2025 25LSO-0221
STATE OF WYOMING Committee Formal Draft
1.0
DRAFT ONLY
NOT APPROVED FOR
INTRODUCTION
HOUSE BILL NO.
K-12 school facility leasing.
Sponsored by: Select Committee on School Facilities
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to K-12 school facility leasing; modifying
2 payment for lease agreements for K-12 school facilities;
3 and providing for an effective date.
4
5 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
6
7 Section 1. W.S. 21-3-110(a)(x)(B)(intro) is amended
8 to read:
9
10 21-3-110. Duties of boards of trustees.
11
12 (a) The board of trustees in each school district
13 shall:
1 [Bill Number]
 2025 STATE OF WYOMING 25LSO-0221
Committee Formal Draft
1.0
1
2 (x) Subject to review by the school facilities
3 commission under W.S. 21-15-117 for any project involving
4 state capital construction assistance, fix the site of each
5 school building and facility considering the needs of the
6 people of each portion of the district. If the district
7 enters into an agreement to lease buildings and facilities
8 owned by the district and the buildings and facilities are
9 included within the statewide database maintained by the
10 state construction department under W.S. 21-15-123(f)(iv),
11 the district shall, except as provided under W.S.
12 21-15-109(c)(i)(A)(II) and (III) and (B), ensure the lease
13 agreement requires sufficient payment from the lessee to
14 cover expenses necessary to adequately maintain the
15 facility or building in accordance with statewide adequacy
16 standards prescribed by the commission. If the district or
17 a charter school operating within the boundaries of the
18 district enters into an agreement to lease buildings and
19 facilities under which the district or the charter school
20 is the lessee and the building is to be used for the
21 provision of the required educational program within the
22 district, the lease agreement shall require the lessor to
2 [Bill Number]
 2025 STATE OF WYOMING 25LSO-0221
Committee Formal Draft
1.0
1 adequately maintain the buildings and facilities in
2 accordance with standards prescribed by the commission. The
3 lease agreement shall separately identify the amount to be
4 expended on the major maintenance of the building or
5 facility during the term of the lease. The amount of the
6 total lease agreement to be expended on the major
7 maintenance shall be accounted for and reported separately
8 and shall not be transferred or expended for any purpose
9 other than major maintenance of the leased building or
10 facility. No expenditure shall be made from the funds
11 dedicated for major maintenance of a leased facility
12 without the approval of the district or the charter school.
13 A district or charter school may request review of the
14 amount to be expended on major maintenance for a lease by
15 the school facilities division of the state construction
16 department to determine the reasonableness of the major
17 maintenance expense. The district shall be reimbursed for
18 the lease payment of the district or the charter school if
19 the square footage of the leased facility is not included
20 within the district's total square footage for purposes of
21 major maintenance computations under W.S. 21-15-109,
22 subject to the following:
3 [Bill Number]
 2025 STATE OF WYOMING 25LSO-0221
Committee Formal Draft
1.0
1
2 (B) Any payment made by the department
3 pursuant to this paragraph for a leased building or
4 facility shall not exceed be equal to the lesser of the
5 amount of the total lease agreement or the average cost per
6 square foot to lease buildings or facilities comparable to
7 those appropriate for public K-12 education multiplied by
8 the total allowable square feet leased by the district or
9 charter school necessary to deliver the required
10 educational program. The average cost per square foot for
11 comparable buildings or facilities shall:
12
13 Section 2. This act is effective July 1, 2025.
14
15 (END)
4 [Bill Number]


Statutes affected:
25LSO-0221 v1.0: 21-3-110