HB0029 - School finance-teacher seniority adjustment.

 

2001

State of Wyoming

01LSO-0079

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL NO.  HB0029

 

 

School finance-teacher seniority adjustment.

 

Sponsored by:  Representative(s) McOmie and Senator(s)
Anderson, J.

 

 

A BILL

 

for

 

 1  AN ACT relating to school finance; modifying allowable
 2  teacher service for teacher seniority adjustment
 3  computations under the foundation program formula; and
 4  providing for an effective date.

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

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 8         Section 1.  W.S. 21-13-323(b)(ii) is amended to read:

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10         21-13-323.  Teacher seniority; adjustment to
11  foundation program formula.

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13         (b)  The adjustment for the seniority level of
14  teachers pursuant to W.S. 21-13-309(n)(vii) shall be
15  computed for each district by multiplying the total number
16  of years of service of all teachers employed by the

 

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 1  district during the prior school year by the statewide
 2  value for one (1) year of seniority, determined as
 3  specified in the spreadsheets accompanying the February
 4  1998 teacher seniority adjustment report provided by the
 5  consultant performing the cost of education study, which is
 6  on file with the legislative service office. The same
 7  computation shall be made for each of the preceding two (2)
 8  years and the average of the three (3) years shall be used
 9  in making the computation. The adjustment computation under
10  this subsection shall be subject to the following:

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12              (ii)  The total years of teacher service for a
13  district for any school year shall not include any first
14  year teacher employed by the district.  A first year
15  teacher is not included within a district's total years of
16  teacher service until completion of the initial year of
17  employment.  Thereafter, that teacher shall be assigned one
18  (1) year of service for each year of employment within any
19  Wyoming school district in accordance with W.S.
20  21-7-104(b), a private school licensed under W.S. 21-2-401
21  through 21-2-407, or a school district of another state. 
22  Not more than five (5) years service in another state shall
23  be credited. Service in a licensed private school or in
24  another state shall not be credited under this paragraph

 

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 1  prior to any year in which the teacher was not certified as
 2  a teacher in Wyoming or another state;

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

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 6                         (END)

 

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