§ 21-22-107 — Innovative program grants; application; selection by the state department of education; classification of districts; distribution; report on grants awarded; initial grants

Wyoming § 21-22-107

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 21: Education
• Ch. 22: WYOMING EDUCATION TRUST FUND

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(a) Proposals for innovative program grants authorized
under W.S. 21-22-106 may be submitted annually by any Wyoming
school district to the department of education on or before June
1. Submitted proposals shall be in a form provided and
prescribed by the state department, which shall require the
minimum information necessary to describe the proposal without
unduly burdening the applicant, including target populations and
objectives, compliance with criteria prescribed under W.S.
21-22-106 and proper grant expenditures including program budget
and evaluation.
(b) Each school district, either separately or in
conjunction with another school district, shall be given the
opportunity to submit a proposal for innovative program grants
authorized under W.S. 21-22-106 at least once every five (5)
years.
(c) For the purposes of this section, school districts
shall be annually classified based upon average daily membership
for the previous school year, as follows:
(i) Classification I, less than five hundred (500)
average daily membership;
(ii) Classification II, five hundred (500) but less
than one thousand (1,000) average daily membership;
(iii) Classification III, one thousand (1,000) but
less than two thousand (2,000) average daily membership; and
(iv) Classification IV, two thousand (2,000) or
greater average daily membership.
(d) The state department shall award a grant authorized
under this section to at least one (1) district from each
classification pursuant to subsection (c) of this section.
Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit the state department
from awarding grants to more than one (1) district under each
classification or more than one (1) grant to the same school
district under criteria established under W.S. 21-22-106.
(e) Subject to available funding, the state department
shall select those proposals it determines best fulfill criteria
established under W.S. 21-22-106 and promote excellence in
public education. The state department may use available funds
to support innovative program evaluation projects and may
contract with the University of Wyoming to conduct program
evaluations.
(f) In accordance with W.S. 21-22-106(a), the state
department shall annually distribute funds to selected proposals
on or before August 15. Innovative program grants received
under this subsection shall only be used for the purposes for
which the grant is awarded and shall not be expended for any
other program, activity or purpose.
(g) Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 102, § 2.
(h) Repealed By Laws 2014, Ch. 103, § 2.