0001|                         HOUSE BILL 233
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0002|     42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION,
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0003|     1996
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0004|                         INTRODUCED BY
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0005|                        EARLENE ROBERTS
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0011|                             AN ACT
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0012|     AMENDING A SECTION OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL FINANCE ACT TO REMOVE
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0013|     THE REQUIREMENT THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS EMPLOY DEPARTMENT-CERTIFIED NURSES.
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0015|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016|       Section 1.  That version of Section 22-8-9 NMSA 1978 (being
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0017|     Laws 1967, Chapter 16, Section 63, as amended) that is to become
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0018|     effective July 1, 1996 is amended to read:
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0019|       "22-8-9.  BUDGETS--MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.--
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0020|            A.  No budget for a school district shall be approved
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0021|     by the department that does not provide for:
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0022|                 (1)  a school year consisting of at least one
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0023|     hundred eighty full instructional days or the equivalent
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0024|     thereof, exclusive of any release time for in-service training;
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0025|     or
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0001|                 (2)  a variable school year consisting of a
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0002|     minimum number of instructional hours established by the state
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0003|     board; and
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0004|                 (3)  a pupil-teacher ratio or class or teaching
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0005|     load as provided in Section 22-2-8.2 NMSA 1978 <s>[and
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<s></s>0006| <s>                (4)  a full-time, department-certified nurse for
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<s></s>0007| <s>    each fifty-five teachers employed by a school district or the
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<s></s>0008| <s>    equivalent part-time department-certified nurse for less than
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<s></s>0009| <s>    fifty-five teachers]</s>.
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0010|            B.  The state board shall, by regulation, establish
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0011|     the requirements for a teaching day, the standards for an
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0012|     instructional hour and the standards for a full-time certified
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0013|     classroom instructor and for the equivalent thereof.
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0014|            C.  The local school board shall submit a plan for
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0015|     the implementation of an alternate school year to the state
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0016|     superintendent for his approval.
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0017|            D.  The provisions of Subsection C and Paragraph (2)
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0018|     of Subsection A of this section shall <s>[be construed to]</s> apply
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0019|     only to school districts with a MEM of <s>[1,000]</s> <u>one thousand</u>
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0020|     or fewer."
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0021|                                                       State of New Mexico
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0022|                    House of Representatives
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0023|   
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0024|                    FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0025|                      SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0003|                                              January 30, 1996
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0006|   Mr. Speaker:
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0007|   
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0008|       Your CONSUMER AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to
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0009|   whom has been referred
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0010|   
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0011|                         HOUSE BILL 233
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0012|                                 
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0013|   has had it under consideration and reports same WITHOUT
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0014|   RECOMMENDATION,and thence referred to the EDUCATION
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0015|   COMMITTEE.
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0017|                                Respectfully submitted,
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<u></u>0022| <u>  </u>                            Gary K. King, Chairman
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0025|   Adopted <u>                    </u>    Not Adopted <u>                     
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0002|            (Chief Clerk)                       (Chief Clerk)
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0004|                      Date <u>            </u>
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0006|   The roll call vote was<u> 7 </u> For<u> 0 </u> Against
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0007|   Yes:          7         
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0008|   Excused: Baca, Dolliver, Sandel, Vigil
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0009|   Absent:  None
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0013|   H0233CP1
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