School finance amendments.

20LSO-0311
2020
STATE OF WYOMING
20LSO-0311
Numbered
2.0

SENATE FILE NO. SF0118

School finance amendments.

Sponsored by: Senate Appropriations Committee

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to school finance; amending provisions of the education resource block grant model; amending provisions governing transportation funding; 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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309(m)(v)(F) and 21
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320(b)(intro) are amended to read:

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309.

Determination of amount to be included in foundation program for each district.

(m)

In determining the amount to be included in the foundation program for each district, the state superintendent shall:

(v)

Based upon ADM computations and identified school configurations within each district pursuant to paragraph (iv) of this subsection, compute the foundation program amount for each district as prescribed by the education resource block grant model adopted by the Wyoming legislature as defined under W.S. 21
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101(a)(xiv), as contained within the spreadsheets and accompanying reports referenced under W.S. 21
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101(a)(xvii). The following criteria shall be used by the state superintendent in the administration of the education resource block grant model:

(F)

Amounts provided within the
block grant
model for health insurance shall be based upon:

(I)

Prior year statewide average district weighted actual participation in district health insurance plans as to the proportion of employee only,
split contracts, employee plus spouse or children and family coverage;
and

(II)

The annualized state contribution rate as of January 1 of the preceding school year, on behalf of each employee and official enrolled in the state group health insurance plan, for employee only, split contracts, employee plus spouse or children and family coverage
;
.

(III)

For school year 2020
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2021 and each school year thereafter, the amount provided to a school district for health insurance shall be calculated using the annualized state contribution rate as of January 1, 2019 for employee only, split contracts, employee plus spouse or children and family coverage based on district weighted actual participation in district health insurance plans for the 2018
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2019 school year, plus additional funding for each school district employee actually enrolled in a school district health insurance plan in the applicable preceding school year calculated in accordance with the following:

(1)

The department of education shall calculate the number of model funded district employees actually enrolled in a district health insurance plan for the preceding school year;

(2)

The department shall calculate the difference between the annualized state contribution rate as of January 1 of the preceding school year for employee only, split contracts, employee plus spouse or children and family coverage based on district weighted actual participation in district health insurance plans for the preceding school year and the annualized state contribution rate as of January 1, 2019 for employee only, split contracts, employee plus spouse or children and family coverage based on district weighted actual participation in district health insurance plans for the 2018
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2019 school year;

(3)

Additional funding amounts provided to a school district under this subdivision shall be the number of employees calculated under subdivision (1)
of this subdivision multiplied by the difference calculated under subdivision (2) of this subdivision.

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320.

Student transportation; amount within school foundation program formula for transportation maintenance and operations expenditures and school bus purchases; district reporting requirements.

(b)

There shall be an amount computed for each school district
in accordance with this subsection. The amount

shall
equal
to
the base price amount for bus purchase and lease payment expenditures made by the district during the previous school year pursuant to subsection (g) of this section
and
plus,
for
the amount provided under this section during the 2020
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2021 school year the amount actually expended by the district under paragraphs (b)(i) and (ii) of this subsection in school year 2018
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2019, and for all other school years
the amount actually expended by the district during the previous school year for:

Section 2.

This act is effective July 1, 2020.

(END)

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