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Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 206 - Education, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0002 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 39 - DRIVER EDUCATION PROGRAM APPROVAL › Section 39-8 - Program Approval Procedure and Application

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Program
				Approval Procedure.
(i) No high school,
				private school, community college, board of cooperative services, community
				education program, home-based educational program, parent based driver
				education program, or driver education school shall issue a certificate of
				completion from a driver education program for purposes of
				W.S.
				31-7-108(a) unless the
				program has first been reviewed by the Wyoming Department of Education and
				issued a certificate of approval.
(ii) A driver education program shall apply
				for a certificate of approval by submitting, on a form approved by the Wyoming
				Department of Education, evidence that their instructors, curriculum and
				program structure meets the requirements of these rules.
(iii) An approved driver education program
				meets all of the requirements of Section
				5
				Classroom Phase, Section
				6
				Laboratory Phase, and Section
				7
				Minimum Hourly Requirements above.
(iv) A home based education or parent based
				driver education program shall meet the minimum hourly requirements as set
				forth in these rules. A computer based classroom program can be used to meet
				the classroom time requirements. The required observation time can be met by
				documenting observation time with a parent or legal guardian.
(v) Program approval shall be valid for three
				(3) years or until the instructor changes or the curriculum substantially
				changes.
(vi) This sub-section
				shall apply to all classes begun after August 15, 2006.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 206 - Education, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0002 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 40 - STATEWIDE ADMINISTRATION OF A SINGLE COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION AND JOB SKILLS ASSESSMENT TEST › Section 40-1 - Authority

Current through July 13, 2024
These rules are promulgated by the Wyoming Department of
				  Education pursuant to W.S. §
									
										21-2-202(a)(xxx) and W.S.
				  §
									
										21-3-110(a)(xxix).
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 206 - Education, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0002 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 40 - STATEWIDE ADMINISTRATION OF A SINGLE COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION AND JOB SKILLS ASSESSMENT TEST › Section 40-2 - Applicability

Current through July 13, 2024
These rules govern the administration of a statewide
				  standardized curriculum-based achievement college entrance examination and a
				  job skills assessment test to all students in the eleventh grade throughout the
				  state.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 206 - Education, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0002 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 40 - STATEWIDE ADMINISTRATION OF A SINGLE COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION AND JOB SKILLS ASSESSMENT TEST › Section 40-3 - Promulgation, Amendment or Repeal of Rules

Current through July 13, 2024
The promulgation, amendment or repeal of these rules shall
				  become effective as provided by the Wyoming Administrative Procedures Act (W.S.
				  §
									
										16-3-101 through W.S. §
									
										16-3-115 ) and when signed by the Governor
				  and filed with the Secretary of State.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 206 - Education, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0002 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 40 - STATEWIDE ADMINISTRATION OF A SINGLE COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION AND JOB SKILLS ASSESSMENT TEST › Section 40-5 - Eligibility

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Any public school student deemed by his
				or her school district to be an eleventh-grade student anytime during the same
				school year as the statewide test and who will be under the age of twenty-one
				(21) as of the statewide testing date shall be required to take either the
				single college entrance examination (ACT) or job skills assessment test
				(WorkKeys) one (1) time at no cost to the student.
(b) Non-public school students who reside
				within a Wyoming public school district are eligible to take either the single
				college entrance examination (ACT) or job skills assessment test (WorkKeys) one
				(1) time at no cost to the student. These students must be deemed by their
				resident school district to be an eleventh-grade student anytime during the
				same school year as the statewide test and be under the age of twenty-one (21)
				as of the statewide testing date.
(c) Only students considered as
				eleventh-grade students at some point during the same school year as the
				statewide test and under the age of twenty-one (21) as of the statewide testing
				date are allowed to participate in the statewide administration of the ACT or
				WorkKeys.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 206 - Education, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0002 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 40 - STATEWIDE ADMINISTRATION OF A SINGLE COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION AND JOB SKILLS ASSESSMENT TEST › Section 40-6 - Testing of Public School Students

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) All public
				school students determined by their resident school district as being eligible
				eleventh-grade students shall be required to participate in the statewide
				administration of the ACT or WorkKeys.
(b) Students shall make the determination
				whether to take the ACT or WorkKeys assessment. Students may seek guidance from
				high school counselors in making this determination.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 206 - Education, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0002 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 40 - STATEWIDE ADMINISTRATION OF A SINGLE COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION AND JOB SKILLS ASSESSMENT TEST › Section 40-7 - Exemption of Public School Students from Testing

