School finance-average daily membership.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details about the bill's content beyond what was already stated.

School Funding Changes for Average Daily Membership

The bill changes how schools count the number of students they have each day to get funding.

What This Bill Does

• Changes the way 'average daily membership' (ADM) is calculated for school funding purposes.
• Defines full-time attendance as at least 75% of a full-time equivalency basis instead of 80%.
• Requires schools to calculate partial attendance on a prorated basis based on hours or class periods attended compared to those required for full time.
• Excludes students who have been absent for more than ten consecutive calendar days from the ADM count.

Who It Names or Affects

• School districts in Wyoming
• Students and their attendance records

Terms To Know

Average Daily Membership (ADM)

The total number of students present each day, averaged over the school year for funding purposes.

Full-Time Equivalency Basis

A measure used to determine if a student's attendance qualifies as full-time for ADM calculations.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill did not pass and was not considered for introduction.
• It only applies starting from the school year beginning in 2025-2026, but it is no longer effective due to its status.

Current Bill Text

25LSO-0184
2025
STATE OF WYOMING
25LSO-0184
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0008

School finance-average daily membership.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Harshman and Clouston and Senator(s) Rothfuss and Schuler

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to school finance; modifying the definition of average daily membership as specified; specifying applicability; 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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13
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101(a)(i) is amended to read:

21
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13
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101.

Definitions.

(a)

As used in this chapter:

(i)

"Average daily membership" or "ADM" means the aggregate number of pupils present plus the aggregate number of pupils absent, divided by the actual number of days the school is in session for the year. Pupils who attend at least
eighty percent (80%)
seventy
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five percent (75%)
of a full time equivalency basis shall be considered full time. For pupils enrolled in school on less than
eighty percent (80%)
seventy
‑
five percent (75%)
of a full time equivalency basis, the school district shall calculate the pupil's contribution to the ADM on a prorated basis with the hours or class periods of enrollment being the numerator and the hours or class periods of full time equivalency being the denominator. Pupils who have withdrawn from school or who have been absent for more than ten (10) consecutive

calendar days shall not be counted as members;

Section 2
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This act shall apply beginning school year 2025
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2026.

Section 3
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This act is effective July 1, 2025
.

(END)

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