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Read. Follow. Verify.Wyoming adjusts K-12 public school finance model, mandates school district group insurance participation, and appropriates funds
Last action · March 9, 2026: Assigned Chapter Number 82Sponsor: Recalibration
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What This Bill Does
Wyoming enacts Senate File 81 to implement the 2025 cost of education study, modifying the , school cash reserves, and funding formulas while requiring school districts to participate in the state employees' and officials' group insurance plan by July 1, 2027. The measure provides multiple appropriations totaling over $242 million from the public school foundation program account and general fund, and establishes caps on school superintendent compensation beginning July 1, 2026.
The law alters how every K-12 public school district in Wyoming receives state funding, calculates staff positions, manages cash reserves, and procures employee health insurance and retirement benefits, while injecting significant new appropriations into the school foundation program and transportation reimbursements.
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
School districts
School districts face revised funding formulas, mandatory participation in the state group insurance plan by school year 2027-2028, restrictions on capital construction spending from foundation funds, and superintendent compensation caps.
K-12 public school employees
Employees will transition to the state employees' and officials' group insurance plan and receive retirement and health insurance contribution reimbursements under updated statutory guidelines.
School district superintendents
Superintendents' total compensation will be capped at 233 1/3% of the average teacher's total compensation in their district for contracts entered into, renewed, or amended on or after July 1, 2026.
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Frequently Asked Questions
When must school districts join the state health insurance plan?
Can school districts use foundation program funds for building repairs or capital construction?
What is the new limit on school superintendent pay?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Became law without the governor's signature.
Procedural history
25 actions- Mar 9, 2026Became Law without Signature
- Mar 9, 2026Assigned Chapter Number 82
- Mar 5, 2026SenateS Received for Concurrence
- Mar 5, 2026SenateS Concur:Passed 31-0-0-0-0
- Mar 5, 2026SenateS President Signed SEA No. 0056
- Mar 5, 2026HouseH Speaker Signed SEA No. 0056
Show 19 earlier actions
- Mar 4, 2026HouseH 3rd Reading:Passed 52-7-3-0-0
- Mar 3, 2026HouseH 2nd Reading:Passed
- Mar 2, 2026HouseH02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0
- Mar 2, 2026HouseH Placed on General File
- Mar 2, 2026HouseH COW:Passed
- Feb 27, 2026HouseH04 - Education:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 6-2-1-0-0
- Feb 27, 2026HouseH04 - Education:Rerefer to H02 - Appropriations
- Feb 24, 2026HouseH Received for Introduction
- Feb 24, 2026HouseH Introduced and Referred to H04 - Education
- Feb 23, 2026SenateS 3rd Reading:Passed 30-1-0-0-0
- Feb 20, 2026SenateS 2nd Reading:Passed
- Feb 19, 2026SenateS COW:Passed
- Feb 17, 2026SenateS04 - Education:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
- Feb 17, 2026Senate:Rerefer to S02 - Appropriations
- Feb 17, 2026SenateS02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0
- Feb 17, 2026SenateS Placed on General File
- Feb 13, 2026SenateS Introduced and Referred to S04 - Education 31-0-0-0-0
- Feb 9, 2026SenateS Received for Introduction
- Feb 6, 2026Bill Number Assigned
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Mandatory State Group Insurance Consolidation
The legislation mandates that all school districts transition to the state employees' and officials' group insurance plan by school year 2027-2028, centralizing public education health coverage.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance95How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy45Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz40Current news / social attention level
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