Wyoming
Wyoming Dept of Education Homeschooling
Wyoming Education Code: Title 21 Chapter 4
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.
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 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.
21-4-309. Mandatory immunizations for children attending schools; exceptions.
(a) Any person attending, full or part time, any public or private school, kindergarten through twelfth grade, shall within thirty (30) days after the date of school entry, provide to the appropriate school official written documentary proof of immunization. For purposes of this section, documentary proof of immunization is written certification by a private licensed physician or his representative or by any public health authority, that the person is fully immunized. Documentation shall include month, day and year of each required immunization received against vaccine preventable disease as designated by the state health authority. No school administrator shall permit a student to attend school for more than thirty (30) calendar days without documentary proof of immunization. If immunization requires a series of immunizations over a period of more than thirty (30) calendar days, the child shall be permitted to attend school while receiving continuing immunization if the school administrator receives written notification by a private licensed physician or his representative or by a public health official, specifying a written schedule for necessary immunization completion within the medically accepted time period. Waivers shall be authorized by the state or county health officer upon submission of written evidence of religious objection or medical contraindication to the administration of any vaccine. In the presence of an outbreak of vaccine preventable disease as determined by the state or county health authority, school children for whom a waiver has been issued and who are not immunized against the occurring vaccine preventable disease shall be excluded from school attendance for a period of time determined by the state or county health authority, but not suspended from school as provided in W.S. 21-4-305. Children excluded from school attendance under this section shall not be counted in the aggregate number of pupils absent as defined in W.S. 21-13-101(a)(i).
(b) The school administrator shall be responsible for an audit of the immunization status of any child enrolled in the school in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by the department of health.
(c) The written documented proof of immunization on a form provided by the state health officer shall be an integral part of the child's school record.
(d) For purposes of this section:
(i) "State health officer" means the person appointed by the director of the department of health pursuant to W.S. 9-2-103;
(ii) "County health officer" means the licensed medical officer designated by the county commissioners to serve as health officer for his county;
(iii) "Immunized" or "immunization" means initial immunization and any boosters or reimmunizations required to maintain immunization pursuant to the immunization standards and recommendations issued by the state health officer.
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.