011-13 Wyo. Code R. § 13-4

Current through April 27, 2019
Section 13-4 - Education and Training Programs

(a) The Administrator shall annually develop, in consultation with the President of the Wyoming Assessors Association, a list of accredited educational courses indicating those that qualify as core and a tentative schedule for the courses to be offered. The Department shall conduct or sponsor accredited educational courses shall be selected by the Department and shall be held subject to cancellation due to unforeseen circumstances or inadequate registration.

(b) The Department shall develop a new assessor orientation course containing sufficient training information for newly elected or appointed assessors to perform the duties and functions of their offices as prescribed by law.

(c) Persons seeking approval of courses not on the accredited educational course list shall submit course information in writing to the Administrator, for determination of approval "prior" to attendance. The request shall include the course name, instructor and credentials, course content or syllabus, number of hours of attendance, date(s) and location. Failure to provide proper documentation in advance shall deny the requestor approval of course work and hours. Cost of these courses shall be the responsibility of the employer. If approved, the Administrator will indicate if the course will be considered a core education course. Programs containing the following subject matter may be considered as accredited programs:

  • (i) Property Taxation;
  • (ii) Property Appraisal (Real, Personal, Tangible and Intangible);
  • (iii) Statistics;
  • (iv) Appraisal Modeling;
  • (v) Construction;
  • (vi) Land use planning, development, zoning and valuation;
  • (vii) Real Estate Law;
  • (viii) Computer applications where the software is the foundation for an appraisal;
  • (ix) Mapping;
  • (x) Geographic Information Systems (GIS);
  • (xi) Accounting/Auditing;
  • (xii) Economics

(d) Property Tax Appraisers, who develop courses, revise courses or provide instruction shall be granted additional preparation hours in addition to the approved credit hours up to 2.0 times the credit hours. This shall apply to the first time the course is offered only. Subsequent offerings shall be limited to the approved credit hours unless course material has been substantially revised.

(e) The Department shall budget and be responsible for costs of providing training, such as tuition, books, facility and instructor expenses for department and county employees at Department sponsored accredited educational courses. All other expenses for attendees shall be the responsibility of each respective attendee. Any fees charged by professional organizations for instructional materials, testing or books, resulting from the need for a one time only re-take of a failed test or course, will be the responsibility of the Department. The cost for challenging a course by examination previously not taken shall be the responsibility of the attendee. The Department shall schedule re-testing days and provide any required proctors for Department sponsored accredited educational programs.

(f) The Department shall develop and update a course entitled "Wyoming Assessment Practices" to be offered at minimum every other year.

(g) Students must submit a certificate of completion to the department for courses completed that are not sponsored by the department.

011-13 Wyo. Code R. § 13-4