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STATE OF WYOMING
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0220
K-12 school facilities appropriations.
Sponsored by: Select Committee on School Facilities
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to school building and facility projects;
2 providing appropriations for the biennial period July 1,
3 2024 through June 30, 2026; specifying conditions for
4 expenditures; requiring reports; and providing for an
5 effective date.
6
7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
8
9 Section 1.
10
11 (a) This section shall consist of funds appropriated
12 for K-12 school building and facility needs.
13
14 (b) As used in subsection (j) of this section, a
15 "priority" identified by an Arabic numeral means the
16 project ranking as submitted by the school facilities
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1 commission within its budget recommendations provided under
2 W.S. 21-15-119.
3
4 (c) The amounts appropriated from the public school
5 foundation program account under paragraphs (j)(i), (ii),
6 (vii) and (viii) of this section are for the period
7 commencing on the effective date of the appropriation and
8 ending June 30, 2026, and any unexpended, unobligated funds
9 remaining from any of these appropriations shall revert to
10 the public school foundation program account on June 30,
11 2026.
12
13 (d) Each amount appropriated from the public school
14 foundation program account for a school facility project
15 under paragraphs (j)(iii) through (vi), (ix) and (x) of
16 this section shall remain in effect from the effective date
17 of the appropriation until that project is completed,
18 unless otherwise provided by law. Upon completion of a
19 project under this subsection, any unexpended, unobligated
20 funds remaining from the appropriation for the project
21 shall revert to the public school foundation program
22 account.
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1 (e) As authorized under W.S. 21-15-119(a)(iii), the
2 school facilities commission may submit a supplemental
3 budget request for the period beginning July 1, 2025 and
4 ending June 30, 2026, for any emergency or unanticipated
5 need, or for any refinement or modification of a project
6 funded under this section, subject to any constraints or
7 other requirements imposed by the governor under W.S.
8 9-2-1013.
9
10 (f) An estimated schedule for deploying projects
11 funded by amounts appropriated under subsection (j) of this
12 section, as adopted by the school facilities commission and
13 as contained within the 2025-2026 biennial budget submitted
14 by the commission under W.S. 21-15-119, shall be used by
15 the state construction department to the extent practicable
16 to guide expenditure of appropriated funds. The estimated
17 schedule shall be based upon information, processes, events
18 and expenditures and shall not be binding upon the state
19 construction department or the school facilities
20 commission.
21
22 (g) Amounts appropriated under subsection (j) of this
23 section shall not be construed to be an entitlement or
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1 guaranteed amount and shall be expended by the school
2 facilities commission to ensure adequate, efficient and
3 cost effective school buildings and facilities in
4 accordance with W.S. 21-15-114(a)(vii).
5
6 (h) In addition to accounting and reporting
7 requirements imposed under W.S. 28-11-301(c)(iv), the state
8 construction department shall report at least one (1) time
9 each year on the deployment of amounts to fund projects
10 under this section in accordance with the deployment
11 schedule, information on project progression and, if
12 applicable, the rationale for any deviation from the
13 estimated schedule. The reports, as approved by the
14 commission, shall be submitted by the department to the
15 select committee on school facilities, the joint
16 appropriations committee and the governor.
