Appropriates supplemental funds for K-12 school building and facility projects for the 2025-2026 biennium and reappropriates unexpended funds for inflationary cost adjustments.
- Amends the State Construction Department budget for the 2024-2025 fiscal year, increasing appropriations for school facilities operations and related functions. (Section 1, 2024 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 118, Section 2, Section 027)
- Establishes appropriations of $402,045,841.00 for construction of specific school building and facility projects, including elementary schools, high schools, and vocational facilities across multiple districts. (Section 2, W.S. 21-15-119, Section 313(j)(iv))
- Appropriates $54,989,217.00 for component level major maintenance projects at schools across 27 identified projects in various districts. (Section 2, Section 313(j)(v))
- Appropriates $40,826,188.00 for construction of ancillary building projects, including transportation facilities at Lincoln, Crook, Platte, and Campbell school districts. (Section 2, Section 313(j)(vii))
- Appropriates $9,891,246.00 for demolition of identified school buildings and facilities in Platte, Campbell, and Albany county school districts, subject to school facilities commission approval and district facility plans. (Section 2, Section 313(j)(viii), W.S. 21-15-123(f)(vi))
- Appropriates $23,114,442.00 for unanticipated costs associated with the school construction and maintenance projects funded in the appropriations bill. (Section 2, Section 313(j)(xii))
- Reappropriates up to $13,400,000.00 in unexpended and obligated funds from prior appropriations to supplement previous school facility appropriations for inflationary costs, without modification to original project scope or design. (Section 2, Section 313(k), 2023 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 94, Section 313(j)(xiii))
- Requires the school facilities commission to report expenditures of reappropriated inflationary funds as specified in the existing reporting requirements. (Section 2, Section 313(k), Section 313(h))
