Wyoming Statutes

Wyo. Stat. § 21-2-801 (2026)

Creation of board; appointment and composition;

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     (a) The Wyoming professional teaching standards board is
created to consist of thirteen (13) members appointed by the
state superintendent and the governor as follows:

          (i) Six (6) certified public school employee members,
two (2) of which shall be classroom teachers in grades
kindergarten through six (6), three (3) of which shall be
classroom teachers in grades seven (7) through twelve (12) and
one (1) of which shall be a certified professional employee not
assigned to classroom teaching but providing auxiliary
professional services such as librarian, guidance counselor or
educational diagnostician;

          (ii) One (1) member to be a faculty member employed
in an approved teacher preparation program in Wyoming offering
approved preparation programs in the district;

          (iii) One (1) member to be a dean of a post-secondary
education preparation program appointed from an approved teacher
preparation program within Wyoming post-secondary education
institutions;

          (iv) One (1) member to be a community college faculty
member appointed from a Wyoming community college;

          (v) Three (3) members currently employed in public
school administration as follows:

              (A)   One (1) elementary principal;

              (B)   One (1) secondary school principal;

              (C)   One (1) central office administrator.

          (vi) One (1) member who is a current member of a
Wyoming school district board of trustees.

     (b) Board members shall be appointed to a term of four (4)
years. No person shall be appointed for more than two (2) four
(4) year terms. Vacancies shall be filled by the state
superintendent and the governor on a rotating basis from the
appropriate group pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
Any board member may be removed as provided under W.S. 9-1-202.

     (c) The members shall receive per diem and mileage as
provided in W.S. 33-1-302(a)(vii) while attending board
meetings. The board shall meet not less than once every three
(3) months.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 2009–2014 · leading case: Luhm v. Bd. of Trs. of Hot Springs Cnty. Sch. Dist. No. 1, 2009 WY 63 (Wyo. 2009).

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Luhm v. Bd. of Trs. of Hot Springs Cnty. Sch. Dist. No. 1, 2009 WY 63 (Wyo. 2009). · cites it 14× “] Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-2-801 (a)(i) (LexisNexis 2007) (emphasis added).”

Powers v. State, 318 P.3d 300 (Wyo. 2014). “Additionally, as has been the case since 1917, the current law assigns the superintendent the task of serving on the board of education (§ 21-2-801). As a member of that board, the superintendent has a voice in the many responsibilities the legislature has assigned to it.”

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