Reduction of boards and commissions.

WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL SENATE
FILE

NO.
0057

ENROLLED ACT NO. 40, SENATE

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

AN ACT relating to
board
s
and commissions;
repealing
the
a
dvisory
c
ouncil for
i
nnovative
e
ducation

and the W
yoming
e
ducation,
p
lanning and
c
oordination
c
ouncil;
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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2
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201(c)(ii),
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22
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102(
a
)
(i)
and
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22
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107(a), (d) through (g
) are amended to read:

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2
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201.

General supervision of public schools entrusted to state superintendent.

(c)

In addition to any other duties assigned by law, the state superintendent shall:

(ii)

Administer and implement the "teacher of the year program," which shall include an unbiased, objective process to annually select the individual most deserving of the award
;

and capable of serving on the board under W.S. 21
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22
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103
;

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22
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102.

Disposition of trust fund investment earnings.

(a)

Revenues deposited into the separate account established under W.S. 21
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22
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101(b) shall be distributed by the state treasurer as follows:

(i)

To the department of education for distribution in accordance with W.S.
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22
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103 through
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22
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106 and
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22
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107 to Wyoming school districts for programs benefiting school districts.

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22
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107.

Innovative program grants; application; selection by the state department of education; classification of districts; distribution; report on grants awarded; initial grants.

(a)

Except as provided for school year 1991-1992 under subsection (h) of this section,
P
roposals for innovative program grants authorized under W.S. 21
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22
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106 may be submitted annually by any Wyoming school district to the department of education on or before June 1. Submitted proposals shall be in a form provided and prescribed by the state department, which shall require the minimum information necessary to describe the proposal without unduly burdening the applicant, including target populations and objectives, compliance with criteria prescribed under W.S. 21
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22
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106 and proper grant expenditures including program budget and evaluation.

(d)

The state
advisory council

department
shall award a grant authorized under this section to at least one (1) district from each classification pursuant to subsection (c) of this section. Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit the
advisory council

state department
from awarding grants to more than one (1) district under each classification or more than one (1) grant to the same school district under criteria established under W.S. 21
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22
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106.

(e)

Subject to available funding, the
state
advisory council for innovative

education

department
shall select those proposals it determines best fulfill criteria established under W.S. 21-22-106 and promote excellence in public education. The
advisory council

state department
may use available funds to support innovative program evaluation projects and may
through the state department,
contract with the University of Wyoming to conduct program evaluations.

(f)

In accordance with determinations of the advisory council,

T
he state department shall annually distribute funds to selected proposals on or before August 15. In no event shall grants awarded exceed funds available for this purpose within the separate account. Innovative program grants received under this subsection shall only be used for the purposes for which the grant is awarded and shall not be expended for any other program, activity or purpose.

(g)

The state department shall
on behalf of the advisory council,
annually report to the governor and the joint appropriations interim committee and the joint education interim committee on selected proposals as well as all proposals submitted but not selected, and on the success and accomplishments of all programs funded by innovative program grants and evaluate the programs funded, and their impacts, according to state and national educational goals of excellence.

Section 2
.

W.S. 21
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601, 21
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16
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602, 21
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22
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103 through
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22
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105
and
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22
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107
(h)
are repealed.

Section 3
.

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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