Wyoming State Data:
Last updated: 2021
Wyoming provides school maintenance funding to school districts at a rate based on the square footage of educational facilities. Wyoming law provides that a charter public school is entitled to a proportionate share of its district’s major maintenance funding (under the Wyoming School Facilities Commission’s Major Building and Facility Repair and Replacement Program) based upon the proportion that the charter school educational building gross square footage contributes to the district educational building gross square footage.
The law entitles charter schools to use available school district facilities free of rent, but it does not give charter schools a right of first refusal on available public school facilities. The law also provides that all other costs for the improvement, modification, operation, and maintenance of the facilities used by the charter school shall be subject to negotiation between the charter school and the district board.
According to the law, a charter school may negotiate and contract with a school district, the governing body of a state college or university, or any third party for the use of a school building and grounds, the operation and maintenance thereof, and the provision of any service, activity, or undertaking that the charter school is required to perform in order to carry out the educational program described in its charter.
The law provides that any services for which a charter school contracts with a school district shall be provided by the district at cost.
– WDE Indian Education Resources [edu.wyoming.gov/educators/native-american/]
Public Charters on Tribal Lands or Serving a Significant Proportion of Native Students:
Source: National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (2018)