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2003 General Session
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Senate Joint Resolution 10 proposed a change to the Wyoming Constitution that would have allowed the Legislature to legally recognize a special category of schools defined as "necessary small public schools" and to provide special funding for them.
Under SJ 10, the Legislature would have defined which schools would qualify as necessary small public schools. Then, funding for those schools would have been exempt from any of the constraints that apply to the statewide school funding model currently used to fund all public schools in Wyoming.
The school-funding model now in use was initiated in 1997, after a series of lawsuits found that the way Wyoming funded schools was unconstitutional. The school-funding model has been adjusted and modified every year since, as the Legislature attempts to bring it into compliance with directives from the Wyoming Supreme Court.
Supporters of SJ 10 maintained that small rural schools in Wyoming are underfunded by the school funding model, and that they must be maintained even at a high cost to the state as an essential component of Wyoming's culture and tradition.
Opponents argued that Wyoming is finally getting close to achieving a fair and equitable method of funding public schools across the state with the school funding model. They maintained that the constitutional amendment proposed by SJ 10 would take the state backwards in the funding of our public schools.
SJ 10 narrowly passed the Senate Education Committee, 3-2. Senators Larry Caller (D-S14, Rock Springs), Bob Peck (R-S26, Riverton) and Kathryn Sessions (D-S7, Cheyenne) voted YES, while Senators Jim Anderson (R-S2, Glenrock) and Hank Coe (R-S18, Cody) voted NO.
On the floor of the Senate, SJ 10 was defeated in the first Committee of the Whole vote, 7-23.
The vote listed below is the Senate Committee of the Whole vote.
A YES vote means the Senator supported placing a constitutional amendment on the next general election ballot that would allow the Legislature to provide special funding for small schools.
A NO vote means the Senator did not favor placing this constitutional amendment on the next general election ballot.
| Bighorn Basin Legislators | Senate CoW 2/5/03 |
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| S 18 | Hank Coe (R) | No |
| H 24 | Colin Simpson (R) | |
| H 50 | Pat Childers (R) | |
| S 19 | Laness D. Northrup (R) | Yes |
| H 25 | Alan Jones (R) | |
| H 26 | Elaine Harvey (R) | |
| S 20 | Gerald E. Geis (R) | Yes |
| H 27 | Jane Wostenberg (R) | |
| H 28 | Micheal Baker (R) | |
| Casper-Area Legislators | Senate CoW 2/5/03 |
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| S 27 | John Barrasso (R) | No |
| H 35 | Roy Cohee (R) | |
| H 36 | Liz Gentile (D) | |
| S 28 | Keith Goodenough (D) | No |
| H 56 | Tom Walsh (R) | |
| H 57 | Thomas A. Lockhart (R) | |
| S 29 | Bill Hawks (R) | No |
| H 37 | Steve Harshman (R) | |
| H 59 | Mary Gilmore (D) | |
| S 30 | Charles K. Scott (R) | No |
| H 38 | Bob Brechtel (R) | |
| H 58 | Ann Robinson (D) | |
| Cheyenne-Area Legislators | Senate CoW 2/5/03 |
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| S 4 | April Brimmer Kunz (R) | No |
| H 7 | Tony Ross (R) | |
| H 41 | Becket Hinckley (R) | |
| S 5 | John Hanes (R) | No |
| H 8 | Larry Meuli (R) | |
| H 42 | Pete Illoway (R) | |
| S 6 | Rich Cathcart (D) | Yes |
| H 9 | Wayne Johnson (R) | |
| H 10 | Rodney "Pete" Anderson (R) | |
| S 7 | Kathryn Sessions (D) | No |
| H 11 | Wayne Reese (D) | |
| H 43 | Ed Prosser (R) | |
| S 8 | E. Jayne Mockler (D) | No |
| H 12 | Layton Morgan (D) | |
| H 44 | Floyd Esquibel (D) | |
| Gillette-Area Legislators | Senate CoW 2/5/03 |
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| S 23 | John Hines (R) | No |
| H 31 | Jene Jansen (R) | |
| H 52 | George McMurtrey (R) | |
| S 24 | Richard A. Erb (R) | No |
| H 32 | Jeff Wasserburger (R) | |
| H 53 | Frank Latta (R) | |
| Lander/Riverton-Area Legislators | Senate CoW 2/5/03 |
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| S 25 | Cale Case (R) | No |
| H 33 | Harry Tipton (R) | |
| H 54 | Del McOmie (R) | |
| S 26 | Robert A. Peck (R) | No |
| H 34 | Frank Philp (R) | |
| H 55 | David Miller (R) | |
| Northeast/East Central WY Legislators | Senate CoW 2/5/03 |
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| S 1 | Bill Barton (R) | Yes |
| H 1 | Mark Semlek (R) | |
| H 2 | Ross Diercks (D) | |
| S 2 | Jim Anderson (R) | No |
| H 5 | James C. Hageman (R) | |
| H 6 | Dave Edwards (R) | |
| S 3 | Curt Meier (R) | Yes |
| H 3 | Deborah Alden (R) | |
| H 4 | Edward A. Buchanan (R) | |
| Sheridan-Area Legislators | Senate CoW 2/5/03 |
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| S 21 | Bruce Burns (R) | No |
| H 29 | Jerry Iekel (R) | |
| H 51 | Rosie Berger (R) | |
| S 22 | John Schiffer (R) | Yes |
| H 30 | Jack Landon (R) | |
| H 40 | Doug Osborn (R) | |
| South Central WY Legislators | Senate CoW 2/5/03 |
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| S 9 | Mike Massie (D) | No |
| H 13 | Jane Warren (D) | |
| H 45 | Lorna Johnson (D) | |
| S 10 | Irene Devin (R) | No |
| H 14 | Phil Nicholas (R) | |
| H 46 | James Slater (R) | |
| S 11 | Bill Vasey (D) | No |
| H 15 | George Bagby (D) | |
| H 47 | Kurt Bucholz (R) | |
| Southwest WY Legislators | Senate CoW 2/5/03 |
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| S 12 | Rae Lynn Job (D) | No |
| H 48 | Marty Martin (D) | |
| H 16 | Pete Jorgensen (D) | |
| S 13 | Tex Boggs (D) | No |
| H 17 | Fred Parady (R) | |
| H 60 | Bill Thompson (D) | |
| S 14 | Larry Caller (D) | No |
| H 18 | Mick Powers (R) | |
| H 39 | Chris Boswell (D) | |
| S 15 | Ken Decaria (D) | No |
| H 19 | Owen Petersen (R) | |
| H 49 | Saundra Meyer (D) | |
| West Central WY Legislators | Senate CoW 2/5/03 |
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| S 16 | Delaine Roberts (R) | Yes |
| H 20 | Stan Cooper (R) | |
| H 21 | Randall Luthi (R) | |
| S 17 | Grant Larson (R) | No |
| H 22 | Monte Olsen (R) | |
| H 23 | Clarene Law (R) | |
See Southwest Region for H 16 and S 12 | ||