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SF0003

School facilities-collaborative committee process.

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Bill No.: <billno> Drafter: <drafterinit> Bill No.: SF0003 Drafter: DRN LSO No.: 14LSO-0048 Effective Date: 7/1/2014 Enrolled Act No.: SEA0063 Chapter No.: CH0121 Prime Sponsor: Select Committee on School Facilities Catch Title: School facilities-collaborative committee process. Subject: Requiring community input for school facilities construction. Summary/Major Elements: The act requires school districts to convene an advisory board to advise and assist the school board in planning, design and construction of school facilities. The advisory board may include parents, students, teachers, principals, district administration, school board members, representative legislators, and members of the community. Prior to enactment, no formal requirement existed for input of the community and other stakeholders in construction of school facilities.

Public statements

Why lawmakers voted

Last checked Aug 7, 6:24 PM

Voted Yes

Why they voted this way

The speaker explains that while concerns about site selection were addressed by returning control to communities, they successfully opposed an amendment changing 'shall' to 'may,' resulting in a workable process.

Public statementFloor statement at 34:42 Watch the statement

Bill Landen

R · S27

Voted Yes

Why they voted this way

The speaker supports the bill because it encourages school boards to involve their communities in collaborative committees, and he believes restoring language about land purchase is an important provision.

Public statementFloor statement at 58:45 Watch the statement

Bill Landen

R · S27

Voted No

Why they voted this way

The speaker argues that the bill was weakened by changing mandatory language to permissive language, removing any imperative for school districts.

Public statementFloor statement at 2:00:00 Watch the statement
Voted Yes

Why they voted this way

The speaker supports the bill because it encourages school districts to use a collaborative process and form advisory boards for facilities planning, addressing problems some districts have faced.

Public statementFloor statement at 14:00 Watch the statement

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Wyoming roll calls

Recorded votes

8 roll calls

H Adopted JCC01 56-3-1-0-02014-03-05 · House56 yes 3 no
S Adopted JCC01 29-1-0-0-02014-03-05 · Senate29 yes 1 no
S Did Not Concur 0-30-0-0-02014-03-03 · Senate0 yes 30 no
H Passed 3rd Reading 42-18-0-0-02014-03-03 · House42 yes 18 no
H04 Recommended Amend and Do Pass 7-2-0-0-02014-02-27 · House7 yes 2 no
S Passed 3rd Reading 29-1-0-0-02014-02-18 · Senate29 yes 1 no
S04 Recommended Do Pass 5-0-0-0-02014-02-14 · Senate5 yes 0 no
S Introduced and Referred to S04 30-0-0-0-02014-02-11 · Senate30 yes 0 no

Official activity

Bill history

  1. Assigned Chapter NumberLSO
  2. Governor Signed SEA0063Governor
  3. H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0063House
  4. S President Signed SEA No. 0063Senate
  5. Assigned Number SEA0063LSO
  6. H Adopted SF0003JC01House
  7. S Adopted SF0003JC01Senate
  8. H Appointed JCC01 MembersHouse
  9. S Appointed JCC01 MembersSenate
  10. S Did Not ConcurSenate
  11. S Received for ConcurrenceSenate
  12. H Passed 3rd ReadingHouse
  13. H Passed 2nd ReadingHouse
  14. Amendment AdoptedHouse
  15. H Passed CoWHouse
  16. H Amendments AdoptedHouse
  17. Amendment AdoptedHouse
  18. H Placed on General FileHouse
  19. H04 Recommended Amend and Do PassHouse
  20. H Introduced and Referred to H04House

Changes

Amendments

2 stored

SF0003H2001

Adopted 2nd reading by BURKHART

SF0003HS001

Adopted Standing Committee by H04