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HB 18 Wyoming House · 2025 Regular Session

Career technical education funding.

HB 18 modifies Wyoming's school funding formula to increase support for career and technical education (CTE) programs. It changes the calculation for CTE equipment and supplies funding to use "0.29 times FTE vocational CTE ADM" and sets a minimum per teacher amount of either $9,428.77 or $18,857.57 for equipment/supplies, whichever is greater. The bill appropriates $350,000 specifically for CTE supplies, equipment, and replacements for school districts, effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. This directly affects school districts offering CTE programs in grades 9-12 with vocational teachers certified for high school instruction. The changes adjust how funding is distributed under Wyoming's education resource block grant model without requiring full-time CTE teaching assignments.
Issues: ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesAppropriates $350,000 for CTE equipment/supplies, directly increasing state funding for educational programs under budget management.95% confidence ✓ EducationSupports EducationIncreases CTE funding via revised formula and $350k allocation for equipment/supplies, directly advancing career education programs.95% confidence
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 16, 2025 Signed Mar 4, 2025
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What changed between versions

Introduced → Enrolled · 6 edits · Mar 4, 2025
MODERATE
This bill updates Wyoming's career and technical education (CTE) funding formula, creating a new dedicated funding stream for CTE supplies, materials, and equipment starting in the 2025-2026 school year. It establishes specific payment rates based on the number of full-time equivalent CTE teachers, with a minimum funding floor for schools with fewer than two teachers. The bill also clarifies that CTE demonstration project grants are separate from the new CTE supplies funding and sets spending restrictions to prevent double-dipping.
Scope change
The bill expands the education resource block grant model by adding a specific CTE supplies and equipment component, while maintaining existing CTE demonstration project grants as separate funding streams.
FISCAL

Created new Section 21-13-338 establishing a dedicated CTE supplies, materials, and equipment funding stream beginning in school year 2025-2026.

Set payment rate of $14,184.68 per FTE CTE teacher, with a minimum funding floor of $28,369.36 for schools with fewer than two FTE CTE teachers.

REQUIREMENT

Requires school districts to report FTE CTE teacher counts and provides for department oversight of fund expenditures.

DEFINITION

Updated statutory definitions to incorporate the new CTE equipment and supplies funding component into the education resource block grant model.

TIMELINE

Established specific deadlines for district reporting (October 15) and state payment distribution (February 15) for the new CTE funding.

ELIGIBILITY

Added eligibility restrictions preventing districts receiving CTE equipment grants under W.S. 21-13-337 from also receiving the new CTE supplies funding.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 27, 2025 · House Jan 23, 2025

How they voted

29–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 31
Feb 27, 2025
D Democratic2
2 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican29
27 Yea 2
93% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
26
Key actions
10
Committee
8
Mar 4, 2025
Signed into law
Governor Signed HEA No. 0051
legislature
Feb 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
H Concur:Passed 58-1-3-0-0
lower
Feb 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
S 3rd Reading:Passed 29-0-2-0-0
upper
Feb 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
S COW:Passed
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0
upper
Feb 19, 2025
Committee
:Rerefer to S02 - Appropriations
upper
Feb 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
S04 - Education:Recommend Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0
upper
Feb 10, 2025
Introduced
S Introduced and Referred to S04 - Education
upper
Jan 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
H 3rd Reading:Passed 60-0-2-0-0
lower
Jan 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
H COW:Passed
lower
Jan 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0
lower
Jan 17, 2025
Committee
:Rerefer to H02 - Appropriations
lower
Jan 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
H04 - Education:Recommend Do Pass 8-0-1-0-0
lower
Jan 16, 2025
Introduced
H Introduced and Referred to H04 - Education
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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