0001| HOUSE BILL 217
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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| W. C. "DUB" WILLIAMS
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0008| FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING FORMULA TASK FORCE
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0009|
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0010| AN ACT
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0011| RELATING TO EDUCATION; AMENDING AND ENACTING CERTAIN SECTIONS
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0012| OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL FINANCE ACT TO AUTHORIZE ADDITIONAL
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0013| PROGRAM UNITS FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS EMPLOYING CERTAIN NATIONAL
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0014| BOARD CERTIFIED INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF.
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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 22-8-18 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1974,
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0018| Chapter 8, Section 8, as amended) is amended to read:
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0019| "22-8-18. PROGRAM COST CALCULATION--LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD
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0020| RESPONSIBILITY.--
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0021| A. The total program units for the purpose of
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0022| computing the program cost shall be calculated by multiplying
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0023| the sum of the program units itemized as Paragraphs (1) through
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0024| (4) in this subsection by the instruction staff training and
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0025| experience index and adding the program units itemized as
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0001| Paragraphs (5) through [(7)] (8) in this subsection. The
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0002| itemized program units are as follows:
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0003| (1) early childhood education;
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0004| (2) basic education;
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0005| (3) special education, adjusted by subtracting
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0006| the units derived from class D special education MEM in
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0007| private, nonsectarian, nonprofit training centers;
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0008| (4) bilingual multicultural education;
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0009| (5) size adjustment;
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0010| (6) national board certified teacher program
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0011| units;
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0012| [(6)] (7) enrollment growth or new district
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0013| adjustment; and
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0014| [(7)] (8) special education units derived
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0015| from class D special education MEM in private, nonsectarian,
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0016| nonprofit training centers.
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0017| B. The total program cost calculated as prescribed
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0018| in Subsection A of this section includes the cost of early
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0019| childhood, special, bilingual multicultural and vocational
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0020| education and other remedial or enrichment programs. It is the
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0021| responsibility of the local school board to determine its
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0022| priorities in terms of the needs of the community served by
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0023| that board. Funds generated under the Public School Finance
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0024| Act are discretionary to local school boards, provided that the
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0025| special program needs as enumerated in this section are met."
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0002| Section 2. A new section of the Public School Finance
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0003| Act, Section 22-8-23.3 NMSA 1978, is enacted to read:
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0004| "22-8-23.3. [NEW MATERIAL] NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED
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0005| INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF--PROGRAM UNITS.--A school district
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0006| employing instructional staff who are certified by the national
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0007| board for professional teaching standards is eligible for
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0008| additional program units. The number of additional program
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0009| units to which an eligible district is entitled under this
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0010| section is as follows:
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0011| (Number of Full-Time-Equivalent National Board
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0012| Certified Instructional Staff x 4) = Units
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0013| where "instructional staff" means the personnel assigned to the
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0014| instructional program of the school district, excluding
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0015| principals, substitute teachers, instructional aides,
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0016| secretaries and clerks."
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0017| Section 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
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0018| provisions of this act is July 1, 1997.
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