0001| SENATE BILL 382
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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| CYNTHIA NAVA
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0010| AN ACT
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0011| RELATING TO EDUCATION; ELIMINATING THE COMPULSORY SCHOOL
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0012| ATTENDANCE EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN SPECIAL PERSONS.
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0014| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0015| Section 1. Section 22-12-2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1967,
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0016| Chapter 16, Section 170, as amended) is amended to read:
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0017| "22-12-2. COMPULSORY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE--RESPONSIBILITY.--
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0018| A. Any qualified student and any person who because
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0019| of his age is eligible to become a qualified student as defined
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0020| by the Public School Finance Act until attaining the age of
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0021| majority shall attend a public school, a private school, a home
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0022| school or a state institution. A person shall be excused from
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0023| this requirement if:
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0024| (1) the person is specifically exempted by law
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0025| from the provisions of this section;
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0001| (2) the person has graduated from a high
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0002| school;
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0003| (3) the person is at least sixteen years of
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0004| age and has been excused by the local school board or its
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0005| authorized representative upon a finding that the person will
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0006| be employed in a gainful trade or occupation or engaged in an
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0007| alternative form of education sufficient for the person's
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0008| educational needs and the parent, guardian or other person
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0009| having custody and control consents; or
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0010| (4) with consent of the parent, guardian or
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0011| person having custody and control of the person to be excused,
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0012| the person is excused from the provisions of this section by
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0013| the superintendent of schools of the school district in which
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0014| the person is a resident and the person is under eight years of
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(5) the person is judged, based on standards
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and procedures adopted by the state board, to be unable to
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benefit from instruction because of learning disabilities or
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mental, physical or emotional conditions].
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0020| B. A person subject to the provisions of the
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0021| Compulsory School Attendance Law shall attend school for at
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0022| least the length of time of the school year that is established
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0023| in the school district in which the person is a resident.
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0024| C. Any parent, guardian or person having custody
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0025| and control of a person subject to the provisions of the
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0001| Compulsory School Attendance Law is responsible for the school
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0002| attendance of that person."
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0025| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0001| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0004| February 25, 1997
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0006| Mr. President:
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0008| Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0010| SENATE BILL 382
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0012| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0013| recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0015| Respectfully submitted,
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0021| Cynthia Nava, Chairman
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0025| Adopted_______________________ Not
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0002| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0006| Date ________________________
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0009| The roll call vote was 7 For 0 Against
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0010| Yes: 7
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0011| No: 0
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0012| Excused: Boitano, Gorham, Pinto
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0013| Absent: None
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0016| S0382ED1
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0017| State of New Mexico
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0018| House of Representatives
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0020| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0021| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0024| March 17, 1997
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0002| Mr. Speaker:
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0004| Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0006| SENATE BILL 382
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0008| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0009| recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0011| Respectfully submitted,
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0016| Samuel F. Vigil, Chairman
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0019| Adopted Not Adopted
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0021| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0023| Date
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0025| The roll call vote was 8 For 0 Against
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0001| Yes: 8
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0002| Excused: Beam, Miera, Nicely, Trujillo, S.M. Williams
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0003| Absent: None
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