Current through July 13, 2024
(a)
				Students with an individual education plan (IEP) may be excused from statewide
				ACT or WorkKeys assessment if their parents or guardians submit a request for
				excusal to the test accommodations coordinator.
(b) Districts shall notify the parents or
				guardians of students who are potentially exempt from testing of the procedures
				and timelines needed to effect excusal.
(c) Upon receipt of a request of excusal from
				testing, the test accommodations coordinator shall respond to the parent or
				guardian when the request has been accepted.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 206 - Education, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0002 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 40 - STATEWIDE ADMINISTRATION OF A SINGLE COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION AND JOB SKILLS ASSESSMENT TEST › Section 40-9 - Administration of the Statewide Test

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The Department
				each year shall establish a single testing day for statewide administration of
				both the ACT and the WorkKeys. The date shall be posted on the Department
				website. The date shall be selected so that following receipt of scores,
				students may register for senior year classes which may be needed to allow the
				student to qualify for a state-provided scholarship.
(b) The Department, in conjunction with ACT,
				Inc., shall offer a single makeup ACT WorkKeys testing day for students
				verified as being unable to test on the initial statewide testing
				date.
(c) Students taking the ACT
				shall test in English, mathematics, reading, and science. Students wishing to
				additionally participate in the optional writing portion of the ACT cannot do
				so on the statewide testing date, nor is the state liable for the expense of
				this portion of the test.
(d)
				Students taking the WorkKeys shall test in applied math, reading for
				information, and locating information.
(e) The Department shall not reimburse school
				districts for costs incurred locally with administering the statewide ACT and
				WorkKeys assessment.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 206 - Education, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0002 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 40 - STATEWIDE ADMINISTRATION OF A SINGLE COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION AND JOB SKILLS ASSESSMENT TEST › Section 40-10 - Accommodations for the ACT

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) ACT test
				accommodations shall be considered for students with professionally diagnosed
				disabilities who are receiving special education services outlined in a current
				IEP or Section 504 Plan. Plans submitted to ACT, Inc. must support the need for
				all requested accommodations due to the student's disability. Accommodations
				shall be made in accordance with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C.A.
				701 et seq. and the applicable rules and regulations that relate to this Act
				and any subsequent amendments thereof, and the Individuals with Disabilities
				Education Act, 34 C.F.R., Part 300 and 301 and the applicable rules and
				regulations that relate to this Act and any subsequent amendments
				thereof.
(b) Test accommodations
				coordinators shall be responsible for communicating to students and their
				parents or guardians the timeline and procedures which need to be met for
				requesting test accommodations.
(c)
				Requests for accommodations to the ACT must be submitted directly by test
				accommodations coordinators to ACT, Inc. for eligibility
				determination.
(d) ACT, Inc. shall
				train test accommodations coordinators on detailed procedures for requesting
				ACT accommodations, including timelines, documentation needed, and all
				appropriate formats for submittal.
(e) The administration of test accommodations
				shall be supervised at each testing site by a test accommodations coordinator
				trained by ACT, Inc.
(f) A two
				(2)-week testing window shall be established for students approved by ACT, Inc.
				for specific types of accommodations to the ACT. The timeframe shall fall
				between the initial statewide testing date and the makeup statewide testing
				date.
(g) Students approved by ACT,
				Inc. for accommodations during the statewide administration of the ACT may also
				use the same approval from ACT, Inc. to apply the same accommodations in any
				repeat testing the student may pursue at his/her own expense. All procedures
				for registering for repeat testing and for requesting accommodations must be
				followed.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 206 - Education, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0002 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 40 - STATEWIDE ADMINISTRATION OF A SINGLE COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION AND JOB SKILLS ASSESSMENT TEST › Section 40-11 - Accommodations for the WorkKeys

