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SF 14

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2025 Regular Session

SF 14 creates one full-time literacy position in the Wyoming Dept of Education and funds $540,000 to support K–3 reading assessment implementation and related reporting.

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Bill Summary · SF 14

Summary — SF 14: Literacy position for K‑3 reading program

Status: Bill Number Assigned (Introduced Jan 13, 2025)
Primary sponsor: Rep./Sen. Taylor (primary)
Related/companion: HF 1530
Effective date (if enacted): July 1, 2026

Purpose

SF 14 authorizes and funds a full‑time literacy position in the Wyoming Department of Education to assist school districts with implementation of the state's K–3 reading assessment and intervention program (W.S. 21‑3‑401). The bill also provides funding for contractual services to support that position and requires reporting on expenditures.

Key provisions

  • Authorizes one (1.0 FTE) full‑time position in the Department of Education dedicated to K–3 literacy work (implementation of W.S. 21‑3‑401).
  • Appropriates a total of $540,000 from the Public School Foundation Program Account to the Department of Education for the biennium July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2028:
    • $240,000 (personnel/benefit series) to fund the authorized position’s salary and benefits — capped at $120,000 expended per fiscal year.
    • $300,000 (contractual services, 900 series) to support the literacy position’s work — capped at $150,000 expended per fiscal year.
  • Requires the Department to report on the expenditure of the appropriated funds to the Joint Education Interim Committee by October 1, 2026, and each October 1 thereafter.
  • Directs the Department to include this appropriation and the authorized position in its budget request for the succeeding fiscal biennium.
  • Unexpended funds revert on June 30, 2028, as provided by law.

Fiscal impact

  • Total biennial appropriation: $540,000 (Public School Foundation Program Account).
  • Annual maximum expenditure: $270,000 ($120,000 personnel + $150,000 contractual).
  • Position authorization: 1.0 FTE for the specified biennium.

Who is affected

  • Wyoming Department of Education — will employ the position and manage contracts and reporting.
  • Wyoming public school districts (particularly K–3 educators and administrators) — will receive assistance and support implementing the reading assessment and intervention program.
  • K–3 students targeted by W.S. 21‑3‑401 — may benefit indirectly through improved district implementation and supports.

Legislative/procedural timeline

  • Introduced: Jan 13, 2025; first reading Jan 16, 2025.
  • Referred to Education (and noted as referred to Capital Investment).
  • Subcommittee activity in late Jan/early Feb 2025; subcommittee recommended passage (2/6/2025).
  • Committee report (2/12/2025) approved bill and renumbered it as SF 283.
  • Bill number assigned: Dec 2, 2025.

Notes / document irregularity

The provided bill packet includes an unrelated block of text (appearing to describe a "comprehensive transition and postsecondary program scholarship program" and referencing a different statutory structure) that does not match the primary legislative intent described elsewhere in the bill (the literacy position). The summary above focuses on the literacy position and related appropriations as the core substantive content of SF 14.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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