Title 21, Title 21 — Education

Authority to provide educational program; scope and approval of program. The community college district board of any community college in this state may provide an educational program in the field of nursing. The educational program shall be of the duration and intensity as may b…

Student electronic writings and other electronic communications; expectation of privacy. (a) No ownership rights to any electronic writing or other electronic communication created by a student shall be conveyed, transferred or otherwise affected solely as a result of the writing…

Student dormitory capital construction loans; rulemaking; requirements; reporting; definition. (a) Before April 1, 2023, the state loan and investment board may negotiate and make loans from the permanent Wyoming mineral trust fund to community college districts for capital const…

Wyoming works program created; short title. This article may be cited as the "Wyoming works program".

Definitions. (a) As used in this article: (i) "Academic term" means the fall semester or term, the spring semester or term, summer school, or other defined period of time within a term or semester in which the approved credential program or course is offered. In this article, "te…

Wyoming works program created; eligibility requirements. (a) There is created the Wyoming works program for Wyoming community college students. (b) Under the Wyoming works program, subject to the availability of funds as determined by the legislature, the state may provide grant …

Student grants; amounts. There shall be made available student grants under the Wyoming works program. The grant amount shall not exceed the amount provided for two (2) semesters under the Hathaway provisional opportunity scholarship pursuant to W.S. 21-16-1305(a)(i)(A), in any o…

Administration; rules and regulations. (a) Distribution of funds for student grants shall be administered by the commission in accordance with the following: (i) Distributions shall be made from funds available in the Wyoming works student grant account. Distributions for student…

Student grant limitations. To the extent a student grant under this article would, when combined with any grant or scholarship from a student financial aid program administered through the state or any state institution, in any academic term exceed the cost of attendance at the c…

College program grant funds; distribution by community college commission; matching funds requirements. (a) From monies within the Wyoming works program account the commission shall distribute to colleges funds for instructor positions and to acquire instructional and resource ma…

Accounts created. (a) The Wyoming works program account is created. The account shall consist of funds appropriated by the legislature, gifts and grants accepted by the state and such other funds as directed by law. Monies within the account are continuously appropriated to the c…

Legislative oversight and authority; reporting. (a) Nothing in this article shall be construed to constitute an entitlement to a grant established and funded by the legislature. Wyoming works grants shall be subject to legislative appropriation and the legislature reserves the ri…

Short title. This act shall be known and cited as "The Wyoming Higher Education Retirement Act".

Authorization of supplemental retirement plan; conditions for participation. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b), (c) and (d) of this section, the governing body of any lawfully established community college or of the University of Wyoming may establish and administer a ret…

Contributions generally. (a) Except as provided under W.S. 21-19-102(d), the terms and conditions of the Wyoming Retirement Act shall remain effective as to all employees of the institution except that any required employer and employee contributions thereunder which are based up…

Retirement annuity policies. Any retirement plan established pursuant to W.S. 21-19-102 shall provide for the purchase of retirement annuity policies for the contributing employees. Rights and benefits of the annuity contracts shall vest in the employee. Annuity contracts may be …

Rules and regulations; further provisions as to contributions. The governing body shall make rules and regulations necessary and appropriate for administration of the plan and for the performance of its functions under W.S. 21-19-101 through

Qualification of participating insurance companies. All insurance companies participating in retirement plans under this act shall be in all ways qualified to do business as an insurance company in the state of Wyoming.

Short title. This act may be cited as "The Boards of Cooperative Educational Services Act".

Purpose. The purpose of this act is to provide a method whereby school districts and community college districts or any combination may work together and cooperate to provide educational services, including but not limited to postsecondary education, career and technical educatio…

Definitions. (a) As used in this act: (i) "Assessed value" means the total assessed value of the member school district or community college district; (ii) "Board of trustees" means the board of trustees of any school district within the state or the community college district bo…

Board of cooperative educational services; generally. (a) If two (2) or more boards of trustees desire to establish a board of cooperative services for the purpose of providing cooperative educational services and if the services can be provided more effectively through a coopera…

Board of cooperative educational services; chairman, vice-chairman, clerk and treasurer; meetings. At its first meeting, the members of the board of cooperative educational services elected as set forth in W.S. 21-20-104(b) shall proceed to elect from their membership a chairman,…

