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Wendy Schuler
(R) - Wyoming
Wyoming Senate District 15
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200 Liberty Ave.
Evanston, WY 82930

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Vote Record By Category
Category Vote Index Total Score
Recalibration 100
17
 
Attraction and Retention 61
15
 
School Facilities 74
13
 
School Finance 61
13
 
School Safety 100
10
 
CTE 100
10
 
Curriculum 67
9
 
Major Maintenance 91
9
 
Association Related 58
9
 
Parental Rights 100
7
 
Testing 71
6
 
Vouchers 100
6
 
Community College 100
5
 
Technology 100
4
 
Workforce Development 50
4
 
Revenue 63
3
 
Licensure 67
2
 
Benefits 67
1
 
Retired 100
1
 
Mental Health 32
-1
 
Standards 47
-1
 
Membership Impacts 50
-1
 
Safe and Just Schools 42
-2
 
Property Tax 57
-3
 
Charter Schools 0
-9
 
All Bills 65
46
 
Rated Bill Votes
Bill Bill Name Motion Vote Date Rating Vote Comments
HB0018 Career technical education funding. S04 - Education:Recommend Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0 02/19/2025 2 Yea This bill allows a greater than calculation for CTE equipment and supplies to provide additional dollars to smaller districts. This addresses calculations for CTE positions in smaller districts. As long as this is continuously fully funded WEA has no issue.
HB0018 Career technical education funding. 3rd Reading:Passed 29-0-2-0-0 02/27/2025 2 Yea This bill allows a greater than calculation for CTE equipment and supplies to provide additional dollars to smaller districts. This addresses calculations for CTE positions in smaller districts. As long as this is continuously fully funded WEA has no issue.
HB0032 What is a Woman Act. 3rd Reading:Passed 28-3-0-0-0 03/04/2025 -3 Yea This bill is a bill in search of a problem. The bill ignores modern science and the growing knowledge around gender, sex, and gender identity. The bill only works to further a national narrative that looks to discriminate against those who are not straight. The bill has implications for school facilities and data collection.
HB0036 Hathaway scholarship-amendments. S04 - Education:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0 02/24/2025 2 Yea while the bill expands eligibility for CTE students as well as those who may just be looking for a certificate, the work requirement presents some significant policy questions that may raise equity issues for students in rural areas. However, this is a good bill with good intentions and an attempt to keep our education investments in the state of Wyoming
HB0036 Hathaway scholarship-amendments. 3rd Reading:Passed 31-0-0-0-0 02/26/2025 2 Yea while the bill expands eligibility for CTE students as well as those who may just be looking for a certificate, the work requirement presents some significant policy questions that may raise equity issues for students in rural areas. However, this is a good bill with good intentions and an attempt to keep our education investments in the state of Wyoming
HB0046 Homeschool freedom act. S04 - Education:Recommend Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0 02/19/2025 -2 Yea This bill eliminates all curriculum accountability for home school students. This has significant work force readiness implications as well as larger statewide economic implications. Without providing curriculum, those families that have not homeschooled well, will necessitate a remedial action in schools that takes a significant amount of work
HB0046 Homeschool freedom act. 3rd Reading:Passed 28-2-1-0-0 02/24/2025 -2 Yea This bill eliminates all curriculum accountability for home school students. This has significant work force readiness implications as well as larger statewide economic implications. Without providing curriculum, those families that have not homeschooled well, will necessitate a remedial action in schools that takes a significant amount of work
HB0072 Protecting privacy in public spaces act. 3rd Reading:Passed 25-6-0-0-0 02/26/2025 -3 Yea This bill may violate the decision handed down in Bostock v Clayton County and the rules promulgated by the EEOC and DOL. The bill is counter to WEA's Legislative Platform, MACR as well as our Safe and Just Schools work. The bill suffers significant equity issues, cost effectiveness, effectiveness, and administrative feasibility issues.
HB0094 Charter school authorizations-amendments. S04 - Education:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 4-1-0-0-0 02/24/2025 -3 Yea Without providing any evidence that Wyoming charter schools perform as well or better than public schools, as was the assertion for allowing additional charter schools, this bill provides for the authorizing board to authorize an unlimited number of charter schools. this increases the overall cost of education, increases per pupil funding amounts without demonstrating benefit. Charters currently can work with districts to receive authorization.
