Title 21, Title 21 — Education

Filling vacancy on board of trustees. A vacancy occurring for any cause upon the board of trustees of any school district shall be filled within thirty (30) days by action of the remaining members of the board. A person chosen to fill a vacancy shall serve until the next election…

When vacancy on board deemed to have occurred. (a) A vacancy shall have occurred in the membership of any board of trustees of any school district if any member: (i) Dies; (ii) Resigns; (iii) Becomes a nonresident of the school district; or (iv) Becomes a nonresident of the trust…

Duties of boards of trustees. (a) The board of trustees in each school district shall: (i) Prescribe and enforce rules, regulations and policies for its own government and for the government of the schools under its jurisdiction. Rules and regulations shall be consistent with the…

Powers of boards of trustees. (a) The board of trustees in each school district within the state may: (i) Sue and be sued in the name by which the district is designated; (ii) Acquire, hold, convey, lease, rent, and manage property, real and personal, for the benefit of the schoo…

Fiscal year. The fiscal year for each school district in the state shall begin July 1 and terminate the following year on June 30.

Signing of warrants and checks. (a) All warrants or other orders to pay money drawn on the school district treasury, and all checks on a depository, shall bear the signature of the clerk or treasurer and the chairman of the board of trustees. The signatures may be reproduced as p…

Chairman of board of trustees. The chairman of the board of trustees of each school district shall preside at all meetings of the board of trustees at which he is present.

Vice-chairman and temporary chairman of board of trustees. The vice-chairman shall preside at all meetings of the board of trustees at which the chairman is not present. If neither the chairman nor the vice-chairman is present at any meeting of the board of trustees, the members …

Vacancy in office of board. If a vacancy in any office of the board of trustees shall occur for any reason the board of trustees shall elect one of their number to fill the vacancy.

Duties of clerk of school district. (a) The clerk of each school district within the state shall: (i) Within thirty (30) working days after the close of each fiscal year, submit all fiscal reports to the state superintendent of public instruction for the past fiscal year. The rep…

Duties of treasurer of school district. (a) The treasurer of each school district within the state shall: (i) Have custody of all moneys belonging to the district and pay out the same on order of the clerk, countersigned by the chairman; (ii) Cause an account to be kept of the re…

How special meetings of board of trustees called. The clerk of the board of trustees of each school district shall call a special meeting of the board of trustees upon the request of the chairman of the board of trustees or the request of any two (2) members of the board of trust…

Notice of special or emergency meetings. (a) The clerk of the board of trustees of each school district shall cause notice of each special or emergency meeting of the board of trustees to be given in accordance with W.S. 16-4-404. (b) The notice shall contain the purpose, time an…

Members of board of trustees to deliver records to successors. At the close of their official terms, the officers of the board of trustees of each school district shall deliver to their successors all books, documents, papers, and records belonging to their offices.

Members of board of trustees may administer oaths. Each member of the board of trustees of each school district may administer oaths within his respective school district in all matters pertaining to official school district business.

Failure to perform duty by officer or member of board of trustees. Any member or officer of a board of trustees of a school district who willfully fails, refuses, or neglects to perform any duty imposed upon him by the provisions of this code shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and…

Application of Municipal Budget Act. The Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures Act applies to every school district within the state.

Liability insurance on vehicles. The board of trustees of any school district in the state of Wyoming or the owner of any vehicle contracted to the school district under the statutes of this state is hereby required to procure liability insurance covering any vehicle used for the…

Accident insurance for pupils; fund in lieu of such insurance. The board of trustees of any school district may arrange to make accident insurance for medical, hospital, injury, or death benefits available to any or all pupils. The cost of such insurance may be paid from the fund…

Protection or insurance of board members, teachers and other personnel against personal liability. The board of trustees of each school district within the state may save harmless and protect all board members, teachers, and other personnel from financial loss arising out of any …

Comprehensive liability insurance; waiver of governmental immunity; property insurance. (a) The board of trustees of each school district within the state may procure a policy or policies of comprehensive liability insurance as provided in W.S. 1-39-118(b), self-insure as provide…

From whom insurance obtained. No school district shall obtain, sponsor, arrange, or handle insurance of any kind except from the companies which maintain an office in this state and are authorized to do business in Wyoming subject to the supervision of the state insurance commiss…

School bus standards; operators; vehicle operation; liability limited. (a) Each district shall establish and maintain minimum standards for persons involved in the operation of school buses, including: (i) Developing a written plan for the selection, training and supervision of p…

Child sexual abuse education, prevention and response. (a) A school district that has not already taken similar action is authorized to take the following actions relating to child sexual abuse education, prevention and response: (i) Provide parents with information on the warnin…