Cost of facilities, equipment and services. Except as provided under W.S. 21-20-110(g) for revenues generated from any additional special school district tax, the costs of facilities, equipment and services performed under the direction of the board of cooperative educational ser…

Powers and duties of board of cooperative educational services. (a) Each board of trustees of cooperative educational services shall: (i) Prescribe and enforce rules, regulations and policies for its own government and for the government of the services and affairs under its juri…

Powers and duties of board of cooperative educational services; property; contracts; gifts, grants, bequests or devises; employment and discharge of personnel; expenses; bonding of employees. (a) Each board of trustees of cooperative educational services may: (i) Hold, convey, le…

Special school district tax for board of cooperative educational services; election not required; determination of levy amount. (a) For the purpose of maintaining programs offered by a board of cooperative educational services, the school districts comprising the board may levy a…

Additional special school district tax; election; limitations; special community college district levy. (a) The school districts comprising any board of cooperative educational services established under this act and providing post secondary education services may impose an addit…

Special school district taxes; in addition to existing district tax limitations; distribution of tax revenues; withdrawal from participation. (a) Any special school district tax imposed under W.S. 21-20-109 and any additional special school district tax imposed under W.S. 21-20-1…

Authority to act as a local education agency. (a) Any board of cooperative educational services authorized to operate pursuant to W.S. 21-20-102 may act as a local education agency for participating school districts that choose to apply for, receive or administer a grant through …

Agreement between districts and post-secondary education institutions required; student participation; credits; financial arrangements; transportation; accessibility; required annual reporting. (a) To provide a post secondary education enrollment options program under this sectio…

Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Cooperative Teacher Education Act".

Authority to enter into agreements. (a) The board of trustees of each school district may enter into written, contractual agreements, or arrangements with any college or university to provide field experiences in teacher education. Field experiences include all activities incurre…

Payment of cost from public funds. (a) The respective governing boards of state colleges and universities may provide the contracting school district boards of trustees with tuition waivers to be used by the teachers of that district at any college in the state or for any worksho…

Authority and status of students of teaching. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section a student of teaching, during the time he is assigned to a field experience within a public school, is not a public employee of the school district within the meaning of the "Wy…

Distribution of trust funds available to public schools; innovative program grants; criteria. (a) From amounts appropriated by the legislature, the department of education shall annually distribute funds not to exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000.00) from the publ…

Innovative program grants; application; selection by the state department of education; classification of districts; distribution; report on grants awarded; initial grants. (a) Proposals for innovative program grants authorized under W.S. 21-22-106 may be submitted annually by an…

Wyoming public television accounts. (a) The Wyoming public television endowment account is created. (b) The state treasurer shall invest amounts deposited within the Wyoming public television endowment account in accordance with law. All investment earnings shall be credited to t…

Wyoming public television matching program; state treasurer to administer program accounts; matching payments; conditions; reversion of appropriations. (a) The Wyoming public television matching funds account is created. (b) The state treasurer shall administer the Wyoming public…

Purpose. (a) It is the purpose of this compact to remove barriers to educational success imposed on children of military families because of frequent moves and deployment of their parents by: (i) Facilitating the timely enrollment of children of military families and ensuring tha…

Definitions. (a) As used in this compact, unless the context clearly requires a different construction: (i) "Active duty" means full-time duty status in the active uniformed service of the United States, including members of the national guard and reserve on active duty orders pu…

Applicability. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, this compact shall apply to the children of: (i) Active duty members of the uniformed services as defined in this compact, including members of the national guard and reserve on active duty orders …

Educational records and enrollment. (a) In the event that official education records cannot be released to the parents for the purpose of transfer, the custodian of the records in the sending state shall prepare and furnish to the parent a complete set of unofficial educational r…

Placement and attendance. (a) When the student transfers before or during the school year, the receiving state school shall initially honor placement of the student in educational courses based on the student's enrollment in the sending state school and educational assessments co…

Eligibility. (a) Eligibility for enrollment shall be as follows: (i) Special power of attorney, relative to the guardianship of a child of a military family and executed under applicable law shall be sufficient for the purposes of enrollment and all other actions requiring parent…

Graduation. (a) In order to facilitate the on-time graduation of children of military families, states and local education agencies shall adhere to W.S. 21-2-304(a)(iii) and paragraph (iv) of this subsection and any applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and to t…