HB0094 Charter school authorizations-amendments. 3rd Reading:Passed 28-3-0-0-0 02/26/2025 -3 Yea Without providing any evidence that Wyoming charter schools perform as well or better than public schools, as was the assertion for allowing additional charter schools, this bill provides for the authorizing board to authorize an unlimited number of charter schools. this increases the overall cost of education, increases per pupil funding amounts without demonstrating benefit. Charters currently can work with districts to receive authorization.
HB0147 Prohibition of institutional discrimination. 3rd Reading:Passed 29-2-0-0-0 03/03/2025 -3 Yea The bill may significantly hamper educators ability to provide a high quality education to their students, while meeting standards. Will have a chilling effect on many important education related topics including historical discussions about WWI, WWII, Jim Crow Laws, Tulsa Race Massacre, Trail of Tears etc.
HB0172 Repeal gun free zones and preemption amendments. 3rd Reading:Passed 25-6-0-0-0 02/21/2025 -3 Nay The bill would repeal gun free zones allowing for citizens to carry firearms in public schools. as all policy should benefit our students and educators, and given the data behind gun violence, WEA platforms advocating for local control, and deficiencies in equity, effectiveness, administrative feasibility and cost effectiveness, WEA does not support this proposal.
HB0199 Steamboat Legacy Scholarship Act. S04 - Education:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 3-2-0-0-0 02/12/2025 -3 Nay This is a new voucher bill that makes vouchers universal in Wyoming; draws over $40 million away from public schools, no accountability, no oversight; open for waste, fraud and abuse; and undoubtedly unconstitutional.
HB0199 Steamboat Legacy Scholarship Act. 3rd Reading:Passed 20-11-0-0-0 02/19/2025 -3 Nay This is a new voucher bill that makes vouchers universal in Wyoming; draws over $40 million away from public schools, no accountability, no oversight; open for waste, fraud and abuse; and undoubtedly unconstitutional.
HB0200 Parent rights-amendments. S06 - Travel:Do Pass Failed 2-3-0-0-0 02/27/2025 -3 Nay the bill expands an already problematic parental rights bill that provided vague language that has already been problematic for districts to implement. The bill would mandate all educators to provide all materials, digital, hand held and presenters ahead of time and published on a district website. This applies to all educators, not just social studies/civics/history, though this was the original intent. creates an undue burden on educators
HB0259 Supplemental K-12 school facilities appropriations-2. 3rd Reading:Passed 23-8-0-0-0 03/04/2025 -3 Yea The bill removes the Gillette school and bus barn, despite years of needing to be addressed. Efforts similar to this are one of the reasons WEA filed the lawsuit to address school facilities. Relevant to our current litigation and ongoing litigation.
HB0316 School finance-model recalibration-2. HB0316S3001 Amendment adopted 19-12-0-0-0 02/28/2025 3 Yea Since the budget collapsed this is the amendment that includes the ECA
HB0316 School finance-model recalibration-2. 3rd Reading:Passed 29-2-0-0-0 02/28/2025 3 Yea The bill now contains the ECA
HJ0003 Support for rural schools. S04 - Education:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 02/26/2025 3 Yea while only a resolution, the declaration would have implications for ensuring adequate and cost-based funding for all schools regardless of economies of scale issues. Has significant implications regarding current litigation
HJ0003 Support for rural schools. 3rd Reading:Passed 25-6-0-0-0 03/03/2025 3 Yea while only a resolution, the declaration would have implications for ensuring adequate and cost-based funding for all schools regardless of economies of scale issues. Has significant implications regarding current litigation
SF0005 School district vehicles-flashing lights authorized. 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-1-0-0 01/31/2025 1 Yea This bill will allow school district vehicles that are not school buses, but that are still used to transport students to display flashing safety lights. A number of incidents have occurred over the past few years that highlights the need for districts and the legislature to address student safety in regards to transportation as well as crosswalks.
SF0013 Reading assessment and intervention amendments. S04 - Education:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 01/15/2025 1 Yea the bill provides for reporting individual student IRP's while also still allowing for group reading as an appropriate intervention. the bill is a continued work to help provide effective reading interventions for students while being mindful of reporting requirements
SF0013 Reading assessment and intervention amendments. 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-1-0-0 01/17/2025 1 Yea the bill provides for reporting individual student IRP's while also still allowing for group reading as an appropriate intervention. the bill is a continued work to help provide effective reading interventions for students while being mindful of reporting requirements
