§ 21-4-505 — Payment of tuition for pupil attending school in another state; admission of out-of-state pupils

(a) Whenever it shall appear to the board of trustees of
any school district within the state that instruction for any
pupil residing in the district can be more advantageously or
economically furnished by a public school maintained by another
state, the board of trustees of such Wyoming district may enter
into an agreement for the instruction of such pupils at rates of
tuition specified in the agreement. The Wyoming district shall
be reimbursed for the full amount of tuition assessed by the out
of state district during the current school year subject to the
following:
(i) Effective school year 2017-2018 and each year
thereafter, the Wyoming school district shall submit a report to
the department of education in the manner and form and at times
specified by department rule and regulation, documenting the
number of pupils attending a public school maintained by another
state and verifying payments to such districts for educational
services;
(ii) From amounts appropriated by the legislature
from the public school foundation program account for purposes
of this subsection, the department of education shall distribute
payments to eligible districts in accordance with this
subsection on or before May 15 of the applicable school year,
together with the district's foundation payment under W.S.
21-13-313(c), if applicable;
(iii) The district shall not include a pupil
attending a school within an out of state school district within
its average daily membership (ADM) for purposes of computing its
foundation program amount under W.S. 21-13-309.
(b) Any school district within the state may enter into
agreements to admit pupils from out of state at the rate of
tuition at least as high as the actual per pupil cost of the
Wyoming district computed as provided in W.S. 21-4-501(c). The
admitting district shall:
(i) If it requires payment of tuition at least as
high as provided under W.S. 21-4-501(c), include the admitted
out of state pupil within its average daily membership (ADM) for
purposes of computing its foundation program amount under W.S.
21-13-309; and
(ii) Account separately for the portion of the
tuition received pursuant to this subsection which is related to
school buildings and facilities, as determined by the district
and reported to the state department, and deposit that portion
in its debt service account. The remainder shall be reported as
revenues for purposes of W.S. 21-13-310(a)(ix).
(c) Any out-of-state placement under subsection (a) of
this section shall include within the agreement with the out-of-
state school district, that district's agreement to provide
student transcripts as required under W.S. 21-16-1308(a)(ii).
The agreement shall also require the out-of-state school
district to cooperate with the department of education to
identify those courses provided by the out-of-state school
district which satisfy the success curriculum requirements
established under W.S. 21-16-1307.