17
18 (j) The following amounts are appropriated from the
19 public school foundation program account to the school
20 facilities commission for the following purposes:
21
22 (i) For charter school leases, two million two
23 hundred sixty-seven thousand three hundred two dollars
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1 ($2,267,302.00). The funds appropriated under this
2 paragraph shall be distributed for charter school lease
3 expenses for school years 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 and are
4 subject to W.S. 21-3-110(a)(x) and the following prescribed
5 maximum amounts:
6
7 School Maximum
8 Priority District Project Amount
9
10 02-01 Albany #1 Elementary School $568,018
11 02-02 Laramie #1 Elementary School $872,602
12 02-03 Laramie #1 Secondary School $826,682
13 Total $2,267,302
14
15 (ii) For modular buildings and leases, fifty-two
16 thousand one hundred twenty-five dollars ($52,125.00),
17 subject to the following prescribed maximum amounts:
18
19 School Maximum
20 Priority District Lease Amount
21
22 03-01 Laramie #1 Modular Lease $17,375
23 03-02 Laramie #1 Modular Lease $17,375
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1 03-03 Laramie #1 Modular Lease $17,375
2 Total $52,125
3
4 (iii) For design and construction of school
5 building and facility projects, eighty million one hundred
6 eighty-six thousand seven hundred sixty-seven dollars
7 ($80,186,767.00), subject to the following prescribed
8 maximum amounts:
9
10 School Maximum
11 Priority District Project Amount
12
13 07-01 Campbell #1 High School Design $7,605,809
14 07-02 Laramie #1 Elementary #2 School
15 Design $3,006,945
16 09-01 Laramie #1 Elementary School #2
17 Construction $38,701,172
18 09-02 Niobrara #1 High School Voc. Ag./
19 Transportation Facility
20 Construction $2,803,534
21 09-03 Goshen #1 Elementary/Middle/High
22 School Renovation
23 Construction $21,545,887
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1 09-04 Campbell #1 Elementary School
2 Construction $6,523,420
3 Total $80,186,767.00
4
5 (iv) For the following component level major
6 maintenance projects, twenty-five million one hundred
7 fifty-six thousand five hundred one dollars
8 ($25,156,501.00), subject to the following prescribed
9 maximum amounts:
10
11 School Maximum
12 Priority District Project Amount
13
14 10-01 Uinta #1 Middle School $4,377,392
15 10-02 Teton #1 High School Voc.
16 Building $3,795,279
17 10-03 Converse #2 Junior High/High School $2,565,293
18 10-04 Carbon #2 Middle/High School $2,461,816
19 10-05 Hot Springs #1 High School $1,634,048
20 10-06 Fremont #38 Elementary/High School/
21 Transportation Facility $2,208,556
22 10-07 Sublette #1 Admin. Building/
23 High School $1,734,458
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1 10-08 Converse #1 Middle School $3,329,264
2 10-09 Platte #1 Elementary School $1,235,979
3 10-10 Sublette #1 Admin. Building/
4 High School $1,814,416
5 Total $25,156,501
6
7 (v) For ancillary building projects, twenty-nine
8 million four hundred thirty-two thousand seven hundred ten
9 dollars ($29,432,710.00), subject to the following
10 prescribed maximum amounts:
11
12 School Maximum
13 Priority District Project Amount
14 11-01.01 Lincoln #2 Transportation Facility
15 Design $776,974
16 11-01.02 Lincoln #2 Transportation Facility
17 Construction $9,864,102
18 11-02.01 Crook #1 Transportation Facility
19 Design $602,727
20 11-02.02 Crook #1 Transportation Facility
21 Construction $7,718,943
22 11-03.01 Platte #1 Transportation Facility
23 Design $758,325
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1 11-03.02 Platte #1 Transportation Facility
2 Construction $9,711,639
3 Total $29,432,710
4
5 (vi) For demolition projects, two million six
6 hundred thirty-four thousand six hundred ninety-eight
7 dollars ($2,634,698.00), subject to the following
8 prescribed maximum amounts:
9
10 School Maximum
11 Priority District Project Amount
12
13 12-01 Platte #1 Middle School $1,319,839
14 12-02 Albany #1 Elementary School $1,314,859
15 Total $2,634,698
16
17 (vii) For the acquisition of a portion of an
18 elementary school located in Natrona county school district
19 #1, three million five hundred thousand dollars
20 ($3,500,000.00). Any proceeds received by the state for the
21 sale of a portion of an elementary school to Natrona county
22 school district #1 under this paragraph, shall be deposited
23 in the public school foundation program account;
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2 (viii) For professional consulting expertise and
3 other administrative costs to conduct studies as approved
4 by the commission to determine the most cost effective and
5 efficient approach to deliver quality educational services
6 and address building and facility needs, one million
7 dollars ($1,000,000.00);
8
9 (ix) Effective July 1, 2025, for the design of a
10 high school in Sweetwater county school district #1, nine
11 million nine hundred thirty-seven thousand four hundred
12 twenty-two dollars ($9,937,422.00);
13
14 (x) For unanticipated costs associated with the
15 projects funded under paragraphs (j)(iii) through (ix) of
16 this subsection, nine million one hundred ten thousand
17 eight hundred eighty-six dollars ($9,110,886.00).
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19 Section 2. This act is effective July 1, 2024.
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21 (END)
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