SF0014 Wyoming imagination library program. S04 - Education:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 4-1-0-0-0 01/15/2025 2 Yea The WEA admires the intent of the bill so as to provide local non profits, library, library foundation a partnership with the Dollywood Foundation that provides books to children and families in need. concerns about constitutionality are still present, though the way dollars are distributed may help to alleviate. WEA will support the bill, but will update as needed.
SF0021 Ban on cell phone use in schools. S04 - Education:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 4-1-0-0-0 01/20/2025 2 Yea the bill is identical to many efforts across the united states, to limit cell phones and social media in our classrooms. This is an effort to address student mental health, improve student performance, and increase classroom management. While this is a state mandate, the importance of addressing this crisis outweighs the local control argument and districts are still allowed to craft their own unique policies.
SF0034 K-12 school facilities maintenance and appropriations. S04 - Education:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 01/17/2025 1 Yea This bill increases the allowable square footage utilized to calculate routine and major maintenance for school districts and increases the percentage utilized to calculate major maintenance payments to school districts
SF0034 K-12 school facilities maintenance and appropriations. 3rd Reading:Passed 21-9-1-0-0 01/24/2025 1 Yea This bill increases the allowable square footage utilized to calculate routine and major maintenance for school districts and increases the percentage utilized to calculate major maintenance payments to school districts
SF0034 K-12 school facilities maintenance and appropriations. Concur:Failed 0-31-0-0-0 03/04/2025 1 Nay This bill increases the allowable square footage utilized to calculate routine and major maintenance for school districts and increases the percentage utilized to calculate major maintenance payments to school districts
SF0049 Tangible personal property-index and depreciation. 3rd Reading:Passed 27-4-0-0-0 01/23/2025 -3 Yea The WEA Legislative Platform states "The WEA opposes tax rate reductions for business and industry which negatively impact revenue flow to the state’s general fund or any school funding accounts." Additionally, the platform specifically states "The WEA believes that no class of property currently on the tax rolls should be exempt from any form of taxes that benefit public schools. We therefore oppose any legislation that would permit such exemptions." The bill is scored using our REMI tax doc.
SF0062 Sex-designated facilities and public schools. S04 - Education:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 4-1-0-0-0 01/24/2025 -3 Yea This bill may violate the decision handed down in Bostock v Clayton County and the rules promulgated by the EEOC and DOL. The bill is counter to WEA's Legislative Platform, MACR as well as our Safe and Just Schools work. The bill suffers significant equity issues, cost effectiveness, effectiveness, and administrative feasibility issues.
SF0062 Sex-designated facilities and public schools. 3rd Reading:Passed 27-3-1-0-0 01/29/2025 -3 Yea This bill may violate the decision handed down in Bostock v Clayton County and the rules promulgated by the EEOC and DOL. The bill is counter to WEA's Legislative Platform, MACR as well as our Safe and Just Schools work. The bill suffers significant equity issues, cost effectiveness, effectiveness, and administrative feasibility issues.
SF0069 Homeowner property tax exemption. 3rd Reading:Passed 23-8-0-0-0 02/04/2025 -3 Nay The WEA Legislative Platform states "The WEA believes that no class of property currently on the tax rolls should be exempt from any form of taxes that benefit public schools. We therefore oppose any legislation that would permit such exemptions." The bill is scored using our REMI tax doc. even with backfilling this leaves a $60+ million SFP shortfall
SF0072 Summer vacation preservation act. S04 - Education:Recommend Do Pass 4-1-0-0-0 01/17/2025 -1 Yea The intent behind the bill is altruistic. It is a means to address our educator and student happiness by providing flexibility in school calendar year scheduling. However, WEA has concerns regarding completing the same amount of work in less time as well as implications for district negotiations that may reduce pay.
SF0072 Summer vacation preservation act. 3rd Reading:Passed 17-13-1-0-0 01/22/2025 -1 Nay The intent behind the bill is altruistic. It is a means to address our educator and student happiness by providing flexibility in school calendar year scheduling. However, WEA has concerns regarding completing the same amount of work in less time as well as implications for district negotiations that may reduce pay.
