HB0316S3001

This amendment replaces the previous second reading amendment, adds funding for an external cost adjustment to the education resource block grant model, and appropriates funds for school district entitlement and special education payments.

• Removes the prior second reading amendment (HB0316S2001/AE) entirely and inserts new content. (Page 1, lines 1-2)
• Expands the bill's purposes to include providing funding for an external cost adjustment to the education resource block grant model and providing funding for school district entitlement payments and special education payments. (Page 1, lines 4-9)
• Appropriates $52,300,000 from the public school foundation program account for an external cost adjustment to the education resource block grant model effective beginning with school year 2025-2026, with specific percentage adjustments for professional labor (8.5%), nonprofessional labor (8.5%), educational materials (1.067%), and energy (-6.285%) categories. The appropriation is for the period July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026, with intent that it be doubled in the succeeding biennium. The appropriation reduces dollar-for-dollar if similar funding is enacted in 2025 Senate File 0001 or 2025 House Bill 0001. (Page 5, after line 2; Section 3)Agency: Department of Education-School Finance · $52,300,000 Public School Foundation Program Account
• Appropriates $69,200,000 from the public school foundation program account for Wyoming school district entitlement payments and special education reimbursement payments, allocated to units 4101 and 4102 consistent with requests from the state superintendent dated December 6, 2024 and January 16, 2025. The appropriation is for the period July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026, with intent that it be doubled in the succeeding biennium. The appropriation reduces dollar-for-dollar if similar funding is enacted in 2025 Senate File 0001 or 2025 House Bill 0001. (Page 5, after line 2; Section 4)Agency: Department of Education-School Finance · $69,200,000 Public School Foundation Program Account
• Appropriates $84,400,000 from the public school foundation program account for Wyoming school district entitlement payments, effective only if 2025 Senate File 0069, 2025 Senate File 0153, or 2025 House Bill 0169 is enacted into law. The appropriation is for the period July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026. (Page 5, after line 2; Section 5)Agency: Department of Education-School Finance · $84,400,000 Public School Foundation Program Account
• Renumbers the existing Section 3 in the original bill to Section 6 to accommodate the three new appropriation sections. (Page 5, line 4)

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