2021 Wyoming Statutes
Title 21 - Education
Chapter 6 - School District Organization
Article 2 - District Boundary Board
Section 21-6-216 - Newly Organized School District a Body Corporate; Authority of Trustees; Old Districts to Cease to Exist.
21-6-216. Newly organized school district a body corporate; authority of trustees; old districts to cease to exist.
(a) On the effective date of the proposal, each proposed newly organized school district shall be and become a body corporate under the name and number as indicated in the proposal as a school district, and the new board of trustees shall have full authority and power to act as the board of trustees to do all things necessary with reference to the business and educational affairs of the new school district using the funds on hand or the funds received through existing levies of the old districts as nearly as practicable for the balance of the fiscal year.
(b) When members of the board of trustees of the new school district assume their duties as provided in this article on the effective date of the proposal each of the old districts or portions of districts from which the new district was formed shall cease to exist as a legal entity and the board of trustees of each former district or districts situated within the new district shall cease to function and the terms of office of the members thereof shall automatically expire.