SF0073 Charter school funding-amendments. S04 - Education:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 01/22/2025 -1 Yea This bill provides charter schools funding for their central office positions. However, the bill creates an equity issue in terms of how district to district fund that central office component as well as creating an inequity from how we fund charter and district central office components. This creates an issue of equity as prohibited in case law. appropriate for district authorized; not for state authorized.
SF0073 Charter school funding-amendments. 3rd Reading:Passed 28-3-0-0-0 01/27/2025 -1 Yea This bill provides charter schools funding for their central office positions. However, the bill creates an equity issue in terms of how district to district fund that central office component as well as creating an inequity from how we fund charter and district central office components. This creates an issue of equity as prohibited in case law. appropriate for district authorized; not for state authorized.
SF0073 Charter school funding-amendments. Concur:Passed 30-1-0-0-0 02/19/2025 -1 Yea This bill provides charter schools funding for their central office positions. However, the bill creates an equity issue in terms of how district to district fund that central office component as well as creating an inequity from how we fund charter and district central office components. This creates an issue of equity as prohibited in case law. appropriate for district authorized; not for state authorized.
SF0077 Compelled speech is not free speech. 3rd Reading:Passed 27-3-1-0-0 02/06/2025 -3 Yea This bill violates policies against bullying and harassment. The bill violates WEA's "Dignity in the Workplace" portion of our MACR platform. The bill targets specific minority populations within the workforce. It is discriminatory in nature and targets a population that is considered a protected class.
SF0077 Compelled speech is not free speech. Concur:Failed 14-17-0-0-0 02/19/2025 -3 Nay This bill violates policies against bullying and harassment. The bill violates WEA's "Dignity in the Workplace" portion of our MACR platform. The bill targets specific minority populations within the workforce. It is discriminatory in nature and targets a population that is considered a protected class.
SF0081 Tax exemption-property owned by the state. 3rd Reading:Passed 18-13-0-0-0 01/27/2025 -1 Nay The WEA Legislative Platform states "The WEA opposes tax rate reductions for business and industry which negatively impact revenue flow to the state’s general fund or any school funding accounts." Additionally, the platform specifically states "The WEA believes that no class of property currently on the tax rolls should be exempt from any form of taxes that benefit public schools. We therefore oppose any legislation that would permit such exemptions." The bill is scored using our REMI tax doc.
SF0086 Alternative teaching certificate. S04 - Education:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 01/27/2025 2 Yea provides the PTSB with the ability to determine and authorize high-quality alternative certification programs.
SF0086 Alternative teaching certificate. 3rd Reading:Passed 31-0-0-0-0 02/03/2025 -2 Yea Committee of the whole amendments are problematic and include allowing alternative certification from non-accredited institutions.
SF0086 Alternative teaching certificate. Concur:Failed 1-27-3-0-0 02/27/2025 -2 Nay The bill looks to provide teacher an alternative teacher certification. However, the bill is targeting one specific company. Additionally, the program is self-guided and online. The standard/materials seem to be subpar, and the would-be educator would miss out on the ever important classroom teaching experience before managing their own classroom. Raises equity issues and concerns over teacher preparedness, teacher quality, teacher retention.
SF0090 Youth organizations in schools. S04 - Education:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 4-1-0-0-0 01/20/2025 1 Yea proposed amendments address issues of orgs during instruction time as well as concerns that address constitutional exclusionary concerns.
SF0098 School board trustees-party affiliation. S04 - Education:Recommend Do Pass 3-2-0-0-0 01/22/2025 -2 Nay This bill would politicize school board elections. Given the hyper-partisan nature of the state of Wyoming, candidates will no longer be elected because they are the most qualified but instead because of identity politics. Would have potentially negative consequences for school districts, employees, and students across the state.
SF0098 School board trustees-party affiliation. 3rd Reading:Passed 18-12-1-0-0 02/06/2025 -2 Nay This bill would politicize school board elections. Given the hyper-partisan nature of the state of Wyoming, candidates will no longer be elected because they are the most qualified but instead because of identity politics. Would have potentially negative consequences for school districts, employees, and students across the state.
