Title 21 · WY

21-4-501(d) and 21-4-504.

Citation: Wyo. Stat. § 21-4-501

Section: 21-4-501

21-4-501(d) and 21-4-504.

(F) Amounts provided within the model for health insurance shall be based upon:

(I) Prior year statewide average district weighted actual participation in district health insurance plans as to the proportion of employee only, split contracts, employee plus spouse or children and family coverage;

(II) The annualized state contribution rate as of January 1 of the preceding school year, on behalf of each employee and official enrolled in the state group health insurance plan, for employee only, split contracts, employee plus spouse or children and family coverage except as provided in subdivision (III) of this subparagraph; and

(III) For school year 2020-2021 and school year 2021-2022, the amount provided to a school district for health insurance shall be calculated using the annualized state contribution rate as of January 1, 2019 for employee only, split contracts, employee plus spouse or children and family coverage based on district weighted actual participation in district health insurance plans for the 2018-2019 school year, plus additional funding as calculated pursuant to 2020 Senate File 0001, Section 334(b) as enacted into law.

(G) Amounts within the block grant model for maintenance and operations shall be based upon actual gross square footage of school buildings and facilities subject to the following: (I) Actual gross square footage of school buildings and facilities shall be separated into education and noneducation space categories by school and by district, including leased square footage but excluding square footage not used for delivering the required educational program and the square footage of any building or facility closed and not operational as provided under W.S. 21-15-109(c)(iv);

(II) Actual gross square footage of education space shall be the gross square footage prescribed by statewide building adequacy standards promulgated pursuant to W.S. 21-15-115. Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, education space capacity in excess of one hundred fifteen percent (115%) of the standard space level shall not be included in actual gross square footage computations under this subdivision. For school year 2025-2026, education space capacity in excess of one hundred thirty-five percent (135%) of the standard space level shall not be included in actual gross square footage computations under this subdivision;

(III) Actual square footage of noneducation space shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of total gross square footage of education space as prescribed by the statewide building adequacy standards.

(vi) Except for charter schools established under W.S. 21-3-301 through 21-3-314 and alternative schools approved under subdivision (v)(B)(IV) of this subsection, any alteration of the configuration of grades within a district, school or school facility which differs from the configuration of grades during the immediately preceding school year as reported under paragraph (iv) of this subsection shall be considered a reconfiguration and shall be documented by the district and reported to the state superintendent and the director of the state construction department. Following review and evaluation, the state superintendent and the director of the state construction department shall, each acting independently, approve or deny the reconfiguration for purposes of application to the education resource block grant model and the determination of school facility needs and remedies. The following shall apply:

(A) Approval under this paragraph shall be based upon the appropriate delivery of the required educational program, the cost effectiveness of the proposed grade reconfiguration for delivery of adequate educational services to students with block grant resources, district wide capacity of school educational facilities as defined under W.S.