0001|                       HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 64
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                          DELORES C. WRIGHT
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0010|                           A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0011|     REQUESTING THE LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION STUDY COMMITTEE IN
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0012|     COOPERATION WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION TO
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0013|     ASSESS THE COST AND FISCAL PARAMETERS OF YEAR-ROUND SCHOOLS.
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0014|     
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0015|          WHEREAS, about four schools now are open that provide
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0016|     parents and students the choice of year-round education; and
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0017|          WHEREAS, some school districts are overcrowded and may
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0018|     decide to maintain year-round education as a means of coping
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0019|     with growing enrollments; and
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0020|          WHEREAS, some school districts may offer year-round
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0021|     education to provide parents and students more educational
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0022|     alternatives; and
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0023|          WHEREAS, in some districts it is a fiscal necessity and
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0024|     in other districts it is an amenity for parents and students;
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0025|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0001|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the legislative education study
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0002|     committee, in cooperation with the state department of public
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0003|     education, be requested to study the fiscal parameters of
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0004|     year-round education, including the need for additional
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0005|     funding for those districts in which year-round education is
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0006|     the only option in lieu of capital construction; and
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0007|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the legislative education
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0008|     study committee and the state department of public education
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0009|     report their findings and recommendations to the legislature
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0010|     by December 1, 1998; and
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0011|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0012|     transmitted to the legislative education study committee and
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0013|     the superintendent of public instruction.
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