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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Nava
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
01-31-08
HB
SHORT TITLE “Schools on the Rise Day"
SM 13
ANALYST Padilla
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
Senate Memorial 13 (SM 13) resolves by the Senate of the State of New Mexico that January 24,
2008 be declared “Schools on the Rise Day" at the Senate to honor and recognize ten schools in
the State of New Mexico on the rise. A copy of this Memorial shall be transmitted to each of the
ten “Schools on the Rise."
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
SM 13 proposes the following:
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New Mexico’s education standards, assessments and school accountability are now
among the best in the country as judged by Education Week’s quality counts survey; and
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The quality counts 2008 report indicates that New Mexico’s school reform policies are
turning our educational system around, as evidenced by steady progress over the last four
years; and
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New Mexico has become a national model in the areas of early childhood education and
college and career readiness and for having highly qualified teachers in all classrooms;
and
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Closing the achievement gap in New Mexico’s schools is a goal of all dedicated
educators, policymakers and residents of the state; and
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Three hundred sixty-eight of New Mexico’s eight hundred eight public schools met or
exceeded adequate yearly progress this year;
•
Through the hard work and dedication of faculty and administrators and their
commitment to the future of all New Mexico’s children, ten schools have been designated
as “schools on the rise" for achieving adequate yearly progress for two consecutive years
after undergoing restructuring; and
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Those schools are Alamosa Elementary and Maryann Binford Elementary in the
Albuquerque Public School District; La Promesa Elementary in Belen Consolidated
School District; Alcalde Elementary in the Espanola Public School District; Apache
Elementary in Farmington Municipal School District; Desert View Elementary in