0001| HOUSE BILL 3 | 0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| SAMUEL F. VIGIL | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| RELATING TO EDUCATION; MAKING APPROPRIATIONS; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. | 0012| | 0013| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0014| Section 1. SHORT TITLE.--This act may be cited as the "Education Appropriation Act". | 0015| Section 2. DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Education Appropriation Act: | 0016| A. "federal funds" means any payments by the United States government to state | 0017| government or state agencies for specific purposes or in lieu of taxes, including grants, | 0018| reimbursements and payments made in accordance with contracts or cooperative agreements, and | 0019| shared revenue except those payments made in accordance with the federal Mineral Lands Leasing | 0020| Act (30 USCA 181, et seq.) and the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972 (31 USCA 1221- | 0021| 1264), as amended; | 0022| B. "general fund" means that fund created by Section 6-4-2 NMSA 1978 and includes | 0023| severance tax income fund and federal Mineral Lands Leasing Act receipts; and | 0024| C. "other state funds" means: | 0025| (1) unencumbered nonreverting balances in state agency accounts, other than in | 0001| internal service funds accounts, appropriated by the Education Appropriation Act; | 0002| (2) all revenue available to state agencies from sources other than the | 0003| general fund, internal service funds, interagency tranfers and federal funds; and | 0004| (3) all revenue, the use of which is restricted by statute or agreement. | 0005| Section 3. FORMAT.--The general format of the appropriations set forth in the Education | 0006| Appropriation Act with respect to symbols used, column headings and amounts stated are those | 0007| used in the General Appropriation Act of 1996. | 0008| Section 4. APPROPRIATIONS.--The appropriation for public school support in fiscal year | 0009| 1998 shall be: | 0010| PUBLIC SCHOOL SUPPORT: | 0011| (1) State equalization guarantee | 0012| distribution: 1,216,566.6 1,000.0 1,217,566.6 | 0013| (2) Transportation distributions: | 0014| (a) Operations 69,363.9 69,363.9 | 0015| (b) School-owned bus | 0016| replacements 2,457.0 2,457.0 | 0017| (c) Contractor-owned bus | 0018| rent fees 11,073.2 11,073.2 | 0019| Subtotal 82,894.1 82,894.1 | 0020| (3) Supplemental distributions: | 0021| (a) Out-of-state tuition 390.0 390.0 | 0022| (b) Emergency 1,421.0 1,421.0 | 0023| (c) Emergency capital outlay 300.0 300.0 | 0024| Subtotal 2,111.0 2,111.0 | 0025| The rate of distribution of the state equalization guarantee distribution shall be based | 0001| on a program unit value determined by the superintendent of public instruction. The | 0002| superintendent of public instruction shall establish a preliminary unit value that shall be used | 0003| to establish tentative budgets for the 1997-98 school year. Upon completion of final budgets or | 0004| verification of the number of units statewide for fiscal year 1998, the superintendent of public | 0005| instruction may adjust the program unit value. | 0006| Included in the base increase is a hold harmless provision for any school district that | 0007| would incur a loss in funding as a result of the elimination of training and experience waivers. | 0008| The superintendent of public instruction may fund mid-year increases in student membership | 0009| resulting from expansion at military bases from the supplemental emergency fund. The | 0010| superintendent of public instruction shall certify to the secretary of finance and | 0011| administration that the need exists before supplemental emergency funds may be released. | 0012| The general fund appropriation to the public school fund shall be reduced by the amounts | 0013| transferred to the public school fund from the current school fund and from the federal Mineral | 0014| Lands Leasing Act (30 USCA 181, et seq.) receipts otherwise unappropriated. | 0015| Unexpended or unencumbered balances in the distributions authorized remaining at the end | 0016| of fiscal year 1998 from appropriations made from the general fund shall revert to the general | 0017| fund. | 0018| INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL FUND: 28,620.7 2,053.4 30,674.1 | 0019| The appropriation to the instructional material fund is made from the federal Mineral | 0020| Lands Leasing Act (30 USCA 181, et seq.) receipts. | 0021| STATE SUPPORT RESERVE FUND: - 0 - - 0 - | 0022| EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY FUND: 3,100.0 3,100.0 | 0023| INCENTIVES FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT | 0024| FUND: 1,200.0 1,200.0 | 0025| The appropriation to the incentives for school improvement fund is contingent upon | 0001| legislation amending the Incentives for School Improvement Act to incorporate the | 0002| recommendations of the contractor performing the public school funding formula task force study. | 