Legislature enacts several bills changing K-12 facilities funding, maintenance and leasing

The Select Committee on School Facilities received a summary of 2025 legislation that will change how Wyoming funds, maintains and plans for K–12 school facilities.

The summary, presented by Ashley Phillips and Tanya Heitrich of the Legislative Service Office, said two bills sponsored by the select committee were enacted (chapter 89 and chapter 145), and other bills affecting capital construction and charter school leasing also passed. The enacted bills change lease reimbursement calculations, adjust routine and major maintenance formulas for school year 2025–26, and direct new capital planning and reporting duties for the State Construction Department.

Why it matters: the package alters money school districts and charter schools will receive for facilities and tasks the State Construction Department must perform. That affects how districts budget for maintenance, how charter school lease reimbursements are calculated, and how the state prioritizes…