SF0110 - Schools-professional development funding.
2001 |
State of Wyoming |
01LSO-0246 |
SENATE FILE NO. SF0110
Schools-professional development funding.
Sponsored by: Senator(s) Job
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to
public schools; authorizing the state
2
superintendent to provide funds to school districts to
3 compensate
teachers and administrators for attending summer
4
professional development training; imposing application
5
requirements and prescribing payment conditions; providing
6 an
appropriation; and providing for an effective date.
7
8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
9
10 Section 1.
11
12 (a) Any school
district may apply to the state
13 superintendent for payments to teachers and
administrators
14 employed by the district who attend and
receive
15 professional development training approved
by the district
16 that is held during summer months between
school years.
17 Application shall be made on a form and in a
manner
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required by the state superintendent. Professional
2
development training eligible for payments under this
3
section shall be limited to training addressing the
4
implementation of education programs based upon the uniform
5
standards for educational programs prescribed under W.S.
6 21-9-101
and 21-9-102.
7
8 (b) Upon
receipt of an application from a district
9
under subsection (a) of this section, the state
10 superintendent shall review the application,
ensure the
11 professional development training received
complies with
12 the requirements of this section and issue
payments to the
13 applicant district subject to the following:
14
15 (i) Application
shall be received by the state
16 superintendent not later than September 1
following the
17 summer training period for which payments
are requested;
18
19 (ii) The amount
requested for any one (1)
20 participating teacher or administrator shall
be limited to
21 one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) per day
of training and
22 one thousand five hundred dollars
($1,500.00) during any
23 one (1) summer training period;
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1 (iii) Payments
shall be made by the state
2
department of education to districts on or before October
3 15
following the summer training period for which payments
4 are
requested under this section.
5
6 Section 2.
7
8 (a) For the period beginning July 1, 2001, and
ending
9
June 30, 2002, three million three hundred seventy-five
10 thousand dollars ($3,375,000.00) is
appropriated from the
11 general fund to the state
superintendent to provide
12 payments to school districts as
authorized under section 1
13 of this act.
14
15 (b) Not more than one percent
(1.0%) of the amount
16 appropriated under subsection (a) of
this section shall be
17 expended by the state superintendent
for the administration
18 of section 1 of this act.
19
20 Section 3. This act is effective July 1, 2001.
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22 (END)
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