0003| TOTAL PUBLIC SCHOOL SUPPORT: 1,334,492.4 3053.4 1,337,545.8 | 0004| ADULT BASIC EDUCATION FUND: 3,100.0 2,159.8 5,259.8 | 0005| STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION: | 0006| (1) Administration: | 0007| (a) Personal services 5,167.0 3.7 2,692.3 7,863.0 | 0008| (b) Employee benefits 1,467.6 1.3 767.7 2,236.6 | 0009| (c) In-state travel 280.4 4.9 159.2 444.5 | 0010| (d) Maintenance and repairs 75.8 74.5 5.2 155.5 | 0011| (e) Supplies and materials 141.7 21.4 7.9 80.3 251.3 | 0012| (f) Contractual services 343.0 14.6 728.9 1,086.5 | 0013| (g) Operating costs 455.6 535.8 991.4 | 0014| (h) Other costs .5 365.2 365.7 | 0015| (i) Capital outlay 2.7 54.5 23.0 69.2 149.4 | 0016| (j) Out-of-state travel 20.3 59.0 79.3 | 0017| (k) Other financing uses 3.2 150.2 153.4 | 0018| Authorized FTE: 166.0 Permanent; 62.0 Term; .2 Temporary | 0019| Subtotal 7,957.8 165.0 40.8 5,613.0 13,776.6 | 0020| The appropriation to the state department of public education includes two hundred | 0021| thousand dollars ($200,000) from federal Mineral Lands Leasing Act (30 USCA 181, et seq.) | 0022| receipts. | 0023| Unexpended or unencumbered balances in the state department of public education remaining | 0024| at the end of fiscal year 1998 from appropriations made from the general fund shall not revert. | 0025| (2) Educator background checks: 60.0 | 0001| 60.0 | 0002| The appropriation to the state department of public education for the criminal background | 0003| check program is contingent upon passage of legislation requiring applicants for a New Mexico | 0004| educator license to submit a background check. | 0005| (3) Special projects: 1,400.0 1,400.0 | 0006| Included in the general fund appropriation to the state department of public education for | 0007| special projects is four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) for the graduation, reality and | 0008| dual role skills program (GRADS); four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) for the systemic | 0009| initiatives in math and science education program; and six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000) | 0010| for re-learning. | 0011| (4) Apprenticeship assistance: 600.0 15.9 615.9 | 0012| (5) Regional education cooperatives: | 0013| (a) Region 9 128.1 1,856.7 1,984.8 | 0014| Authorized FTE: 27.0 Term | 0015| (b) High Plains 1,970.7 1,184.0 3,154.7 | 0016| Authorized FTE: 44.63 Term | 0017| (c) Central 1,324.7 1,278.9 2,603.6 | 0018| Authorized FTE: 34.30 Term | 0019| (d) Northeast 24.9 790.1 815.0 | 0020| Authorized FTE: 2.00 Term | 0021| (e) Northwest 816.5 816.5 | 0022| Authorized FTE: 2.00 Term | 0023| Section 5. SEVERABILITY.--If any part or application of this act is held invalid, the | 0024| remainder or its application to other situations or persons shall not be affected. | 0025| Section 6. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public peace, health and safety that this | 0001| act take effect immediately. | 0002| - - | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| State of New Mexico | 0007| House of Representatives | 0008| | 0009| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0010| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| February 5, 1997 | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| Mr. Speaker: | 0017| | 0018| Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0019| | 0020| HOUSE BILL 3 | 0021| | 0022| has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO NOT | 0023| PASS, but that | 0024| | 0025| HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE | 0001| FOR HOUSE BILL 3 | 0002| | 0003| DO PASS, and thence referred to the APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE. | 0004| | 0005| Respectfully submitted, | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| Samuel F. Vigil, Chairman | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| Adopted Not Adopted | 0014| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0015| | 0016| Date | 0017| | 0018| The roll call vote was 10 For 0 Against | 0019| Yes: 10 | 0020| Excused: Nicely, W.C. Williams, Weeks | 0021| Absent: None | 0022| | 0023| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H0003 HOUSE BILL 3 | 0024| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| AN ACT | 0008| RELATING TO EDUCATION; MAKING APPROPRIATIONS; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. | 0009| | 0010| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0011| Section 1. SHORT TITLE.