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Requests for
				accommodations to the WorkKeys shall be submitted to test accommodations
				coordinators who shall evaluate and approve accommodations to the WorkKeys for
				students with professionally diagnosed disabilities who are receiving special
				education services outlined in a current IEP or Section 504 Plan. Plans must
				support the need for all requested accommodations due to the student's
				disability. Accommodations shall be made in accordance with the WorkKeys test
				supervisor manual, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C.A. 701 et seq. and
				the applicable rules and regulations that relate to this Act and any subsequent
				amendments thereof, and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 34
				C.F.R., Part 300 and 301 and the applicable rules and regulations that relate
				to this Act and any subsequent amendments thereof.
(b) Test accommodations coordinators shall be
				responsible for communicating to students and their parents or guardians the
				timeline and procedures which need to be met for requesting test
				accommodations.
(c) ACT, Inc. shall
				train test accommodations coordinators on procedures for requesting WorkKeys
				accommodations as required by the WorkKeys test supervisor manual, including
				timelines and documentation needed.
(d) Test accommodations coordinators shall
				hold accommodations for WorkKeys testing to the same standard used for the
				allowance of accommodations for the ACT.
(e) The administration of test accommodations
				shall be supervised at each testing site by a test accommodations coordinator
				trained by ACT, Inc.
(f) A two
				(2)-week testing window shall be established for students approved by districts
				for specific types of accommodations to the WorkKeys test. The timeframe shall
				fall between the initial statewide testing date and the makeup statewide
				testing date.
(g) Students approved
				by schools for accommodations during the statewide WorkKeys test may also use
				the same approval from the school to apply for the same accommodations for any
				repeat WorkKeys testing the student may pursue at his/her own expense. All
				procedures for registering for repeat testing and for requesting accommodations
				must be followed.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 206 - Education, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0002 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 40 - STATEWIDE ADMINISTRATION OF A SINGLE COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION AND JOB SKILLS ASSESSMENT TEST › Section 40-12 - Reporting of Scores

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The results of
				the ACT or WorkKeys shall be included on each student's high school transcript.
				This does not preclude the recording on the student's transcript of additional
				scores attained by the student from subsequent WorkKeys or ACT
				testing.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 206 - Education, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0002 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 40 - STATEWIDE ADMINISTRATION OF A SINGLE COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION AND JOB SKILLS ASSESSMENT TEST › Section 40-13 - Audit of Test Administration

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Testing sites
				may be visited on the designated test dates by unannounced observers from ACT,
				Inc.
(b) Arrangements with ACT,
				Inc. must be agreed upon and made in advance in order for Department or
				district personnel to visit test sites to observe testing.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 206 - Education, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0002 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 41 - Virtual Education › Section 41-1 - Authority

Current through July 13, 2024
These rules are promulgated by the Wyoming Department of
				  Education in consultation with the Wyoming State Board of Education and the
				  Wyoming Professional Teaching Standards Board under the authority of
				  WS
										21-2-202(a)(xxxi), W.S.
				  2113-330, and
				  W.S.
				  21-2-202(a)(i)
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 206 - Education, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0002 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 41 - Virtual Education › Section 41-3 - Wyoming Virtual Education Program

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The Department
				shall annually review and approve full-time and part-time virtual education
				programs, and the specific courses to be offered, which together shall
				constitute the Wyoming virtual education program.
(b) A district must seek approval to operate
				as a full-time virtual education provider, a part-time virtual education
				provider, or both a full- and part-time virtual education provider, regardless
				of whether the district intends to offer virtual education courses to students
				enrolled within the district or to students enrolled in other Wyoming
				districts, or both.
(c) Unless
				offering one or more virtual education courses as part of its educational
				program, a district is not required to seek approval to operate as a virtual
				education provider if one or more students enrolled in the district is
				concurrently enrolled with a district that is an approved virtual education
				provider.
(d) Subject to the
				requirements established in this rule, as well as other applicable state and
				local laws and regulations, a district that seeks approval as a full- or
				part-time virtual education program provider may do so with the intent to offer
				one or more virtual education courses of the following types:
(i) A course that meets the definition of
				virtual education pursuant to Section 2(l) of this rule and that is designed
				and delivered by the district utilizing a virtual education teacher employed by
				the district to provide course instruction;
(ii) A course that meets the definition of
				virtual education pursuant to Section 2(l) of this rule and that is procured
				from a vendor, which may be taught by a virtual education teacher provided by
				the vendor, and which may be a vendor operating in-state or out-of-state, or a
				Wyoming post-secondary institution;
(iii) A combination of district- and
				vendor-provided courses as described in paragraphs (i) and (ii)
				above.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 206 - Education, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0002 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 41 - Virtual Education › Section 41-4 - Wyoming Virtual Education Program Renewal and Updates

