Public schools-required days of school operation.

WORKING DRAFT
2005
STATE OF WYOMING
05LSO-0532

HOUSE BILL
NO.
HB0210

Public schools-required days of school operation.

Sponsored by: Representative
Representative(s) Wasserburger

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to public schools; expanding the number of required school days of operation during the school year for purposes of foundation program eligibility; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.

W.S. 21
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307(a)(ii)(intro) is amended to read:

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307.

Eligibility to share in distribution of money from foundation account; mandatory financial reporting.

(a)

Each district which meets the following requirements is eligible to share in the distribution of funds from the foundation account:

(ii)

Operated all schools for a term of at least
one hundred eighty (180)
one hundred eighty-five (185)
days or the number of days or equivalent hours authorized under an alternative schedule approved by the state board during the previous school year.
The school term specified under this paragraph is ten (10) days in excess of the minimum school year and pupil-teacher contact time defined by the state board under W.S. 21
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304(b)(viii) and 21
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If the school term of any school in a district was less than
one hundred eighty (180)
one hundred eighty-five (185)
days or less than the total number of days authorized under an alternative schedule approved by the state board, the amount allotted per average daily membership (ADM) under W.S. 21
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309 for the school shall be in proportion to the length of the term the school actually operated, unless caused by closures of schools:

Section 2.

This act is effective July 1, 2005.

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