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Committee briefed on declining enrollment, capacity triggers and most cost-effective remedy (Mercer) studies
Summary
State staff outlined capacity schedules, enrollment projections showing statewide declines since 2019, how capacity triggers a Mercer (most cost‑effective remedy) study, and the range of remedies that can result (do nothing, component repairs, additions, renovations, replacement).
State Construction Department staff told the Select Committee on School Facilities that Wyoming’s statewide enrollment has declined since pre‑COVID 2019 and described how capacity and condition triggers lead to most cost‑effective remedy (Mercer) studies.
Administrator Carlson and facility planners explained that the capacity schedule uses October 1 enrollment and a cohort survival model and projects eight years forward; when a building’s projected capacity reaches the department’s threshold within that period, staff initiate a Mercer…
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