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Any full- or
				part-time virtual education program provider shall update the virtual education
				course calendar information and verify the accuracy of all other course
				components each year in accordance with the virtual education program update
				schedule established by the Department. Updates to course participation
				requirements will not be accepted for active virtual education courses that
				have students currently enrolled.
(b) Any virtual education program provider
				may request to remove any course offering or its entire program from the
				virtual education program catalog provided that none of the courses are active
				virtual education courses and the Department is immediately notified.
(c) Any virtual education program provider
				may update any component of its virtual education program application and
				submit it for evaluation.
(d) The
				Department shall remove any virtual education program provider from the Wyoming
				virtual education program if it loses accreditation or fails to comply with the
				policies outlined in these rules.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 206 - Education, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0002 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 41 - Virtual Education › Section 41-5 - Enrolling and Withdrawing Students

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Any student
				participating in one or more part-time virtual education courses shall remain
				enrolled in the district in which the student resides. This enrollment shall be
				considered primary enrollment as distinguished from any other enrollment
				arrangements. Unless specified as concurrent enrollment, the use of the term
				enrollment in this section means primary enrollment.
(b) After confirming the intention of the
				student to participate in any virtual education course(s) approved by the
				Department and offered by another Wyoming district that is an approved full- or
				part-time virtual education provider, the district shall have not more than
				five (5) business days to verify concurrent enrollment of the student with the
				full- or part-time virtual education provider and to enter into an agreement,
				as described in Section 9 of this rule, with the virtual education provider.
				Prior to completion of concurrent enrollment, a part-time virtual education
				provider shall be prohibited from collecting information from a prospective
				virtual education student without the consent of the district in which the
				student is enrolled.
(c) Any
				student, with the consent of a parent or legal guardian if required, who
				participate
s
in a full-time virtual education program
				offered by a district that is not the district in which the student resides may
				elect to no longer be enrolled in the district in which the student resides.
(i) If a student elects to enroll in the
				district that is offering the full-time virtual education program, the district
				in which the student resides shall:
(A)
				Confirm the intention of the student to enroll in a Department-approved
				full-time virtual education program;
(B) Withdraw the student from the district;
				and
(C) Confirm enrollment by the
				district that is the full-time virtual education provider within ten (10)
				business days.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 206 - Education, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0002 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 41 - Virtual Education › Section 41-6 - Additional Department Responsibilities

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The Department
				shall maintain, facilitate, and monitor the Wyoming virtual education program
				quality and compliance. Monitoring activities shall include:
(i) Reviewing, at least annually, virtual
				education program and course data and information collected;
(ii) Using data and information on full-time
				virtual education students with disaggregation of assessment data, graduation
				rates, and other measures of academic performance in the statewide systems of
				accountability and accreditation;
(iii) In consultation with the Professional
				Teaching Standards Board and school districts, reviewing of data on adherence
				to the minimum professional development requirements provided for in Section 7
				by teachers using virtual education methods to instruct students; and
(iv) Providing the annual virtual program
				survey results under Section 8 of these rules to districts with recommendations
				for improvement.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 206 - Education, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0002 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 41 - Virtual Education › Section 41-7 - Minimum Requirements for Virtual Education Teachers

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Any virtual
				education course provided by a school district established pursuant to the laws
				of this state shall have a designated instructor who shall be the virtual
				education teacher for the course and who must meet the requirements of
				W.S.
				21-7-303.
(b) Any district offering a virtual education
				program shall require any teacher assigned to teach an active virtual education
				course to:
(i) Complete, on an annual basis,
				at least one (1) workshop focused primarily on using virtual education methods
				to instruct students; or
(ii) Have
				a virtual educator endorsement issued by the Wyoming Professional Teaching
				Standards Board.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 206 - Education, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0002 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 41 - Virtual Education › Section 41-10 - Participation and Average Daily Membership

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Each virtual
				education course approved by the Department shall have clearly defined
				participation requirements for any student enrolled in the course.
(b) Districts shall establish measurable
				course participation requirements for students enrolled in each virtual
				education course. The virtual education teacher shall measure, record, and
				verify student participation.
(c)
				Districts shall convert student participation to attendance for funding
				purposes.
(d) Any district that is
				a virtual education provider shall:
(i)
				Document and record, in the program's learning management system used by the
				district, not less than once every seven (7) calendar days, the participation
				of any student enrolled in the course; and
(ii) Document and record, for each student
				enrolled in the course, the student's attendance equivalent, including
				absences, in the district's permanent student information system or
				Department-approved system.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 206 - Education, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0002 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 41 - Virtual Education › Section 41-11 - Assessment and Accountability

