2023 23LSO-0533
STATE OF WYOMING
SENATE FILE NO. SF0155
Education-teacher resources.
Sponsored by: Senator(s) Scott, Biteman, Brennan, Salazar and Steinmetz and Representative(s) Andrew
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to school finance; restricting expenditure
2 of funds generated by the education resource block grant
3 model for teacher resources as specified; requiring data
4 collection; requiring reporting; requiring a study; and
5 providing for an effective date.
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7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
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9 Section 1. W.S. 21-13-337 is created to read:
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11 21-13-337. Expenditure of funds generated for
12 teachers.
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14 (a) Beginning school year 2023-2024 and each school
15 year thereafter, except as stated in subsection (b) of this
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1 section, all funds allocated for teachers by the education
2 resource block grant model pursuant to 2011 Wyoming Session
3 Laws, Chapter 185, Attachment "A"(b)(iii) through (v), to
4 include resources generated for salaries, health insurance
5 and other benefits, shall be separately accounted for by
6 each school district and shall be expended for the purposes
7 of teacher salaries and benefits.
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9 (b) Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to
10 charter schools operating under W.S. 21-3-301 et seq.,
11 alternative schools operating under W.S. 21-3-309(m)(v)(B),
12 schools with less than forty-nine (49) students or school
13 districts with less than two hundred forty-three (243)
14 students.
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16 (c) The department of education shall collect data
17 from school districts on the amounts expended on teacher
18 salaries, health insurance and other benefits and the
19 number of teachers employed by each school district in
20 accordance with W.S. 21-2-203. Not later than October 1
21 each year, the department shall report to the joint
22 education interim committee on the data collected pursuant
23 to this subsection.
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2 Section 2.
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4 (a) Not later than October 1, 2024, and again on
5 October 1, 2025, the department of education shall provide
6 to the joint education interim committee findings and
7 recommendations on data collected pursuant to W.S.
8 21-13-337(c) created by this act and shall include any
9 recommendations for refinement of components within the
10 education resource block grant model resourcing teacher
11 salaries, health insurance and other benefits.
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13 (b) Not later than June 30, 2024, the data advisory
14 committee established under W.S. 21-2-203(d) shall provide
15 recommendations to the state superintendent of public
16 instruction to clearly identify expenditures on teacher
17 salaries, health insurance and other benefits by school
18 districts.
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20 Section 3. This act is effective July 1, 2023.
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22 (END)
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