Education-state board membership.

2015
STATE OF WYOMING
15LSO-0240
Numbered
2.1

HOUSE BILL

NO.

HB0179

Education-state board membership.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Patton, Freeman and Northrup and Senator(s) Coe

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to the membership of the state board of education; making the state superintendent an ex-officio nonvoting member of the state board of education; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
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W.S. 21
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2
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301(c), as amended by 15LSO
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0001 conforming Wyoming Statute to Powers v. State, 2014 WY 15, 318 P.3d 300 and Powers v. State, No. 180
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673 (1
st
Jud. Dist. Ct. Apr. 18, 2014), is amended to read:

21
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2
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301
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Appointment; qualifications, terms and removal of members; meetings; chairman.

(c)

Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section,
the
superintendent of public instruction shall not participate in board deliberations on
or vote on
any matter relating to a contested case involving actions of the department of education.

Section 2
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W.S. 21
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2
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301(
a) is amended to read:

21
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2
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301
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Appointment; qualifications, terms and removal of members; meetings; chairman.

(a)

There is created a state board of education composed of
thirteen (13)
members, eleven (11) of whom shall be
voting

appointed members with at least one (1) member appointed from each appointment district pursuant to W.S. 9
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1
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218. Appointments from each appointment district shall be rotated among the several counties comprising the district. The remaining
voting member
members
of the board shall be the state superintendent of public instruction
.

and
t
he
executive
director of the
Wyoming community college commission
. The state superintendent and the executive director of the Wyoming community college commission

shall
be
an
ex
‑
officio
member
members
and shall not have the
right to vote. One (1) appointed member shall be appointed at large and shall be a certified classroom teacher at the time of appointment. One (1) appointed member shall also be appointed at large and shall be a certified school administrator at the time of appointment. Two (2) appointed members shall be appointed at large and shall be representative of private business or industry in Wyoming. On and after March 1, 2013 and upon expiration of their respective terms, the appointments of the two (2) members previously designated to be representative of business or industry shall be at large, one (1) a representative of Wyoming private business or industry and one (1) a member of a school district board of trustees at the time of appointment. The first appointment to the term of such member which expires on or after March 1, 2013, shall be a school district board member at the time of appointment. The remaining seven (7) appointed members of the board shall be appointed from among the lay citizens of the state who are electors of the state, known for their public spirit, business or professional ability and interest in education. Not more than six (6) appointed members of the board shall be from one (1) political party. Members shall be appointed for six (6) year terms, except those who may
be appointed to fill unexpired terms. Members shall be appointed by the governor with the approval of the senate. Vacancies shall be filled by the governor without senate approval until the next session of the legislature. No member is eligible to reappointment, except any member appointed to fill an unexpired term of less than six (6) years may be reappointed for one (1) additional six (6) year term. Appointed members of the board may be removed by the governor as provided in W.S. 9
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1
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202.

Section
3
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This
act is effective July 1,
2015
.

(END)

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