School finance-nonresident attendance.

ORIGINAL
House
Bill No
.
HB0087

ENROLLED ACT NO. 33,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2016 Budget Session

AN ACT relating to school finance; modifying provisions relating to part-time student attendance in nonresident school districts; revising annual computation of school district revenues to exclude tuition paid by one district to another district as specified; 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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4
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502 and 21
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13
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310(a)(ix)
are
amended to read:

21
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4
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502
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Attendance in another district when convenient or desirable; admission of pupils resident in other districts; attendance for ADM computations specified.

(a)

The board of trustees of every school district within the state may provide for the enrollment of any pupil resident therein in a school within another district if the pupil desires to attend the school and if attendance in such other district would be more convenient or is desirable because of services available in the other district.
Except as provided under subsection (c) of this section, t
he district providing for the enrollment of the pupil in a school within another district shall not include the pupil within its average daily membership (ADM) for purposes of the foundation program under W.S. 21
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13
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309.

(b)

Any district within the state may admit pupils resident in other districts of the state unless the admission overcrowds the classrooms of the admitting district. No district within the state shall be required to admit a pupil who has been suspended or expelled by the board of trustees or designated disciplinarian of any other district located in or outside the state.
Except as provided under subsection (c) of this section, t
he district
admitting a pupil under this subsection shall not assess tuition payments upon the district wherein the pupil resides, but shall include the pupil within its average daily membership (ADM) for purposes of determining its foundation program amount under W.S. 21
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13
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309.

(c)

Any district
within the state may allow
nonresident
pupils to
attend
to
receive
a portion of a pupil's education
pursuant to an agreement with a resident district
.

The agreement shall be in writing
with a copy
kept on file by both districts.
The resident district shall include the pupil within its average daily membership (ADM) for purposes of the foundation program under W.S. 21
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13
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309. The
nonresident district may
assess

the
resident di
strict tuition for the classes the
pupil attends. The tuition shall be equal
to
or less than the nonresident
per
ADM

amount
prorated to reflect the
number of classes attended by the
pupil. This subsection shall no
t apply if a pupil enrolls full
‑
time in a nonresident district pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this section.

21
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13
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310
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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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9
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102 and to secure state board accreditation of educational programs under W.S. 21
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2
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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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13
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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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20
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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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13
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330,
any tuition assessed by a district for the provision
of

part
-
time
education
al programs
to participating nonresident students

pursuant to W.S. 21
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4
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502(c)
,

any revenues received by a district from post secondary education option programs provided under W.S. 21
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20
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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
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This
act is effective July 1,
201
6
.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the
House
.

Chief Clerk

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