Opinion ID: 2524503
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 8

Heading: Special Education and Transportation

Text: [ถ 34] In 1999, the legislature provided an adjustment of the cost of special education and transportation, which reimbursed the districts for 100 percent of the amount actually expended during the previous school year. Wyo. Stat. Ann. ง 21-13-321(b) (LEXIS 1999). However, if the ratio of special education or transportation spending to total district spending increases, the state reduces the funding by the excess which is over one hundred percent (100%) but less than one hundred ten percent (110%). Section 21-13-321(b)(ii)(C). That reduction is then refunded to the districts during the succeeding year if the Department of Education (DOE) finds those excess expenditures were necessary to provide essential special education services for the school year in which they occurred. Section 21-13-321(b)(ii)(D). The court concluded this approach was acceptable even though it did not provide full reimbursement in the same year and found administrative oversight does not constitute a penalty. Nor does the delay deprive the district of the ability to deliver the basket to special education students.