Wyo. Stat. § 21-4-501 (2026)

districts which maintain no high school; admission of children
to high schools in other districts; state board approval for
out-of-state placements; duties of admitting districts; tuition
amount.

     (a) Any district which does not maintain a high school
shall pay tuition, in addition to transportation or maintenance,
for any child resident therein who has successfully completed
the course offered therein and desires to attend high school, at
any public school within or subject to the approval of the state
board of education, without the state, which the district board
may designate in the best interest, welfare and convenience of
the child. Application for attendance at a high school outside
the state shall be filed by the nonunified district board with
the state department of education. If the nonunified district
provides evidence that the amount of tuition assessed by the
out-of-state district for the out-of-state placement shall not
exceed one hundred twenty-five percent (125%) of the actual per
pupil cost as determined under subsection (c) of this section,
state board approval shall be waived under this subsection.

     (b) The board of trustees of any school district within
the state which maintains a high school shall admit, upon
payment of tuition, pupils of districts which do not maintain a
high school; provided that nothing in this section shall be
construed to require a district to admit nonresident pupils,
when to do so would overcrowd the facilities of the admitting
district or in any way work a definite hardship upon the
educational program offered by the admitting district. The
admitting district shall:

          (i) Include any pupil admitted under this section
among its average daily membership (ADM) for purposes of
computing the foundation program under W.S. 21-13-309; and

          (ii) Account separately for the portion of the
tuition received pursuant to this section which is related to
school buildings and facilities, as determined by the district
and reported to the state department, and deposit that portion
in its debt service account. The remainder shall be reported as
revenues for purposes of W.S. 21-13-310(a)(ix).

     (c) The amount of tuition assessed under this section
shall be determined by dividing the total operating cost of the
district for the previous year, plus the cost of bond redemption
and interest for the previous year, by the total of the
district's average daily membership for the previous year.

     (d) Subject to state board approval if an out-of-state
placement as required under subsection (a) of this section,
nonunified school districts shall be reimbursed from the public
school foundation program account for tuition paid under
subsection (a) of this section as if the district's total
foundation program amount for that year as computed under W.S.
21-13-309(p) was increased by the amount of the tuition paid
during the preceding year.

     (e) Any out-of-state placement under subsection (a) of
this section shall include within the agreement with the out-of-
state school district, that district's agreement to provide
student transcripts as required under W.S. 21-16-1308(a)(ii).
The agreement shall also require the out-of-state school
district to cooperate with the department of education to
identify those courses provided by the out-of-state school
district which satisfy the success curriculum requirements
established under W.S. 21-16-1307.