HB0001H3034
Budget(s): 027. SCHOOL FACILITIES COMMISSION
(Major Maintenance)
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23-line 17 After
"Maintenance" insert "1."; Under OTHER FUNDS increase
amount by "510,000S6".
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23-After line 24 Insert:
"1. (a) The
school facilities commission shall:
(i) Notwithstanding
W.S. 21-3-110(a)(x), from the school capital construction account
appropriation, distribute up to two hundred fifty-five thousand dollars
($255,000.00) each fiscal year of the 2012-2013 biennium to each school
district with a charter school, approved and operating in the 2011-2012 school
year in accordance with W.S. 21-3-301 through 21-3-314, in the district which
requires a lease for operation of the charter school's educational program. Lease
payments under this footnote shall include the total costs of the base rent,
additional rent for tenant improvements and any common maintenance costs, if
applicable. The amounts expended under this paragraph shall be reduced to the
extent the amounts are duplicative of any costs funded or paid for by
alternative mechanisms. The funds
appropriated under this paragraph, shall be distributed to qualifying school
districts based upon the proration of the total qualifying costs of all
qualifying school districts;
(ii) In
addition to paragraph (i) of this footnote and notwithstanding W.S.
21-3-110(a)(x), the commission shall for each fiscal year of the 2012-2013
biennium, expend an amount necessary to include the total allowable square
footage of each charter school qualifying under paragraph (i) in the
computation of the major maintenance payment under W.S. 21-15-109, to each
district in which a qualifying charter school, as provided by paragraph (i) of
this footnote, is operating. The amounts
expended under this paragraph shall be reduced to the extent the amounts are
duplicative of any maintenance costs included in the lease payments under
paragraph (i) of this footnote or any costs funded or paid for by alternative
mechanisms;
(iii) In
accordance with this footnote, and notwithstanding W.S. 21-15-101 through 21‑15‑123,
school districts shall include requests by charter schools approved under W.S.
21-3-301 through 21-3‑314 which receive lease payments in accordance with
paragraph (i) of this footnote for the inclusion of the purchase of such
facilities in school district facility plans submitted to the school facilities
department in accordance with W.S. 21‑15‑116. Any request for
purchase of a building for operation of a charter school shall include documentation
of the economic feasibility of the purchase and evidence that the purchase will
result in an economic savings to the state. In addition, plans shall describe
the resolution of any potential existing leaseholder disputes or issues, if the
purchase involves a facility with leaseholders other than the charter school.
The school facilities department shall report to the joint appropriations
committee and the select school facilities commission no later than September
15, 2012 regarding the inclusion of such a facility in a district's facility
plan and accompanying request for purchase.
The State of Wyoming, through the Department of Administration and
Information and the School Facilities Department, is authorized to negotiate
the purchase of any such building and transfer ownership of such building to
the school district following resolution of all commercial leasing issues. For the biennium, square footage purchased in
accordance with this paragraph shall not be included in any excess square footage
determination and shall not be subject to the limitations imposed by W.S.
21-15-109(c).".
To the extent required by this amendment: adjust totals; and renumber as necessary. CONNOLLY, TEETERS