State board of public charter schools.

WORKING DRAFT
2009
STATE OF
WYOMING
09LSO-0490

HOUSE BILL
NO.
HB0264

State board of public charter schools.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s)
Edmonds

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to charter schools;
creating

the state board of public charter schools; granting rulemaking authority and prescribing duties; establishing
a charter school authorizer comprised of the school district board or the
state board of public charter schools;
accordingly modifying provisions to allow charter school applications, review and approval through the charter authorizer;
modifying charter
application
and
contract
provisions
; modifying length of
charter
operation and eliminating required charter renewal;
specifying
charter revocation; specifying minimum levels of charter funding and district
provided

services;
conforming provisions; providing appropriations;
specifying application; 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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315
is
created to read:

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315.

State
board of public charter schools
; membership; terms; compensation; duties
; rulemaking authority;
application process;
fees
.

(a)

There is established the state board of public charter schools.

(b)

Within thirty (30) days after July 1, 2009, the speaker of the
Wyoming
house of representatives and the president of the
Wyoming
senate shall jointly submit to the governor a list of ten (10) nominees who are qualified to serve on the state board of public charter schools. Thereafter, nominees shall be selected in accordance with subsection (d) of this section. The governor shall appoint five (5) nominees from the list to serve as members of the state board of public charter schools. Nominees shall not be employed by a public school, a public charter school or the
Wyoming
education association. Nominees shall have knowledge or experience in one (1) or more of the following:

(i)

Student learning, quality teaching and evaluation of and accountability in successful schools;

(ii)

The operation of financially sound enterprises including leadership and management techniques and budgeting and accounting skills;

(iii)

The educational, social and economic development needs of the state
;

(iv)

The needs and interests of students and parents in the state and methods of involving parents and community members in schools.

(c)

Four (4) members of the Wyoming legislature shall
act as legislative
liaisons
to the board
, two (2) shall be members of the Wyoming senate appointed by the president of the senate and two (2) shall be members of the Wyoming house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house.
Liaison
terms shall coincide with terms for which the legislators are elected. Legislators may be reappointed and vacancies shall be filled by the appointing authority.

(d)

When a vacancy occurs on the membership of the board, the governor:

(i)

May reappoint the member if the member is eligible to serve an additional term under subsection (f) of this section; or

(ii)

Shall, not later than thirty (30) days after the vacancy occurs, request from the speaker of the house and the president of the senate a single list of three (3) nominees who would qualify as a nominee under subsection (b) of this section. The governor shall select one (1) nominee to serve as a member of the board. Any member selected to fill a vacancy which occurs prior to the expiration of the term of a predecessor shall be appointed only for the remainder of the term.

(e)

If the governor does not appoint members sufficient to bring the membership of the board to five (5) within thirty (30) days after receiving a list of nominees under subsection (b) or (d) of this section, the speaker of the house shall, not more than ten (10) days after the thirty (30) day time period, make such appointments as are necessary to bring the membership of the board to five (5).

(f)

Each member shall serve a term of four (4) years, except that of the initial appointments the governor shall designate one (1) member to serve a term of three (3) years, one (1) member to serve a term of two (2) years and one (1) member to serve a term of one (1) year. Each member appointed by the governor may be reappointed for one (1) subsequent four (4) year term.

(g)

The members of the board shall, each year or when requested by a majority vote of board members, elect from their membership one (1) member to serve as chair. Three (3) members shall constitute a quorum. The board shall meet at the call of the chair and shall meet at least monthly to carry out the function of the consideration of charter applications and the review and monitoring of approved charter school applications.

(h
)

Members of the legislature appointed
as
liaisons

to the board shall receive payment for expenses, per diem and compensation at the rates and in the amounts prescribed by law for legislators as necessary to carry out duties under this section, to be paid by the legislative service office.
Board

members shall
serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties in the manner and amounts provided by law for state employees.

(j)

The board shall adopt rules and regulations necessary for the administration of its duties under this article
and shall
by rule and regulation establish an application process consistent with the requirements of this article and for the effective review of charter school applications and the oversight of charter schools approved by the board.

(k)

The chair shall, subject to any rules or regulations adopted by the board, have the power to appoint, terminate and fix the pay of an executive director and such other personnel as the chair considers necessary.

