Summary: AN ACT relating to education; modifying the education savings accounts program; changing the name of the program to the Wyoming freedom scholarship act; creating the Wyoming freedom scholarship program account; modifying distribution of state funds; modifying definitions; increasing the maximum scholarship award; modifying eligibility requirements; eliminating certification of education service providers; creating a voluntary registration for education service providers; repealing provisions; providing appropriations; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date. This bill, effective immediately, redirects 47.2 percent of federal mineral royalties that would be distributed to the Public School Foundation Program Account (the fund that funds our schools), under the $200,000,000 distribution cap, to the WFSPA.

Why It Matters: We'll be tracking this bill as it pertains to school funding.