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SF 34 Wyoming House · 2025 Regular Session

K-12 school facilities maintenance and appropriations.

This bill increases the allowable square footage used to calculate K-12 school district maintenance funding from 115% to 135% of statewide building standards. It adjusts how maintenance payments are computed by expanding the space counted for major repairs ($38.1 million) and routine maintenance ($5.5 million) starting July 2025. The changes directly affect all Wyoming public school districts by increasing their potential funding based on building size relative to student enrollment. The funding is tied to the updated square footage thresholds and must be spent solely on school facility maintenance during the 2025-2026 school year.
Issues: ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesIncreases state funding for school maintenance via expanded calculation method, directly boosting public education budget allocation.95% confidence ✓ EducationSupports EducationIncreases K-12 maintenance funding by expanding square footage calculation (115% to 135%), boosting infrastructure support for all public school districts through $38.1M major repairs and $5.5M routine maintenance.95% confidence
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 14, 2025 Signed Mar 13, 2025
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Introduced → Enrolled · 5 edits · Mar 13, 2025
MODERATE
This bill updates Wyoming's school funding formulas to increase the allowable square footage used for calculating maintenance payments from 115% to 135% of standard space levels for the 2025-2026 school year. It also increases the maintenance payment percentage from 2.5% to 3% for that same year and provides specific appropriations to fund these changes.
Scope change
The bill applies to all K-12 public school districts in Wyoming for the 2025-2026 school year and subsequent years, with a temporary increase in thresholds for that specific year.
DEFINITION

Increased the allowable square footage threshold for calculating school maintenance funding from 115% to 135% of standard space levels for the 2025-2026 school year only.

FISCAL

Increased the percentage multiplier used to calculate major maintenance payments from 2.5% to 3% for the 2025-2026 school year.

Added $38.1 million appropriation from the public school foundation program account to the state construction department for major maintenance payments.

Added $20 million appropriation to the school facilities commission for demolition, site preparation, and construction of a high school building in Campbell County.

ELIGIBILITY

Clarified that buildings used for certified child care, developmental preschool, and cooperative education programs should not be excluded from square footage calculations.

Floor votes · Senate Jan 24, 2025 · House Mar 4, 2025

How they voted

21–9
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 31
Jan 24, 2025
D Democratic2
2 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican29
19 Yea 9 Nay 1
65% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
27
Key actions
9
Committee
6
Mar 13, 2025
Signed into law
Governor Signed SEA No. 0097
legislature
Mar 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
S Recede from Non-Concurrence Passed: 20-7-4-0-0
upper
Mar 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
H 3rd Reading:Passed 38-23-1-0-0
lower
Feb 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
H COW:Passed
lower
Feb 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 5-2-0-0-0
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Introduced
H Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations
lower
Jan 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
S 3rd Reading:Passed 21-9-1-0-0
upper
Jan 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
S COW:Passed
upper
Jan 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
upper
Jan 17, 2025
Committee
:Rerefer to S02 - Appropriations
upper
Jan 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
S04 - Education:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
upper
Jan 14, 2025
Introduced
S Introduced and Referred to S04 - Education
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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