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HB0227 • 2011

Education-constitution instruction.

AN ACT relating to education; requiring school districts to provide instruction on the Wyoming and United States constitution as specified; modifying state board of education duties accordingly; and providing for an effective date.

Education
Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Representative Gay
Last action
2011-02-11
Official status
inactive
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

  1. 2011-02-11 Senate

    S Placed on General File; Did Not Consider in CoW

  2. 2011-02-11 Senate

    S09 Recommended Do Pass

  3. 2011-02-09 Senate

    S Rereferred to S09

  4. 2011-02-08 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S04

  5. 2011-02-08 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  6. 2011-02-08 House

    H Passed 3rd Reading

  7. 2011-02-07 House

    H Passed 2nd Reading

  8. 2011-02-04 House

    H Passed CoW

  9. 2011-02-02 House

    H Placed on General File

  10. 2011-02-02 House

    H06 Recommended Do Pass

  11. 2011-02-01 House

    H Rereferred to H06

  12. 2011-01-27 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H04

  13. 2011-01-26 House

    H Received for Introduction

  14. 2011-01-25 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
WORKING DRAFT
2011
STATE OF
WYOMING
11LSO-0569

HOUSE BILL
NO.
HB0227

Education-constitution instruction.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Gay, Brechtel, Burkhart,
Edmonds
, Hunt, Jaggi, Kroeker, Peasley and Quarberg

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to education; requiring school districts
to
provide instruction
on the
Wyoming
and
United States
constitution

as specified
;
modifying state board of education duties accordingly;
and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1.

W.S.
21
‑
2
‑
304(a) by creating a new paragraph (vii) and
21
‑
9
‑
101 by creating a new subsection (h)
are
amended to read:

21-2-304.

Duties of the state board of education.

(a) The state board of education shall:

(v
ii
)

Establish, in consultation with local school districts, grade appropriate requirements for classroom instruction required by W.S. 21
‑
9
‑
101(h).

21
‑
9
‑
101.

Educational programs for schools; standards; core of knowledge and skills; special needs programs; class size requirements; cocurricular activities.

(h)

Commencing with the
2011-2012 school year,
on September 17 of each school year,
all school districts shall provide
i
nstruction

o
n the
United States
and
Wyoming

c
onstitution
s to students in kindergarten through grade 12, in recognition of the date
the

United States

c
onstitution was signed. I
f September 17 falls on a day when school is not in session, the instruction shall be provided
the
next
day that school is in session.
The instruction shall be provided
to students in accordance with standards promulgated by the state board
.

Section 2.

This act is effective July 1, 2011.

(END)

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