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Students
				enrolled in virtual education course(s) shall not be exempt from state or
				district assessments.
(b) Each
				student participating in a virtual education course(s) shall be subject to the
				Wyoming statewide assessments as required by
				W.S.
				21-2-304(a)(v); and the
				assessment shall be administered and monitored by a state-trained assessment
				administrator.
(c) Student
				performance, accountability, state and district assessment results, and
				accountability as required by
				W.S.
				21-2-204 shall be the responsibility of the
				district in which the student is enrolled.
(d) In the event a student enrolled in a
				district elects to participate in more than one part-time virtual education
				programs, and through the combination of such programs receives more than fifty
				percent (50%) of the required statewide educational program as prescribed by
				W.S.
				21-9-101 and
				21-9-102,
				the district in which the student is enrolled retains the responsibility for
				administering all required assessments. However, since no virtual education
				program provider is providing the student with a full-time virtual education
				program, student performance on assessments is not required to be disaggregated
				and reported as part of a virtual education subgroup.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 206 - Education, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0002 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 41 - Virtual Education › Section 41-12 - Temporary Virtual Education Days

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Temporary
				virtual education days are days in face-to-face classes in which a district is
				delivering the educational program outside the physical classroom to a student,
				or students. Temporary virtual learning days must be less than fifty (50)
				percent of the total number of school days.
(b) Each school district board that provides
				temporary virtual education days shall develop policy that includes the
				following:
(i) The criteria for allowing or
				requiring temporary virtual education days for individual students or for
				school buildings;
(ii) A
				description of temporary virtual education for elementary, middle, and high
				school, including how teachers will provide instruction, and the required
				devices, platforms, software, and internet access;
(iii) The definition of attendance for
				temporary virtual education at the elementary, middle, and high school levels
				and a description of how teachers shall take attendance;
(iv) The procedures the district will use to
				ensure temporary virtual education days do not exceed fifty (50) percent of the
				total school days for any student;
(v) A description of how the district will
				monitor the quality of instructional delivery through temporary virtual
				education compared to that provided in person for elementary, middle, and high
				school; and
(vi) The process the
				district will use to notify students and parents when temporary virtual
				education will occur whether planned or unplanned.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 206 - Education, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0002 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 41 - Virtual Education › Section 41-13 - Assessment and Accountability

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Students
				enrolled in virtual education course(s) shall not be exempt from state or
				district assessments.
(b) Each
				student participating in a virtual education course(s) shall be subject to the
				Wyoming statewide assessments as required by W.S. §
									
										21-2-304(a)(v); and the
				assessment shall be administered and monitored by a state-trained assessment
				administrator.
(c) Student
				performance, accountability, state and district assessment results, and
				accountability as required by W.S. §
									
										21-2-204 shall be the responsibility of the
				district in which the student is enrolled.
(d) In the event a student enrolled in a
				district elects to participate in more than one part-time virtual education
				programs, and through the combination of such programs receives more than fifty
				percent (50%) of the required statewide educational program as prescribed by
				W.S. §
									
										21-9-101 and W.S. §
									
										21-9-103, the district in which the student
				is enrolled retains the responsibility for administering all required
				assessments. However, since no virtual education program provider is providing
				the student with a full-time virtual education program, student performance on
				assessments is not required to be disaggregated and reported as part of a
				virtual education subgroup.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 206 - Education, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0002 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 41 - Virtual Education › Section 41-14 - Attendance

Current through July 13, 2024
In accordance with Section
				  10 of
				  the Department's Chapter 8 Rules and Regulations for the School Foundation
				  Program, all students enrolled in distance education course(s) shall satisfy
				  compulsory attendance requirements by completing the Milestones outlined in the
				  student's Distance Learning Plan.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 206 - Education, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0002 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 41 - Virtual Education › Section 41-15 - Assessment and Adequate Yearly Process (AYP)

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Students
				enrolled in distance education course(s) shall not be exempt from state or
				district assessments.
(b) Each
				student participating in a distance education course(s) shall be subject to the
				Wyoming statewide assessments as required in W.S. §
									
										21-2-304(a)(v); and the
				assessment shall be administered and monitored by a state-trained assessment
				administrator.
(c) Student
				performance, accountability, state and district assessment results, and
				adequate yearly progress (AYP) shall be the responsibility of the resident
				district.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 206 - Education, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0002 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 42 - SECLUSION AND RESTRAINT IN SCHOOLS › Section 42-1 - Authority

Current through July 13, 2024
The Wyoming rules are authorized by Wyoming
				  Statute
										21-2-202(a)(xxxii) and
				  W.S.
				  21-3-110(a)(xxxi).
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 206 - Education, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0002 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 42 - SECLUSION AND RESTRAINT IN SCHOOLS › Section 42-2 - Scope

