DATE:                    November 13, 2003

TO:                         Members, Media

FROM:                  Legislative Service Office

PRESS RELEASE

Senator Irene Devin and Representative Mike Baker, CoChairs of the Select Committee on School Facilities, have announced the Select Committee and the School Facilities Commission will hold a joint meeting on the following date:

Friday, December 5, 2003

9:00 a.m.

Room 302, State Capitol Building

Cheyenne, Wyoming

The meeting will focus on final adoption of Commission rules and regulations pertaining to facility design guidelines prescribing statewide adequacy standards, processes and procedures for review and approval of school district five year plans through the school facility planning guidelines and criteria for scheduling statewide building needs.  Additional meeting topics will include major maintenance, local enhancements and school facilities budget matters.  Questions about this meeting should be directed to Dave Nelson, Legislative Service Office.

Persons with disabilities requiring special accommodations at this meeting, please contact the Legislative Service Office for assistance.  Thank you.

NOTE:             Any written materials presented to the Committee are also requested to be submitted to the Committee on diskette in WordPerfect, Microsoft Word or ASCII format. The text of all materials submitted on diskette will be included in the minutes of the Committee, which are available on the Legislative Web Site (HTTP://LEGISWEB.STATE.WY.US). All materials submitted in written form will still be part of the Committee's official minutes on file at LSO.

Members of the Select Committee on School Facilities

        Senators:  Devin, Cochairman; Anderson, J., Cathcart, Coe and Massie

        Representatives:  Baker, Cochairman; Cooper, Meyer, Robinson and Wostenburg

Members of the School Facilities Commission:

        Gregg Olson, Chairman; Bill Anthony, Trent Blankenship, Tom Burns, Jeff Marsh, Bruce Perryman and Rande Pouppirt