0001| HOUSE BILL 51 | 0002| 42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, | 0003| 1996 | 0004| INTRODUCED BY | 0005| J. PAUL TAYLOR | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| FOR THE LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION STUDY COMMITTEE | 0010| | 0011| AN ACT | 0012| RELATING TO EDUCATION; PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A | 0013| STUDENT TEACHER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM; CREATING A FUND; MAKING AN | 0014| APPROPRIATION. | 0015| | 0016| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0017| Section 1. SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.-- | 0018| A. In order to encourage individuals to enter the | 0019| teaching profession and to remain teachers in New Mexico, the | 0020| commission on higher education shall promulgate regulations to | 0021| establish and administer a student teacher scholarship program. | 0022| B. In establishing the program, the commission on | 0023| higher education shall: | 0024| (1) develop standardized methods to identify | 0025| eligible student teachers and to distribute money to accredited | 0001| teacher training institutions; | 0002| (2) verify that recipients are employed as | 0003| full-time teachers in a public school setting for at least one | 0004| year after completion of student teaching; | 0005| (3) develop criteria for selection of | 0006| scholarship recipients, which shall include academic | 0007| performance, campus involvement, letters of recommendation and | 0008| personal commitment to the teaching profession; | 0009| (4) pay full tuition for recipients for the | 0010| semester in which they are student teaching; and | 0011| (5) ensure recipients comply with all | 0012| regulations adopted by the commission for the scholarship | 0013| program. | 0014| Section 2. FUND CREATED.-- The "student teacher | 0015| scholarship fund" is created in the state treasury. Money in | 0016| the fund shall not revert at the end of any fiscal year. Money | 0017| appropriated to the fund or accruing to it through gifts, grants | 0018| or bequests shall be deposited in the fund. The fund shall be | 0019| invested as other state funds are invested. Disbursements from | 0020| the fund shall be made upon warrants drawn by the secretary of | 0021| finance and administration pursuant to vouchers signed by the | 0022| executive director of the commission on higher education or his | 0023| designee. Money in the fund, other than that amount used for | 0024| administration by the commission on higher education, shall be | 0025| used to carry out the provisions of Section 1 of this act. | 0001| Section 3. APPROPRIATION.--Two hundred fifty thousand | 0002| dollars ($250,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the | 0003| student teacher scholarship fund for expenditure in fiscal year | 0004| 1997 to carry out the provisions of Section 1 of this act. Any | 0005| unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of | 0006| fiscal year 1997 shall remain in the student teacher scholarship | 0007| fund. | 0008| - 3 - | 0009| State of New Mexico | 0010| House of Representatives | 0011| | 0012| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | 0013| SECOND SESSION, 1996 | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| January 26, 1996 | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| Mr. Speaker: | 0020| | 0021| Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0022| | 0023| HOUSE BILL 51 | 0024| | 0025| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0001| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows: | 0002| | 0003| 1. On page 1, line 24 after "money to" strike "accredited" | 0004| and insert in lieu thereof "New Mexico state . | 0005| board of education approved". | 0006| | 0007| 2. On page 2, line 2, after "public" insert "or New Mexico | 0008| state board of education accredited private" and after "setting" | 0009| insert "in New Mexico". | 0010| | 0011| 3. On page 2, line 12, strike the period and insert in lieu | 0012| thereof ", including a regulation providing for the repayment | 0013| within one year of all scholarship funds granted a student if that | 0014| student does not comply with Paragraph (2) of this subsection."., | 0015| | 0016| and thence referred to the APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE | 0017| COMMITTEE. | 0018| | 0019| The roll call vote on Amendment No. 1 was 6 For 4 Against | 0020| Yes: 6 | 0021| No: Gonzales, Miera, Trujillo, Wright | 0022| Excused: Nicely, SM Williams | 0023| Absent: None | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| The roll call vote on Amendment No. 2 was 8 For 2 | 0002| Against | 0003| Yes: 8 | 0004| No: Charley, Dolliver | 0005| Excused: Nicely, SM Williams | 0006| Absent: None | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| Respectfully submitted, | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| Samuel F. Vigil, Chairman | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| Adopted Not Adopted | 0019| | 0020| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0021| | 0022| Date | 0023| | 0024| The roll call vote was 9 For 1 Against | 0025| Yes: 9 | 0001| No: Dolliver | 0002| Excused: Nicely, SM Williams | 0003| Absent: None | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| .110382.1/a | 0007| .110682.1/a | 0008| H0051EC1 |