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Art Washut
(R) - Wyoming
Wyoming House District 36
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4031 Crystie Lane
Casper, WY 82609

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200 W. 24th St.
Cheyenne, WY 82002
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Vote Record By Category
Category Vote Index Total Score
Curriculum 100
7
 
Community College 100
5
 
School Finance 82
5
 
CTE 100
4
 
Mental Health 100
4
 
State Lands 100
2
 
workforce development 100
2
 
School Facilities 100
2
 
Major Maintenance 100
2
 
Account Management 60
1
 
Revenue 67
1
 
School Safety 50
0
Community College Funding 0
0
ADM 0
0
Retired 0
0
Students 40
-1
 
benefits 0
-3
 
ECA 0
-3
 
Charter Schools and Private Schools 100
-6
 
Safe and Just Schools 17
-6
 
Educator Attraction and Retention 0
-6
 
All Bills 75
18
 
Rated Bill Votes
Bill Bill Name Motion Vote Date Rating Vote Comments
HB0001 General government appropriations. Amendment adopted 36-26-0-0-0 02/01/2023 3 Yea This is the external cost adjustment
HB0029 Community college funding-distance education credit hours. 3rd Reading:Passed 37-23-2-0-0 01/17/2023 1 Yea allows for credit determination for distance education based on course content. This is associated with the cost of the course.
HB0030 Wyoming's tomorrow scholarship program amendments. 3rd Reading:Passed 38-24-0-0-0 01/31/2023 3 Yea This bill provides the WTS, a program designed to provide scholarship opportunities to non-traditional students, $100 million for their endowment fund. This will benefit a large number of citizens looking to change careers or grow their current career with education.
HB0031 BOCES as local education agencies. 3rd Reading:Passed 46-14-2-0-0 01/19/2023 2 Yea Any board of cooperative educational services may act as a local education agency for participating school districts that choose to apply for, receive or administer a grant through a grant program created by a federal or state statute or program. A BOCES may apply with 2 approving districts.
HB0033 School finance-career technical education grants. Adopted HB0033JC001: 39-17-6-0-0 03/02/2023 2 Yea This bill provides competitive grants for districts to procure technology and equipment for current or new CTE programs.
HB0034 School finance-mental health services. 3rd Reading:Passed 35-26-1-0-0 01/27/2023 2 Yea This bill provides just over $11 million to the Dept. of Ed from the SFP to fund grants for districts to provide mental health supports.
HB0056 Purple star schools. 3rd Reading:Passed 61-0-1-0-0 01/27/2023 2 Yea This bill allows schools to be designated "Purple Star" schools after a successful application to WDE. This designation helps provide support to those students who are connected to a military family member that was killed in the line of duty.
HB0059 Wyoming national guard tuition benefits. 3rd Reading:Passed 38-24-0-0-0 02/08/2023 1 Yea This bill extends existing educational assistance benefits for Wyoming national guard members in exchange for additional service commitments and allows for the transfer of educational assistance benefits to spouses and dependents
HB0066 Prohibiting mask, vaccine and testing discrimination. 3rd Reading:Failed 29-32-1-0-0 01/30/2023 -3 Nay This bill would eliminate all of the required vaccines in our public schools. This would inevitably precipitate a substantial public health and safety issue.
HB0071 Sales tax holiday-back to school. COW:Failed 23-38-1-0-0 01/18/2023 1 Nay Recognizing that inflation has played a significant role in recent economics; that educators pay for much of their classroom supplies; that the cost of goods has gone up but pay has remained stagnant; that the legislature has failed to provide an effective inflation adjustment, this bill attempts to provide some relief for the purchase of education supplies and materials.
HB0169 K-12 post secondary education options. 3rd Reading:Passed 60-1-1-0-0 01/30/2023 3 Yea this bill increases K12 student access to post-secondary education option programs to a minimum of 12 post secondary credit hours to be completed in grades 9 through 12.
HB0171 State land leases. Concur:Passed 40-20-2-0-0 03/01/2023 2 Yea this bill increases competition for bids of lease of school lands and requires a 30 day notice to be given prior to the lease so county residents have the ability to match or pass the highest bidder.
HB0175 Excused absence-state fair events. 3rd Reading:Passed 45-17-0-0-0 02/07/2023 1 Yea this bill includes participation in the annual state fair as a district cocurricular activity and excuses the students absence.
HB0208 School foundation program reserve account-investments. Concur:Failed 23-37-2-0-0 03/01/2023 2 Nay This bill allows for the returns off of investments from the school foundations program reserve account be deposited back into that account instead of the general fund.
SF0047 Education-repeal of immunity for corporal discipline. COW:Failed 12-47-3-0-0 02/14/2023 3 Nay Recognizing that corporal punishment not only is ineffective, but is detrimental to student mental health and physical safety, this bill removes the protections for educators, principals, or others who may use corporal punishment in schools.
SF0051 School finance-regional cost adjustment. 3rd Reading:Passed 45-16-1-0-0 02/15/2023 2 Yea This bill adds language that will allow a quicker adjustment for the RCA in cases of inflation.
SF0078 Apprenticeship and job training promotion in schools. 3rd Reading:Passed 62-0-0-0-0 02/09/2023 2 Yea this bill would require workforce services to provide information to secondary students across the state regarding apprenticeship and on the job training programs.
SF0083 K-12 school facility leasing. 3rd Reading:Passed 58-0-4-0-0 02/28/2023 2 Yea this bill would require buildings that districts are the lessor or if that building is used for educational purposes, to be funded through payments by the lessee to maintain those facilities by current standards.
SF0098 Education-certificate of completion. 3rd Reading:Passed 62-0-0-0-0 02/24/2023 3 Yea authorizing the award of a certificate of completion for students with disabilities as identified under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
SF0117 Parental rights in education. Pursuant to HR 4-7(b) Suspension of Rules Failed by Roll Call 27-34-1-0-0 02/21/2023 -3 Absent this bill is counter to the WEA Legislative Platform regarding Safe and Just Schools. This bill is essentially Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill. Health experts note that when a person's identity becomes politicized or the point of debate it can be dehumanizing, increases stigma, increases stress and be damaging for impressionable, vulnerable young people. This can lead to withdraw from normal activities and exacerbate suicide and depression for a student population already at high risk.
SF0123 Military dependents-school choice. 3rd Reading:Passed 61-0-1-0-0 02/23/2023 2 Yea The bill allows children of active military members to transfer to any public school within a district upon a complaint of discrimination and laying out reasons for denial of transfer
SF0133 Student eligibility in interscholastic sports. 3rd Reading:Passed 51-10-1-0-0 03/01/2023 -3 Yea This bill targets transgendered students and hinders their participation in athletics. This non-inclusive bill has implications for student health and safety as it continues to stigmatize a student population that is already at high risk for exclusion, suicide and depression given current stigma and dehumanization. This bill is counter to our safe and just schools work.
SF0151 Wyoming prescription drug transparency act. 3rd Reading:Passed 40-21-1-0-0 03/01/2023 -3 Yea Based on the legislation, the estimated financial impact to WEBT employers would prove to equate to an estimated $104.00 per employee per month in premium.
SF0174 Wyoming charter school authorizing board. Amendment failed 21-41-0-0-0 02/28/2023 -3 Nay This bill would shift the authorizer of charter schools to a newly established charter school board. This bill will open up the opportunity for charter schools across the state of Wyoming, increase the cost of education and further strain public schools in terms of fiduciary and personnel resources.
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