--This act may be cited as the "Education Appropriation Act". | 0012| Section 2. DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Education Appropriation Act: | 0013| A. "federal funds" means any payments by the United States government to state | 0014| government or state agencies for specific purposes or in lieu of taxes, including grants, | 0015| reimbursements and payments made in accordance with contracts or cooperative agreements, and | 0016| shared revenue except those payments made in accordance with the federal Mineral Lands Leasing | 0017| Act (30 USCA 181, et seq.) and the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972 (31 USCA 1221- | 0018| 1264), as amended; | 0019| B. "general fund" means that fund created by Section 6-4-2 NMSA 1978 and includes | 0020| severance tax income fund and federal Mineral Lands Leasing Act receipts; and | 0021| C. "other state funds" means: | 0022| (1) unencumbered nonreverting balances in state agency accounts, other than in | 0023| internal service funds accounts, appropriated by the Education Appropriation Act; | 0024| (2) all revenue available to state agencies from sources other than the | 0025| general fund, internal service funds, interagency transfers and federal funds; and | 0001| (3) all revenue, the use of which is restricted by statute or agreement. | 0002| Section 3. FORMAT.--The general format of the appropriations set forth in the Education | 0003| Appropriation Act with respect to symbols used, column headings and amounts stated are those | 0004| used in the General Appropriation Act of 1996. | 0005| Section 4. APPROPRIATIONS.--The appropriation for public school support in fiscal year | 0006| 1998 shall be: | 0007| PUBLIC SCHOOL SUPPORT: | 0008| (1) State equalization guarantee: 1,229,655.5 1,000.0 1,230,655.5 | 0009| (2) Transportation distributions: | 0010| (a) Operations 69,940.7 69,940.7 | 0011| (b) School-owned bus | 0012| replacements 2,457.0 2,457.0 | 0013| (c) Contractor-owned bus | 0014| rent fees 11,073.2 11,073.2 | 0015| Subtotal 83,470.9 83,470.9 | 0016| (3) Supplemental distributions: | 0017| (a) Out-of-state tuition 390.0 390.0 | 0018| (b) Emergency 1,421.0 1,421.0 | 0019| (c) Emergency capital outlay 300.0 300.0 | 0020| Subtotal 2,111.0 2,111.0 | 0021| The rate of distribution of the state equalization guarantee distribution shall be based | 0022| on a program unit value determined by the superintendent of public instruction. The | 0023| superintendent of public instruction shall establish a preliminary unit value that shall be used | 0024| to establish tentative budgets for the 1997-98 school year. Upon completion of final budgets or | 0025| verification of the number of units statewide for fiscal year 1998, the superintendent of public | 0001| instruction may adjust the program unit value. | 0002| Included in the state equalization guarantee distribution are sufficient funds for a | 0003| statewide average two percent salary increase for all public school employees. | 0004| The superintendent of public instruction may fund mid-year increases in student membership | 0005| resulting from expansion at military bases from the supplemental emergency fund. The | 0006| superintendent of public instruction shall certify to the secretary of finance and | 0007| administration that the need exists before supplemental emergency funds may be released. | 0008| The general fund appropriation to the public school fund shall be reduced by the amounts | 0009| transferred to the public school fund from the current school fund and from the federal Mineral | 0010| Lands Leasing Act (30 USCA 181, et seq.) receipts otherwise unappropriated. | 0011| Unexpended or unencumbered balances in the distributions authorized remaining at the end | 0012| of fiscal year 1998 from appropriations made from the general fund shall revert to the general | 0013| fund. | 0014| INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL FUND: 28,620.7 2,053.4 30,674.1 | 0015| The appropriation to the instructional material fund is made from the federal Mineral | 0016| Lands Leasing Act (30 USCA 181, et seq.) receipts. | 0017| EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY FUND: 3,100.0 3,100.0 | 0018| INCENTIVES FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT | 0019| FUND: 500.0 500.0 | 0020| Prior to distribution of the funds included in the general fund appropriation to the | 0021| incentives for school improvement fund, the state board of education shall adopt regulations for | 0022| all schools to provide financial incentives to individual schools that exceed expected academic | 0023| performance and student behavior standards as measured by the school's targeted goals and | 0024| objectives for improvement of student performance. The board shall submit its regulations to | 0025| the legislative education study committee for review. | 0001| TOTAL PUBLIC SCHOOL SUPPORT: 1,347,458.1 3,053.4 1,350,511.5 | 0002| ADULT BASIC EDUCATION FUND: 3,100.0 2,159.8 5,259.8 | 0003| STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION: | 0004| (1) Administration: | 0005| (a) Personal services 5,167.0 3.7 2,692.3 7,863.0 | 0006| (b) Employee benefits 1,467.6 1.3 767.7 2,236.6 | 0007| (c) In-state travel 280.4 4.9 159.2 444.5 | 0008| (d) Maintenance and repairs 75.8 74.5 5.2 155.5 | 0009| (e) Supplies and materials 141.7 21.4 7.9 80.3 251.3 | 0010| (f) Contractual services 343.0 14.6 728.9 1,086.5 | 0011| (g) Operating costs 455.6 535.8 991.4 | 0012| (h) Other costs .5 365.2 365.7 | 0013| (i) Capital outlay 2.7 54.5 23.0 69.2 149.4 | 0014| (j) Out-of-state travel 