Senate File 49, the bill which would seek to change how counties treat zoning for private schools that is being opposed by the Teton County Commission, passed out of committee yesterday and headed for the Senate Floor. However, that didn’t happen before one Senator tacked on a broad-sweeping amendment which changes the bill to provide special treatment rather than equal treatment for those schools. Originally, the bill would have removed county zoning from planning for the construction or expansion of private schools. Opponents of the bill, including the Teton County Commission, saw the bill as undermining state statutes that give counties authority to develop their own land use policies, thus being an affront to the idea that the best government is one operating “closest to the people.” Senator Chris Rothfuss of Laramie sought and won an amendment stating that rather than offering private schools complete freedom, the law would instead subject them to the same rules currently regulating public and charter school facilities. Senate File 49 grew out of a disagreement between Teton County and supporters of the Classical Academy who wish to construct a school building on a parcel of property south of town not currently zoned for it.
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