SF0014

Appropriates $540,000 to the Department of Education to create a full-time literacy position and provide contractual services supporting K-3 reading program implementation for fiscal years 2026-2028.

• Appropriates $240,000 from the public school foundation program account to employ one full-time literacy position at the Department of Education to assist school districts in implementing W.S. 21-3-401, with a maximum of $120,000 per fiscal year, for the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2028. (Sec. 1(a))
• Appropriates $300,000 from the public school foundation program account for contractual services to support the literacy position, with a maximum of $150,000 per fiscal year, for the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2028. (Sec. 1(b))
• Requires the Department of Education to report to the Joint Education Interim Committee on contractual services expenditures no later than October 1, 2026, and each October 1 thereafter. (Sec. 1(b))
• Specifies that appropriated funds shall not be transferred or expended for any other purpose, and any unexpended funds shall revert on June 30, 2028. (Sec. 1(a), Sec. 1(b))
• Directs the Department of Education to include the literacy position and appropriations in its standard budget request for the succeeding fiscal biennium. (Sec. 1(a), Sec. 1(b))

Effective: July 1, 2026

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