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State staff outlines school facilities planning, condition assessment and annual budget process
Summary
Legislative staff and the State Construction Department summarized how Wyoming’s school facility plans, condition assessments and the annual budget request are developed, emphasizing a new 2023 Bureau Veritas assessment, biennial facility plans and the commission’s role in prioritizing projects.
Legislative analysts and State Construction Department officials told the Select Committee on School Facilities that the state’s facility planning and budget process relies on recurring condition and capacity reviews and a coordinated budget request from the School Facilities Commission.
Matt Wilmarth, LSO senior school finance analyst, said the interim priority is “developing knowledge and expertise among members pertaining to school facilities,” and described the process by which the commission and State Construction Department work with school districts to develop facility plans and an annual budget that moves to the Joint Appropriations Committee and the governor for final consideration. He said those plans must comply with statewide adequacy standards and the School Facilities Commission…
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