Purple star schools. (a) As used in this section, "military connected student" means a student who is a dependent of a current or former member of the uniformed services of the United States including members of the national guard and reserve or who was a dependent of a member of…

Parental and guardian notices related to the educational, physical, mental and emotional health of students; student welfare; procedures; school district prohibitions. (a) Each school district shall: (i) Notify a student's parent or guardian as soon as practicable if there is a c…

Firearms on school property account. (a) There is created the firearms on school property account. The account shall include all legislative appropriations and all monies received from grants, gifts, transfers, bequests and donations to the account. The account is authorized to a…

Restrooms and changing rooms in public schools; designated sleeping quarters for school-sponsored activities; requirements; definitions; penalties; rulemaking. (a) As used in this section: (i) "Coach" means a person, including but not limited to coaches, assistant coaches or athl…

Purpose. (a) It is the purpose of this article to provide opportunities for teachers, parents, pupils and community members to establish and maintain schools that operate independently from existing school districts as a method to: (i) Improve pupil learning; (ii) Increase learni…

2(a); (viii) "Charter" or "charter contract" means the charter contract executed between a charter school and an authorizer; (ix) "Charter application" means the application submitted by a proposed charter school to an authorizer for the creation of a charter school; (x) "Departm…

Charter school authorizers; powers and duties. (a) Authorizers shall: (i) Review charter school applications made to the authorizer and make a written determination on the application; (ii) Monitor charter schools approved by the authorizer; (iii) Make decisions on the renewal, n…

Wyoming charter school authorizing board; number of charter schools that may be authorized. (a) There is created the Wyoming charter school authorizing board. The mission of the board is to authorize high quality public charter schools. (b) The Wyoming charter school authorizing …

Charter school prohibitions. (a) This article shall not prohibit any private person or organization from funding or providing other assistance for the establishment or operation of a charter school established pursuant to this article. (b) No charter shall be granted under this a…

Charter school; requirements; authority. (a) A charter school shall be a public, nonsectarian, nonreligious, nonhome-based school which operates within a public school district. Tuition shall not be charged by a charter school to any student in grades kindergarten through twelve …

Charter schools; contract contents; renewal; revocation; closure; appeal; regulations. (a) An approved charter application shall serve as the basis for a contract between the charter school and the authorizer. Within seventy-five (75) days of the final approval of a charter appli…

Application for establishing charter schools; conversion of existing schools. (a) Any person may apply to an authorizer for the establishment of a new charter school. The applicant shall have the right to determine which authorizer to apply to and may apply to a different authori…

(b) No district board of trustees or agent of the board shall require any employee of the school district to be employed in a charter school or any pupil enrolled in the school district to attend a charter school. No district board or its agent shall harass, threaten, discipline,…

Hearing by authorizer; prohibited actions by authorizer; criteria; compliance with state standards; contractual authority. (a) After receiving an application for any charter school which has been determined to be complete pursuant to W.S. 21-3- 307(b), the authorizer shall hold a…

Length of operation under charter; renewal; revocation. (a) A charter contract may be granted pursuant to this article for a period of five (5) years. A charter contract may be renewed for successive five (5) year terms, provided that the authorizer may vary the duration of the t…

Participation in retirement system. (a) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 169, § 4. (b) Any charter school shall participate in the Wyoming retirement system to the extent as if it were a public school within the district as designated in the charter.

Authorizer to report to state board. Each authorizer granting a charter pursuant to this article shall annually report to the state board on each charter school operating under its authorization and compliance with the provisions of the charter.

Charter schools; employee options. (a) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 169, § 4. (b) The employment status of school district employees employed by the charter school who seek to return to employment with noncharter schools in the school district shall be negotiated with the school di…

Students counted among district ADM; determination of charter school funding. (a) Each student attending a charter school shall be counted among the average daily membership of the school district in which the school is located and the school shall be included in the district's c…

Wyoming language and literacy program; purpose. (a) The Wyoming language and literacy program is created. (b) The purpose of this act is to ensure that every student in kindergarten through grade twelve (12) develops strong language and literacy skills by establishing a comprehen…

Definitions. (a) As used in this article: (i) "Department" means the state department of education created pursuant to W.S. 21-2-104; (ii) "Developmental language disorder" or "DLD" means a primary language disorder that is not attributable to a known biomedical condition and is …

School district language and literacy plans; administration of screeners and diagnostic assessments; multitiered system of support; individualized reading plans. (a) Each school district shall adopt and implement a DLLP to ensure language and literacy competency and literacy prof…