Literacy position for K-3 reading program.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide specific details about the reading programs that will be implemented or their direct impact on students.

Literacy Position for K-3 Reading Program

This law creates a full-time literacy position within the Department of Education to assist school districts with reading programs and provides funding.

What This Bill Does

• Creates a new full-time job in the Department of Education to support reading programs in schools.
• Provides $240,000 from the Public School Foundation Program Account for this job over two years.
• Limits spending to no more than $120,000 each year.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Department of Education
• School districts in Wyoming

Terms To Know

Public School Foundation Program Account

A fund that provides money for public schools in Wyoming.

Limits and Unknowns

• The law specifies how much money can be spent each year and when it must revert to the state.
• It is not clear what specific reading programs will be implemented or how they will affect students directly.

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 26LSO-0193

Bill No.:

SF0014

Effective:

7/1/2026

LSO No.:

26LSO-0193

Enrolled Act No.:

SEA No. 0040

Chapter No.:

53

Prime Sponsor:

Joint Education Interim Committee

Catch Title:

Literacy position for K-3 reading program.

Has Report:

No

Subject:

Appropriates funding for a new literacy position in the Department of Education.

Summary/Major Elements:

Appropriates $240,000 from the Public School Foundation Program Account to the Department of Education for a full-time literacy position to assist school districts in implementing a reading assessment and intervention program and language and literacy programs.
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

26LSO-0193

ORIGINAL Senate

ENGROSSED
File No
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SF0014

ENROLLED ACT NO. 40,

SENATE

SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2026 Budget Session

AN ACT relating to authorization of a full-time literacy position for the department of education; providing an appropriation; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
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There is appropriated two hundred forty thousand dollars ($240,000.00) from the public school foundation program account to the department of education to employ one (1) full
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time employee position to assist school districts in implementing a reading assessment and intervention program and language and literacy programs as required by Wyoming statutes for the period beginning July 1, 2026 and ending June 30, 2028. Of this appropriation, not more than one hundred twenty thousand dollars ($120,000.00) shall be expended each fiscal year. 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 the department of education include this appropriation and the full-time position authorized by this subsection in its standard budget request for the immediately succeeding fiscal biennium.

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2026
.

(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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