SF0086 • 2006

Higher education appropriations.

AN ACT relating to higher education; providing appropriations for the Hathaway student scholarship program and for a higher education endowment program; authorizing additional positions to implement the scholarship program; and providing for an effective date.

Budget Education

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Education
Last action: 2006-03-15
Official status: enrolled
Effective date: 7/1/2006

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Amendments

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SF0086H2001

2nd reading • HDRAFT

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted 2nd reading by HDRAFT

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SF0086SS001

Standing Committee • HINES

Adopted

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Bill History

2006-03-15 LSO
Assigned Chapter Number - 45
2006-03-15 Governor
Governor Signed SEANo. 0054
2006-03-10 House
H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0054
2006-03-10 Senate
S President Signed SEA No. 0054
2006-03-09 LSO
Assigned Number SEA0054
2006-03-09 Senate
S Did Concur
2006-03-09 House
H Passed 3rd Reading
2006-03-08 House
H Passed 2nd Reading
2006-03-08 House
H Amendments Adopted
2006-03-08 House
Amendment Adopted
2006-03-07 House
H Passed CoW
2006-03-03 House
H Placed on General File
2006-03-03 House
H02 Recommended Do Pass
2006-03-03 House
H Rereferred to H02
2006-03-03 House
H04 Recommended Do Pass
2006-03-01 House
H Introduced and Referred to H04
2006-03-01 House
H Received for Introduction
2006-02-28 Senate
S Passed 3rd Reading
2006-02-27 Senate
S Passed 2nd Reading
2006-02-24 Senate
S Passed CoW
2006-02-24 Senate
S Amendments Adopted
2006-02-24 Senate
Amendment Adopted
2006-02-23 Senate
S Placed on General File
2006-02-23 Senate
S02 Recommended Amend and Do Pass
2006-02-20 Senate
S Rereferred to S02
2006-02-20 Senate
S04 Recommended Do Pass
2006-02-15 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S04
2006-02-14 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2006-02-10 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

SF0086 Bill Summary

Bill
No.:
SF0086

Drafter:

DKG

LSO
No.:

06LSO-0145

Effective Date:

7/1/2006

Enrolled
Act No.:

SEA0054

Chapter
No.:

45

Prime
Sponsor:

Joint Education Interim Committee

Catch
Title:

Higher education appropriations.

Subject:

Appropriations for the Hathaway
scholarship program and for higher education endowments.

Summary/Major
Elements:

The Hathaway
scholarship program was created last session and this session to be implemented
for the upcoming school year.

The
program is to be funded by earnings from an endowment account.

Since those earnings will not be sufficient
for the first two school years, given the timing and amounts deposited to the
endowment account, this bill provides a direct appropriation to fund the
scholarship program for the first two years.

The bill
appropriates $13.5 million to the Hathaway scholarship expenditure
account.

A general fund appropriation
in the budget bill of $13.5 million for the same purposes, which was made in
case this bill failed, is reduced by the appropriation in this bill.

The bill also
appropriates $556,200 to the department of education to implement the Hathaway
program.

This appropriation is reduced
by the budget bill appropriation to the department for the same purposes.

The bill also
appropriates $2.8 million to the University and $1.4 million to the community
colleges (total) for the higher education endowment program previously
established in order for those entities to implement that program this upcoming
school year.

Comments:

Popular
name Hathaway and excellence in higher education programs.

Current Bill Text

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WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL SENATE

FILE

NO.
0086

ENROLLED ACT NO. 54, SENATE

FIFTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WYOMING
2006 BUDGET SESSION

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

Section 1.

(a)

Five hundred fifty six thousand two hundred dollars ($556,200.00
) is appropriated from the general fund to the department of education to carry out the duties of the department under the Hathaway scholarship program pursuant to W.S. 21
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1301 et seq.
The department of education is authorized four (4) full-time positions to administer the program. These positions shall be funded from amounts appropriated under this subsection. This appropriation and authorized positions shall be effective immediately upon the effective date of this act.

(b)

Thirteen
mi
llion five hundred thousand dollars ($13,500,000.00) is appropriated from the common school permanent fund reserve account created by W.S. 9
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4
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713(f)

to the Hathaway scholarship expenditure account for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006. This appropriation shall be effective July 1, 2006
.
Funds appropriated under this subsection shall only be deposited to the expenditure account after all other funds within that account have been expended and shall only be deposited to that account and expended as needed to fund payments to eligible institutions under the
Hathaway scholarship program as provided in W.S. 21
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1301 et seq.
After all such payments are made for the 2006-2007 school year, any remaining funds shall be deposited from this appropriation to the Hathaway scholarship reserve account created by W.S. 21
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1302(b). None of the amount appropriated under this subsection shall be used to calculate the balance of the common school permanent fund reserve account for purposes of W.S. 9
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4
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713(f).

(c)

There is appropriated from the common school permanent fund reserve account created by W.S. 9
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713(f) a total of four million two hundred thousand dollars ($4,200,000.00) to be distributed as specified in this subsection to permit the community colleges and the University of Wyoming to begin to implement the plan for the excellence in higher education endowment as submitted by the excellence in higher education endowment committee on October 1, 2005, during the biennium commencing July 1, 2006. The purpose of this appropriation is to permit the community colleges and university to implement the plan during the first two (2) years of a three (3) year phase-in period. Of this appropriation:

(i)

One million four hundred thousand dollars ($1,400,000.00) shall be equally distributed among each of Wyoming's seven (7) community colleges and shall be expended exclusively for the purposes specified in W.S. 21
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1203(b);

(ii)

Two million eight hundred thousand dollars ($2,800,000.00) shall be distributed to the University of Wyoming and shall be expended exclusively for the purposes specified in W.S. 21
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1202(b).

(d)

To the extent 2006 House Bill 0001, as enacted into law, appropriates any funds to the department of education for the purposes stated in this act, then the appropriations in subsection (a) of this act shall be reduced by the amount of the appropriations in 2006 House Bill 0001.

(e)

To the extent 2006 House Bill 0001, as enacted into law, appropriates funds to the Hathaway scholarship expenditure account, those appropriations shall be reduced dollar for dollar by the appropriation contained in subsection (b) of this section.

Section 2.

This act is effective July 1, 2006.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk