0001|                            HOUSE BILL 83
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0002|     43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                              RICK MIERA
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0008|            FOR THE LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION STUDY COMMITTEE
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0009|     
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO EDUCATION; AUTHORIZING TUITION WAIVERS AT POST-
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0012|     SECONDARY STATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS FOR CERTAIN CLASSROOM
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0013|     TEACHERS.
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0014|     
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0015|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016|          Section 1.  PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS--TUITION WAIVER
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0017|     AUTHORIZED--CERTAIN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.--The board of
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0018|     regents of the university of New Mexico, New Mexico state
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0019|     university, New Mexico institute of mining and technology,
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0020|     western New Mexico university, eastern New Mexico university
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0021|     and New Mexico highlands university shall waive tuition charges
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0022|     for up to three credit hours per academic year for each
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0023|     classroom teacher employed full time by a New Mexico public
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0024|     school district.  The three credit hours shall be for courses
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0025|     that are consistent with the teacher's professional development
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0001|     plan as approved by the local school board.
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0004|                        State of New Mexico
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0005|                      House of Representatives
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0006|   
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0007|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0008|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0011|                                                February 7, 1997
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0014|   Mr. Speaker:
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0016|        Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0017|   
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0018|                        HOUSE BILL 83
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0019|   
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0020|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0021|   recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0022|   
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0023|        1.   On page 2, line 1, after the period insert:
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0024|   
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0025|        "In determining budget and revenue calculations, the
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0001|   commission on higher education shall not take credit for tuition
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0002|   money a university does not receive as a result of a public
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0003|   school tuition waiver.",
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0004|   
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0005|   and thence referred to the APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE
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0006|   COMMITTEE.
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0008|                                 Respectfully submitted,
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<u></u>0014| <u>                                </u>                             Samuel F. Vigil, Chairman
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0017|   Adopted <u>                    </u>     Not Adopted <u>                    
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<u></u>0018| <u>   </u>
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0019|             (Chief Clerk)                       (Chief Clerk)
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0021|                        Date <u>            </u>
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0022|   
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0023|   The roll call vote was<u> 11 </u> For<u> 0 </u> Against
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0024|   Yes:      11
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0025|             Excused:  McSherry, Nicely
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0001|             Absent:   None
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0004|   .115892.1
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0005|   G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H0083
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