FIFTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE

FIRST SESSION, 2021

 

March 12, 2021

 

 

 

Mr. Speaker:

 

    Your APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred

 

SENATE BILL 144, as amended

 

has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:

 

1. Strike House Education Committee Amendment 3.

 

     2. On page 4, line 10 through page 14, line 19, strike Section 2 in its entirety and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

     "SECTION 2. Section 22-24-4.5 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2014, Chapter 28, Section 4, as amended) is amended to read:

 

     "22-24-4.5. EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE DEFICIENCY CORRECTIONS.--

 

          A. No later than September 1, 2014, the council, with the advice of the department and the department of information technology, shall define and develop:

 

                (1) minimum adequacy standards for an education technology infrastructure deficiency corrections initiative to identify and determine reasonable costs for correcting education technology infrastructure deficiencies in or affecting school districts;

 

                (2) a methodology for prioritizing projects to correct education technology infrastructure deficiencies in or affecting school districts; and

 

 

                (3) a methodology for determining a school district's share of the project costs.

 

 

 

 

 

                   

 

          B. The council shall develop guidelines for a statewide education technology infrastructure network that integrates regional hub locations for network services and the installation and maintenance of equipment. The council may fund education technology infrastructure projects or items that the council determines are in accord with the guidelines and necessary to education for:

 

              (1) students;

 

              (2) school buses;

 

              (3) internet connectivity within a school                       district;

 

              (4) a multi-district regional education network;

              and

 

              (5) a statewide education network.

 

          [B.] C. The council may approve allocations from the fund pursuant to Subsection M of Section 22-24-4 NMSA 1978 and this section for projects in or affecting a school district committing to pay its share of the project costs. The council may adjust the school district's share of the project costs in accordance with Paragraph (11) of Subsection B of Section 22-24-5 NMSA 1978 or the methodology for determining the school district's share of the project costs."".,

 

                             Respectfully submitted,

 

 

                           

                                                                 

Patricia A. Lundstrom, Chair

 

 

Adopted     Not Adopted

           (Chief Clerk)                            (Chief Clerk)

 

Date

 

 

The roll call vote was 15 For 0 Against

Yes:      15

No:       0

Excused:  Chatfield, Herrera, Hochman-Vigil, Trujillo

Absent:   None