Career technical education funding.25LSO-0096, 1.0
HB0018
FISCAL NOTE
This bill contains an appropriation of $350,000 from the PUBLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION
PROGRAM ACCOUNT (SFP) to the Department of Education - School Finance.
DETAIL OF APPROPRIATION
Agency #: 205 Agency Name: Department of Education - School Finance
Unit: 4101 (Foundation Basic)
EXPENDITURE BY SERIES AND YEARFY 2025FY 2026FY 20270600 Grant & Aid Payments$0 $284,400 $0 Total Expenditure Per Year:$0 $284,400 $0 Grand Total Expenditure:$284,400 Total Appropriated to Agency:$350,000 Total Appropriated by Fund:PUBLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION PROGRAM ACCOUNT$350,000
Description of appropriation:
The appropriation will be expended to offset the K-12 education resource block
grant model’s (K-12 funding model) anticipated entitlement expenditure increase and
corresponding recapture revenue decrease that will take place in FY 2026.
FY 2026FY 2027FY 2028NON-ADMINISTRATIVE IMPACTAnticipated Revenue (decrease)PUBLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION PROGRAM ACCOUNT$0 ($9,900)($9,900)FY 2026FY 2027FY 2028NON-ADMINISTRATIVE IMPACTAnticipated Expenditure increasePUBLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION PROGRAM ACCOUNT$0 $274,500 $274,500
Source of revenue decrease and expenditure increase:
Under current law, the K-12 funding model allocates additional equipment and
supplies resources for career and technical education (CTE) programs based on the
number of grade 9-12 CTE teacher full-time equivalent (FTE) positions in approved
CTE courses. The formula allocates a per dollar amount for each reported CTE teacher
FTE. For school year (SY) 2024-25, each CTE teacher FTE generates an additional
$14,184.68 for CTE equipment and supplies.
This bill increases the funding allocated under the K-12 funding model’s CTE
equipment and supplies component to ensure that each school reporting CTE teacher
FTE positions in approved CTE courses receives at least $28,369.35 as part of the
school district’s foundation program guarantee amount. The minimum CTE equipment
and supplies funding level reflects 2011, Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 185,
ATTACHMENT “A”(b)(xxv), as amended by 2017 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 205,
Section 3, as further modified by external cost adjustments enacted by the
Legislature through the 2024 Budget Session. Career technical education funding.25LSO-0096, 1.0
HB0018
The estimated absolute impact to the K-12 funding model’s foundation program
guarantee is an increase of $284,400 in FY 2026, $284,400 in FY 2027, and $284,400
in FY 2028. An increase to the K-12 funding model’s foundation program guarantee
amount will have a corresponding expenditure increase from the SFP in the form of
school district entitlement payments and a corresponding revenue decrease to the
SFP in the form of school district recapture payments. The entitlement expenditure
increase and recapture revenue decrease anticipated in FY 2026 will be funded by
the appropriation in the bill.
Assumptions:
The above estimates were determined through the use of forecast K-12 funding models
utilized by the Legislative Service Office and are based on the most recent available
data. The forecast K-12 funding models assume 24 schools among 21 school districts
will receive additional funding based on CTE teacher FTE positions reported by
school districts from SY 2023-24.
Prepared by: Matthew Willmarth, LSO Phone: 777-7881
(Information provided by Trent Carroll, Department of Education – School Finance,
307-777-7720)