Driver's education program funding.

WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL HOUSE

BILL

NO.
0069

ENROLLED ACT NO. 126, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTIETH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WYOMING
2009 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to
school finance; providing supplemental assistance to school districts for driver's education programs; specifying assistance requirements; imposing duties upon and delegating rulemaking authority to the department of education; imposing reporting requirements; providing an appropriation;
and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1.

(a)

S
upplemental financial assistance
shall be available to school districts through the department of education
for
the provision of
driver's education programs
.

F
inancial assistance under this
section
shall be in addition to and shall not be considered in determining the school foundation program amount under the education resource block grant model pursuant to W.S. 21
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309. To qualify for supplemental assistance under this section, the driver's education program
provided by a district
shall
be certified by the state
coordinator
of driver education programs under W.S. 21
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501 and shall be in compliance with guidelines and standards prescribed by rule and regulation of the department of education under W.S. 21
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501.

Supplemental assistance under this section shall be limited to reimbursement for students
within a school who are eligible for participation in the free and reduced price lunch program under the national school lunch program established by 42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.

(b)

On or before
September 15
, 2009, e
ach school district may apply to the department of education for financial assistance under this section
on a form and in a manner prescribed by the department. In addition to verification that the district's driver's education program is certified under W.S. 21
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501

and verification of student eligibility as provided in subsection (a) of this section
, application shall include
an estimate of the number of
eligible
students enrolling and completing the district's program during the 2009
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2010 school year, including the 2009 summer session, together with
any additional information which may be required by the department.

(c)

Financial assistance under this section shall be computed by the department for each eligible applicant district by multiplying the number of estimated
eligible
students enrolling and completing the district's certified driver's education program during school year 2009
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2010, including the 2009 summer session, by one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00), less any per student fee which may be assessed by the district for enrolling in the driver's education program. Seventy-five percent (75%) of the amount computed under this subsection, based upon estimated
eligible
student enrollment, shall be paid by the department to each eligible applicant district
on or before
October 15.

(d)

Not later than June 15, 20
10
, each district receiving supplemental financial assistance under subsection (c) of this section shall report the actual number of
eligible
students enrolling and completing its certified driver's education program during school year 2009
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2010, including the 2009 summer session. Based upon the report submitted by each recipient district
and on or before June 30, 20
10
, the department
shall pay each district the remaining twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount computed under subsection (c) of this section, adjusted to reflect actual program enrollment and completion.
If the appropriation from the foundation program account under subsection (f) of this section is insufficient to make payments under this subsection, the department shall make a pro rata reduction in the final payment made to all districts under this subsection.

(e)

In carrying out this section, the department shall promulgate necessary rules and regulations and shall notify districts of
supplemental financial assistance available under this section in sufficient time for compliance with district application requirements imposed under this section. On or before December 1, 2009, the department shall report to the joint education interim committee on financial assistance distributions made under this section based upon estimated student enrollment numbers, and shall provide recommendations to the committee on program
continuation.

(
f
)

Two
hundred
twenty-
fi
ve
thousand dollars ($
225
,000.00) is appropriated from the public school foundation program account to the department of education
for distribution to districts as supplemental assistance in accordance with this section.
This appropriation shall be for the period beginning
July 1, 2009, and
ending June 30, 20
10
.

Section 2.

This act is effective immediately upon co
m
pletion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constit
u
tion.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

Chief Clerk

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