0001| HOUSE BILL 317 | 0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| DELORES C. WRIGHT | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| RELATING TO EDUCATION; AUTHORIZING ADDITIONAL PROGRAM UNITS FOR | 0012| SCHOOL DISTRICTS OPERATING MULTITRACK YEAR-ROUND SCHOOLS; | 0013| MAKING AN APPROPRIATION. | 0014| | 0015| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0016| Section 1. Section 22-8-2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1978, | 0017| Chapter 128, Section 3, as amended) is amended to read: | 0018| "22-8-2. DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Public School | 0019| Finance Act: | 0020| A. "ADM" or "MEM" means membership; | 0021| B. "membership" means the total enrollment of | 0022| qualified students on the current roll of a class or school on | 0023| a specified day. The current roll is established by the | 0024| addition of original entries and reentries minus withdrawals. | 0025| Withdrawals of students, in addition to students formally | 0001| withdrawn from the public school, ~~[includes]~~ include | 0002| students absent from the public school for as many as ten | 0003| consecutive school days; | 0004| C. "basic program ADM" or "basic program MEM" means | 0005| the MEM of qualified students but excludes the full-time- | 0006| equivalent MEM in early childhood education and three- and | 0007| four-year old students receiving special education services; | 0008| D. "cost differential factor" is the numerical | 0009| expression of the ratio of the cost of a particular segment of | 0010| the school program to the cost of the basic program in grades | 0011| four through six; | 0012| E. "department" or "division" means the state | 0013| department of public education; | 0014| F. "early childhood education ADM" or "early | 0015| childhood education MEM" means the full-time-equivalent MEM of | 0016| students attending approved early childhood education programs; | 0017| G. "full-time-equivalent ADM" or "full-time- | 0018| equivalent MEM" is that membership calculated by applying to | 0019| the MEM in an approved public school program the ratio of the | 0020| number of hours per school day devoted to the program to six | 0021| hours or the number of hours per school week devoted to the | 0022| program to thirty hours; | 0023| H. "operating budget" means the annual financial | 0024| plan required to be submitted by a local school board; | 0025| I. "program cost" is the product of the total | 0001| number of program units to which a school district is entitled | 0002| multiplied by the dollar value per program unit established by | 0003| the legislature; | 0004| J. "program element" is that component of a public | 0005| school system to which a cost differential factor is applied to | 0006| determine the number of program units to which a school | 0007| district is entitled, including but not limited to MEM, full- | 0008| time-equivalent MEM, teacher, classroom or public school; | 0009| K. "program unit" is the product of the program | 0010| element multiplied by the applicable cost differential factor; | 0011| L. "public money" or "public funds" means all money | 0012| from public or private sources received by a local school board | 0013| or officer or employee of a local school board for public use; | 0014| M. "qualified student" means a public school | 0015| student who: | 0016| (1) has not graduated from high school; | 0017| (2) is regularly enrolled in one-half or more | 0018| of the minimum course requirements approved by the state board | 0019| for public school students; and | 0020| (3) is at least five years of age prior to | 0021| 12:01 a.m. on September 1 of the school year; or | 0022| (4) is at least three years of age at any time | 0023| during the school year and is receiving special education | 0024| services pursuant to regulation of the state board; or | 0025| (5) has not reached his twenty-second birthday | 0001| on the first day of the school year and is receiving special | 0002| education services pursuant to regulation of the state board; | 0003| ~~[and]~~ | 0004| N. "state superintendent" means the superintendent | 0005| of public instruction or his designee; and | 0006| O. "multitrack year-round school" means a school | 0007| that a school district demonstrates has satisfied the following | 0008| criteria: | 0009| (1) the students are divided into three or | 0010| more groups or tracks that rotate attendance the majority of | 0011| the school days during the school year and at least one group | 0012| or track is not in attendance at the school while all other | 0013| groups or tracks are in attendance; and | 0014| (2) the operation of the school on a | 0015| multitrack year-round calendar has increased the enrollment | 0016| capacity of the school." | 0017| Section 2. Section 22-8-18 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1974, | 0018| Chapter 8, Section 8, as amended) is amended to read: | 0019| "22-8-18. PROGRAM COST CALCULATION--LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD | 0020| RESPONSIBILITY.