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The State
				Superintendent shall review the policy of each school district for compliance
				with the state statute governing Seclusion and Restraint in Schools and approve
				those policies only after determining that compliance has been
				achieved.
(b) To the extent that
				these rules governing Seclusion and Restraint in Schools overlap with other
				state or federal rules or regulations, compliance with the regulation or rule
				offering greater student protection shall be deemed compliance with this rule.
				To the extent that these rules governing Seclusion and Restraint in Schools
				exceed the requirements of other state or federal rules or regulations, school
				districts shall comply with the requirements of this rule. In the event of
				conflict with another state agency's rules or federal rules or regulations,
				school districts shall comply with this rule.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 206 - Education, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0002 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 42 - SECLUSION AND RESTRAINT IN SCHOOLS › Section 42-4 - Policy Requirements

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Staff Training
				and Professional Development. School district policies shall, at a minimum,
				include the following staff training and professional development components:
(i) All staff shall receive training in
				evidence-based techniques shown to be effective in preventing physical
				restraint and seclusion, including evidence-based skills training related to
				positive behavior supports, safe physical escort, conflict prevention,
				de-escalation, and conflict management.
(A)
				The minimum amount of training required for all staff shall be the number of
				hours recommended by the evidence-based training program selected by the
				school.
(B) Ongoing training for
				all staff shall be provided as recommended by the evidence-based training
				program selected by the school.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 206 - Education, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0002 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 42 - SECLUSION AND RESTRAINT IN SCHOOLS › Section 42-5 - Enforcement of Policy

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Schools shall
				specify a procedure for the lodging and investigation of complaints regarding
				misuse of the school district's policy on seclusion and restraint. Policies
				must include a process for notifying the Wyoming Department of Education when
				seclusion and restraint complaints are received. In order to support districts
				the WDE may review violations and policies and work with the school and
				district to create an improvement plan that includes:
(i) Increase monitoring, evaluation, and on
				site review;
(ii) Offer support,
				including training and capacity building, for schools to meet the varied and
				specialized learning needs of children with and without disabilities;
(iii) The department shall review the plan to
				ensure that it complies with applicable federal law and the statutes and
				regulations of this state. The department may require appropriate revision of
				the plan to ensure compliance;
(iv)
				If the school where the violation(s) occurred does not meet the requirements of
				the plan to the satisfaction of the department, the department will require
				onsite technical assistance with necessary district staff to assist in the
				development and monitoring of a compliant plan. The department will increase
				monitoring and evaluating of district progress plan.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 206 - Education, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0002 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 42 - SECLUSION AND RESTRAINT IN SCHOOLS › Section 42-6 - Publication of Policy

Current through July 13, 2024
Schools must include their seclusion and restraint policies
				  within their district/school handbooks and handbooks shall be posted on the
				  district website where they are accessible to both the Wyoming Department of
				  Education and the public.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 206 - Education, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0002 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 42 - SECLUSION AND RESTRAINT IN SCHOOLS › Section 42-7 - Data Collection Requirements

Current through July 13, 2024
Schools shall collect and report annually to the Wyoming
				  Department of Education the number of students involved in the use of regulated
				  intervention, the number of incidents of seclusion and restraint, and the type
				  of regulated intervention utilized.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 206 - Education, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0002 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 42 - SECLUSION AND RESTRAINT IN SCHOOLS › Section 42-8 - Enforcement of Policy

Current through July 13, 2024
Schools shall specify a procedure for the lodging and
				  investigation of complaints regarding misuse of the school district's policy on
				  seclusion and restraint.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 206 - Education, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0002 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 42 - SECLUSION AND RESTRAINT IN SCHOOLS › Section 42-10 - Data Collection Requirements

Current through July 13, 2024
Schools shall collect and report annually to the Wyoming
				  Department of Education the WISER ID for each student involved in the use of a
				  regulated intervention, the number of incidents of seclusion and restraint for
				  each student, and the type of regulated intervention utilized for each
				  student.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 206 - Education, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0002 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 43 - SCHOOL NUTRITION PROJECT › Section 43-2 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) "Processing
				costs" means the costs associated with butchering livestock and poultry. This
				includes cutting, grinding, or forming ground products into patties without any
				additives or fillers. Packaging entails vacuum-packing, freezing, or storing
				meat fresh.
(b) "Wyoming meat"
				means poultry, lamb, pork, beef or bison residing in Wyoming at the time of
				slaughter and donated by a Wyoming producer.
(c) "Wyoming producer" means any person
				engaged in the business of producing or causing to be produced for marketing,
				any Wyoming meat as defined above.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 206 - Education, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0002 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 43 - SCHOOL NUTRITION PROJECT › Section 43-3 - Grant Application

