School finance amendments.

21LSO-0296
2021
STATE OF WYOMING
21LSO-0296
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0089

School finance amendments.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Hallinan, Bear, Fortner, Jennings, Laursen, Neiman, Ottman and Wharff and Senator(s) McKeown and Steinmetz

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to K-12 education funding; reducing the minimum time schools are to be operated; amending and repealing components within the education resource block grant model; specifying applicability of a temporary external cost adjustment; 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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13
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307(a)(ii)(intro) is amended to read:

21
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307.

Eligibility to share in distribution of money from foundation account; mandatory financial reporting.

(a)

Each district which meets the following requirements is eligible to share in the distribution of funds from the foundation account:

(ii)

Operated all schools for a term of at least
one hundred eighty
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five (185)
one hundred eighty (180)
days or the number of days or equivalent hours authorized under an alternative schedule approved by the state board during the previous school year.

If the school term of any school in a district was less than
one hundred eighty
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five (185)
one hundred eighty (180)
days or less than the total number of days authorized under an alternative schedule approved by the state board, the amount allotted per average daily membership (ADM) under W.S. 21
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309 for the school shall be in proportion to the length of the term the school actually operated, unless caused by closures of schools:

Section 2
.

2011 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 185, ATTACHMENT "A" (b)(xxxvii) is amended to read:

ATTACHMENT "A"
ATTACHMENT "A" CONTAINS AN ENUMERATION OF
EDUCATION RESOURCE BLOCK GRANT MODEL COMPONENTS SUMMARIZING AND EXECUTING RECOMMENDATIONS CONTAINED IN THE 2010 COST OF EDUCATION STUDY AS FOLLOWS:

(b)

Notwithstanding components specified in the 2010 cost of education study accepted by the legislature, the Wyoming education resource block grant model components and the resourcing for those components, as enacted by the legislature, shall be as follows:

(xxxvii)

Average Salaries:

Teachers* (includes
10
5
pupil free days)

$ 50,662.03

$ 50,362.21
Principals

$ 83,072.43

$ 76,387.24
Assistant principals

$ 69,702.30

$ 64,093.06
Superintendents

$106,892.58

$ 98,290.48
Assistant superintendents

$ 85,514.06

$ 78,632.38
Business managers

$ 72,079.04

$ 66,278.53
Aides

$ 18,445.82

$ 18,729.15
Library media technicians

$ 43,500.93

$ 44,116.46
Central office secretaries

$ 34,885.39

$ 35,421.23
School secretaries

$ 32,409.86

$ 32,907.67
School clerical staff

$ 24,930.49

$ 25,313.42
Maintenance and operations:
Maintenance workers/groundskeepers

$ 35,775.69

$ 36,325.20
Custodians

$ 29,843.38

$ 30,301.78

*"Teachers" under this paragraph include core and specialist teachers, instructional facilitators, tutors, ELL teachers, extended day
teachers, summer school teachers, pupil support staff, secondary school guidance counselors and librarians.

Section 3.

2011 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 185, ATTACHMENT "A" (b)(xxvi) and (xxvii), as amended by 2017 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 205, ATTACHMENT "A" (b)(xxvi) and (xxvii), is amended to read:

ATTACHMENT "A"
ATTACHMENT "A" CONTAINS AN ENUMERATION OF EDUCATION RESOURCE BLOCK GRANT MODEL COMPONENTS SUMMARIZING AND EXECUTING RECOMMENDATIONS CONTAINED IN THE 2010 COST OF EDUCATION STUDY AS FOLLOWS:

(b)

Notwithstanding components specified in the 2010 cost of education study accepted by the legislature, the Wyoming education resource block grant model components and the resourcing for those components, as enacted by the legislature, shall be as follows:

(xxvi)

Student activities:

Resource under the following school configurations:
Elementary school:
$23.79/ADM
$12.65/ADM
;
Middle school: Declining from
$782.54/ADM
$416.16
at 1 ADM school to
$202.18/ADM
$107.52
for 1,260 ADM school;
High school: Declining from
$2,017.22/ADM
$1,072.78
for 1 ADM school to
$594.63/ADM
$316.23
for 1,260 ADM school;
Ninth grade ADM in a middle school resourced at the high school amount for the school students would normally attend.

(xxvii)

Professional development:

10
5
pupil free days as resourced in teacher salary under paragraph (xxxvii) of this subsection;
Plus $125.90/ADM for trainers.

Section 4.

2011 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 185, ATTACHMENT "A" (b)(vi), as amended by 2017 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 205, ATTACHMENT "A" (b)(vi), is repealed.

Section 5.

(a) Education resource block grant model salaries as amended by this act for teachers, principals, assistant principals, superintendents, assistant superintendents and business managers shall be adjusted in accordance with the elimination of the external cost adjustment contained in 2020 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 80, Section 205, as provided by that act, unless otherwise provided for by law.

(b) Education resource block grant model salaries as amended by this act for aides, library media technicians, central office secretaries, school secretaries, school
clerical staff, maintenance workers/groundskeepers and custodians shall not be adjusted in accordance with the external cost adjustment contained in 2020 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 80, Section 205 for the 2021-2022 school year, as provided by that act, or in accordance with the elimination of the external cost adjustment contained in 2020 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 80, Section 205 for the 2022-2023 school year, as provided by that act, unless otherwise provided for by law.

Section 6.

This act is effective July 1, 2021
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(END)

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