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SF0123 • 2025

School finance-competitive grants for crossing guards.

AN ACT relating to school finance; creating a competitive grant program for crossing guards for K-12 public schools; providing an appropriation; requiring reporting; requiring rulemaking; and providing for an effective date.

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Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Senator Brennan
Last action
2025-02-10
Official status
inactive
Effective date
3/1/2025

Plain English Breakdown

The bill did not pass and was rejected on February 10, 2025.

School Grants for Crossing Guards

This act creates a competitive grant program for K-12 public schools to fund crossing guards and requires reporting by the state department of education.

What This Bill Does

  • Creates a grant program for school districts to apply for funding to hire and train crossing guards at intersections near their schools.
  • Limits each grant to $10,000 per school per year and requires applications to be submitted before June 30th annually.
  • Requires the state department of education to review applications and notify applicants by August 1st about approval or denial with reasons provided.
  • Funds the program with $4.95 million from the public school foundation program account, available for three years starting July 1, 2025.

Who It Names or Affects

  • K-12 public schools in Wyoming
  • School districts applying for grants
  • State department of education

Terms To Know

Competitive Grant Program
A program where organizations or individuals apply to receive funding based on a set of criteria.
Public School Foundation Program Account
A fund used by the state for educational purposes, specifically for public schools in Wyoming.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill did not pass and was rejected on February 10, 2025.
  • Funding is limited to three school years from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2028.

Amendments

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

SF0123SS001

Standing Committee • Senate Appropriations Committee

Adopted

Plain English: The amendment changes the funding period for a competitive grant program for crossing guards at K-12 public schools and adjusts the total amount of money available for grants.

  • Changes the duration of the grant program to include school years 2026-2027 and 2027-2028, instead of just through the end of 2027-2028.
  • Reduces the total funding from $4.95 million to $1.65 million for the grant program.
  • Removes language that limits spending to one million six hundred fifty thousand dollars each school year and replaces it with a requirement to double this amount.
  • The exact details of how the funding will be doubled are not specified in the amendment text, which may require further clarification or rulemaking.

Bill History

  1. 2025-02-10 Senate

    S COW:Failed 10-20-1-0-0

  2. 2025-02-07 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  3. 2025-02-07 Senate

    S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0

  4. 2025-01-31 Senate

    :Rerefer to S02 - Appropriations

  5. 2025-01-31 Senate

    S04 - Education:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0

  6. 2025-01-24 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S04 - Education

  7. 2025-01-17 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  8. 2025-01-16 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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25LSO-0677
2025
STATE OF WYOMING
25LSO-0677
Numbered
2.0

SENATE FILE NO. SF0123

School finance-competitive grants for crossing guards.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Brennan, Barlow, Olsen, Rothfuss and Schuler and Representative(s) Brown, G, Brown, L, Filer, Geringer and Harshman

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to school finance; creating a competitive grant program for crossing guards for K-12 public schools; providing an appropriation; requiring reporting; requiring rulemaking; 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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Crossing guard program grant; application; criteria; limitations.

(a)

For school year 2025
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2026 through school year 2027
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2028, a school district may apply to the state department of education for state assistance, train and educate volunteers and faculty, pay wages for faculty and purchase equipment for a crossing guard program for schools located within the school district. Amounts awarded under this section shall be in addition to and shall not be considered in determining the school foundation program amount under the education resource block grant model pursuant to W.S. 21
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(b)

A grant awarded under this section shall be for a period of one (1) year and shall not exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) per school per year. Applications by school districts for a grant under this section shall be submitted on a form and in a manner specified by rule of the department of education, shall be filed with the department of education on or before June 30 each year to secure a grant during the immediately succeeding school year and shall at a minimum include:

(i)

A proposal documenting the need for crossing guards and a plan for expenditure of grant amounts. The proposal shall identify at minimum the following:

(A)

The proposed schools and intersections where volunteers and school district employees will act as

crossing guards if awarded funding under the grant program;

(B)

The number of hours and the number of volunteers and school district employees that will act as

crossing guards if awarded funding under the grant program;

(C)

The training and education requirements for volunteers and school district employees acting as a crossing guards if awarded under funding under the grant program;

(D)

Equipment, with itemized prices for each piece of equipment, to be funded by the grant.

(ii)

Other necessary information required by the department of education.

(c)

Not later than August 1 of each applicable school year and following review of applications submitted under this section, the department of education shall notify applicant school districts of its decision to award or deny a grant application and shall provide each applicant district a written statement of the reasons for approving or denying the application. The department of education may approve or deny an application in whole or in part and may award funds for specific schools within a school district, while denying funds for others. If an application is approved, the department shall award the grant from amounts made available by legislative appropriation from the public school foundation program account for purposes of this section.

(d)

Each school district receiving a grant under this section shall report to the department of education the expenditure of amounts awarded under this section and shall provide other information as required by rule of the department of education.

(e)

Not later than August 1 of each applicable school year, the department of education shall report to the joint education interim committee on the expenditure of grant awards.

(f)

The department of education, in consultation with the department of transportation, shall promulgate rules necessary to carry out this section. The rules shall, at minimum, identify training and education requirements for volunteers and school district employees acting as crossing guards and funded by the crossing guard grant program created by this section.

(g)

This section is repealed effective July 1, 2028.

Section 2
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There is appropriated four million nine hundred fifty thousand dollars ($4,950,000.00) from the public school foundation program account to the department of education‑school finance for the grant program created by section 1 of this act. Not more than one million six hundred fifty thousand dollars ($1,650,000.00) shall be expended each school year. This appropriation shall be for the period beginning July 1, 2025 and ending June 30, 2028. This appropriation shall not be transferred or expended for any other purpose and any unexpended, unobligated funds remaining from this appropriation shall revert as provided by law on June 30, 2028. It is the intent of the legislature that this appropriation not be included in the standard budget for the department of education for the immediately succeeding fiscal biennium.

Section 3
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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.

(END)

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