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) A school
				district may apply to the Department of Education for a grant to pay for
				processing costs for Wyoming meat via competitive grant application. The
				Department of Education will release the application no later than October 1 of
				each school year.
(b) A grant
				application must be submitted to the Department of Education no later than
				October 31 of each school year.
(c)
				The district must submit estimates of its processing costs.
(d) The district must provide a description
				of its goals for increasing the quantity of Wyoming meat used in school
				lunches.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 206 - Education, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0002 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 43 - SCHOOL NUTRITION PROJECT › Section 43-4 - Grant Funding

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The Department
				of Education may provide funding to equally match a district's processing costs
				during school year 2018-2019 and school year 2019-2020, contingent upon
				available funding.
(b) Grant
				funding shall only be awarded to pay for processing costs of Wyoming meat
				donated to the district for use in school lunches. Grant funding cannot be used
				for the cost of processing of prime cuts or other cuts not intended for school
				lunches.
(c) Priority will be given
				to districts that already participate in farm-to-school efforts and have
				already contributed district funding to pay for local meat
				processing.
(d) Only districts that
				currently participate in the USDA National School Lunch Program are eligible
				for grant funding.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 206 - Education, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0002 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 44 - RULES FOR THE SPECIAL EDUCATION COMPONENT WITHIN THE EDUCATION RESOURCE BLOCK GRANT MODEL › Section 44-1 - Authority

Current through July 13, 2024
These rules are promulgated pursuant to Wyoming
				  Statute
										21-2-202(a)(i);
				  W.S.
				  21-2-203(a);
				  W.S.
				  21-13-309; and
				  W.S.
				  21-13-321(d).
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 206 - Education, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0002 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 44 - RULES FOR THE SPECIAL EDUCATION COMPONENT WITHIN THE EDUCATION RESOURCE BLOCK GRANT MODEL › Section 44-2 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) "Advertising"
				means costs for print (newspapers, flyers, brochures, etc.), radio, internet or
				television advertisements, the purpose of which is to recruit special education
				staff, procure special education goods or services, communicate to the public
				concerning special education issues such as the destruction of special
				education records, announce child find activities as defined by
				34
				C.F.R. §
										300.111(a)(i),
				or dispose of surplus special education goods.
(b) "Contract Services" means professional
				services provided by a third party including fees paid for professional advice,
				training, applicable services, and consultation solely for the purpose of a
				district's special education program.
(c) "Direct Costs" means costs incurred for
				the exclusive purpose of a district's special education program.
(d) "Evaluation" means procedures used in
				accordance with
				34 C.F.R. §§
										300.304 through
				300.311
				to determine whether a child has a disability and the nature and extent of the
				special education and related services that the child needs.
(e) "IEP" means an Individualized Education
				Program as defined by
				34 C.F.R. §
										300.22.
(f) "Special Education Services" means
				services provided to a student as identified in the student's IEP including
				special education, related services, supplementary aids and services, and
				necessary accommodations or modifications.
(g) "Time and Effort Log" means a personnel
				activity report created in accordance with current U.S. Office of Management
				and Budget guidance providing clear and continuous documentation for the amount
				of individual employee time spent on special education duties.
(h) "Travel Costs" means food, lodging, and
				other non-labor costs associated with special education staff travel directly
				related to the district's special education program. Travel costs may also
				include parental visitation subject to the requirements of Section
				4.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 206 - Education, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0002 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 44 - RULES FOR THE SPECIAL EDUCATION COMPONENT WITHIN THE EDUCATION RESOURCE BLOCK GRANT MODEL › Section 44-3 - General Provisions

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The Department
				shall reimburse district expenditures for special education services that
				specifically and directly relate to a service or program provided pursuant to a
				student's IEP and is in addition to those services and programs provided as
				general education to all students.
(b) The Department shall not reimburse any
				other school district expenses except as provided in Section
				4 of this chapter.
(c) Reimbursement for contracted services
				shall not exceed actual costs for those services.
(d) Equipment or information technology that
				is no longer needed by a student according to a student's IEP shall continue to
				be used in the district's special education program. With the exception of
				fixed assets, in the event that the equipment or information technology is
				disposed of in a manner that results in revenue, the revenue shall be used
				exclusively for special education services.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 206 - Education, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0002 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 44 - RULES FOR THE SPECIAL EDUCATION COMPONENT WITHIN THE EDUCATION RESOURCE BLOCK GRANT MODEL › Section 44-4 - Reimbursable Expenses

