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25LSO-0730
2025
STATE OF WYOMING
25LSO-0730
ENGROSSED
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SENATE FILE NO. SF0162
Education-block grant model amendments.
Sponsored by: Senator(s) Scott, Biteman, Brennan and Olsen and Representative(s) Andrew and Schmid
A BILL
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AN ACT relating to school finance; restricting and amending the expenditure of teacher resources and other funds generated by the education resource block grant model as specified; requiring data collection; requiring reporting; requiring a study; 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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338 is created to read:
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338.
Expenditure of funds generated for teachers.
(a)
Beginning with school year 2026
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2027 and for each school year thereafter and except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, all funds allocated for teachers by the education resource block grant model under Attachment A(b)(iii) through (v), including resources generated for salaries, health insurance and other benefits, shall be separately accounted for by each school district and shall be expended only for the purposes of teacher salaries and benefits.
(b)
Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to charter schools operating under chapter 3, article 3 of this title, alternative schools operating under W.S. 21
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309(m)(v)(B), virtual education programs operating under W.S. 21
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330, schools with less than forty
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nine (49) students or school districts with less than two hundred forty
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three (243) students.
(c)
Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a school district from allocating or expending funds provided under the education resource block grant model for teacher resources specified in subsection (a) of this section. Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, school districts shall not expend teacher resources specified in subsection (a) of this section for purposes other than those specified in subsection (a) of this section.
(d)
The department of education shall collect data from school districts on the amounts expended on teacher salaries, health insurance, other benefits and the number of teachers employed by each school district in accordance with W.S. 21
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203. Not later than October 1 of each year, the department shall report to the joint education interim committee on the data collected under this subsection.
Section 2.
(a)
Not later than October 1, 2025 and again on October 1, 2026, the department of education shall report to the joint education interim committee and any committee established for the recalibration of the education resource block grant model under W.S. 21
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309(t) on findings and recommendations on data collected under W.S. 21
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338(d), as created by section 1 of this act. The report required under this subsection shall include any recommendations for refinement of components within the education resource block grant model allocated for teacher salaries, health insurance and other benefits.
(b)
Not later than June 30, 2026, the data advisory committee established under W.S. 21
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203(d) shall provide recommendations to the state superintendent of public instruction to clearly identify expenditures on teacher salaries, health insurance and other benefits by school districts for purposes of implementing W.S. 21
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338, as created by section 1 of this act.
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.
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