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24LSO-0255
2024
STATE OF WYOMING
24LSO-0255
Numbered
2.0
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0220
K-12 school facilities appropriations.
Sponsored by: Select Committee on School Facilities
A BILL
for
AN ACT relating to school building and facility projects; providing appropriations for the biennial period July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2026; specifying conditions for expenditures; requiring reports; and providing for an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section 1
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(a)
This section shall consist of funds appropriated for K-12 school building and facility needs.
(b)
As used in subsection (j) of this section, a "priority" identified by an Arabic numeral means the project ranking as submitted by the school facilities commission within its budget recommendations provided under W.S. 21-15-119.
(c)
The amounts appropriated from the public school foundation program account under paragraphs (j)(i), (ii), (vii) and (viii) of this section are for the period commencing on the effective date of the appropriation and ending June 30, 2026, and any unexpended, unobligated funds remaining from any of these appropriations shall revert to the public school foundation program account on June 30, 2026.
(d)
Each amount appropriated from the public school foundation program account for a school facility project under paragraphs (j)(iii) through (vi), (ix) and (x) of this section shall remain in effect from the effective date of the appropriation until that project is completed, unless otherwise provided by law. Upon completion of a project under this subsection, any unexpended, unobligated funds remaining from the appropriation for the project shall revert to the public school foundation program account.
(e)
As authorized under W.S. 21-15-119(a)(iii), the school facilities commission may submit a supplemental budget request for the period beginning July 1, 2025 and ending June 30, 2026, for any emergency or unanticipated need, or for any refinement or modification of a project funded under this section, subject to any constraints or other requirements imposed by the governor under W.S. 9
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(f)
An estimated schedule for deploying projects funded by amounts appropriated under subsection (j) of this section, as adopted by the school facilities commission and as contained within the 2025-2026 biennial budget submitted by the commission under W.S. 21-15-119, shall be used by the state construction department to the extent practicable to guide expenditure of appropriated funds. The estimated schedule shall be based upon information, processes, events and expenditures and shall not be binding upon the state construction department or the school facilities commission.
(g)
Amounts appropriated under subsection (j) of this section shall not be construed to be an entitlement or guaranteed amount and shall be expended by the school facilities commission to ensure adequate, efficient and cost effective school buildings and facilities in accordance with W.S. 21-15-114(a)(vii).
(h)
In addition to accounting and reporting requirements imposed under W.S. 28-11-301(c)(iv), the state construction department shall report at least one (1) time each year on the deployment of amounts to fund projects under this section in accordance with the deployment schedule, information on project progression and, if applicable, the rationale for any deviation from the estimated schedule. The reports, as approved by the commission, shall be submitted by the department to the select committee on school facilities, the joint appropriations committee and the governor.
(j)
The following amounts are appropriated from the public school foundation program account to the school facilities commission for the following purposes:
(i)
For charter school leases, two million two hundred sixty-seven thousand three hundred two dollars ($2,267,302.00). The funds appropriated under this paragraph shall be distributed for charter school lease expenses for school years 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 and are subject to W.S. 21-3-110(a)(x) and the following prescribed maximum amounts:
School
Maximum
Priority
District
Project
Amount
02-01
Albany #1
Elementary School
$568,018
02-02
Laramie #1
Elementary School
$872,602
02-03
Laramie #1
Secondary School
$826,682
Total
$2,267,302
(ii)
For modular buildings and leases, fifty-two thousand one hundred twenty-five dollars ($52,125.00), subject to the following prescribed maximum amounts:
School
Maximum
Priority
District
Lease
Amount
03-01
Laramie #1
Modular Lease
$17,375
03-02
Laramie #1
Modular Lease
$17,375
03-03
Laramie #1
Modular Lease
$17,375
Total
$52,125
(iii)
For design and construction of school building and facility projects, eighty million one hundred eighty-six thousand seven hundred sixty-seven dollars ($80,186,767.00), subject to the following prescribed maximum amounts:
School
Maximum
Priority
District
Project
Amount
07-01
Campbell #1
High School Design
$7,605,809
07-02
Laramie #1
Elementary #2 School
Design
$3,006,945
09-01
Laramie #1
Elementary School #2
Construction
$38,701,172
09-02
Niobrara #1
High School Voc. Ag./
Transportation Facility
Construction
$2,803,534
09-03
Goshen #1
Elementary/Middle/High
School Renovation
Construction
$21,545,887
09-04
Campbell #1
Elementary School
Construction
$6,523,420
Total
$80,186,767.00
(iv)
For the following component level major maintenance projects, twenty-five million one hundred fifty-six thousand five hundred one dollars ($25,156,501.00), subject to the following prescribed maximum amounts:
School
Maximum
Priority
District
Project
Amount
10-01
Uinta #1
Middle School
$4,377,392
10-02
Teton #1
High School Voc.
Building
$3,795,279
10-03
Converse #2
Junior High/High School
$2,565,293
10-04
Carbon #2
Middle/High School
$2,461,816
10-05
Hot Springs #1
High School
$1,634,048
10-06
Fremont #38
Elementary/High School/
Transportation Facility
$2,208,556
10-07
Sublette #1
Admin. Building/
High School
$1,734,458
10-08
Converse #1
Middle School
$3,329,264
10-09
Platte #1
Elementary School
$1,235,979
10-10
Sublette #1
Admin. Building/
High School
$
1,814,416
Total
$25,156,501
(v)
For ancillary building projects, twenty-nine million four hundred thirty-two thousand seven hundred ten dollars ($29,432,710.00), subject to the following prescribed maximum amounts:
School
Maximum
Priority
District
Project
Amount
11-01.01
Lincoln #2
Transportation Facility
Design
$776,974
11-01.02
Lincoln #2
Transportation Facility
Construction
$9,864,102
11-02.01
Crook #1
Transportation Facility
Design
$602,727
11-02.02
Crook #1
Transportation Facility
Construction
$7,718,943
11-03.01
Platte #1
Transportation Facility
Design
$758,325
11-03.02
Platte #1
Transportation Facility
Construction
$9,711,639
Total
$29,432,710
(vi)
For demolition projects, two million six hundred thirty-four thousand six hundred ninety-eight dollars ($2,634,698.00), subject to the following prescribed maximum amounts:
School
Maximum
Priority
District
Project
Amount
12-01
Platte #1
Middle School
$1,319,839
12-02
Albany #1
Elementary School
$1,314,859
Total
$2,634,698
(vii)
For the acquisition of a portion of an elementary school located in Natrona county school district #1, three million five hundred thousand dollars ($3,500,000.00). Any proceeds received by the state for the sale of a portion of an elementary school to Natrona county school district #1 under this paragraph, shall be deposited in the public school foundation program account;
(viii)
For professional consulting expertise and other administrative costs to conduct studies as approved by the commission to determine the most cost effective and efficient approach to deliver quality educational services and address building and facility needs, one million dollars ($1,000,000.00);
(ix)
Effective July 1, 2025, for the design of a high school in Sweetwater county school district #1, nine million nine hundred thirty-seven thousand four hundred twenty-two dollars ($9,937,422.00);
(x)
For unanticipated costs associated with the projects funded under paragraphs (j)(iii) through (ix) of this subsection, nine million one hundred ten thousand eight hundred eighty-six dollars ($9,110,886.00).
Section 2.
This act is effective July 1, 2024.
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