(m)

The board shall provide for an audit of the financial statements of the board by an independent certified public accountant in conformity with generally accepted auditing standards. Each year the results of the audit shall be reported to the joint education interim committee.

(n)

For the purpose of the approval of charter school applications and the oversight of charter schools, the board may assess an administrative fee upon charter school applicants approved by the board under this article not to exceed one and one-half percent (1.5%) of the amounts received
by the charter school
under W.S. 21
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Section

2
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W.S.
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1704(d) by creating a new paragraph (xvii),
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110(a)(x)(A)(I),
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302(a) by creating new paragraphs (iii) and (iv), by renumbering paragraphs (iii) through (v) as (v) through (vii)
, by amending and renumbering (vi) as (viii)
and by creating a new paragraph (ix), 21
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303(a) and (d), 21
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304(b), (d), (g), (j) and (k), 21
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305(a), 21
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306(a) and (b), 21
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(c) and (d), 21
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309(a), (c)(intro), (e) and (f), 21
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312,
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,

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309(m)(iv)(C) and (v)(B)(intro) and 21
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are amended to read:

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1704.

Reorganization plan; structure; time frame.

(d)

The entities of state government specified in this subsection are designated as separate operating agencies, which are separate and distinct from the departments and offices specified in subsection (a) of this section because of their quasi
‑
judicial responsibility or because of their unique, specialized function which precludes their inclusion in another department. This act does not otherwise apply to separate operating agencies. Separate operating agencies are as follows:

(xvii)

S
tate board of public charter schools
established under W.S
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110.

Duties of boards of trustees.

(a)

The board of trustees in each school district shall:

(x)

Subject to review by the school facilities commission under W.S. 21
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114(a)(vi), the district shall, except as provided under W.S. 21
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109(c)(i)(B), ensure the lease agreement requires sufficient payment from the lessee to cover expenses necessary to adequately maintain the facility or building in accordance with statewide adequacy standards prescribed by the commission.
Except as p
rovided under W.S. 21
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109(c)(
i)(B), if the district enters into an agreement to lease buildings and facilities under which the district is the lessee and the building is to be used for the provision of the required educational program within the district, the lease agreement shall require the lessor to adequately maintain the buildings and facilities in accordance with standards prescribed by the commission.
If approved by the commission, the district shall be reimbursed for the lease payment if the square footage of the leased facility is not included within the district's total square footage for purposes of major maintenance computations under W.S. 21
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(A)

If the lease payment is for educational facilities used in the actual operation of a charter school, the commission shall pay the district an amount approved by the commission for the lease payment by the charter school if:

(I)

The charter is approved by the
distric
t
charter authorizer
under W.S. 21
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;

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302.

Definitions.

(a)

As used in this article:

(iii)

"Charter applicant" means a person who applies to a charter authorizer to establish a charter school;

(iv)

"Charter authorizer" means the
state board of public charter schools
or the
board of trustees of the school
district
in which the charter applicant is proposing to locate and operate the charter school
;

(iii)
(v)

"District board" means the board of trustees of a school district elected as the governing body of the school district;

(iv)
(vi)

"New charter school" means a charter school established within the district which is located in a facility or a portion of a facility which is not currently being operated by the district as a public school;

(v)
(vii)

"School district" means each school district now or hereafter legally organized as a body corporate pursuant to W.S. 21
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(vi)
(viii)

Except for W.S. 21
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"
s
tate board" means the state board of education appointed pursuant to W.S. 21
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301
;
.

(ix)

"
State board of public charter schools"
means the
state board created under this article.

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303.

Charter school prohibitions.

(a)

This article shall not prohibit any private person or organization from funding or providing other assistance for the establishment or operation of a charter school established pursuant to this article when the district board
or
the
state board of public charter schools
determines the funding or assistance is compatible with the mission of the
district

state education system
.

(d)

No charter school shall enter into a contract with an independent management company without the prior written consent of the
district board. The school district shall be a third party beneficiary to any management contract approved by the district board

charter authorizer which granted the charter
.

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304.

Charter school; requirements; authority.

(b)

A charter school shall be a public school within the school district
that grants its charter

in which the school is located

and shall be accountable to the
district board

charter authorizer

for purposes of ensuring compliance with applicable laws and charter provisions and the requirements of the state constitution.

