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STATE OF WYOMING
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0018
Career technical education funding.
Sponsored by: Joint Education Interim Committee
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to school finance; modifying the career and
2 technical education equipment and supplies component within
3 the education resource block grant model; making conforming
4 amendments; providing an appropriation; and providing for
5 an effective date.
6
7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
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9 Section 1. W.S. 21-13-101(a)(xvii) and
10 21-13-309(m)(v)(D)(III) are amended to read:
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12 21-13-101. Definitions.
13
14 (a) As used in this chapter:
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1 (xvii) "Attachment A" to 2011 House Bill 0127 as
2 amended by 2012 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 99 2011
3 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 185, as further amended by
4 the legislature, consists of an enumeration of model
5 components as enacted into law, summarizing and executing
6 recommendations contained within the 2010 cost of education
7 study, as modified by the legislature, and is hereby
8 incorporated into this chapter by this reference;
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10 21-13-309. Determination of amount to be included in
11 foundation program for each district.
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13 (m) In determining the amount to be included in the
14 foundation program for each district, the state
15 superintendent shall:
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17 (v) Based upon ADM computations and identified
18 school configurations within each district pursuant to
19 paragraph (iv) of this subsection, compute the foundation
20 program amount for each district as prescribed by the
21 education resource block grant model adopted by the Wyoming
22 legislature as defined under W.S. 21-13-101(a)(xiv), as
23 contained within the spreadsheets and accompanying reports
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1 referenced under W.S. 21-13-101(a)(xvii). The following
2 criteria shall be used by the state superintendent in the
3 administration of the education resource block grant model:
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5 (D) Career and technical education
6 computations within the education resource block grant
7 model shall be based upon:
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9 (III) The number of full-time
10 equivalent (FTE) vocational career and technical education
11 teachers within the school, as computed in accordance with
12 guidelines prescribed by the department, providing career
13 and technical education instruction in grades nine (9)
14 through twelve (12) and except as provided under W.S.
15 21-2-202(a)(xxvii), certified by the Wyoming professional
16 teaching standards board to provide instruction at the high
17 school level for career and technical education courses
18 comprising career and technical education programs.
19 Nothing in this subdivision shall require a district to
20 employ teachers certified for high school career and
21 technical education instruction on a full-time basis or to
22 require teachers to teach only high school career and
23 technical education courses on a full-time basis.
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2 Section 2. 2011 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 185,
3 ATTACHMENT "A"(b)(xxv), as amended by 2017 Wyoming Session
4 Laws, Chapter 205, section 3 is amended to read:
5
6 ATTACHMENT "A"
7 ATTACHMENT "A" CONTAINS AN ENUMERATION OF
8 EDUCATION RESOURCE BLOCK GRANT MODEL COMPONENTS
9 SUMMARIZING AND EXECUTING RECOMMENDATIONS
10 CONTAINED IN THE 2010 COST OF EDUCATION STUDY AS
11 FOLLOWS:
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13 (b) Notwithstanding components specified in
14 the 2010 cost of education study accepted by the
15 legislature, the Wyoming education resource block
16 grant model components and the resourcing for
17 those components, as enacted by the legislature,
18 shall be as follows:
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20 (xxv) Vocational Career and technical
21 education: 0.29 times FTE
22 vocational career and
23 technical education ADM;
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2 The greater of $9,428.77/FTE
3 vocational career and
4 technical education teacher
5 or $18,857.57 for equipment
6 and supplies.
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8 Section 3. Except as specifically amended by section
9 2 of this act, the career and technical education equipment
10 and supplies computation within the education resource
11 block grant model shall operate in the same manner as the
12 computation prior to the enactment of this act. The
13 external cost adjustment shall be applied to the amounts
14 for the career and technical education equipment and
15 supplies as amended by section 2 of this act.
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17 Section 4. There is appropriated three hundred fifty
18 thousand dollars ($350,000.00) from the public school
19 foundation program account to the department of
20 education-school finance for career and technical education
21 supplies, equipment and replacement payments to school
22 districts made necessary by the amendments enacted in
23 section 2 of this act. This appropriation shall be for the
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1 period beginning July 1, 2025 and ending June 30, 2026.
2 This appropriation shall not be transferred or expended for
3 any other purpose and any unexpended, unobligated funds
4 remaining from this appropriation shall revert as provided
5 by law on June 30, 2026. It is the intent of the
6 legislature that this appropriation be included in the
7 standard budget for the department of education-school
8 finance for the immediately succeeding fiscal biennium.
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10 Section 5. This act is effective July 1, 2025.
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12 (END)
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Statutes affected:
Introduced: 21-13-101, 21-13-309