Career and technical education supplies, materials, equipment and repair of equipment; criteria; limitations.
Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-338
in effect(a) To augment amounts within the education resource block grant model available to districts for career and technical education programs, the department of education shall distribute career and technical education supplies, materials, equipment and repair of equipment funding in accordance with this section.
(b) Each school district shall report the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) career and technical education teachers within a school from the prior school year, as computed in accordance with guidelines prescribed by the department, who are providing career and technical education instruction in grades nine (9) through twelve (12) and except as provided under W.S. 21-2-202(a)(xxvii), certified by the Wyoming professional teaching standards board to provide instruction at the high school level for career and technical education courses comprising career and technical education programs. Nothing in this subsection shall require a district to employ teachers certified for high school career and technical education instruction on a full-time basis or to require teachers to teach only high school career and technical education courses on a full-time basis.
(c) Amounts distributed to each school district for career and technical education supplies, materials, equipment and repair of equipment funding under this section shall be calculated as follows:
(i) Except as provided in paragraph (ii) of this subsection, the product of each school's FTE career and technical education teachers reported under subsection (b) of this section multiplied by fourteen thousand three hundred thirty-six dollars ($14,336.00);
(ii) If a school's FTE career and technical education teachers reported in subsection (b) of this section is less than two (2), the amount of funding for the school's career and technical education supplies, materials, equipment and repair of equipment funding shall be equal to twenty-eight thousand six hundred seventy-two dollars ($28,672.00);
(iii) The department shall further adjust the amounts for career and technical education supplies, materials, equipment and repair of equipment funding in paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this subsection by any external cost adjustment enacted by the legislature for the educational materials category of the educational resource block grant model.
(d) Not later than October 15 of the applicable school year and following review of reports submitted under this section, the department shall notify districts of distributions. The department shall pay each school district not later than February 15 of the applicable school year.
(e) Each district shall report to the department on the expenditure of amounts distributed under this section and shall provide other information as required by rule of the department. Amounts distributed under this section shall only be expended on supplies, materials, equipment and repair of equipment for career and technical education programs.
(f) The department of education shall promulgate rules necessary to carry out this section.
(g) As used in this section, "career and technical education program" shall be as specified in W.S. 21-13-309(m)(v)(D)(II).
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