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HB0072

Healthy Living-Healthy Learning Grants

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In one sentence

This bill proposed creating a state fund to provide grants to school districts that implement specific health and wellness programs.

What it does

  • Creates a state account called the healthy living-healthy learning program account.
  • Allows school districts to receive grants of up to $65,000 or $10 per student, whichever is greater, for each fiscal year.
  • Requires districts to submit a plan to implement nine specific health and wellness components within five years of receiving initial funding.
  • Establishes a healthy living-healthy learning panel to make grant funding determinations based on recommendations from the Department of Education.
  • Requires the Department of Education to annually report to the governor and the joint education interim committee on the progress of funded districts.

Who it affects

  • Local school districts in Wyoming that apply for grants.
  • The Wyoming Department of Education, which oversees the program and makes funding recommendations.
  • The healthy living-healthy learning panel, which includes state officials and school representatives and decides which districts receive funds.
  • Students, teachers, and school staff in participating districts who would be involved in the health and wellness programs.

Limits and unknowns

  • The bill did not pass and did not become law.
  • Funding is limited to amounts appropriated by the legislature or designated by law, gift, or federal funds.
  • School districts must agree to continue implementing the practices even if they stop receiving funding.

Plain language

Terms to know

Healthy living-healthy learning
A set of nine school practices including health education, physical activity, access to health services, and promoting good eating habits.
Panel
A group consisting of the state superintendent, health and family services directors, the attorney general, and appointed school representatives who decide which districts get grants.
Grant
Money given to a school district for specific health programs that does not need to be paid back.

Official record

Sources

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Official bill pageIntroduced textOfficial digestCurrent bill text

Public statements

Why lawmakers voted

Last checked Aug 8, 8:08 PM

Voted Yes

Why they voted this way

The lawmaker supports the bill because it extends a currently successful program from six school districts to sixteen, establishing a panel to award grants that align health education with academic achievement.

Public statementFloor statement at 3:38 Watch the statement
Voted Yes

Why they voted this way

The lawmaker opposes establishing new programs because there is no appropriation in this bill and existing educational funding priorities like recalibration and the Hathaway Plan require more resources.

Public statementFloor statement at 4:39 Watch the statement
Voted Yes

Why they voted this way

The lawmaker supports the bill because it is an extremely successful program with great support across the state that was recommended by a family submission and should not be reduced.

Public statementFloor statement at 5:43 Watch the statement

If a lawmaker is not listed, we couldn't find a published reason.

Wyoming roll calls

Recorded votes

1 roll call

H Failed Introduction 26-33-1-0-02006-02-14 · House26 yes 33 no
Yes
26
No
33
Absent
0
Excused
1
Conflict
0

Yes 26

Becket HinckleyH41Bruce BarnardH49David R EdwardsH06Debbie HammonsH27Del McOmieH54Douglas OsbornH40Doug SamuelsonH07Elaine HarveyH26EsquibelGeorge BagbyH15Jack D Landon Jr.H30Jane WarrenH13Jeff WasserburgerH32Jerry IekelH29John HastertH39Kermit C BrownH14Kevin A WhiteH45Larry MeuliH08Layton D MorganH12Lorraine K QuarbergH28Marty A MartinH48Owen PetersenH19Thomas A LockhartH57Tom Lubnau IIH31Zwonitzer, DK.Zwonitzer, DL.

No 33

Alan C JonesH25Ann RobinsonH58Bill ThompsonH60Colin SimpsonH24David R MillerH55Deborah AldenH03Edward BuchananH04Erin E Mrs. MercerH53Frank PhilpH34Gerald GayH36James C HagemanH05Jim SlaterH46Kathleen DavisonH20Keith M GingeryH23Kurt BucholzH47Mark SemlekH01Mary GilmoreH59Mick PowersH18Monte OlsenH22Pat ChildersH50Pete JorgensenH16Peter S IllowayH42Randall B LuthiH21Robert A BrechtelH38Rodney "Pete" AndersonH10Rosie M BergerH51Ross DiercksH02Roy CoheeH35Stephen D WattH17Steve HarshmanR · H37Tom WalshH56Wayne ReeseH11W. Patrick P GogglesH33

Excused 1

Burke JacksonH52

Official activity

Bill history

  1. H Failed IntroductionHouse
  2. H Received for IntroductionHouse
  3. Bill Number AssignedLSO