0001|                            HOUSE BILL 970
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0002|     43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                             GAIL C. BEAM
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION; PROVIDING FOR FAMILY INVOLVEMENT
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0012|     PROGRAMS IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS; CREATING THE COUNCIL ON FAMILY
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0013|     INVOLVEMENT. 
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0014|     
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0015|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016|          Section 1.  A new section of the Public School Code is
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0017|     enacted to read:
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0018|          "[<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  SHORT TITLE.--This act may be cited as
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0019|     the "Family Involvement Act"."
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0020|          Section 2.  A new section of the Public School Code is
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0021|     enacted to read:
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0022|          "[<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.--
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0023|               A.  The legislature finds that the involvement and
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0024|     support of families in the education of their children is an
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0025|     integral part of improving academic achievement and that
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0001|     properly constructed family involvement programs can play an
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0002|     important and effective role in the participation of families
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0003|     in their children's schools and in improving children's
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0004|     learning.  
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0005|               B.  The purpose of the Family Involvement Act is to
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0006|     ensure that family involvement programs are properly designed
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0007|     and implemented and to provide a focus and structure for these
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0008|     programs based on prior experience and research while
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0009|     maintaining sufficient local flexibility to design a program
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0010|     that best meets the needs of the local community.  The goals of
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0011|     these programs are to:
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0012|                    (1)  engage families from diverse cultures
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0013|     positively in their children's education by: 
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0014|                         (a)  building effective and consistent
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0015|     methods of home-school communications;
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0016|                         (b)  supporting families in developing
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0017|     skills that enhance their children's academic efforts and their
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0018|     development as responsible members of society; and
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0019|                         (c)  helping professionals learn to work
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0020|     comfortably with diverse families and to view these families as
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0021|     valuable sources of information about their children;
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0022|                    (2)  inform families that they can directly
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0023|     affect the success of their children's learning, offer families
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0024|     various techniques and strategies to improve their children's
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0025|     academic success or assist their children in learning at home,
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0001|     if they desire; and
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0002|                    (3)  integrate  family involvement programs,
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0003|     including compliance with the provisions of the Family
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0004|     Involvement Act, into a school's master plan for academic
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0005|     accountability."
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0006|          Section 3.  A new section of the Public School Code is
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0007|     enacted to read:
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0008|          "[<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  FAMILY INVOLVEMENT COUNCIL.--
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0009|               A.  The "family involvement council" is created as
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0010|     an advisory council to the department of education.
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0011|               B.  The council shall consist of nine members
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0012|     appointed by the state superintendent for staggered three-year
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0013|     terms as follows:
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0014|                    (1)  one representative of a statewide parent-
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0015|     teacher organization;
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0016|                    (2)  two parents or guardians of pupils
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0017|     enrolled in a public school;
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0018|                    (3)  two public school teachers;
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0019|                    (4)  one public school administrator;
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0020|                    (5)  one local school board member;
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0021|                    (6)  one representative of the business
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0022|     community; and
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0023|                    (7)  one department of education employee, who
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0024|     shall be the chairman of the council.
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0025|               C.  The council shall:
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0001|                    (1)  develop an instrument or process to
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0002|     evaluate family involvement programs developed by local school
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0003|     boards;
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0004|                    (2)  make recommendations to the department of
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0005|     education about family involvement programs that are effective;
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0006|                    (3)  make recommendations to the department
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0007|     about training programs for local school boards and school
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0008|     staff; 
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0009|                    (4)  make recommendations to the department
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0010|     about facilitating coordination among school officials, parents
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0011|     and families, educators and community leaders; and
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0012|                    (5)  make recommendations to the department
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0013|     about the coordination of department services and services of
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0014|     other state agencies.
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0015|               D.  Members of the council who are not state
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0016|     employees may receive per diem and travel expenses pursuant to
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0017|     the Per Diem and Mileage Act."
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0018|          Section 4.  A new section of the Public School Code is
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0019|     enacted to read:
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0020|          "[<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  FAMILY INVOLVEMENT PROGRAM.--
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0021|               A.  Each local school board shall, in conjunction
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0022|     with parents, teachers, administrators and community leaders,
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0023|     establish a family involvement program for each school in the
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0024|     school district.  The local school board shall:
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0025|                    (1)  ensure that parents and families
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0001|     participate in the planning, design, implementation and
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0002|     evaluation of the family involvement program; and
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0003|                    (2)  provide for regular and periodic programs
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0004|     throughout the school year that offer learning opportunities
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0005|     for both families and school personnel in areas such as:
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0006|                         (a)  the ability of families to directly
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0007|     affect the success of a child's learning through the support
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0008|     given at home and at school;
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0009|                         (b)  home activities, strategies and
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0010|     materials that can be used to assist and enhance the learning
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0011|     of children at home and at school;
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0012|                         (c)  the developmental needs of children,
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0013|     positive guidance techniques and ways for parents and teachers
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0014|     to build healthy relationships with children; and
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0015|                         (d)  the ability of families and schools
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0016|     to develop consistent and effective communications concerning
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0017|     the progress of the children in school and concerning school
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0018|     programs;
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0019|                    (3)  prepare an annual statement identifying
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0020|     specific objectives of the program; and
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0021|                    (4)  conduct an annual review and assessment of
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0022|     the program's progress in meeting its objectives, which shall
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0023|     be made available to parents.
