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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 6

48

TH LEGISLATURE

- STATE OF NEW MEXICO -

FIRST SESSION

, 2007

INTRODUCED BY

Bernadette M. Sanchez

A JOINT RESOLUTION

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 12, SECTION 15 OF THE

CONSTITUTION OF NEW MEXICO TO INCREASE THE SIZE OF CERTAIN

SCHOOL BOARDS TO NINE MEMBERS.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

Section 1. It is proposed to amend Article 12, Section 15

of the constitution of New Mexico to read:

"A.

In those local school districts having a

population of more than two hundred thousand, as shown by the

most recent decennial census, the qualified electors of the

districts [may choose to

] shall

have a local school board

composed of [seven

] nine

members, residents of and elected from

single-member districts. [If a majority of the qualified

electors voting in such a district election vote to have a

seven-member board

]

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B.

The school district shall be divided into

[seven

] nine

local school board member districts [which

] that

shall be compact, contiguous and as nearly equal in population

as possible. One school board member shall reside within, and

be elected from, each local school board member district.

Change of residence to a place outside the district from which

a school board member was elected shall automatically terminate

the service of that school board member, and the office shall

be declared vacant.

C.

The school board member districts shall be

established by resolution of the local school board with the

approval of the state legislature, and may be changed once

after each federal decennial census by the local school board

with the approval of the state legislature.

D.

The elections required under this amendment

shall be called and conducted as provided by law for other

local school board elections. The [state board of

] public

education department

shall [by resolution

] establish the terms

of the first board elected after the creation of such a

[seven-member

] nine-member

board."

Section 2. The amendment proposed by this resolution

shall be submitted to the people for their approval or

rejection at the next general election or at any special

election prior to that date that may be called for that

purpose.