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Wyoming Transfer Responsibility of School Facility Construction to School Districts Amendment (2022)
| Transfer Responsibility of School Facility Construction to School Districts Amendment | |
|---|---|
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| Election date November 8, 2022 | |
| Topic Education | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The Wyoming Transfer Responsibility of School Facility Construction to School Districts Amendment was not on the ballot in Wyoming as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 8, 2022.
The measure would have transferred the responsibility of constructing school facilities from the state legislature to school districts.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title would have been as follows:[1]
| “ | In 2001, the Wyoming Supreme Court decided in State v. Campbell County School District that providing school facilities was the responsibility of the state not an individual school district. School districts had previously provided school facilities and normally financed the construction of these facilities through local bond issues approved by the voters and repaid by a local property tax. The system enacted by the legislature to comply with the Wyoming Supreme Court decision no longer works because the funding source the legislature relied on (primarily bidding bonuses from new coal leases) no longer yields significant revenue. The legislature also reports the new system has been expensive because the legislature is not as good a judge of the need for local school facilities as the voters of the school districts. This amendment will return school capital construction to a local system with the addition of mandatory state aid to raise the amount raised by the local tax up to what a statewide levy would raise on a per person basis. This provision is intended to provide fairness and to enable districts with low property values to construct needed school facilities. The amendment also authorizes, but does not require, the legislature to appropriate additional funds to relieve undue hardships.[2] | ” |
Full text
The full text of the measure can be found here.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Wyoming Constitution
To put a legislatively referred constitutional amendment before voters, a two-thirds (66.67%) vote is required in both the Wyoming State Senate and the Wyoming House of Representatives.
This measure was introduced as Senate Joint Resolution 4 on March 1, 2021. It was approved in the Senate on March 19, 2021, by a vote of 22-7. Both Democratic members of the Senate voted against the measure. Among the 28 Senate Republicans, 22 voted in favor, five were opposed, and one was absent. SJR 4 died in committee in the House.[1]
| Vote in the Wyoming State Senate | |||
| Requirement: Two-thirds (66.67 percent) vote of all members in each chamber | |||
Number of yes votes required: 20  | |||
| Yes | No | Not voting | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 22 | 7 | 1 |
| Total percent | 73.33% | 23.33% | 0.00% |
| Democrat | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Republican | 22 | 5 | 1 |
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Wyoming Legislature, "SJ 0004 School capital construction-constitutional amendment," accessed March 19, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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