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Senate committee backs open‑enrollment policy requiring district plans, gives priority to nearby students and siblings
Summary
Senate File 109 would require Wyoming school districts that contain multiple same‑grade schools to adopt open‑enrollment policies; sponsors said the law aims to increase parental choice while letting districts set transportation and capacity rules.
The Wyoming Senate Committee of the Whole voted Jan. 28 to advance Senate File 109, a bill asking school districts to adopt open‑enrollment policies allowing pupils to enroll in any school within a district that contains multiple campuses of the same grade levels.
Senator Tara Brennan, sponsor, told senators the bill "asks our school districts to create policy for open enrollment within the school districts" and is intended to strike…
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