National guard youth challenge program.

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ORIGINAL SENATE

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NO.
0060

ENROLLED ACT NO. 49, SENATE

SIXTIETH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WYOMING
2009 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating
to the national guard; codifying the national guard youth challenge program;

controlling
the expenditure of state funds; requiring a report;
providing a sunset date;
continuously appropriating funds
;
and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1.
W.S. 19
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9
‑
701

through 19
‑
9
‑
704
are created to read:

ARTICLE 7
NATIONAL GUARD YOUTH CHALLENGE PROGRAM

19
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9
‑
701
.

National guard youth challenge program; administration of program.

(a)

The national guard youth challenge program is created to provide resources to create opportunities and alternatives for youth at risk or who have dropped out of the public school system, ages sixteen (16) to eighteen (18) years, to attain a high school diploma or high school equivalency certification and to develop life skills.

(b)

The national guard youth challenge program shall be administered by the
Wyoming military department
with the assistance of the department of education as necessary for the provision of educational programs addressing needs of the participating youth and for establishing necessary communications and cooperation with Wyoming school districts.

(c)

The
Wyoming
military department
may promulgate rules for the administration of the program.

19
‑
9
‑
702
.

Funding.

To the extent
available, for every
sixty cents
($.
6
0)
of federal funds appropriated to the national guard youth challenge program
,
the
department
may expend funds appropriated by this state
for this program
in an amount not to exceed forty cents ($.40), or such other minimum amoun
t as necessary to qualify for the
appropriation of federal funds.

The state may appropriate funding
in
excess of that necessary to qualify for federal
funds
and the department shall be authorized
to expend
such
state funds
only when all federal funds are exhausted.
All monies appropriated
for purposes of this article are
continuously
appropriated to the department and shall not lapse until the program is terminated as provided by W.S. 19
‑
9
‑
704.

19
‑
9
‑
703
.

Reporting.

(a)

The department
shall provide a report not later than
October 1 of each year that the national guard youth challenge program receives any state funding. The report shall be provided
to the joint appropriations
, joint transportation, highways and military affairs
and the joint education interim committees
and
includ
e
the following information:

(i)

Yearly enrollment in the national guard yo
uth challenge program
;

(ii)

Number of youth remaining after the first two (2) weeks of the challenge program;

(i
i
i)

Yearly number of
youth successfully completing the challenge program;

(i
v
)

A
detailed listing of budget expenditures for the
challenge program; and

(v)

A report on the status of program graduates for the preceding four (4) years, to the extent available.

19
‑
9
‑
704
.

Sunset.

W.S. 19
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9
‑
701 through 19
‑
9
‑
703
ar
e repealed effective June 30, 2012
.

Section 2.
This act is effective July 1, 2009.

(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

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