0001|                        SENATE BILL 708
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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|                        GARY DON REAGAN
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0011|                             AN ACT
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0012|     RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL FINANCE; AMENDING A SECTION OF THE
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0013|     NMSA 1978 PERTAINING TO CALCULATION OF THE TRAINING AND
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0014|     EXPERIENCE INDEX.
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0016|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0017|       Section 1.  Section 22-8-24 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1974,
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0018|     Chapter 8, Section 15, as amended by Laws 1993, Chapter 91,
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0019|     Section 1 and also by Laws 1993, Chapter 237, Section 3) is
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0020|     amended to read:
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0021|       "22-8-24.  INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE
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0022|     INDEX--DEFINITIONS--FACTORS--CALCULATIONS.--
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0023|            A.  For the purpose of calculating the instructional
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0024|     staff training and experience index, the following definitions
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0025|     and limitations shall apply:
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0001|                 (1)  "instructional staff" means the personnel
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0002|     assigned to the instructional program of the school district,
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0003|     excluding principals, substitute teachers, instructional aides,
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0004|     secretaries and clerks;
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0005|                 (2)  the number of instructional staff to be
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0006|     counted in calculating the instructional staff training and
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0007|     experience index is the actual number of full-time-equivalent
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0008|     instructional staff on the October payroll;
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0009|                 (3)  the number of years of experience to be
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0010|     used in calculating the instructional staff training and
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0011|     experience index is that number of years of experience allowed
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0012|     for salary increment purposes on the salary schedule of the
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0013|     school district; and
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0014|                 (4)  the academic degree and additional credit
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0015|     hours to be used in calculating the instructional staff training
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0016|     and experience index is the degree and additional semester
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0017|     credit hours allowed for salary increment purposes on the salary
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0018|     schedule of the school district.
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0019|            <u>B.  In calculating the instructional staff training
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<u></u>0020| <u>    and experience index, the state superintendent shall provide for
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<u></u>0021| <u>    the issuance of waivers to local school districts that, prior to
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<u></u>0022| <u>    July 1, 1991, calculated the training and experience index to
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<u></u>0023| <u>    include additional credit hours earned in non-university

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<u></u>0024| <u>    settings approved by the state board or additional credit hours
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<u></u>0025| <u>    earned in excess of institutional degree-granting requirements
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<u></u>0001| <u>    earned prior to and after completion of a degree.  Waivers shall
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<u></u>0002| <u>    be applied for annually.  No school district shall be granted a
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<u></u>0003| <u>    waiver for more than eight years.  The state superintendent
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<u></u>0004| <u>    shall only grant waivers to those school districts that
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<u></u>0005| <u>    demonstrate a systematic reduction in the number of credit hours
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<u></u>0006| <u>    claimed that are earned in non-university settings or in excess
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<u></u>0007| <u>    of degree-granting requirements prior to completion of a
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<u></u>0008| <u>    degree</u>.  
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0009|            <s>[B.]</s> <u>C.</u>  The factors for each classification of
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0010|     academic training by years of experience are provided in the
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0011|     following table:
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0012|                                Years of Experience
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0013|     Academic
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0014|     Classification       0 - 2   3 - 5   6 - 8    9 - 15  Over 15
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0015|     Bachelor's degree
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0016|        or less            .75     .90    1.00      1.05     1.05
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0017|     Bachelor's degree plus
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0018|        15 credit hours    .80     .95    1.00      1.10     1.15
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0019|     Master's degree or
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0020|        bachelor's degree
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0021|        plus 45 credit
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0022|        hours              .85    1.00    1.05      1.15     1.20
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0023|     Master's degree plus
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0024|        15 credit hours    .90    1.05    1.15      1.30     1.35
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0025|     Post-master's degree
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0001|        or master's degree
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0002|        plus 45 credit
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0003|        hours             1.00    1.15    1.30      1.40     1.50.
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0004|            <s>[C.]</s> <u>D.</u>  The instructional staff training and
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0005|     experience index for each school district shall be calculated
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0006|     in accordance with instructions issued by the state
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0007|     superintendent.  The following calculations shall be computed:
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0008|                 (1)  multiply the number of full-time-equivalent instructional staff in each academic classification
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0009|     by the numerical factor in the appropriate "years of
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0010|     experience" column provided in the table in Subsection <s>[B]</s>
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0011|     <u>C</u> of this section;
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0012|                 (2)  add the products calculated in Paragraph
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0013|     (1) of this subsection; and
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0014|                 (3)  divide the total obtained in Paragraph
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0015|     (2) of this subsection by the total number of full-time-
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0016|     equivalent instructional staff.
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0017|            <s>[D.]</s> <u>E.</u>  In the event that the result of the
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0018|     calculation of the training and experience index is 1.0 or
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0019|     less, the district's factor shall be no less than 1.0.
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0020|            <s>[E.]</s> <u>F.</u>  In the event that a new school
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0021|     district is created, the training and experience index for that
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0022|     district is 1.12."
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0023|                                   
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0024|   
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0025|                   FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0001|                     SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0004|                                            FEBRUARY 1, 1996
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0006|   Mr. President:
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0008|     Your COMMITTEES' COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0009|   
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0010|                           SENATE BILL 708
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0011|   
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0012|   has had it under consideration and finds same to be GERMANE, PURSUANT
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0013|   TO CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS, and thence referred to the  EDUCATION
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0014|   COMMITTEE.
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0016|                              Respectfully submitted,
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0021|                              __________________________________
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0022|                              SENATOR MANNY M. ARAGON, Chairman 
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0001|   Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0002|             (Chief Clerk)                        (Chief Clerk)
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