ORIGINAL SENATE ENGROSSED

FILE NO. 0126

ENROLLED ACT NO. 44, SENATE

FIFTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING

2001 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to school districts; exempting district
superintendents from certification requirements by the
Wyoming professional teaching standards board as specified;
and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.  W.S. 21-7-303(a) and by creating a new
subsection (d) is amended to read:

21-7-303. Certificate or permit required; exception.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b),
or (c) or (d) of this section, no person shall teach or
supervise in a public school in this state and receive
compensation therefor out of any public fund who at the
time of rendering such services is not a holder of or a
candidate and qualified for a certificate or permit issued
or to be issued under the laws of this state and the rules
and regulations of the Wyoming professional teaching
standards board pursuant to W.S. 21-2-802.

(d) A person may be employed as superintendent of
schools by any district board of trustees without holding
or being qualified for certification by the Wyoming
professional teaching standards board pursuant to W.S.
21-2-802. A person who has not qualified for certification
pursuant to W.S. 21-2-802 shall be required to comply with
W.S. 21-2-802(e) prior to being employed by any district
board as a superintendent of schools.

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Section 2.  This act is effective July 1, 2001.

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Speaker of the House President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk

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