Wyo. Stat. § 21-4-101 (2026)

(a)   For the purposes of this article:

          (i) "Unexcused absence" means the absence, as defined
in the rules of the local board of trustees pursuant to W.S. 21-
3-110(a)(xxxix);

          (ii) "Habitual truant" means any child who disobeys
reasonable and lawful demands of the child's parent, guardian,
custodian or other proper authority to attend school if required
under W.S. 21-4-102 and as further defined in the rules of the
local board of trustees pursuant to W.S. 21-3-110(a)(xxxix);
          (iii) "Private school" is any nonpublic, elementary
or secondary school providing a basic academic educational
program for children and may include parochial and church or
religious schools and home-based educational programs;

          (iv) "Parochial, church or religious school" is one
operated under the auspices or control of a local church or
religious congregation or a denomination established to promote
and promulgate the commonly held religious doctrines of the
group though it may also include basic academic subjects in its
curriculum. Nothing contained in W.S. 21-4-102(b), 21-2-401 or
21-2-406 grants to the state of Wyoming or any of its officers,
agencies or subdivisions any right or authority to control,
manage, supervise or make any suggestions as to the control,
management or supervision of any parochial, church or religious
school which meets the requirements of W.S. 21-2-406(a);

          (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;

          (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;

          (vii) "Willful absenteeism" means exceeding the limit
of unexcused absences as defined in the rules of the local board
of trustees pursuant to W.S. 21-3-110(a)(xxxix) when the excess
absences are the result of a parent's, guardian's or custodian's
willful failure, neglect or refusal to require a child's regular
attendance at school in accordance with W.S. 21-4-102.