(a) The Department shall annually update necessary operations and maintenance data components in the funding model with the following data supplied by the SFD: - (i) District sites and their associated site identification number, actual site acreage, and acquired date.
- (ii) District school building information, including:
- (A) Actual educational gross square footage;
- (B) SFD allowable gross square footage;
- (D) The number of classrooms.
- (iii) No gross square footage created by any district enhancement shall be included within the districts educational gross square footage for funding model determinations unless the enhancement is included within the statewide adequacy standards as determined by the SFD.
- (iv) If a single Department school identification number contains more than one (1) school building, a weighted average of the year built for each building under this section shall be calculated for use in the funding model. The weighted average shall be calculated by multiplying each building's year built by the proportion of the school's total educational gross square feet. The weighted year built amount for each building will be summed to equal an adjusted year built.
(b) The funding model generates groundskeeper full-time equivalent (FTE) resources for district sites acquired after July 1, 1997, based on the following: - (i) The site acreage shall be the lesser of the actual site acreage or the following SFD guidelines:
- (A) Elementary school sites will be allowed a maximum acreage amount of four (4) acres, plus one (1) acre for every one hundred (100) ADM;
- (B) Middle school sites will be allowed a maximum acreage amount of ten (10) acres, plus one (1) acre for every one hundred (100) ADM; and
- (C) High school sites will be allowed a maximum acreage amount of twenty (20) acres, plus one (1) acre for every one hundred (100) ADM.
- (ii) If a site contains more than one (1) school, the site will be allowed a maximum acreage amount equal to the highest level of the opened schools on the site, but count all the schools' ADM (e.g., if a site has a middle school and a high school on the same site, the site will be allowed twenty (20) acres, plus one (1) acre for every one-hundred (100) combined middle school and high school ADM). The site shall be resourced upon the lesser of the allowed acreage amount or actual site acreage.
- (iii) If a site was acquired through an exchange of land with another government entity and the acreages involved in the exchange were originally acquired by the district and the government entity on or before July 1, 1997, the site will generate groundskeepers for the actual site acreage. The district shall provide the following documentation to the Department:
- (A) The dates the district and the government originally acquired the acreages involved in the exchange; and
- (B) The completed contract between the district and the government entity to acquire the acreages that identifies the date the exchange occurred.
- (iv) Any other district site acquired after July 1, 1997, with a facility other than an elementary school, middle/junior high school, or high school located on it will be resourced groundskeepers for the site's actual site acreage.
- (v) If a district has a parcel of land with a school under construction or without a facility located on it, the funding model will not generate groundskeeper FTE resources for the acreage.
(c) The funding model will generate groundskeeper FTE resources for all district sites acquired on or before July 1, 1997, and shall use the actual site acreage in the calculation to generate groundkeeper FTE resources.
(d) If a district's site acquisition date is different than when the district obtained the title or deed to the site, the district shall provide documentation identifying the exact date when the district acquired the site.
206-8 Wyo. Code R. § 8-10
Amended, Eff. 12/21/2018.