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SF0004 • 2014

School finance-local resources.

AN ACT relating to school finance; exempting revenues received by districts under post secondary education option programs from local resources included in foundation program payment computations; and providing for an effective date.

Education
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Education
Last action
2014-03-11
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
7/1/2014

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

  1. 2014-03-11 LSO

    Assigned Chapter Number

  2. 2014-03-10 Governor

    Governor Signed SEA0032

  3. 2014-03-04 House

    H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0032

  4. 2014-03-04 Senate

    S President Signed SEA No.0032

  5. 2014-03-03 LSO

    Assigned Number SEA0032

  6. 2014-03-03 House

    H Passed 3rd Reading

  7. 2014-02-28 House

    H Passed 2nd Reading

  8. 2014-02-27 House

    H Passed CoW

  9. 2014-02-27 House

    H Placed on General File

  10. 2014-02-27 House

    H04 Recommended Do Pass

  11. 2014-02-20 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H04

  12. 2014-02-19 House

    H Received for Introduction

  13. 2014-02-19 Senate

    S Passed 3rd Reading

  14. 2014-02-18 Senate

    S Passed 2nd Reading

  15. 2014-02-17 Senate

    S Passed CoW

  16. 2014-02-14 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  17. 2014-02-14 Senate

    S04 Recommended Do Pass

  18. 2014-02-11 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S04

  19. 2014-02-10 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  20. 2013-11-21 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Bill No.: <billno> Drafter: <drafterinit>

Bill No.:
SF0004
Drafter:

DRN

LSO No.:
14LSO-0167
Effective Date:

7/1/2014

Enrolled Act No.:
SEA0032

Chapter No.:
CH0095

Prime Sponsor:
Joint Education Interim Committee

Catch Title:
School finance-local resources.

Subject:
Exempts certain revenues from inclusion in local resource calculation
by school districts.

Summary/Major
Elements:

The act modifies the local resource revenue calculation
under the education resource block grant model by excluding the amounts
received by a school district in relation to postsecondary education programs
provided under W.S. 21-20-201 (Wyoming Postsecondary Education Options
Program).

The financial agreements on the flow of funding between
the school district and the postsecondary institutions vary by school district.
However, in many instances, funding is passed through to school districts from
postsecondary institutions or Boards of Cooperative Education Services in the
form of tuition or revenues that offset dual and concurrent expenditures.

Previously, school districts were required to include any
amount received in relation to postsecondary education programs provided under
W.S. 21-20-201 for purposes of calculating the districts local resources. Requiring
the school districts to record the payments as revenues made the payment count
as a local resource revenue and either decreased the school districts
entitlement amount or increased the recapture amount.

The act allows school districts to accurately report
revenues in support of dual and concurrent options programs without impacting
the funding of a school districts local resource revenue amount.
Additionally, this allows the department of education to eliminate the current
data collection report used to gather dual and concurrent fiscal information.

Current Bill Text

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WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL SENATE
FILE

NO.
0004

ENROLLED ACT NO. 32, SENATE

SIXTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2014 BUDGET SESSION

AN ACT relating to
school finance; exempting revenues received by districts under post secondary education option programs from
local resources included in foundation program payment computations;
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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310(a)(ix) is amended to read:

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310.

Annual computation of district revenues.

(a)

To ensure revenues available to each district are uniformly sufficient to enable compliance with the uniform standards for educational programs prescribed under W.S. 21
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9
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101 and 21
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102 and to secure state board accreditation of educational programs under W.S. 21
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304(a)(ii), the revenues specified under this subsection shall be deemed state revenues and shall be considered in determining the amount to be distributed to each district under W.S. 21
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311. A district shall make an annual computation of the following revenues:

(ix)

The amount of tuition paid to the district during the previous school year, including any amount charged under W.S. 21
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4
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501 and any amount assessed in excess of the costs incurred for adult education programs, summer school programs, programs provided under an agreement for cooperative educational programs under W.S. 21
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20
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101 through 21
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111 and any amount assessed for programs and services for children with disabilities, but excluding any tuition assessed by a district for the provision of distance education programs to participating nonresident students pursuant to W.S. 21
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330
, any revenues received by a district from post secondary
education option programs provided under W.S. 21
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201
or for the provision of educational programs to a nonresident student placed in a juvenile detention facility pursuant to an agreement with the student's resident school district;

Section 2.

This act is effective July 1, 2014.

(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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