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0024|               B.  A family involvement program may include the
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0025|     following:
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0001|                    (1)  a plan to encourage participation by
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0002|     families from diverse cultures;
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0003|                    (2)  a program that builds on parenting
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0004|     strengths, helps families develop skills they desire and
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0005|     facilitates networks to support families in effectively
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0006|     nurturing their children;
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0007|                    (3)  a communication element that provides
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0008|     effective two-way communication practices to reach families,
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0009|     both individually and collectively, to ensure that families and
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0010|     school staff communicate back and forth about their children;
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0011|                    (4)  a home learning element that provides for
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0012|     families and staff to work together in developing learning
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0013|     goals and offers opportunities for learning activities at home
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0014|     and in the community;
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0015|                    (5)  a volunteer element that recruits and
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0016|     organizes volunteer participation from families and the
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0017|     community at large;
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0018|                    (6)  a governance and advocacy element that
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0019|     provides a democratic governance structure that ensures that
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0020|     parents are partners in policy making about school programs and
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0021|     that family representatives are elected to act as advocates or
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0022|     decision makers for other parents and families; and
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0023|                    (7)  a community outreach element that
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0024|     establishes partnerships with individuals and organizations in
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0025|     the community.
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0001|                    (8)  a plan to encourage parents to visit
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0002|     schools, which may include an area in each school designated as
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0003|     a family center."
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0004|          Section 5.  EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
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0005|     provisions of this act is July 1, 1997.
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0006|                                                         State of New Mexico
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0007|                      House of Representatives
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0009|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0010|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0013|                                                   March 7, 1997
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0016|   Mr. Speaker:
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0017|   
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0018|        Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0019|   
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0020|                        HOUSE BILL 970
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0021|   
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0022|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0023|   recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0024|   
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0025|        1.  On page 1, line 13, after "INVOLVEMENT" insert
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0001|    "; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION".
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0002|   
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0003|        2.  On page 4, line 15, after "receive" insert "no
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0004|   compensation except".
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0005|   
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0006|        3.  On page 7, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following
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0007|   new section:
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0009|             "Section 5.  APPROPRIATION.--Five thousand dollars
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0010|   ($5,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the state
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0011|   department of public education for expenditure in fiscal year
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0012|   1998 for expenses of the family involvement council.  Any
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0013|   unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal
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0014|   year 1998 shall revert to the general fund.".
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0015|   
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0016|        4.  Renumber the succeeding section accordingly.,
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0017|   
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0018|   and thence referred to the APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE
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0019|   COMMITTEE.
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0020|   
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0021|                                 Respectfully submitted,
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<u></u>0002| <u>                                </u>                             Samuel F. Vigil, Chairman
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0005|   Adopted <u>                    </u>     Not Adopted <u>                    
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0007|             (Chief Clerk)                       (Chief Clerk)
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0008|   
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0009|                        Date <u>            </u>
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0011|   The roll call vote was<u> 11 </u> For<u> 0 </u> Against
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0012|   Yes:      11
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0013|             Excused:  Mallory, Weeks
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0014|             Absent:   None
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0018|   G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H0970                       State of New Mexico
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0019|                      House of Representatives
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0021|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0022|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0025|                                                  March 12, 1997
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0003|   Mr. Speaker:
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0005|        Your APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, to
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0006|   whom has been referred
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0007|   
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0008|                  HOUSE BILL 970, as amended
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0009|                               
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0010|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0011|   recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0012|   
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0013|        1.  Strike House Education Committee Amendments 1, 3 and 4.
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0014|   
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0015|                                 Respectfully submitted,
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0021|                                                               Max Coll, Chairman
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0001|             (Chief Clerk)                       (Chief Clerk)
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0003|                        Date <u>            </u>
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0005|   The roll call vote was <u> 14 </u> For <u> 0 </u> Against
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0006|   Yes:      14
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0007|             Excused:  Bird, Pearce, Watchman
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0008|             Absent:   None
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0014|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE           HB 970/a
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0015|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0018|                                                  March 18, 1997
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0019|   
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0020|   Mr. President:
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0021|   
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0022|       Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0023|   
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0024|                     HOUSE BILL 970, as amended
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0025|   
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0001|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0002|   recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0003|   
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0004|       1.  On page 2, line 14, strike "home-school" and insert
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0005|   "school-home".
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0006|   
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0007|       2.  On page 3, line 17, strike "two" and insert "one".
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0008|   
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0009|       3.  On page 3, strike line 18 and renumber the succeeding
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0010|   paragraphs accordingly.
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0011|   
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0012|                                Respectfully submitted,
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0017|   __________________________________
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0018|                                Cynthia Nava, Chairman 
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0021|   
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0022|   Adopted_______________________   Not
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0023|   Adopted_______________________
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0024|             (Chief Clerk)                          (Chief Clerk)
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0002|                     Date ________________________
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0005|   The roll call vote was <u> 6 </u> For <u> 1 </u> Against
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0006|           Yes:    6
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0007|           No:     Boitano
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0008|                Excused:     Duran, Garcia, Maloof
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0009|           Absent: None
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