Wyoming legislation · 2025 General Session
Wyoming SF173: Educational bankruptcy act.
Status: Failed, March 3, 2025
AN ACT relating to education; creating the educational bankruptcy act; establishing a cause of action for educational bankruptcy; specifying requirements to petition for educational bankruptcy; specifying duties of the state superintendent of public instruction; authorizing parents and guardians to petition for educational bankruptcy; specifying duties of the district court; providing for the appointment of educational bankruptcy trustees; specifying conditions for dismissal or release of jurisdiction in educational bankruptcy; modifying teacher certification; and providing for an effective date.
What the bill says
An act relating to education; creating the educational bankruptcy act; establishing a cause of action for educational bankruptcy; specifying requirements to petition for educational bankruptcy; specifying duties of the state superintendent of public instruction; authorizing parents and guardians to petition for educational bankruptcy; specifying duties of the district court; providing for the appointment of educational bankruptcy trustees; specifying conditions for dismissal or release of jurisdiction in educational bankruptcy; modifying teacher certification…
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to education; creating the educational bankruptcy act; establishing a cause of action for educational bankruptcy; specifying requirements to petition for educational bankruptcy; specifying duties of the state superintendent of public instruction; authorizing parents and guardians to petition for educational bankruptcy; specifying duties of the district court; providing for the appointment of educational bankruptcy trustees; specifying conditions for dismissal or release of jurisdiction in educational bankruptcy; modifying teacher certification; and providing for an effective date. Section 1. W.S. 21‐2‐1001 through 21‐2‐1003 are created to read: ARTICLE 10 EDUCATIONAL BANKRUPTCY 21‐2‐1001. Educational bankruptcy act. This act may be cited as the "Wyoming Educational Bankruptcy Act." 21‐2‐1002. Petition for educational bankruptcy; school district eligibility; duties of the state superintendent of public instruction. (a) Effective May 1, 2027, the state superintendent of public instruction may petition the district court in the county in which a school district is located to make a determination that the school district is educationally bankrupt under this act if the school district meets all of the following criteria in two (2) of the last three (3) school years if the school district has a student enrollment of more than eight hundred (800) students or in three (3) of the last four (4) school years if the school district has a student enrollment of eight hundred (800) …
Sponsors
- Scott, Charles (R, S30) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : S:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4
- : S No report prior to CoW Cutoff
- : S Introduced and Referred to S04 - Education
- : S Received for Introduction
- : Bill Number Assigned
Subjects: Educational bankruptcy act.
Common questions
- What is SF173?
- SF173 is a bill in the Wyoming Legislature (2025 General Session): Educational bankruptcy act.
- What does SF173 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to education; creating the educational bankruptcy act; establishing a cause of action for educational bankruptcy; specifying requirements to petition for educational bankruptcy; specifying duties of the state superintendent of public instruction; authorizing parents and guardians to petition for educational bankruptcy; specifying duties of the district court; providing for the appointment of educational bankruptcy trustees; specifying conditions for dismissal or release of jurisdiction in educational bankruptcy; modifying teacher certification…
- What is the status of SF173?
- Failed as of March 3, 2025. Latest action: S:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4 (March 3, 2025).
- Who sponsored SF173?
- Scott, Charles (R, S30).
- Where is the official record for SF173?
- On the Wyoming Legislature website: https://wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2025/SF0173
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