(d)

A charter school shall be administered and governed by a governing body in a manner agreed to by the charter school applicant and the
school district

charter authorizer
. A charter school may organize as a nonprofit corporation pursuant to the Wyoming Nonprofit Corporation Act, which shall not affect its status as a public school for any purposes under
Wyoming
law.

(g)

Pursuant to contract, a charter school may operate free from specified school district policies and state regulations. Pursuant to contract, a school district may waive locally imposed school district requirements, without seeking approval of the state board. The state board may waive state statutory requirements or rules promulgated by the state board, except that the state board shall not waive any statute or rule relating to the assessments or standards required to be administered. Upon request of the charter applicant, the state board shall provide summaries of such regulations and policies to use in preparing a charter school application. The department of education shall prepare the summary of state regulations within existing appropriations. Any waiver of state or local school district regulations made pursuant to this subsection shall be for the term of the charter for which the waiver is made, except that a waiver of state statutes or regulations by the state board shall be subject to review every
two (2)

five (5)
years and may be revoked if the waiver is deemed no longer necessary by the state board.

(j)

A charter school
approved by a charter authorizer

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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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.
Any school district which refuses to negotiate in good faith, provide services at cost or enter into an agreement with a
n approved
charter school shall be liable to the charter school for any reasonable expense incurred by the charter school in privately contracting for the service.

(k)

A charter school shall not be required to pay rent for space which is deemed available

by the school facilities commission from its inventory of school district facilities
, as negotiated by contract
.
, in school district facilities.
All other costs for the improvement, modification, operation and maintenance of the facilities used by the charter school shall be subject to negotiation between the charter school and the district board.

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305.

Charter schools; contract contents; regulations.

(a)

An approved

Following approval of a
charter application

by the charter authorizer based upon adequate public support for the application determined through the public hearing held under W.S. 21
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308, the school district and the applicant
shall
serve

use the approved application
as the basis for a contract between the charter school and the school district.

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306.

Application for establishing charter schools; conversion of existing schools; application process.

(a)

Any person
may apply to
the district board

a charter authorizer
for the establishment of a new charter school or a charter school within a school
.

to be located within the school district

A charter authorizer is not required to approve a charter school and may require an applicant to modify or supplement an application as a condition of approval
.

(b)

Administrators and teachers employed by
the

a
district, parents of students enrolled in
the

a
district and any special district advisory group comprised of district residents may apply to
the district board

a charter authorizer
to convert an existing public school operating within
the

a
school district to a charter school. An application filed under this subsection shall demonstrate the support of not less than fifty percent (50%) of the teachers employed by the school who teach at the school proposed to be converted, and the parents of fifty percent (50%) of all students attending the school proposed to be converted.

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308.

Hearing by
charter authorizer
; prohibited actions by
district
board; criteria; compliance with state standards; contractual authority.

(a)

Not later than thirty (30) days after receiving an application for any charter school as defined in W.S. 21
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district board

charter authorizer
shall hold a public hearing on the application
, at which time the board shall consider

solely to determine
the level of community and parental support for the application if an application for a new charter school, or the level of teacher and parental support if an application for a converted charter school or charter school within a school.
The measure of public support shall be based upon the minimum level necessary for the applicant to successfully initiate and operate the school, as computed in accordance with methodology provided by the department of education.
Following review of the application and the public hearing, if applicable, and in accordance with subsection (d) of this section, the

district board

charter authorizer
shall either approve or deny the application within sixty (60) days of receipt. Approval under this article may be conditioned for purposes specified under subsection (c) of this section. In addition, the

board

charter authorizer
may approve an application for the operation of a converted charter school only if it determines teacher and parental support for the conversion are established at the levels required by W.S. 21
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Prior to approving an application for a charter school under this section, the board shall approve and adopt the content and terms of the contract as provided in W.S. 21
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(c)