SF0103 Terminating and defunding diversity, equity and inclusion. 3rd Reading:Passed 26-4-1-0-0 02/10/2025 -3 Yea The bill may significantly hamper educators ability to provide a high quality education to their students, while meeting standards. Will have a chilling effect on many important education related topics including vestiges of systemic racism including education funding, gerrymandering, disparities in health outcomes, pay equity etc.
SF0103 Terminating and defunding diversity, equity and inclusion. Concur:Failed 1-28-2-0-0 02/27/2025 -3 Nay The bill may significantly hamper educators ability to provide a high quality education to their students, while meeting standards. Will have a chilling effect on many important education related topics including vestiges of systemic racism including education funding, gerrymandering, disparities in health outcomes, pay equity etc.
SF0137 School finance-cash reserves. S04 - Education:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 01/31/2025 2 Yea the bill would extend the sunset date on allowing districts to maintain a 30% cash reserve compared to the previous 15%.
SF0137 School finance-cash reserves. 3rd Reading:Passed 23-7-1-0-0 02/06/2025 2 Yea the bill would extend the sunset date on allowing districts to maintain a 30% cash reserve compared to the previous 15%.
SF0156 Expenditure of state funds on K-12 public schools. S04 - Education:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 3-2-0-0-0 02/05/2025 -2 Nay The bill creates significant problems for our already underfunded districts. Districts use of reserves as well as the use of their block grant dollars are a product of a significantly and consistently underfunded K12 education program. Additionally, now that operations and facilities are funded out of the same account, discerning which dollars are going where are impossible. Creates a significant burden for districts which will impact students.
SF0162 Education-block grant model amendments. S04 - Education:Recommend Do Pass 3-2-0-0-0 01/31/2025 -3 Nay The bill attempts to move teacher salaries out of the block grant and make them a categorical grant. These are efforts usually associated with potential cuts to come in other areas of the block grant. while the intent may seem an effort to protect teacher salaries, the overall school funding will be put at risk for cuts which would not be cost based and additionally would reduce $ to teachers as districts cannot reallocate
SF0162 Education-block grant model amendments. 3rd Reading:Passed 18-12-1-0-0 02/10/2025 -3 Nay The bill attempts to move teacher salaries out of the block grant and make them a categorical grant. These are efforts usually associated with potential cuts to come in other areas of the block grant. while the intent may seem an effort to protect teacher salaries, the overall school funding will be put at risk for cuts which would not be cost based and additionally would reduce $ to teachers as districts cannot reallocate
SF0169 Strategic investments and projects account-repeal. 3rd Reading:Passed 29-1-1-0-0 02/11/2025 -3 Yea The bill would cut over $60 million in revenue to the SFP
SF0178 Fixing reading failure. S04 - Education:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 3-2-0-0-0 02/05/2025 -3 Nay This bill establishes a mandatory retention policy for students who are below proficient in the statewide summative assessment. The bill ignores best practices and would facilitate higher dropout rates, decreased student performance, and an increase in mental health issues among retained students.
SF0178 Fixing reading failure. 3rd Reading:Failed 6-24-1-0-0 02/12/2025 -3 Nay This bill establishes a mandatory retention policy for students who are below proficient in the statewide summative assessment. The bill ignores best practices and would facilitate higher dropout rates, decreased student performance, and an increase in mental health issues among retained students.
SF0187 Public employee retirement plan-contributions. 3rd Reading:Passed 20-10-1-0-0 02/12/2025 -1 Nay The intent seems to be to accelerate the rate increases to July 1, 2025 instead of letting the prior session HB0083 mechanism operate and institute similar rate adjustments effective 1 July 2026. For the System, money sooner is of course better. But, for employees and employers, that is not the case. For state employees, there is no wage increase coming, so take-home pay will be diminished.
SJ0006 School capital construction-constitutional amendment. S04 - Education:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 3-2-0-0-0 02/03/2025 -3 Nay Unconstitutional. Period. violates all Campbell case law and is highly inequitable.
SJ0006 School capital construction-constitutional amendment. 3rd Reading:Failed 18-12-1-0-0 02/10/2025 -3 Nay Unconstitutional. Period. violates all Campbell case law and is highly inequitable.
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