SF0085 - School starting date.

 

2001

State of Wyoming

01LSO-0451

 

 

 

SENATE FILE NO.  SF0085

 

 

School starting date.

 

Sponsored by:  Senator(s) Cathcart, Anderson, J., Hinchey
and Larson and Representative(s) Sadler and
Samuelson

 

 

A BILL

 

for

 

 1  AN ACT relating to public schools; requiring schools to
 2  begin the school year the day after Labor Day; and
 3  providing for an effective date.

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

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 7         Section 1.  W.S. 21-4-301 is amended to read:

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 9         21-4-301.  Schools to be free and accessible to all
10  children; minimum school year.

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12  Except as otherwise provided by law, the public schools of
13  each school district in the state shall at all times be
14  equally free and accessible to all children resident
15  therein of five (5) years of age as of September 15 of the
16  applicable school year and under the age of twenty-one

 

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 1  (21), subject to regulations of the board of trustees. Each
 2  school district shall operate its schools and its classes
 3  for a minimum of one hundred seventy-five (175) days each
 4  school year, unless an alternative schedule has been
 5  approved by the state board, and shall begin each school
 6  year on the first Tuesday following Labor Day as observed
 7  under W.S. 8-4-101(a)(v). Prior to submission of a proposed
 8  alternative schedule to the state board, the board of
 9  trustees shall hold at least two (2) advertised public
10  meetings within the district, at which the board shall
11  present the proposed alternative schedule and respond to
12  public questions and comments. Any school district
13  operating under an alternative schedule shall annually
14  evaluate the effectiveness of that schedule in meeting the
15  educational goals and purposes for which the schedule was
16  adopted.

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

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20                         (END)

 

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