For purposes of contract negotiation, t
he
district board

charter authorizer
shall require the applicant to provide information regarding the proposed operation and potential effects of the school, including but not limited to the facilities to be utilized by the school, the manner in which administrative services of the school are to be provided and a demonstration that the school is adequately insured for liability, including errors and omissions coverage, and that the school district is indemnified to the fullest extent possible. As authorized under subsection (a) of this section, the applicant may request the

district board and the board may

charter authorizer to
approve the charter application subject to specified conditions which provide the applicant sufficient time to acquire necessary funding for securing or otherwise finalizing arrangements for facilities or equipment necessary for the operation of the proposed school. In addition, the

district board may

charter authorizer shall
upon request of the applicant and approval of the charter school application, make available for use by the charter school any
district
facility
of the school district in which the charter school is to be located,
which is closed, not operational and otherwise feasible for use as an educational building as defined under W.S. 21
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(d)

Upon the approval of any application by the
district board

charter authorizer
, the applicant shall provide written notice of that approval including a copy of the application to the state superintendent. If the
district board

charter authorizer
denies the application, the
board

charter authorizer

shall not later than forty-five (45) days following the date of its decision, notify the applicant of the denial in writing together with its reasons for denial.

Within thirty (30) days following receipt of notification of denial, t
he charter applicant may submit a revised application to the charter authorizer for reconsideration
, addressing the
reasons for denial.

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309.

Length of operation under charter;
ongoing review;
revocation.

(a)

A
charter
may be
granted pursuant to this article
for a
period not
to exceed
five (5
)
years
and may be renewed for successive periods not to exceed five (5) years for each renewal period. A material revision of the provisions of a charter petition may be made only with the approval
of

shall be valid unless revoked under subsection (c) of this section and
shall be subject to ongoing monitoring and review by
the

local board

charter authorizer
granting the charter

application
.

(c)

Following the first three (3) years of operation under the charter
,
a

charter may be revoked
or not renewed
by the

district board

initial charter authorizer
if the

board

authorizer
determines that the charter school

did any of the following
:

failed, on three (3) separate occasions, to attain or maintain
reasonable progress toward achievement of the content standards

and pupil performance standards identified in the charter application
, or
upon
violat
ion of
any provision of law from which the charter school was not specifically exempted
at the time the alleged violation
occurred
.

(e)

If a

district board

charter authorizer
revokes
or does not renew
a charter, the

board

charter authorizer
shall state its reasons for the revocation
.

or nonrenewal

In addition, a charter shall not be revoked unless the charter school was provided written notice of each violation under subsection (c) of this section
.

(f)

A decision to revoke
or not to renew
a charter may be appealed pursuant to
the provisions of
W.S. 21
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310.

Appeal; standard of review; procedures.

(a)

A charter applicant or any other person who wishes to appeal a decision of a

district board

charter authorizer
concerning a charter school shall provide the state board and the

district board

charter authorizer
with a notice of appeal within forty-five (45) days after receiving the

local board's

charter authorizer's
written decision and reasons for denial. If the appeal is of a denial
, nonrenewal,
or revocation of a charter, the person bringing the appeal shall limit the grounds of the appeal to the grounds for denial specified by the

district board

charter authorizer
. The notice shall include a brief statement of the reasons the charter school applicant contends the

district board's

charter authorizer's
denial was in error.

(b)

If the notice of appeal, or the motion to review by the state board, relates to a

district board's

charter authorizer's
decision to deny
, refuse to renew,
or revoke a charter or to a

district board's

charter authorizer's
unilateral imposition of conditions that are unacceptable to the charter school or the charter applicant, the appeal and review process shall be as follows:

(i)

Within sixty (60) days after receipt of the notice of appeal or the making of a motion to review by the state board and after reasonable public notice, the state board, at a public hearing which shall be held in the school district in which the proposed charter school has applied for a charter, shall review the decision of the
district board

charter authorizer

and make its findings. If the state board finds that the
local board's

charter authorizer's
decision was contrary to the best interests of the pupils, school district or community, the state board shall remand
such

the
decision to the
district board

charter authorizer
with written instructions for reconsideration
.

thereof.

