HB0087
Wyoming Law on Part-Time School Attendance and Tuition
In one sentence
This law allows students to attend classes in a different school district on a part-time basis and changes how school districts calculate their state funding by excluding specific tuition payments.
What it does
- Allows school districts to let nonresident students attend a portion of their education in that district.
- Requires the two districts to have a written agreement for part-time attendance.
- Limits the tuition the receiving district can charge to the average daily membership amount for the classes attended.
- Excludes tuition paid for part-time nonresident students from the district's annual revenue calculation for state funding.
- Keeps the student in the average daily membership count of their home district for funding purposes.
Who it affects
- School district boards of trustees.
- Students who live in one district but attend classes in another.
- School districts that receive tuition payments from other districts.
Limits and unknowns
- The law does not apply if a student enrolls full-time in the nonresident district.
- The source text does not specify how districts determine if attendance is 'convenient or desirable.'
- The summary notes it is not an official statement of legislative intent.
Plain language
Terms to know
- Average Daily Membership (ADM)
- A count of students used to determine how much state funding a school district receives.
- Nonresident student
- A student who lives in a different school district than the one they are attending.
- Prorated
- Adjusted to reflect only the specific part of the total, such as the number of classes attended.
Official record
Sources
Read the official summary
Summary for LSO115 Bill No.: HB0087 Effective : 7/1/2016 LSO No.: 16LSO-0267 Enrolled Act No.: HEA No. 0033 Chapter No.: 87 Prime Sponsor: Kinner Catch Title: School finance-nonresident attendance. Subject: Modifies annual computation of district revenue and allows attendance of students in another district on a part-time basis Summary/Major Elements: This act allows for the attendance of student s in a nonresident school district on a part-time basis and e xcludes tuition received for the attendance of part-time , nonresident students from the annual computation of district revenues . The act requires the tuition paid be equal to or less than the average daily membership amount received by the nonresident district and requires the tuition be prorated to reflect the number of classes attended by the stud ent in the nonresident district. Prior to the enactment of this law , there was no provision allowing for the attendance of a student in a nonresident school district on a part-time basis. The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill .
Public statements
Why lawmakers voted
Last checked Aug 7, 12:26 AM
Wyoming roll calls
Recorded votes
5 roll calls
S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-0-0-02016-03-01 · Senate30 yes 0 no
- Yes
- 30
- No
- 0
- Absent
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- Excused
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Yes 30
S04 - Education:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-02016-02-26 · Senate5 yes 0 no
- Yes
- 5
- No
- 0
- Absent
- 0
- Excused
- 0
- Conflict
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H 3rd Reading:Passed 58-1-1-0-02016-02-18 · House58 yes 1 no
- Yes
- 58
- No
- 1
- Absent
- 0
- Excused
- 1
- Conflict
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Yes 58
Excused 1
H04 - Education:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-02016-02-12 · House9 yes 0 no
H Introduced and Referred to H04 - Education 60-0-0-0-02016-02-10 · House60 yes 0 no
- Yes
- 60
- No
- 0
- Absent
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- Excused
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Yes 60
Official activity
Bill history
- Assigned Chapter NumberLSO
- Governor Signed HEA No. 0033Governor
- S President Signed HEA No. 0033Senate
- H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0033House
- Assigned Number HEA No. 0033LSO
- S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-0-0-0Senate
- S 2nd Reading:PassedSenate
- S COW:PassedSenate
- S Placed on General FileSenate
- S04 - Education:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0Senate
- S Introduced and Referred to S04 - EducationSenate
- S Received for IntroductionSenate
- H 3rd Reading:Passed 58-1-1-0-0House
- H 2nd Reading:PassedHouse
- H COW:PassedHouse
- H Placed on General FileHouse
- H04 - Education:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0House
- H Introduced and Referred to H04 - Education 60-0-0-0-0House
- H Received for IntroductionHouse
- Bill Number AssignedLSO