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HB0020 • 2024

School finance-regional cost adjustment study.

AN ACT relating to school finance; requiring reporting and data collection to study the regional cost adjustments utilized in the education resource block grant model during recalibration; and providing for an effective date.

Education Labor
Enacted

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

Sponsor
Education
Last action
2024-03-08
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
7/1/2024

Plain English Breakdown

Checked against official source text during the last sync.

Study on Regional Cost Adjustments for School Funding

This law requires collecting and reporting data to study how regional cost adjustments affect school funding.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires each school district to report unfilled job positions by October 1, 2024 and 2025.
  • School districts must also report average travel mileage for employees by building, destination, and purpose of travel.
  • The State Superintendent of Public Instruction reports collected data to the Legislative Service Office in March 2025 and 2026.
  • The Wyoming Department of Workforce Services provides detailed wage information and employee transition details to the Legislative Service Office.
  • The Wyoming Retirement System and Department of Transportation report specific retirement eligibility dates, marital statuses, road mileages, and population data.

Who It Names or Affects

  • School districts
  • State Superintendent of Public Instruction
  • Wyoming Department of Workforce Services
  • Wyoming Retirement System
  • Wyoming Department of Transportation

Terms To Know

Regional cost adjustments
Changes in funding based on the costs specific to different regions.
Education Resource Block Grant Model
A system that allocates funds for schools based on student needs and regional factors.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how the collected data will be used beyond studying regional cost adjustments.
  • It is unclear what actions, if any, will follow after the study is completed.

Amendments

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

HB0020S2001

2nd reading • Senator Hicks

Adopted

Plain English: The amendment to HB0020 changes the wording in a section about reporting requirements related to school finance, adding details on the purpose of travel.

  • Adds 'and purpose of travel' after 'destination' in the text.
  • The exact impact and context of this change are not fully explained by the amendment text alone.
HB0020SS001

Standing Committee • Senate Education Committee

Adopted

Plain English: The amendment changes the deadlines for reporting and data collection related to a study on regional cost adjustments in school finance.

  • Changes the deadline from March 31, 2025, to November 1, 2024.
  • Updates the year range from '2023-2024' to '2022-2023'.
  • Moves another deadline from March 31, 2026, to November 1, 2025.
  • The amendment does not provide details on the specific changes to reporting requirements or data collection methods beyond altering the deadlines.

Bill History

  1. 2024-03-08 LSO

    Assigned Chapter Number 66

  2. 2024-03-08 Governor

    Governor Signed HEA No. 0036

  3. 2024-03-05 Senate

    S President Signed HEA No. 0036

  4. 2024-03-05 House

    H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0036

  5. 2024-03-04 LSO

    Assigned Number HEA No. 0036

  6. 2024-03-04 House

    H Concur:Passed 51-4-7-0-0

  7. 2024-03-04 House

    H Received for Concurrence

  8. 2024-03-01 Senate

    S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-1-0-0

  9. 2024-02-29 Senate

    S 2nd Reading:Passed

  10. 2024-02-28 Senate

    S COW:Passed

  11. 2024-02-23 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  12. 2024-02-23 Senate

    S04 - Education:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0

  13. 2024-02-20 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S04 - Education

  14. 2024-02-19 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  15. 2024-02-19 House

    H 3rd Reading:Passed 54-7-1-0-0

  16. 2024-02-16 House

    H 2nd Reading:Passed

  17. 2024-02-15 House

    H COW:Passed

  18. 2024-02-14 House

    H Placed on General File

  19. 2024-02-14 House

    H04 - Education:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0

  20. 2024-02-12 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H04 - Education 53-7-2-0-0

  21. 2024-01-24 House

    H Received for Introduction

  22. 2023-12-12 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 24LSO-0202

Bill No.:

HB0020

Effective:

7/1/2024

LSO No.:

24LSO-0202

Enrolled Act No.:

HEA No. 0036

Chapter No.:

66

Prime Sponsor:

Joint Education Interim Committee

Catch Title:

School finance-regional cost adjustment study.

Has Report:

Yes

Subject:

Requiring data to study the regional cost adjustment.

Summary/Major Elements:

This act requires data collection and reporting for a study of the regional cost adjustments utilized in the education resource block grant model.

The model and regional cost adjustment calculates operational costs for K-12 public education.

Comments:

Requires reporting by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Wyoming Department of Workforce Services, the Wyoming Retirement System and the Wyoming Department of Transportation to the Legislative Service Office.

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

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24LSO-0202

ORIGINAL House

ENGROSSED
Bill No
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HB0020

ENROLLED ACT NO. 36,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2024 Budget Session

AN ACT relating to school finance; requiring reporting and data collection to study the regional cost adjustments utilized in the education resource block grant model during recalibration; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
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(a)

All data collected and reported as required under this section shall be sufficiently anonymized or aggregated to eliminate personally identifiable information, while ensuring the legislature is able to perform the recalibration of the education resource block grant model required pursuant to W.S. 21-13-309(t) and study the regional cost adjustments.

(b)

Each school district shall report to the state superintendent of public instruction:

(i)

Not later than October 1, 2024 for school year 2024-2025, and not later than October 1, 2025 for school year 2025-2026, the number of unfilled vacancies for each school and district level staffing category, including teachers, principals and assistant principals, central office administrators, secretarial and clerical staff, operations and maintenance staff, aides and media technicians and student transportation personnel. For purposes of this paragraph, "unfilled vacancies" means positions the school district is actively seeking to fill or has sought to fill within the immediately preceding three (3) months prior to reporting data;

(ii)

Not later than October 1, 2024 for school year 2023-2024, and not later than October 1, 2025 for school year 2024-2025, average mileage reimbursed by each school district for travel by school district personnel in the course and scope of employment. The average mileage shall be reported by building, travel destination and purpose of travel.

(c)

Not later than March 31, 2025, the state superintendent of public instruction shall report to the legislative service office data collected for school year 2023-2024 and school year 2024-2025 under subsection (b) of this section. Not later than March 31, 2026, the state superintendent shall report to the legislative service office data collected for school year 2025-2026 under subsection (b) of this section.

(d)

Not later than November 1, 2024, for school year 2022-2023 data, and not later than November 1, 2025, for school year 2023-2024 data, the Wyoming department of workforce services shall report to the legislative service office:

(i)

Detailed wage information for each occupation for each county located in Wyoming as requested by the legislative service office;

(ii)

For school and district employees that leave school district employment for another business sector, the employee's occupational title prior to leaving school district employment, their new occupational title and their new annual wage.

(e)

Not later than March 31, 2025, for school year 2024-2025 data and one-time data, and not later than March 31, 2026, for school year 2025-2026 data, the following shall be reported to the legislative service office:

(i)

For school year 2024-2025, and for school year 2025-2026, the Wyoming retirement system shall report for each school and district employee, including teachers, principals and assistant principals, central office administrators, secretarial and clerical staff, operations and maintenance staff, aides and media technicians and student transportation personnel, the date each employee is eligible to receive one hundred percent (100%) of the maximum retirement benefit under the Wyoming retirement system and marital status based on analysis of beneficiary information;

(ii)

The Wyoming department of transportation shall report:

(A)

The mileage by roadway for the shortest practicable route between each city or town located in Wyoming;

(B)

The mileage by roadway, using the shortest practicable route, from each school district building or facility to the center of the nearest town with a population of fifteen thousand (15,000) people or more and from each school district building or facility to the center of the nearest city with a population of fifty thousand (50,000) people or more.

(iii)

The Wyoming department of administration and information, economic analysis division, shall report the population for each town, city and county located in Wyoming.

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2024
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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

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