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Read. Follow. Verify.Wyoming bill increases school square footage allowances and appropriates $43.7 million for maintenance
Last action · March 4, 2026: S:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4Sponsor: Sel Sch Fac
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What This Bill Proposed
Senate File 37 raises the allowable education square footage caps used to calculate routine and major maintenance funding for school districts, and appropriates a total of $43,700,000 for these maintenance payments from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2028.
School districts across the state receive state funding adjustments based on building size calculations, directly affecting local district operational budgets and facility repair allocations.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
school districts
School district funding amounts for routine and major maintenance are recalculated based on adjusted gross square footage criteria and new appropriations.
state construction department
The department receives and administers a $31.9 million appropriation for major maintenance payments.
department of education-school finance
The department receives and administers an $11.8 million appropriation for routine maintenance payments.
Key Facts
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died in committee.
Procedural history
6 actions- Mar 4, 2026SenateS:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4
- Feb 19, 2026SenateS No report prior to CoW Cutoff
- Feb 10, 2026SenateS02 - Appropriations:Do Pass Failed 2-3-0-0-0
- Feb 9, 2026SenateS Introduced and Referred to S02 - Appropriations 28-3-0-0-0
- Jan 14, 2026SenateS Received for Introduction
- Jan 7, 2026Bill Number Assigned
Version history
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Dedicated Public School Foundation Fund Allocation
All appropriations in this bill are drawn directly from the public school foundation program account and split between major and routine maintenance.
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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