SF0128 • 2024

Approval of charter school.

AN ACT modifying the date for approval of charter schools by the Wyoming charter school authorizing board; increasing the number of charter schools to be approved by the Wyoming charter school authorizing board as specified; making conforming amendments; correcting a typographical error; 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 Dockstader
Last action: 2024-03-05
Official status: inactive
Effective date: 3/1/2024

Plain English Breakdown

The bill did not pass the House Committee, making it inactive.

Approval of Charter Schools

This act modifies the rules for approving charter schools in Wyoming, allowing more schools to be approved and requiring reports on their financial impact.

What This Bill Does

Changes the date by which certain charter schools can start operating from July 1, 2026, to July 1, 2024.
Increases the number of charter schools that can be approved before July 1, 2028, from one to three.

Who It Names or Affects

The Wyoming Charter School Authorizing Board
Charter schools in Wyoming

Terms To Know

charter school: A public school that operates independently of the local school district and is funded by the state.
fiscal impact report: A document that shows how new charter schools affect the money available for education in Wyoming.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill did not pass all stages of review and is now inactive.
It does not specify which exact charter schools will be approved.

Amendments

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

SF0128SS001

Standing Committee • Senate Education Committee

Adopted

Plain English: The amendment changes the number of charter schools that can be approved by the Wyoming Charter School Authorizing Board from one to three and adds a requirement for annual reports on their fiscal impact.

Changes the number of charter schools that can be approved annually from one to three.
Adds new reporting requirements for the state superintendent to provide yearly updates on the fiscal impacts of these charter schools.

The amendment text contains a typographical error ('one (1) three (3) charter school schools') which is unclear and may need clarification.

Bill History

2024-03-05 House
H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4
2024-03-05 House
H No report prior to CoW Cutoff
2024-03-05 Wyoming Legislature
:Recall from Committee failed Pursuant to HR 5-6 26-35-1-0-0
2024-03-04 House
H04 - Education:Do Pass Failed 3-6-0-0-0
2024-02-29 House
H Introduced and Referred to H04 - Education
2024-02-28 House
H Received for Introduction
2024-02-27 Senate
S 3rd Reading:Passed 29-2-0-0-0
2024-02-26 Senate
S 2nd Reading:Passed
2024-02-23 Senate
S COW:Passed
2024-02-21 Senate
S Placed on General File
2024-02-21 Senate
S04 - Education:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 4-1-0-0-0
2024-02-16 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S04 - Education 27-4-0-0-0
2024-02-15 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2024-02-14 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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24LSO-0595
2024
STATE OF WYOMING
24LSO-0595
ENGROSSED
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SENATE FILE NO. SF0128

Approval of charter school.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Dockstader and Representative(s) Byron

A BILL

for

AN ACT modifying the date for approval of charter schools by the Wyoming charter school authorizing board; increasing the number of charter schools to be approved by the Wyoming charter school authorizing board as specified; making conforming amendments; correcting a typographical error; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
.

2023 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 179, Section 4(b) through (d) is amended to read:

Section 4.

(b)

Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, not more than three (3) charter schools shall be authorized to operate by an entity other than a school district board, prior to
July 1, 2026
July 1, 2024
. The three (3) charter schools authorized by the state loan and investment board shall count towards the three (3) schools authorized to operate under this subsection. In the event a charter school previously authorized by the state loan and investment board closes for any reason, the Wyoming charter school authorizing board may approve a new charter school.

(c)

Except as provided under
subjection
subsection

(b) of this section, but not prior to
July 1, 2026
July 1, 2024
, not more than
one (1)
three (3) additional
charter
school
schools
shall be authorized to operate by an entity other than a school district, prior to July 1, 2028.

(d)

Not later than October 1, 2023, and each October 1 thereafter through October 1, 2028, the state superintendent, in consultation with the state construction department, shall provide to the joint education interim committee and the joint appropriations committee a report identifying the fiscal impact on the school foundation program account, the education resource block grant model as defined by W.S. 21
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13
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101(a)(xiv) and the school capital construction account as a result of the operation of the three (3) charter schools approved by the state loan and investment board and the
one (1)
three (3)
charter
school
schools
which may be approved by the Wyoming charter school authorizing board. The reports shall specify the fiscal impact at the district and the school level and shall at minimum identify the amounts generated under W.S. 21
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3
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314(c), as amended by this act, and amounts for facility needs, including but not limited to lease amounts, expenditure or requests for major building and facility repair and replacement under W.S. 21
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15
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109 and any other requests related to capital construction projects.

Section 2
.

This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

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