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Wyo. Stat. § 21-18-201 (2026)

Community college commission; created;

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    (a)    The Wyoming community college commission is created.

     (b)   The commission consists of seven (7) appointed
members:

           (i)   Repealed By Laws 2000, Ch. 73, § 3.

          (ii) No less than three (3) nor more than four (4)
appointed members shall be from counties in which a community
college district is located;

          (iii) No more than seventy-five percent (75%) of the
members shall be from the same political party.

     (c) The governor and the state superintendent of public
instruction are ex officio nonvoting members of the commission.

     (d) Appointments to the commission shall be made by the
governor with the advice and consent of the senate. Vacancies
shall be filled by the governor as provided by W.S. 28-12-101.
Commission members shall not be employees or trustees of a
community college district. All terms of appointment shall be
for four (4) years except appointments to fill unexpired terms.
No person shall be appointed for more than two (2) full four (4)
year terms plus any portion of a term served while filling a
vacancy. The governor may remove any commission member as
provided in W.S. 9-1-202.

     (e) A chairman and officers of the commission shall be
elected biennially by the commission from its members.

     (f) The members of the commission shall be paid per diem
and travel expenses while attending commission meetings at the
same rate allowed members of the legislature. The commission
shall meet at least four (4) times each fiscal year.

     (g) Any commissioner who does not attend at least fifty
percent (50%) of scheduled commission meetings during any year
commencing from the date of appointment is automatically removed
from office. The director of the commission shall certify the
name of any commissioner who has not attended at least fifty
percent (50%) of scheduled meetings during each appointment year
to the governor who shall appoint a successor to fill the
vacancy within two (2) weeks from the date of certification.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2014–2014 · leading case: Powers v. State, 2014 WY 15, 318 P.3d 300.
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Powers v. State, 2014 WY 15, 318 P.3d 300. “33 *344 [¶148] SEA 0001 also continues to require the superintendent to serve on a wide array of other boards and commissions including the community college commission (§ 21-18-201 34 ), advisory council for innovative education (§ 21-22-1038), education planning and…”
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