§ 21-3-314 — Students counted among district ADM; determination of charter school funding

Wyoming § 21-3-314

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 21: Education
• Ch. 3: SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN GENERAL
• Art. 3: CHARTER SCHOOLS

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(a) Each student attending a charter school shall be
counted among the average daily membership of the school
district in which the school is located and the school shall be
included in the district's configuration of schools reported to
the state superintendent under W.S. 21-13-309(m)(iv). Average
daily membership of the charter school shall be calculated as
follows:
(i) Notwithstanding W.S. 21-13-309(m)(iv)(A), in the
first year of operation, the average daily membership for the
charter school shall be based on the following:
(A) Initial average daily membership shall be
calculated based upon the March 1 list of students who intend to
enroll in the charter school as required under subsection (b) of
this section;
(B) The average daily membership of the charter
school computed under subparagraph (i)(A) of this subsection
shall be adjusted by the enrollment count taken on October 1 of
the first year of operation;
(C) Repealed by Laws 2023, ch. 179, § 3.
(ii) In the second year and all subsequent years and
except as otherwise provided under paragraph (iv) of this
subsection, the average daily membership of the charter school
shall be counted only among the average daily membership of the
school district;
(iii) Repealed by Laws 2023, ch. 179, § 3.
(iv) Notwithstanding W.S. 21-13-309(m)(iv)(A), in the
second and third year of charter school operation, the average
daily membership of a charter school shall be based upon the
prior school year average daily membership adjusted by the
enrollment count taken on October 1 of the applicable school
year;
(v) Notwithstanding W.S. 21-13-309(m)(iv)(A), for any
charter school in its fourth or subsequent year of charter
school operation and the charter school expands its enrollment
to include one (1) or more consecutive grade levels above its
current school configuration of grades, the average daily
membership for the charter school shall be adjusted by the
enrollment count taken on October 1 of the first year of
operation under the expanded grade level or levels.
(b) Any approved charter school shall provide the local
school district with the names, grades and school of current
enrollment for all students who plan to enroll in the proposed
charter school. The information shall be provided no later than
March 1 of the school year preceding the school year in which
the charter school plans to begin operation.
(c) The charter school shall be entitled to the following
amounts:
(i) Except as provided in paragraph (vi) of this
subsection, one hundred percent (100%) of the foundation program
amount computed under W.S. 21-13-309(m) based upon the average
daily membership of the charter school, less amounts generated
by the charter school's membership under paragraph (b)(xxix) of
"Attachment A" as defined in W.S. 21-13-101(a)(xvii) and less
amounts specified under W.S. 21-13-309(m)(v)(E)(III) through
(V);
(ii) One hundred percent (100%) of the amount to be
contributed to the school district under major maintenance
payments pursuant to W.S. 21-15-109 based upon the proportion
that the charter school educational building gross square
footage contributes to the district educational building gross
square footage;
(iii) Repealed by Laws 2023, ch. 179, § 3.
(iv) One hundred percent (100%) of the amount
expended by the charter school that is eligible for
reimbursement under W.S. 21-13-320 and 21-13-321 as computed
under W.S. 21-13-309(m);
(v) One hundred percent (100%) of the amount expended
by the charter school that is eligible for reimbursement by the
department of education under W.S. 9-3-413 and 9-3-413.1;
(vi) A percentage amount calculated by dividing the
charter school's average daily membership by the total average
daily membership of the charter school's respective school
district multiplied by the amounts generated from the foundation
program amount computed under W.S. 21-13-309(m) and paragraph
(b)(xxix) of "Attachment A" as defined in W.S. 21-13-
101(a)(xvii).
(d) The charter school may also contract with the school
district for centralized services provided by the district
including curriculum, media services, libraries and federally
required educational services such as special education.
(e) The district and the charter school may by mutual
agreement fund the charter school through a specific budget for
the charter school.
(f) Repealed by Laws 2023, ch. 179, § 3.