Wyoming Education Code For Homeschooling
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Compulsory attendance - 6 (by September
15) to 16 years of age or completion of 10th grade.
Wyoming Education Code: Sections Relevant
to Homeschoolers
Title
21 Chapter 4
- 21-4-101. Definitions.
- 21-4-102. When
attendance required; exemptions.
- 21-4-402. Instruction
for hospitalized or homebound pupils.
- 21-4-506. Participation
in activities by students not enrolled in the district; limitation
on fees.
- Session Law: 1997,
Chapter 3, Section 202(f)(v)
CHAPTER
4
PUPILS
ARTICLE
1
COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE
21-4-101. Definitions.
(a) For the purposes of this article:
(v) A home-based educational program means a program
of educational instruction provided to a child by the child's
parent or legal guardian or by a person designated by the parent
or legal guardian. An instructional program provided to more
than one (1) family unit does not constitute a home-based educational
program;
(vi) "Basic academic educational program" is one that
provides a sequentially progressive curriculum of fundamental
instruction in reading, writing, mathematics, civics, history,
literature and science. These curriculum requirements do not
require any private school or home-based educational program
to include in its curriculum any concept, topic or practice in
conflict with its religious doctrines or to exclude from its
curriculum any concept, topic or practice consistent with its
religious doctrines.
21-4-102. When
attendance required; exemptions.
(a) Every parent, guardian or other person having control or
charge of any child who is a resident of this state and whose
seventh birthday falls on or before September 15 of any year
and who has not yet attained his sixteenth birthday or completed
the tenth grade shall be required to send such child to, and
such child shall be required to attend, a public or private school
each year, during the entire time that the public schools shall
be in session in the district in which the pupil resides; provided,
that the board of trustees of each school district may exempt
any child from the operation of this article when:
(i) The board believes that compulsory attendance
in school would be detrimental to the mental or physical health
of such child or the other children in the school; provided,
the board may designate at the expense of the district a medical
doctor of its choice to guide it and support it in its decision;
(ii) The board feels that compulsory school attendance might
work undue hardship. The board may conduct a hearing on issues
pursuant to this paragraph by executive session; or
(iii) The child has been legally excluded from the regular schools
pursuant to the provisions of W.S. 21-4-306.
(b) A home-based educational program shall meet
the requirements of a basic academic educational program pursuant
to W.S. 21-4-101(a)(vi). It shall be the responsibility of every
person administering a home-based educational program to submit
a curriculum to the local board of trustees each year showing
that the program complies with the requirements of this subsection.
Failure to submit a curriculum showing compliance is prima facie
evidence that the home-based educational program does not meet
the requirements of this article.
ARTICLE 4
ISOLATION
21-4-402. Instruction
for hospitalized or homebound pupils.
(a) The board of trustees of each school district shall offer
homebound instruction for each pupil in the district who
is hospitalized or homebound for more than one (1) week because
of injury or illness.
(b) The board shall also offer homebound instruction for
each pupil in the district who is hospitalized or placed in a
state accredited or state certified treatment facility for more
than one (1) week in a hospital or facility located in another
Wyoming school district because of injury or illness. The board
shall either provide instruction directly or contract with the
school district in which the pupil is hospitalized or placed
in a facility to provide this instruction. This subsection does
not apply to pupils who are hospitalized or placed due to a mental,
physical or psychological handicap and who are receiving educational
services under W.S. 21-2-501.
21-4-506. Participation
in activities by students not enrolled in the district; limitation
on fees.
(a) Any school age child who is a resident of a school district,
who is not under suspension or expulsion by a Wyoming school
district and who is not enrolled as a full-time student in the
district in which he resides, shall be permitted by the district
to participate in any activities which are sanctioned by the
Wyoming high school activities association and which are offered
by the district subject to the following:
(i) The district may require the student to pay
any fees for participation which are required by the Wyoming
high school activities association;
(ii) The district may charge that student an additional fee for
participating, but that fee shall be no more than any fee for
participating charged to full-time students of the district.
The district shall not require that student to pay tuition or
to pay any other fees or charges as a condition of participation;
(iii) As a condition of participation, the student shall be required
to comply with all other rules and policies of the district or
any school activities association applicable to all students
participating in the activity and not related to the assessment
of fees or charges.
Session Laws of Wyoming
Passed in the 1997 Special Session of the Wyoming Legislature.
Session Law: 1997, Chapter 3,
Section 202(f)(v)
(f) Administration of Cost of Education. The state
superintendent shall develop recommendations on the following:
(v) A methodology for including in the formulation the fractional
average daily membership (ADM) basis students who are enrolled
in district courses and cocurricular activities but who are not
enrolled in the district on a full time basis. Effective July
1,1997 any rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this
paragraph may be substituted as recommendations in a report to
the joint education interim committee, which shall, after review,
propose legislation to implement the provisions of this paragraph.
The purpose of this paragraph is to develop a means by which
schools districts can receive funding for children who attend
home school or private school to the extent the district
provides programs and services for those students, including
but not limited to:
A. Participation in cocurricular activities such as athletics,
band, orchestra, debate and drama;
B. Courses and other programs which the district provides and
permits the student to take or participate in.
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