Wyoming Statutes

Wyo. Stat. § 21-7-102 (2026)

Definitions.

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(a) As used in this article the following definitions
shall apply:

          (i) "Board".-The board of trustees of any school
district in the state of Wyoming offering instruction in any of
the grades kindergarten through twelve (12);

         (ii)   "Continuing Contract Teacher" means:

               (A) Any initial contract teacher who has been
employed by the same school district in the state of Wyoming for
a period of three (3) consecutive school years and has had his
contract renewed for a fourth consecutive school year; or
               (B) A teacher who has achieved continuing
contract status in one (1) district, and who without lapse of
time has taught two (2) consecutive school years and has had his
contract renewed for a third consecutive school year by the
employing school district.

          (iii) "Dismissal".-The cancellation of any teacher's
contract of employment by the board of trustees while such
contract is in effect. In the case of a continuing contract
teacher, dismissal shall mean cancellation of his contract at
any time other than at the end of a school year where proper
notice has been given;

          (iv) "Initial Contract Teacher".-Any teacher who has
not achieved continuing contract status;

          (v) "Superintendent".-The chief administrative
officer of any school district;

          (vi) "Suspension" means the removal of a teacher from
the classroom during the school year. Unless otherwise agreed
to by the teacher and the district superintendent or board,
suspension shall be with, or without, pay as follows:

              (A)   By the superintendent "with pay" pending:

                    (I) The investigation of an allegation of
misconduct which investigation shall not exceed thirty (30)
days; and

                    (II) The final action of the board
following completion of the investigation under subdivision (I)
of this subparagraph and, if requested, the outcome of a hearing
in accordance with W.S. 21-7-110.

               (B) By the board "without pay" for a period not
to exceed one (1) calendar year following the outcome of a
hearing in accordance with W.S. 21-7-110.

          (vii) "Teacher".-Any person employed under contract
by the board of trustees of a school district as a certified
professional employee;

          (viii) "Termination".-The failure of the board of
trustees of a school district in Wyoming to reemploy a teacher
at the end of a school year in any given year;
         (ix)    "Repealed by Laws 2011, Ch. 182, § 2.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 12 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1981–2022 · leading case: Leonard v. Converse Cnty. Sch. Dist. No. 2, 788 P.2d 1119 (Wyo. 1990).

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Leonard v. Converse Cnty. Sch. Dist. No. 2, 788 P.2d 1119 (Wyo. 1990). · cites it 14× “Any person signing a contract for a fourth consecutive full school year shall be placed on a renewable contract status pursuant to Section 21-7-102, Education Code of 1969 as amended, 1981.”

Luhm v. Bd. of Trs. of Hot Springs Cnty. Sch. Dist. No. 1, 2009 WY 63 (Wyo. 2009). · cites it 12× “" Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-7-102 (a)(vii) (LexisNexis 2007).”

Marvin Mirich v. State of Wyoming Ex Rel., Bd. of Trs. of Laramie Cnty. Sch. Dist. Two & Laramie Cnty. Sch. Dist. No. Two, 2021 WY 32 (Wyo. 2021). · cites it 2× “]” Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-7-102 (a)(ii) (LexisNexis 2019).”

McNeill v. Park Cnty. Sch. Dist. No. 1, 635 P.2d 818 (Wyo. 1981). · cites it 6× “He was a continuing contract teacher under the definition of that term appearing in § 21-7-102(a)(ii), W.S.1977; 1 and therefore under § 21-7-106, W.”

Laramie Cnty. Sch. Dist. No. One ex rel. Bd. of Trs. of Laramie Cnty. Sch. Dist. No. One v. Kinstler, 361 P.3d 819 (Wyo. 2015). · cites it 5× “Wyo. Stat. Ann. §§ 21-7-102 through 110. .”

Spurlock v. Bd. of Trus., Carbon Cty. Sch., 699 P.2d 270 (Wyo. 1985). · cites it 3× “” Section 21-7-102(a)(ii)(A), W.S. 1977. *272 As noted, there is a distinction between the ability to obtain tenure for a teaching position and the ability to do so for an administrative position.”

Gardetto v. Mason, 854 F. Supp. 1520 (D. Wyo. 1994). · cites it 2× “See Wyo.Stat. §§ 21-7-102(a)(ii) -104 (1992); see also Board of Trustees v.”

Borman v. Sweetwater Cnty. Sch. Dist. No. 2, 627 P.2d 1364 (Wyo. 1981). · cites it 3× “Section 21-7-102, W.S.1977, provides the following definitions for terms used in the article: “(a) * * * ****** “(ii) ‘Continuing Contract Teacher’.”

