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SF0090 • 2025

Youth organizations in schools.

AN ACT relating to education; requiring school districts to allow participation of youth patriotic organizations in schools as specified; and providing for an effective date.

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Inactive

Wyoming marks this bill as inactive, which usually means it is no longer moving in the current session.

Sponsor
Senator Crum
Last action
2025-03-03
Official status
inactive
Effective date
3/1/2025

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not specify that presentations must occur during instructional time or in classroom settings.

Youth Patriotic Organizations in Schools

The bill requires school districts to allow youth patriotic organizations to speak with students and provide informational displays during school hours, subject to parental consent.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires school districts to adopt a policy allowing representatives of patriotic organizations to speak with students during school hours.
  • Allows representatives to distribute materials about the organization's activities and educational benefits.
  • Provides parents or guardians notice before any presentations and gives them the option to prevent their child from participating.
  • Permits patriotic organizations to set up displays in schools for recruitment purposes, using existing communication channels.

Who It Names or Affects

  • School districts
  • Patriotic youth organizations
  • Students in public schools

Terms To Know

patriotic organization
A youth membership group under age 21 that promotes patriotism and civic involvement, listed in specific U.S. laws.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not require equal access for non-patriotic organizations.
  • It is marked as inactive by Wyoming's legislature, meaning it will likely not move forward in the current session.

Amendments

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

SF0090SS001

Standing Committee • Senate Education Committee

Divided

Plain English: The amendment removes certain phrases and sections from the bill about youth patriotic organizations in schools.

  • Removes 'and' after a specific phrase on page 2, line 5.
  • Deletes 'instructional time' on page 2, line 6.
  • Eliminates 'in a classroom setting' on page 2, line 7.
  • Completely removes lines 14 through 19 from page 3 and adjusts numbering as needed.
  • The amendment does not specify what exact text is being removed or how the changes will affect the overall meaning of the bill.
SF0090SS001.01

Standing Committee • Senate Education Committee

Corrected, Adopted

Plain English: The amendment removes certain phrases from the bill text related to youth patriotic organizations in schools.

  • Removes 'and' from line 5 on page 2 of the bill.
  • Deletes 'instructional time' from line 6 on page 2 of the bill.
  • Eliminates 'in a classroom setting' from line 7 on page 2 of the bill.
  • The amendment does not provide context for why these phrases are being removed, which limits understanding of its full impact.
SF0090SS001.02

Standing Committee • Senate Education Committee

Corrected, Failed

Plain English: The amendment removes a specific section of the bill related to youth patriotic organizations in schools and adjusts the numbering of remaining sections.

  • Removes lines 14 through 19 from page 3 of the bill.
  • Changes '(D)' to '(C)' on line 21 of page 3.
  • The exact content removed in lines 14 through 19 is not provided, making it unclear what specific requirements or provisions were deleted.

Bill History

  1. 2025-03-03 House

    H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4

  2. 2025-03-03 House

    H No report prior to CoW Cutoff

  3. 2025-02-27 House

    H04 - Education:Do Pass Failed 4-4-1-0-0

  4. 2025-02-13 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H04 - Education

  5. 2025-01-24 House

    H Received for Introduction

  6. 2025-01-23 Senate

    S 3rd Reading:Passed 28-3-0-0-0

  7. 2025-01-22 Senate

    S 2nd Reading:Passed

  8. 2025-01-21 Senate

    S COW:Passed

  9. 2025-01-20 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  10. 2025-01-20 Senate

    S04 - Education:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 4-1-0-0-0

  11. 2025-01-16 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S04 - Education

  12. 2025-01-10 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  13. 2025-01-06 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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25LSO-0479
2025
STATE OF WYOMING
25LSO-0479
ENGROSSED
3.0

SENATE FILE NO. SF0090

Youth organizations in schools.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Crum, Boner, Driskill, Hicks and Kolb and Representative(s) Andrew, Bear, Geringer, Harshman and Wylie

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to education; requiring school districts to allow participation of youth patriotic organizations in schools as specified; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1.

W.S. 21
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110(a) by creating a new paragraph (xliv) is amended to read:

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110.

Duties of boards of trustees.

(a)

The board of trustees in each school district shall:
(xliv)

Effective beginning with school year 2025
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2026, adopt a policy to allow the participation of patriotic organizations at public schools within the district, in accordance with the following:

(A)

Allow a representative of a patriotic organization the opportunity, during school hours, to speak with and distribute informational materials to students, to encourage participation in the patriotic organization and its activities and to inform students of how the patriotic organization may further the students' educational interests and civic involvement and better the students' school, community and themselves. A policy allowing a representative of a patriotic organization to speak with students under this subsection shall:

(I)

Provide a specific date and time for the patriotic organization to speak to students at schools within the district after the patriotic organization has provided reasonable notice of its intent to speak to students and provide displays;

(II)

Notify parents or guardians of each patriotic organization's expected presentation and the option of the parents or guardians to withhold consent for their child to participate in the presentation.

(B)

Provide opportunities for a patriotic organization to provide displays at schools within the district for student recruitment. The displays may include informational materials and the use of other existing communication channels. The school district shall not unreasonably limit a patriotic organization in the use of any school building or property for the purposes of a display authorized under this subparagraph if the activities occur outside of the school day;

(C)

Nothing in this paragraph shall require a school district that allows a patriotic organization to speak with or distribute informational materials to students under this paragraph to provide equal access to an organization that is not designated as a patriotic organization;

(D)

As used in this paragraph, "patriotic organization" means a youth membership organization serving persons under the age of twenty
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one (21) that has an educational purpose, that promotes patriotism and civic involvement and that is a 4
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H club or is an organization listed in 36 U.S.C. §§ 30101, 30901, 31101, 40301, 70901, 80301, 140101 or 154101.

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2025
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(END)

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