A JOINT MEMORIAL
REQUESTING THAT THE LEGISLATIVE
EDUCATION STUDY COMMITTEE EVALUATE ALBUQUERQUE TECHNICAL-VOCATIONAL INSTITUTE
DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.
WHEREAS, state law bases the
formation of technical and vocational institute districts and the
qualifications of electors therein on the composition of existing school
districts; and
WHEREAS, the current boundary
of the Albuquerque technical-vocational institute district essentially bisects
the city of Rio Rancho; and
WHEREAS, services offered by
the Albuquerque technical-vocational institute in the city of Rio Rancho are,
at best, limited; and
WHEREAS, when an Albuquerque
technical-vocational institute board position was vacated by a Rio Rancho
resident, the board failed to fill the vacancy with a qualified Rio Rancho
resident; and
WHEREAS, when the Albuquerque
technical-vocational institute had the opportunity to build a new campus in Rio
Rancho, the board chose to build outside of the Rio Rancho city limits;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED
BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the legislative education
study committee be asked to study the boundary of the Albuquerque
technical-vocational institute district and to recommend whether the boundary
should be adjusted to include all of the city of Rio Rancho and whether a
citizen of Rio Rancho should be appointed to a seat on the governing board of
Albuquerque technical-vocational institute; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that
copies of this memorial be delivered to the legislative education study
committee, the governing board of the Albuquerque technical-vocational
institute and the Rio Rancho city administrator.