Wells v. Bd. of Trs., 3 P.3d 861 (Wyo. 2000). · cites it 2× “" Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-7-102 (a)G@i)(A) (Michie 1997).”

Doidge v. State, Bd. of Charities & Reform, 789 P.2d 880 (Wyo. 1990). · cites it 2× “In Spurlock , the decision favoring the employee's retention of his rights upon promotion to administrator was found in the statute which provided for tenure as a teacher in public education, W.S. 21-7-102(a)(ii)(A). Here, the retained right flows directly from a statute equally…”

Bd. of Trs. of Lincoln Cnty. Sch. Dist. No. Two v. Wyatt Earling, 2022 WY 23 (Wyo. 2022). · cites it 2× “Wyo. Stat. Ann. §§ 21-7-102 (a)(iii) (LexisNexis 2021) (“In the case of a continuing contract teacher, dismissal shall mean cancellation of his contract at any time other than at the end of a school year where proper notice has been given[.”

Laramie Cnty. Sch. Dist. No. One ex rel. Bd. of Trs. of Laramie Cnty. Sch. Dist. No. One, a Wyoming Governmental Entity v. Kort Kinstler, 2015 WY 143 (Wyo. 2015). · cites it 3× “Wyo. Stat. Ann. §§ 21-7-102 through 110. 3 Wyoming’s Teacher Employment Law distinguishes between “dismissal” and “termination.”

— Wyo. Stat. § 21-7-102(a) — 1 case

Laramie Cnty. Sch. Dist. No. One ex rel. Bd. of Trs. of Laramie Cnty. Sch. Dist. No. One v. Kinstler, 361 P.3d 819 (Wyo. 2015). “Wyo. Stat. Ann. §§ 21-7-102 through 110. .”

— Wyo. Stat. § 21-7-102(a)(ii) — 3 cases

Leonard v. Converse Cnty. Sch. Dist. No. 2, 788 P.2d 1119 (Wyo. 1990). “Any person signing a contract for a fourth consecutive full school year shall be placed on a renewable contract status pursuant to Section 21-7-102, Education Code of 1969 as amended, 1981.”

Gardetto v. Mason, 854 F. Supp. 1520 (D. Wyo. 1994). “See Wyo.Stat. §§ 21-7-102(a)(ii) -104 (1992); see also Board of Trustees v.”

McNeill v. Park Cnty. Sch. Dist. No. 1, 635 P.2d 818 (Wyo. 1981). “He was a continuing contract teacher under the definition of that term appearing in § 21-7-102(a)(ii), W.S.1977; 1 and therefore under § 21-7-106, W.”

— Wyo. Stat. § 21-7-102(a)(ii)(A) — 3 cases

Spurlock v. Bd. of Trus., Carbon Cty. Sch., 699 P.2d 270 (Wyo. 1985). “” Section 21-7-102(a)(ii)(A), W.S. 1977. *272 As noted, there is a distinction between the ability to obtain tenure for a teaching position and the ability to do so for an administrative position.”

Doidge v. State, Bd. of Charities & Reform, 789 P.2d 880 (Wyo. 1990). “In Spurlock , the decision favoring the employee's retention of his rights upon promotion to administrator was found in the statute which provided for tenure as a teacher in public education, W.S. 21-7-102(a)(ii)(A). Here, the retained right flows directly from a statute equally…”

— Wyo. Stat. § 21-7-102(a)(iv) — 2 cases

— Wyo. Stat. § 21-7-102(a)(vii) — 1 case

Luhm v. Bd. of Trs. of Hot Springs Cnty. Sch. Dist. No. 1, 2009 WY 63 (Wyo. 2009). “" Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-7-102 (a)(vii) (LexisNexis 2007).”

— Wyo. Stat. § 21-7-102(a)(viii) — 2 cases

Borman v. Sweetwater Cnty. Sch. Dist. No. 2, 627 P.2d 1364 (Wyo. 1981). “Section 21-7-102, W.S.1977, provides the following definitions for terms used in the article: “(a) * * * ****** “(ii) ‘Continuing Contract Teacher’.”

Laramie Cnty. Sch. Dist. No. One ex rel. Bd. of Trs. of Laramie Cnty. Sch. Dist. No. One, a Wyoming Governmental Entity v. Kort Kinstler, 2015 WY 143 (Wyo. 2015). “Wyo. Stat. Ann. §§ 21-7-102 through 110. 3 Wyoming’s Teacher Employment Law distinguishes between “dismissal” and “termination.”

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