HB0002 • 2021

School buildings and facilities study.

AN ACT relating to school buildings and facilities; requiring a study on the suitability, capacity and condition of school buildings and facilities; authorizing contracting with a consultant; requiring reporting; providing an appropriation; and providing for an effective date.

Budget Education

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor: Sel Sch Fac
Last action: 2021-03-22
Official status: inactive
Effective date: 3/1/2021

Plain English Breakdown

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School Building Study Act

This act requires a study on school buildings and facilities in Wyoming, allows for hiring a consultant to help with the study, sets reporting requirements, and provides funding.

What This Bill Does

Requires the School Facilities Commission to conduct a study about how suitable, spacious, and well-maintained all public school buildings are in Wyoming.
Allows the State Construction Department to hire a consultant to assist with this study.
Requires the commission to give updates on the study when asked by certain committees.
Requires the commission to report its findings by October 15, 2021.
Provides $6 million from the Strategic Investments and Projects Account for the State Construction Department to use for the study.

Who It Names or Affects

The School Facilities Commission
Public schools in Wyoming
The State Construction Department

Terms To Know

Suitability: How well a building meets the needs of its users.
Capacity: The maximum number of people or things that can be accommodated in a space.

Limits and Unknowns

This bill did not pass and was not considered by the Committee of the Whole.
It is unclear if the study will actually happen since the bill did not become law.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

HB0002HS001

Standing Committee • House Appropriations Committee

Filed

Plain English: The amendment changes how funding is provided for a school buildings and facilities study, specifying that funds from an existing bill will be used instead of providing new appropriations.

Removes the phrase 'providing an appropriation' and replaces it with 'specifying funds for the study'.
Deletes lines detailing the original funding provisions on page 2.
Adds a new section specifying that funds from Section 313 of House Bill 0001 will be used for the required study.

The amendment does not specify how much money is available or what the exact amount needed for the study is.

Bill History

2021-03-22 House
H COW:H Did not consider for COW
2021-01-28 House
H Placed on General File
2021-01-28 House
H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0
2021-01-27 House
:Rerefer to H02 - Appropriations
2021-01-27 House
H04 - Education:Recommend Do Pass 6-3-0-0-0
2021-01-12 House
H Received for Introduction
2020-12-11 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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21LSO-0178
2021
STATE OF WYOMING
21LSO-0178
Introduced
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0002

School buildings and facilities study.

Sponsored by: Select Committee on School Facilities

A BILL

for

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

Section 1
.

(a)

The school facilities commission shall study the suitability, capacity and condition of all public school
buildings and school facilities in Wyoming. The state construction department, as approved by the commission, may contract with a consultant to assist with the study required by this act.

(b)

The school facilities commission shall provide updates on the study required by this act at the request of the joint appropriations committee or the select committee on school facilities. Not later than October 15, 2021, the school facilities commission shall report to the joint appropriations committee and the select committee on school facilities on the status of the study required by this act.

Section 2.

There is appropriated six million dollars ($6,000,000.00) from the strategic investments and projects account to the state construction department for the purposes of this act. This appropriation shall be for the period beginning with the effective date of this act and ending June 30, 2022. This appropriation shall not be transferred or expended for any other purpose and any unexpended, unobligated funds remaining from this appropriation shall revert as provided by law on June 30,
2022. It is the intent of the legislature that this appropriation not be included in the state construction department's standard budget for the immediately succeeding fiscal biennium.

Section 3.

This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

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