Charter school funding-amendments.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide information on the Foundation Program Amount, so it was removed from terms to know.

Charter School Funding Amendments

This law changes how school districts allocate central office expenses to charter schools based on student enrollment.

What This Bill Does

• Allocates non-personnel costs from the district's central office to charter schools based on each school’s average daily membership.
• Calculates a proportional share of personnel costs for charter schools using their average daily membership compared to the total in their district.

Who It Names or Affects

• Charter schools that receive funding from Wyoming’s K-12 education system.
• School districts responsible for allocating central office expenses to charter schools.

Terms To Know

Average Daily Membership (ADM)

The average number of students enrolled in a school or district over the course of an academic year.

Limits and Unknowns

• The law does not specify what happens if a charter school's ADM changes significantly after July 1, 2025.
• It is unclear how this will affect existing funding agreements between districts and charter schools before the effective date.

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 25LSO-0330

Bill No.:

SF0073

Effective:

7/1/2025

LSO No.:

25LSO-0330

Enrolled Act No.:

SEA No. 0014

Chapter No.:

25

Prime Sponsor:

Brennan

Catch Title:

Charter school funding-amendments.

Has Report:

No

Subject:

Charter school funding amendments.

Summary/Major Elements:

Under current law, central office resources generated within the K-12 education resource block grant model, including central office personnel and central office nonpersonnel, are not required to be allocated to charter schools under W.S. 21-3-314(c)(i) by school districts.

This act amends W.S. 21-3-314(c)(i) to allocate central office nonpersonnel resources to charter schools based upon the average daily membership of the charter school. This act also creates W.S. 21-3-314(c)(vi) to allocate central office personnel resources in a proportionate amount calculated by dividing the charter school's average daily membership by the total average daily membership of the charter school's respective school district and multiplying that percentage by the central office personnel resources generated from the K-12 education resource block grant model.

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

25LSO-0330

ORIGINAL Senate

ENGROSSED
File No
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SF0073

ENROLLED ACT NO. 14,

SENATE

SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2025 General Session

AN ACT relating to charter schools; allocating school district central office nonpersonnel expenses to charter schools as specified; allocating school district central office personnel to charter schools on a proportional basis as specified; 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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314(c)(i) and by creating a new paragraph (vi) is amended to read:

21
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314.

Students counted among district ADM; determination of charter school funding.

(c)

The charter school shall be entitled to the following amounts:

(i)

Except as provided in paragraph (vi) of this subsection, o
ne hundred percent (100%) of the foundation program amount computed under W.S. 21
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309(m) based upon the average daily membership of the charter school, less

amounts generated by the charter school's membership under
paragraphs
paragraph
(b)(xxix)
and (xxx)
of "Attachment A" as defined in W.S. 21
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101(a)(xvii) and less amounts specified under W.S. 21
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309(m)(v)(E)(III) through (V);

(vi)

A percentage amount calculated by dividing the charter school's average daily membership by the total average daily membership of the charter school's respective school district multiplied by the amounts generated from the foundation program amount computed under W.S. 21
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309(m) and paragraph (b)(xxix) of "Attachment A" as defined in W.S. 21
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101(a)(xvii).

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2025
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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 Senate.

Chief Clerk

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