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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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