Bill No.: HB0072 Drafter: TH
LSO No.: 12LSO-0165 Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Enrolled Act No.: HEA0015
Chapter No.: CH0051
Prime Sponsor: Representative McOmie
Catch Title: Juvenile detention facility placements.
Subject: School Finance - Modification of local resource calculation
Summary/Major Elements:
· Addresses the situation where a student is placed in a juvenile detention facility outside of the district in which they are enrolled; where the school district in which the juvenile facility is located accepts responsibility for the educational service for the child, but does not enroll that child; and where the non-resident district and the resident district enter into an agreement to provide for the educational services of the child while placed in the facility.
· Revises the annual computation of district revenues for calculation of foundation payments to Wyoming school districts.
· Allows non-resident school districts to reduce local resources by tuition payments made to the non-resident district for the provision of educational services for students placed in juvenile detention facilities located in their district.
· Applies to non-resident school districts that enter into an agreement with the student's resident school district for educational services.