Current through July 13, 2024
The Department shall reimburse the following district direct
				  costs:
(a) Advertising.
(b) Cell phones.
(c) Postage.
(d) Contract services provided:
(i) The Department shall reimburse districts
				for contract services only if services are performed pursuant to a contract,
				including any fully executed amendments, in place at the time services are
				rendered.
(ii) The Department shall
				reimburse for contract services only if the district paid for services after
				the services were provided. This provision does not apply to district payments
				to Boards of Cooperative Educational Services or other Wyoming school districts
				that the board of trustees of the district seeking reimbursement has
				pre-approved.
(iii) Each contract
				for out-of-district or out-of-state placement shall be executed for only one
				child.
(iv) Contracted services
				that require a practitioner to be licensed shall only be provided by providers
				licensed under Title 33 of Wyoming Statutes,
				W.S.
				21-2-802, or the relevant law of the
				jurisdiction in which services are provided if services are provided out of
				state.
(v) Districts shall keep all
				contracts for services on file for review as required by state and district
				record retention policies.
(vi)
				This subsection includes case management services.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 206 - Education, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0002 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 45 - SPECIAL EDUCATION OUT-OF-DISTRICT PLACEMENT APPROPRIATION › Section 45-1 - Authority

Current through July 13, 2024
These rules are promulgated pursuant to 2018 Wyoming Session
				  Laws, chapter 137, section 6(b).
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 206 - Education, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0002 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 45 - SPECIAL EDUCATION OUT-OF-DISTRICT PLACEMENT APPROPRIATION › Section 45-2 - Allocation

Current through July 13, 2024
The Wyoming Department of Education will make available one
				  half, or $1 million each year, of the $2 million amount appropriated under this
				  session law for funding years 2019-20 and 2020-21 to school districts.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 206 - Education, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0002 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 45 - SPECIAL EDUCATION OUT-OF-DISTRICT PLACEMENT APPROPRIATION › Section 45-3 - Reimbursement Calculation

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Districts, for
				school years 2019-2020 and 2020-2021, shall be reimbursed the lesser of actual
				special education expenditures or the amount reimbursed in school year
				2018-2019.
(b) A district is
				eligible to receive a portion of the funding appropriated in 2018 Wyoming
				Session Laws chapter 137 section 6(a) if:
(i)
				The district's total special education expenditures are greater than its
				expenditures in the 2017-2018 school year; and
(ii) The district's out-of-district special
				education expenditures are greater than its expenditures in the 2017-2018
				school year.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 206 - Education, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0002 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 46 - Early Childhood Community Collaborative Grant › Section 46-1 - Authority

Current through July 13, 2024
These rules are promulgated pursuant to 2019 House Enrolled
				  Act 51, Section
				  339;
				  2019 Wyoming Session Law 294.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 206 - Education, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0002 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 46 - Early Childhood Community Collaborative Grant › Section 46-2 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) "Early
				Childhood" means the years between one (1) and eight (8) years of
				age.
(b) "Early Childhood Community
				Collaborative Grant Administrator" means the agency, agency director, or agency
				staff who oversees the Early Childhood Community Collaborative
				Grants.
(c) "Early Childhood
				Community Collaborative Grant Committee," (The Committee), means a group of
				individuals consisting of personnel from the Department of Education and the
				Governor's Early Childhood State Advisory Council.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 206 - Education, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0002 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 46 - Early Childhood Community Collaborative Grant › Section 46-3 - Grant Eligibility

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Eligible
				applicants will be a Wyoming school district, agency, or non-profit
				organization registered to do business with the Secretary of State's office
				with:
(i) The capacity to facilitate, or a
				history that demonstrates facilitation of, broad-based community collaboration
				with the intent to provide services to all children and their families to
				ensure that children are ready to be successful in school;
(ii) A demonstrable and in-depth knowledge of
				the early education system in its community;
(iii) A demonstrable and in-depth knowledge
				of high standards for early learning opportunities and ability to maximize
				resources; and
(iv) A demonstrable
				ability to provide an in-kind or monetary four to one match of total funds
				requested.