HB0057 • 2021

Advance enrollment.

AN ACT relating to K-12 student enrollment; providing for the advance enrollment of children of transferred or transferring military personnel; and providing for an effective date.

Children Education Parental Rights

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Representative Brown
Last action: 2021-04-02
Official status: enrolled
Effective date: 7/1/2021

Plain English Breakdown

The summary provided by the candidate explanation matches closely with the official bill text, but some details were removed due to lack of explicit support.

Advance Enrollment for Military Families

This law allows children of military personnel who are transferred to Wyoming to enroll in schools there before moving, and requires school districts to accept electronic enrollment requests.

What This Bill Does

Defines a student as a resident if their parent or guardian is on active duty military orders for transfer to Wyoming.
Requires school districts to allow these students to enroll electronically.
Allows parents or guardians of eligible students to provide proof of residence within ten days after the child starts attending the new school.

Who It Names or Affects

Children of military personnel who are transferred to Wyoming.
School districts in Wyoming.

Terms To Know

Active Military Duty: Full-time duty status in the active uniformed service of the United States, including members of the National Guard and Reserve on active orders.

Limits and Unknowns

The law does not specify what happens if proof of residence is not provided within ten days.
It is unclear how schools will handle enrollment for students who are already in the middle of a school year when their parents receive transfer orders.

Amendments

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

HB0057H2001

2nd reading • Representative Brown

Adopted

Plain English: The amendment removes specific language about a military installation from the bill, which originally allowed for advance enrollment of K-12 students whose parents are transferred or transferring military personnel.

Removes references to 'a military installation within' in the bill text.
Deletes lines 3 through 5 on page 3 of the original bill.

The exact impact and context of deleting lines 3 through 5 are not fully explained, making it unclear what specific provisions were removed.

HB0057SS001

Standing Committee • Senate Education Committee

Adopted

Plain English: The amendment changes the wording in a bill about K-12 student enrollment to specify 'the' instead of 'such an'.

Replaces the phrase 'such an' with 'the' in the bill text.

This change is very minor and does not provide enough context about what specific item or concept 'the' refers to, making it hard to understand its full impact without additional information.

Bill History

2021-04-02 LSO
Assigned Chapter Number 71
2021-04-02 Governor
Governor Signed HEA No. 0033
2021-03-30 Senate
S President Signed HEA No. 0033
2021-03-30 House
H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0033
2021-03-26 LSO
Assigned Number HEA No. 0033
2021-03-26 House
H Concur:Passed 60-0-0-0-0
2021-03-25 House
H Received for Concurrence
2021-03-25 Senate
S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-0-0-0
2021-03-24 Senate
S 2nd Reading:Passed
2021-03-23 Senate
S COW:Passed
2021-03-19 Senate
S Placed on General File
2021-03-19 Senate
S04 - Education:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
2021-03-12 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S04 - Education
2021-03-04 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2021-03-03 House
H 3rd Reading:Passed 60-0-0-0-0
2021-03-02 House
H 2nd Reading:Passed
2021-03-01 House
H COW:Passed
2021-03-01 House
H Placed on General File
2021-03-01 House
H04 - Education:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0
2021-02-04 House
H Introduced and Referred to H04 - Education
2021-01-12 House
H Received for Introduction
2021-01-11 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 21LSO-0273
Bill No.:

HB0057

Effective:

7/1/2021 12:00:00 AM

LSO No.:

21LSO-0273

Enrolled Act No.:

HEA No. 0033

Chapter No.:

71

Prime Sponsor:

Brown

Catch Title:

Advance enrollment.

Subject:

Enrollment of students with a military parent or guardian.

Summary/Major Elements:

This act provides that an elementary or secondary school student is considered a resident of Wyoming for school registration purposes if the student's parent or guardian is transferred to or is pending transfer to Wyoming while on active military duty.

The act also requires a school district to allow such a student to enroll electronically in the school district.
The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent.

While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

21LSO-0273

ORIGINAL House

ENGROSSED
Bill No
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HB0057

ENROLLED ACT NO. 33,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2021 General Session

AN ACT relating to K-12 student enrollment; providing for the advance enrollment of children of transferred or transferring military personnel; 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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302.1 is created to read:

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302.1.

Advance enrollment for children of transferred military personnel.

(a)

For purposes of registration with a school district, a pupil shall be considered a resident of this state if the pupil's parent or guardian is transferred to or is pending transfer to the state while on active military duty pursuant to an official military order.

(b)

For pupils qualifying under subsection (a) of this section, school districts shall accept enrollment requests electronically. If a school district allows enrollment requests for a pupil to attend a specific school or program, the school district shall allow the enrollment request to be submitted electronically for a pupil qualifying under subsection (a) of this section.

(c)

For pupils qualifying under subsection (a) of this section, a parent or guardian shall provide proof of residence to the pupil's school district within ten (10) days after the pupil first attends the school district.

(d)

As used in this section, "active military duty" means full
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time duty status in the active uniformed service of the United States, including members of the national
guard and reserve on active duty orders.
Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2021
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(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