20.3 59.0 79.3 | 0015| (k) Other financing uses 3.2 150.2 153.4 | 0016| Authorized FTE: 166.0 Permanent; 65.0 Term; .2 Temporary | 0017| Subtotal 7,957.8 165.0 40.8 5,613.0 13,776.6 | 0018| The general fund appropriation to the state department of public education includes two | 0019| hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) from federal Mineral Lands Leasing Act (30 USCA 181, et | 0020| seq.) receipts. | 0021| Unexpended or unencumbered balances in the state department of public education remaining | 0022| at the end of fiscal year 1998 from appropriations made from the general fund shall not revert. | 0023| (2) Special projects: 2,735.0 2,735.0 | 0024| The state department of public education shall conduct an application and review process | 0025| to determine the specific dollar amounts to be distributed to local school districts or | 0001| individual projects for pilot programs. | 0002| (3) Apprenticeship assistance: 600.0 15.9 615.9 | 0003| (4) Regional education cooperatives: | 0004| (a) Region 9 128.1 1,856.7 1,984.8 | 0005| Authorized FTE: 27.0 Term | 0006| (b) High Plains 1,970.7 1,184.0 3,154.7 | 0007| Authorized FTE: 44.63 Term | 0008| (c) Central 1,324.7 1,278.9 2,603.6 | 0009| Authorized FTE: 34.30 Term | 0010| (d) Northeast 24.9 790.1 815.0 | 0011| Authorized FTE: 2.00 Term | 0012| (e) Northwest 816.5 816.5 | 0013| Authorized FTE: 2.00 Term | 0014| SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS: | 0015| The following special appropriations are made from the general fund to the following | 0016| agencies for expenditure in fiscal year 1998. | 0017| STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION: | 0018| (1) Accountability data system 375.0 375.0 | 0019| (2) Statewide capital outlay needs | 0020| study 400.0 400.0 | 0021| (3) Strategic planning for public | 0022| schools 70.0 70.0 | 0023| (4) Educator background checks 60.0 60.0 | 0024| (5) School to work 100.0 100.0 | 0025| The general fund appropriation of three hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($375,000) | 0001| for the accountability data system is contingent upon the educational technology bureau | 0002| submitting the information systems framework to the legislative finance committee. | 0003| The general fund appropriation of four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) for the | 0004| statewide capital outlay needs study is to enable the public school capital outlay council to | 0005| conduct a comprehensive study of statewide public school capital outlay and infrastructure needs | 0006| and make recommendations to the legislature for an equitable and efficient method by which to | 0007| meet those needs. | 0008| The general fund appropriation of seventy thousand dollars ($70,000) includes one term | 0009| full-time-equivalent position and operating expenses for the state department of public | 0010| education to continue strategic planning for public schools. | 0011| The general fund appropriation of sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) for the criminal | 0012| background check is contingent upon passage of legislation requiring applicants for a New Mexico | 0013| educator license and for all others applying for employment to submit to a background check. | 0014| LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION STUDY COMMITTEE: | 0015| (1) Strategic planning 70.0 70.0 | 0016| COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION: | 0017| (1) Advanced placement 150.0 150.0 | 0018| (2) Student teacher | 0019| scholarships 100.0 100.0 | 0020| Section 5. SEVERABILITY.--If any part or application of this act is held invalid, the | 0021| remainder or its application to other situations or persons shall not be affected. | 0022| Section 6. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public peace, health and safety that this | 0023| act take effect immediately. | 0024| | 0025| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0001| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| March 22, 1997 | 0005| | 0006| Mr. President: | 0007| | 0008| Your FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0009| | 0010| HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE | 0011| FOR HOUSE BILL 3, as amended | 0012| | 0013| has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS. | 0014| | 0015| Respectfully submitted, | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| __________________________________ | 0020| Ben D. Altamirano, Chairman | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| | 0024| Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________ | 0025| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0001| | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| Date ________________________ | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| The roll call vote was 6 For 0 Against | 0008| Yes: 6 | 0009| No: None | 0010| Excused: Carraro, Eisenstadt, Ingle, Lyons, McKibben | 0011| Absent: None | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| H0003FC1 |