-- | 0021| A. The total program units for the purpose of | 0022| computing the program cost shall be calculated by multiplying | 0023| the sum of the program units itemized as Paragraphs (1) through | 0024| (4) in this subsection by the instruction staff training and | 0025| experience index and adding the program units itemized as | 0001| Paragraphs (5) through ~~[(7)]~~ (8) in this subsection. The | 0002| itemized program units are as follows: | 0003| (1) early childhood education; | 0004| (2) basic education; | 0005| (3) special education, adjusted by subtracting | 0006| the units derived from class D special education MEM in | 0007| private, nonsectarian, nonprofit training centers; | 0008| (4) bilingual multicultural education; | 0009| (5) size adjustment; | 0010| (6) multitrack year-round school; | 0011| ~~[(6)]~~ (7) enrollment growth or new | 0012| district adjustment; and | 0013| ~~[(7)]~~ (8) special education units derived | 0014| from class D special education MEM in private, nonsectarian, | 0015| nonprofit training centers. | 0016| B. The total program cost calculated as prescribed | 0017| in Subsection A of this section includes the cost of early | 0018| childhood, special, bilingual multicultural and vocational | 0019| education and other remedial or enrichment programs. It is the | 0020| responsibility of the local school board to determine its | 0021| priorities in terms of the needs of the community served by | 0022| that board. Funds generated under the Public School Finance | 0023| Act are discretionary to local school boards, provided that the | 0024| special program needs as enumerated in this section are met." | 0025| Section 3. A new section of the Public School Finance Act | 0001| is enacted to read: | 0002| "[NEW MATERIAL] MULTITRACK YEAR-ROUND SCHOOL UNITS.-- | 0003| A. A school district that is operating a multitrack | 0004| year-round school is eligible for additional program units. | 0005| The number of additional program units to which a district is | 0006| entitled pursuant to this section is computed in the following | 0007| manner: | 0008| multitrack school MEM X .05 = units. | 0009| B. For the purposes of this section, "multitrack | 0010| school MEM" means the total membership of students enrolled in | 0011| a multitrack year-round school." | 0012| Section 4. APPROPRIATION.-- Four hundred fifty thousand | 0013| dollars ($450,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the | 0014| public school fund in fiscal year 1998 for distribution through | 0015| the state equalization guarantee distribution for expenditure | 0016| to school districts with approved multitrack year-round | 0017| schools. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at | 0018| the end of fiscal year 1998 shall revert to the general fund. | 0019| | 0020| State of New Mexico | 0021| House of Representatives | 0022| | 0023| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0024| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| February 21, 1997 | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| Mr. Speaker: | 0006| | 0007| Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0008| | 0009| HOUSE BILL 317 | 0010| | 0011| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0012| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows: | 0013| | 0014| 1. On page 1, line 12, after "OPERATING", strike | 0015| "MULTITRACK YEAR-ROUND SCHOOLS" and insert in lieu thereof | 0016| "SCHOOLS ON VARIABLE SCHOOL CALENDARS". | 0017| | 0018| 2. On page 4, strike lines 6 through 16 and insert: | 0019| | 0020| "O. "variable school calendar school" means a school | 0021| that operates on a calendar for school or school district | 0022| operations extending over a ten-, eleven- or twelve-month period | 0023| or portions thereof in excess of nine months that permits | 0024| attendance on a staggered schedule to achieve optimum and maximum | 0025| use of school facilities and personnel."". | 0001| | 0002| 3. On page 5, line 10, strike "multitrack year-round" and | 0003| insert in lieu thereof "variable school calendar". | 0004| | 0005| 4. On page 6, line 2, strike "MULTITRACK YEAR-ROUND" and | 0006| insert in lieu thereof "VARIABLE SCHOOL CALENDAR". | 0007| | 0008| 5. On page 6, lines 3 and 4, strike "multitrack year-round" | 0009| and insert in lieu thereof "variable school calendar". | 0010| 6. On page 6, line 8, strike "multitrack" and insert in | 0011| lieu thereof "variable school calendar". | 0012| | 0013| 7. On page 6, line 9, strike "multitrack" and insert in | 0014| lieu thereof "variable school calendar". | 0015| | 0016| 8. On page 6, line 11, strike "multitrack year-round" and | 0017| insert in lieu thereof "variable school calendar". | 0018| | 0019| 9. On page 6, line 16, strike "multitrack year-round" and | 0020| insert in lieu thereof "variable school calendar"., | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| | 0024| and thence referred to the APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE | 0025| COMMITTEE. | 0001| | 0002| Respectfully submitted, | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| Samuel F. Vigil, Chairman | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| Adopted Not Adopted | 0012| | 0013| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0014| | 0015| Date | 0016| | 0017| The roll call vote was 9 For 0 Against | 0018| Yes: 9 | 0019| Excused: Nicely, Trujillo, Weeks, S.M. Williams | 0020| Absent: None | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| .115577.1 | 0024| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H0317 |