SF0155 • 2023

Education-teacher resources.

AN ACT relating to school finance; restricting expenditure of funds generated by the education resource block grant model for teacher resources as specified; requiring data collection; requiring reporting; requiring a study; and providing for an effective date.

Education

Inactive

Wyoming marks this bill as inactive, which usually means it is no longer moving in the current session.

Sponsor: Senator Scott
Last action: 2023-02-24
Official status: inactive
Effective date: 3/1/2023

Plain English Breakdown

The bill was marked as inactive and did not pass into law.

Teacher Resource Funding Act

The bill restricts how funds for teacher resources are spent and requires the state to collect data on these expenditures.

What This Bill Does

Restricts school districts from using certain education block grant funds for anything other than teacher salaries, health insurance, and benefits starting in the 2023-2024 school year.
Exempts charter schools, alternative schools with fewer than 50 students, and small school districts from these restrictions.
Requires the Department of Education to collect data on how much each district spends on teacher salaries, health insurance, and benefits.
Requires the Department of Education to report this information annually to a joint education committee.
Asks for recommendations on refining the block grant model for funding teacher resources by 2025.

Who It Names or Affects

School districts in Wyoming
Teachers in Wyoming public schools

Terms To Know

Education Resource Block Grant Model: A system that allocates funds to school districts for various educational purposes.
Joint Education Interim Committee: A committee made up of state representatives and senators who review education policies between legislative sessions.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify how the collected data will be used beyond reporting to a committee.
It is unclear what changes, if any, might come from the recommendations in 2025.
This bill was marked as inactive and did not pass into law.

Bill History

2023-02-24 House
H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4
2023-02-24 House
H No report prior to CoW Cutoff
2023-02-15 House
H Introduced and Referred to H04 - Education
2023-02-02 House
H Received for Introduction
2023-02-02 Senate
S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-1-0-0-0
2023-02-01 Senate
S 2nd Reading:Passed
2023-01-31 Senate
S COW:Passed
2023-01-30 Senate
S Placed on General File
2023-01-30 Senate
S04 - Education:Recommend Do Pass 4-1-0-0-0
2023-01-24 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S04 - Education
2023-01-24 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2023-01-21 LSO
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23LSO-0533
2023
STATE OF WYOMING
23LSO-0533
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2.0

SENATE FILE NO. SF0155

Education-teacher resources.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Scott, Biteman, Brennan, Salazar and Steinmetz and Representative(s) Andrew

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to school finance; restricting expenditure of funds generated by the education resource block grant model for teacher resources as specified; requiring data collection; requiring reporting; requiring a study; 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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337 is created to read:

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337.

Expenditure of funds generated for teachers.

(a)

Beginning school year 2023
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2024 and each school year thereafter, except as stated in subsection (b) of this section, all funds allocated for teachers by the education resource block grant model pursuant to 2011 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 185, Attachment "A"(b)(iii) through (v), to include resources generated for salaries, health insurance and other benefits, shall be separately accounted for by each school district and shall be expended for the purposes of teacher salaries and benefits.

(b)

Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to charter schools operating under W.S. 21
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301 et seq., alternative schools operating under W.S. 21
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309(m)(v)(B), schools with less than forty
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nine (49) students or school districts with less than two hundred forty
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three (243) students.

(c)

The department of education shall collect data from school districts on the amounts expended on teacher salaries, health insurance and other benefits and the number of teachers employed by each school district in accordance with W.S. 21
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203. Not later than October 1 each year, the department shall report to the joint education interim committee on the data collected pursuant to this subsection.

Section 2.

(a)

Not later than October 1, 2024, and again on October 1, 2025, the department of education shall provide to the joint education interim committee findings and recommendations on data collected pursuant to W.S. 21
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337(c) created by this act and shall include any recommendations for refinement of components within the education resource block grant model resourcing teacher salaries, health insurance and other benefits.

(b)

Not later than June 30, 2024, the data advisory committee established under W.S. 21
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203(d) shall provide recommendations to the state superintendent of public instruction to clearly identify expenditures on teacher salaries, health insurance and other benefits by school districts.

Section 3.

This act is effective July 1, 2023
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(END)

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