Charter schools-funding.

WORKING DRAFT
2009
STATE OF
WYOMING
09LSO-0493

HOUSE BILL
NO.
HB0258

Charter schools-funding.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s)
Edmonds
, Buchanan, Lubnau, Stubson, Teeters and Wallis and Senator(s)
Jennings

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to
charter schools; specifying required minimum levels of charter funding and provided district services;

specifying application;
and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1.

W.S.
21-3-304(j) and
21
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314(c) through (e)
are
amended to read:

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304.

Charter school; requirements; authority.

(j)

A charter school may negotiate and contract with a school district, the governing body of a state college or university, or any third party for the use of a school building and grounds, the operation and maintenance thereof, and the provision of any service, activity or undertaking that the charter school is required to perform in order to carry out the educational program described in its charter.
Except as provided by W.S. 21
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304, a
ny services for which a charter school contracts with a school district shall be provided by the district at cost. The charter school shall have standing to sue and be sued in its own name for the enforcement of any contract created pursuant to this subsection.

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314.

Students counted among district ADM; determination of charter school funding.

(c)

As part of the charter school contract, the charter school and the school district shall agree on funding and any services to be provided by the school district to the charter school
, provided the charter school receives the minimum funding amounts and district services specified by this subsection and subsection (d) of this section
. The charter school and the school district shall begin discussions on the contract using the following revenue assumptions:

(i)

The charter school shall be entitled to
the benefit of

an amount not less than
one hundred percent (100%) of the foundation program amount computed under W.S. 21
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309(m) based upon the average daily membership of the charter school,

including special weights provided to vocational education program attendance under W.S. 21
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309(m)(v)(D) and students identified as at-risk in accordance with W.S. 21
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309(m)(v)(A),
less any district level amounts generated by the charter school's membership under W.S. 21
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309(m) and less amounts specified under W.S. 21
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309(m)(v)(E)
;
.

(ii)

The charter school shall be entitled to
the benefit of

an amount not less than
one hundred percent (100%) of the amount to be contributed to the school district under major maintenance payments pursuant to W.S. 21
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109 based upon the proportion that the charter school educational building gross square footage contributes to the district educational building gross square footage
;
.

(iii)

The charter school shall be entitled to, and the school district shall provide the charter school with, transportation and special education services for which the district is reimbursed under the foundation program pursuant to W.S. 21
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309(m)(v)(E);

(iv)

The charter school shall be entitled to, and the school district shall provide to the charter school, federally required educational services for which the district receives federal funds through the department of education;

(v)

The charter school shall be entitled to an amount not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the amounts within the foundation program for health insurance as provided by W.S. 21
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309(m)
(
v)(F).

(d)

The charter school
may also

shall
contract with the school district for
, and the school district shall provide,
centralized services

provided by

for which
the district

receives foundation program funding under W.S. 21
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309,
including curriculum, media services, libraries and
federally required educational services such as special education

central administrative services
.

(e)

In lieu of paragraph (a)(iv) and subsections (c) and (d) of this section, the district and the charter school applicant may by mutual agreement fund the charter school through a specific budget for the charter school
provided the charter school does not receive less
than
the minimum level of funding
and
services specified under subsections (c) and (d) of this section
.

Section 2.

Nothing in this act shall apply to or otherwise modify any charter contract entered into under W.S. 21
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301 through 21
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314 and approved prior to July 1, 2009, until such time as that charter contract is renewed or otherwise materially revised under W.S. 21
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309 on and after July 1, 2009.

Section 3.

This act is effective July 1, 2009.

(END)

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