Wyoming would calculate school activity funding by grade and enrollment

Wyoming would use grade-based amounts to calculate school activity funding. The formula counts $20 per elementary student and $385 per middle school student. It counts $1,585 for each of the first 500 high school students and $425 for each student above 500. Schools whose highest grade level is middle school would also count $50,000; schools whose highest grade level is high school would count $110,000. These funding rules would take effect July 1, 2027.

The two districts would make a written agreement for the enrolling district to pay the home district's activity costs. This covers a student enrolled outside the district where the student lives who takes part in an activity in that home district. The student must be allowed to participate under the activity rule referenced in the bill. Both districts would keep a copy of the agreement. This requirement would take effect July 1, 2027.

Wyoming would set aside $10,944,000 from its public school foundation account for the state education department. The funding is for the department's school finance work. The money could be used only for the student activities part of the school funding formula. Lawmakers also state an intent to double the amount in the following two-year budget. The funding period would run from July 1, 2027, through June 30, 2028; unused, uncommitted funds would return after that period.