member districts shall not be required for the tax levy.
(b) The amount of the mill levy shall be determined on the basis of a predetermined formula based upon a participating district's total enrollment, ascertained by the board and ratified by at least three-fourths (3/4) of the participating boards. The assessment shall raise only the necessary funds to meet the financial requirements of programs and services offered.
(c) Repealed by Laws 1989, ch. 248, 2, 3.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 20 - Cooperative Educational Services › Article 1 - In General › Section 21-20-111 - Special School District Taxes; in Addition to Existing District Tax Limitations; Distribution of Tax Revenues; Withdrawal From Participation.

21-20-111. Special school district taxes; in addition to existing district tax limitations; distribution of tax revenues; withdrawal from participation.
(a) Any special school district tax imposed under W.S. 21-20-109 and any additional special school district tax imposed under W.S. 21-20-110 shall be in addition to the tax limitations imposed under W.S. 21-13-102.
(b) Revenues generated from any special school district tax levy imposed under W.S. 21-20-109 and 21-20-110 shall be distributed to the appropriate board of cooperative educational services and shall be deducted from the total operating costs when assessing tuition and maintenance costs for participating districts. In addition and in accordance with W.S. 21-20-110(g), revenues generated under any additional tax levied under W.S. 21-20-110 shall be restricted to necessary operating expenses connected with maintaining post secondary education services.
(c) One (1) year advance notice shall be provided by any participating school district board of trustees before withdrawing from funding any cooperative educational services.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 20 - Cooperative Educational Services › Article 1 - In General › Section 21-20-112 - Authority to Act as a Local Education Agency.

21-20-112. Authority to act as a local education agency.
(a) Any board of cooperative educational services authorized to operate pursuant to W.S. 21-20-102 may act as a local education agency for participating school districts that choose to apply for, receive or administer a grant through a grant program created by a federal or state statute or program. The provisions of this section shall not apply to federal formula grant moneys unless allowed by the "Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965", P.L. 89-10.
(b) A board of cooperative educational services authorized to operate pursuant to W.S. 21-20-102 may apply for federal or state moneys only with the approval of two (2) or more of the participating districts that have expressly agreed to participate in a grant application through votes of the boards of trustees of the districts. If a board of cooperative educational services applies for state or federal grant moneys on behalf of participating districts, the participating districts are not eligible to apply for the same state or federal grant moneys. If a participating district does not elect to participate in a grant application, that district is not precluded from applying for the same state or federal grant moneys as an individual district.
(c) The department of education shall treat boards of cooperative educational services as local education agencies for purposes of this section only and allow them to apply for all federal and state grant moneys for which they are eligible.
(d) State agencies may inform boards of cooperative educational services of federal and state grant moneys for which they may apply.
(e) An eligible grantee or consortium of grantees may designate a board of cooperative educational services as the fiscal manager for a state or federal grant. The grantee or consortium of grantees remains responsible for ensuring that all the requirements of the grant are met.
(f) The department of education may promulgate rules to establish processes and guidelines for a board of cooperative educational services to apply for state or federal grant moneys pursuant to this section.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 21 - Cooperative Teacher Education › Section 21-21-102 - Authority to Enter Into Agreements.

21-21-102. Authority to enter into agreements.
(a) The board of trustees of each school district may enter into written, contractual agreements, or arrangements with any college or university to provide field experiences in teacher education. Field experiences include all activities incurred within the district by a regularly enrolled student in any phase of the teacher education program of the institution regardless of the title of his position.
(b) Each agreement or arrangement shall set out the rights and responsibilities of the cooperating school districts, teacher preparation institutions, students and other participation personnel.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 21 - Education › Chapter 21 - Cooperative Teacher Education › Section 21-21-103 - Payment of Cost From Public Funds.

21-21-103. Payment of cost from public funds.
(a) The respective governing boards of state colleges and universities may provide the contracting school district boards of trustees with tuition waivers to be used by the teachers of that district at any college in the state or for any workshop endorsed by the cooperating college or university.
(b) School districts may, by mutual consent of the parties to the agreement, provide compensation to supervisors to students of teaching.