Wyoming legislation · 2026 Budget Session
Wyoming SF81: K-12 public school finance-2.
Status: Signed into law, March 9, 2026
AN ACT relating to K-12 public school finance; implementing the 2025 cost of education study as modified by the legislature; modifying the education resource block grant model; modifying cash reserves; restricting expenditure of funds distributed through the school foundation program account; creating a new grant program for the post secondary education enrollment options program; making conforming amendments; requiring rulemaking; repealing provisions; providing an appropriation; and providing for effective dates.
What the bill says
An act relating to K-12 public school finance; implementing the 2025 cost of education study as modified by the legislature; modifying the education resource block grant model; modifying cash reserves; restricting expenditure of funds distributed through the school foundation program account; creating a new grant program for the post secondary education enrollment options program; making conforming amendments; requiring rulemaking; repealing provisions; providing an appropriation; and providing for effective dates.
From the enrolled text, March 5, 2026:
AN ACT relating to K-12 public school finance; implementing the 2025 cost of education study as modified by the legislature; modifying the education resource block grant model; modifying cash reserves; restricting expenditure of funds distributed through the school foundation program account; creating a new grant program for the post secondary education enrollment options program; making conforming amendments; requiring rulemaking; repealing provisions; providing an appropriation; and providing for effective dates. Section 1. W.S. 21-13-309.1 and 21-13-339 through 21-13-341 are created to read: 21-13-309.1. Education resource block grant model components. (a) This section is intended to specify the education resource block grant model components and computations necessary to execute the 2025 cost of education study as required by W.S. 21-13-309(t) and as adopted and modified by the legislature. (b) As used in this section: (i) "Average daily membership" or "ADM" means as defined by W.S. 21-13-101(a)(i) and calculated pursuant to W.S. 21-13-309(m)(iv); (ii) "Education resource block grant model" means as defined by W.S. 21-13-101(a)(xiv); ORIGINAL SENATE ENGROSSED FILE NO. SF0081 ENROLLED ACT NO. 56, SENATE SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING 2026 BUDGET SESSION (iii) "Co-located school" means two (2) or more schools, each with its own administrative structure, that operate within the same physical facility, regardless of whether the schools serve the same or different grade bands; (iv) "FTE" means …
Sponsors
- Recalibration (I) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Assigned Chapter Number 82
- : Became Law without Signature
- : H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0056
- : S President Signed SEA No. 0056
- : S Concur:Passed 31-0-0-0-0
- : S Received for Concurrence
- : H Amendment failed 26-32-4-0-0
- : H Amendment failed 25-32-4-1-0
- : H Amendment failed 13-46-3-0-0
- : H 3rd Reading:Passed 52-7-3-0-0
Votes
- S Concur:Passed 31-0-0-0-0 (March 5, 2026): 31 yea, 0 nay, passed
- H 3rd Reading:Passed 52-7-3-0-0 (March 4, 2026): 52 yea, 7 nay, passed
- Amendment failed 26-32-4-0-0 (March 4, 2026): 26 yea, 32 nay, failed
- Amendment failed 25-32-4-1-0 (March 4, 2026): 25 yea, 32 nay, failed
- Amendment failed 13-46-3-0-0 (March 4, 2026): 13 yea, 46 nay, failed
- H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0 (March 2, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: K-12 public school finance-2.
Common questions
- What is SF81?
- SF81 is a bill in the Wyoming Legislature (2026 Budget Session): K-12 public school finance-2.
- What does SF81 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to K-12 public school finance; implementing the 2025 cost of education study as modified by the legislature; modifying the education resource block grant model; modifying cash reserves; restricting expenditure of funds distributed through the school foundation program account; creating a new grant program for the post secondary education enrollment options program; making conforming amendments; requiring rulemaking; repealing provisions; providing an appropriation; and providing for effective dates.
- What is the status of SF81?
- Signed into law as of March 9, 2026. Latest action: Assigned Chapter Number 82 (March 9, 2026).
- Who sponsored SF81?
- Recalibration (I).
- Where is the official record for SF81?
- On the Wyoming Legislature website: https://wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2026/SF0081
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