The instructions shall include specific recommendations concerning the matters requiring reconsideration;

(ii)

Within thirty (30) days following the remand of a decision to the
district board

charter authorizer
and after reasonable public notice, the
district board

charter authorizer
, at a public hearing, shall reconsider its decision and make a final decision;

(iii)

If the
district board's
charter authorizer's

final decision is still to deny
, refuse to renew
or revoke a charter or to unilaterally impose conditions unacceptable to the charter school or the charter applicant, a second notice of appeal may be filed with the state board within thirty (30) days following
such
the

final decision;

(iv)

Within thirty (30) days following receipt of the second notice of appeal or the making of a motion for a second review by the state board and after reasonable public notice, the state board, at a public hearing, shall determine whether the final decision of the
district board

charter authorizer

was contrary to the best interests of the pupils, school district or community. If such a finding is made, the state board shall remand the final decision to the
local board

charter authorizer
with instructions to approve the charter application. The decision of the state board may require changes to the contract to be executed by the charter school

and the
school district
.

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District board to report to state board.

Each district board
The charter authorizer

granting a charter pursuant to this article shall annually report to the state board on each charter school
o
perating within the district

approved by the authorizer
, compliance with the provisions of the charter
application
and shall assure the state board that students attending the charter school are receiving an education consistent with the educational opportunities available to all students
within the school district

as required by law
.

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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
.
If the state board of public charter schools serve
s
as authoriz
e
r under this article, it shall ensure minimum funding and service levels are provided by the district to the charter school as required by 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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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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;
.

(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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(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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(
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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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 th
an

the
minimum level of funding or services specified under subsections (c) and (d) of this section
.

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309.

Determination of amount to be included in foundation program for each district.

(m)

In determining the amount to be included in the foundation program for each district, the state superintendent shall:

(iv)

Based upon reports from each district on schools operating within that district for the current school year and on grade configurations contained within each reported school during that school year, compute the average daily membership (ADM) for each reported school and each grade within each reported school in accordance with identified grade configurations subject to the following:

(C)

After the 2006-2007 school year, and excluding charter schools established under W.S. 21
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, any modification to the configuration of grades in which students are enrolled during any school year such that the configuration differs from that in which students were enrolled during the 2005-2006 school year shall be documented by the district within reports submitted under this subsection and shall require approval by the state superintendent. Approval by the state superintendent under this subparagraph shall be based upon appropriate delivery of the required educational program, the cost effectiveness of the modified grade configuration for the delivery of adequate educational services to students and any extraordinary circumstances related to the safe and efficient delivery of the education program to students. This subparagraph relates only to the configuration of schools for application to the education resource block grant model and not to the authority of a district to configure grade levels at each of its schools.

(v)

Based upon ADM computations and identified school configurations within each district pursuant to paragraph (iv) of this subsection, compute the foundation program amount for each district as prescribed by the education resource block grant model adopted by the Wyoming legislature as defined under W.S. 21
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103(a)(xiv), as contained within the spreadsheets and accompanying reports referenced under W.S.

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(a)(xvii) and (xviii) and on file with the secretary of state pursuant to W.S. 21
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(c). The following criteria shall be used by the state superintendent in the administration of the education resource block grant model:

(B)

Alternative schools qualifying for separate consideration under the education resource block grant model may be established by a school district for offering educational programs to students with educational needs which the district finds are not appropriately met by other schools in the district, excluding charter schools established under W.S. 21
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301 through
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314

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. Alternative schools included within a district's configuration of schools identified under paragraph (iv) of this subsection shall for purposes of the education resource block grant model:

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109.

Major building and facility repair and replacement payments; computation; square footage allowance; use of payment funds; accounting and reporting requirements.

(a)

As used in this act:

(ii)

"Educational building" means a school building or facility primarily used for providing the educational programs offered by a district in compliance with law which is owned by the district, including a school building or facility owned by the district and used for operating a charter school established under W.S. 21
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301 through
21
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3
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314

21
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3
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315
;

Section
3
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W.S. 21
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303(e), 21
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304(f) and (m)
and
21
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309(b), (c)(i) through (iv) and (d) are repealed.

Section 4.

(a)

For the period commencing July 1, 2009, and ending June 30, 2010, the following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to be expended only as necessary to fund the expenses associated with the state board of public charter schools established under W.S. 21
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315, as created under Section 1 of this act:

(i)

One hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000.00) to the state board of public charter schools, a portion of which may be used to acquire contractual services necessary to carry out duties prescribed by this act; and

(ii)

Ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) to the legislative service office.

Section
5
.

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

Section
6
.

This act is effective July 1, 2009.

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