0001| HOUSE BILL 679 | 0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| FRED LUNA | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS; AMENDING THE CALCULATION OF | 0012| TRANSPORTATION ALLOCATIONS; CHANGING THE CALCULATION OF MILES | 0013| TRAVELED PER STUDENT TRANSPORTED. | 0014| | 0015| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0016| Section 1. Section 22-8-29.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1995, | 0017| Chapter 208, Section 10) is amended to read: | 0018| "22-8-29.1. CALCULATION OF TRANSPORTATION ALLOCATION.-- | 0019| A. The department ~~[of education]~~ shall calculate | 0020| the transportation allocation for each school district in the | 0021| following manner: | 0022| (1) group ~~[local]~~ school districts on the | 0023| basis of the average square miles served per student | 0024| transported in the prior year; | 0025| (2) in each group, calculate the prior year's | 0001| average operational expenditure per student transported in each | 0002| district; | 0003| (3) calculate the average for the group by | 0004| taking the total prior year's expenditure for the group and | 0005| dividing it by the number of students in the group; | 0006| (4) multiply the group average operational | 0007| expenditure per student by the number of students transported | 0008| on the fortieth day of the current year. Designate the product | 0009| "A"; | 0010| (5) add "A" to the mileage supplement. The | 0011| sum of "A" and the mileage supplement is "B"; | 0012| (6) for the 1995-96 and the 1996-97 school | 0013| years, "B" shall not be less than ninety-five percent or more | 0014| than one hundred fifteen percent of the district's previous | 0015| year's operational allocation, provided that if "B" is less | 0016| than ninety-five percent, "B" is deemed to equal ninety-five | 0017| percent and if "B" is greater than one hundred fifteen percent, | 0018| "B" is deemed equal to one hundred fifteen percent. Calculate | 0019| "B" accordingly; and | 0020| (7) multiply "B" by the transportation | 0021| distribution adjustment factor and maintain that "B" shall not | 0022| be less than ninety-five percent or more than one hundred | 0023| fifteen percent of the district's previous year's operational | 0024| allocation. | 0025| B. For the 1997-98, 1998-99 and 1999-2000 school | 0001| years, the transportation allocation for each school district | 0002| shall not be less than ninety-five percent or more than one | 0003| hundred fifteen percent of the 1996-97 school year's | 0004| transportation allocation. | 0005| C. For districts transporting ~~[less]~~ fewer than | 0006| seventy-five students, the department ~~[of education]~~ may | 0007| ~~[utilize]~~ use alternative calculation methods to determine | 0008| the transportation allocation pursuant to regulation of the | 0009| state board." | 0010| Section 2. Section 22-8-29.2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1995, | 0011| Chapter 208, Section 11) is amended to read: | 0012| "22-8-29.2. GROUPING OF DISTRICTS--CALCULATION OF | 0013| ~~[AVERAGE SQUARE]~~ NUMBER OF MILES ~~[SERVED]~~ TRAVELED PER | 0014| STUDENT TRANSPORTED.-- | 0015| A. The department ~~[of education]~~ shall group | 0016| school districts into not more than twelve groups. Groupings | 0017| shall be made on the basis of the ~~[average square]~~ number | 0018| of miles ~~[served]~~ traveled per student transported in the | 0019| district in the ~~[prior]~~ current year on the fortieth day of | 0020| school; provided, districts transporting ~~[less]~~ fewer than | 0021| seventy-five students may be excluded from the groupings | 0022| regardless of the ~~[average square]~~ miles per student | 0023| transported. | 0024| B. The ~~[average square]~~ number of miles | 0025| ~~[served]~~ traveled per student transported shall be | 0001| calculated by dividing the total ~~[square]~~ mileage ~~[served]~~ | 0002| traveled by the district by the total number of students | 0003| transported on the fortieth day of school in the following | 0004| manner: | 0005| "~~[average square]~~ miles per student transported = total | 0006| ~~[square]~~ miles ~~[served]~~ traveled by the district ö the | 0007| total students transported ~~[in the prior year]~~ on the | 0008| fortieth day of school"." | 0009| - 4 - | 0010| State of New Mexico | 0011| House of Representatives | 0012| | 0013| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0014| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| February 26, 1997 | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| Mr. Speaker: | 0021| | 0022| Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0023| | 0024| HOUSE BILL 679 | 0025| | 0001| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0002| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows: | 0003| | 0004| 1. On page 1, line 23, strike "average square miles served | 0005| per student" and insert in lieu thereof "number of miles traveled | 0006| per student". | 0007| | 0008| 2. On page 2, strike line 25 in its entirety and on page 3, | 0009| strike lines 1 through 4 in their entirety. | 0010| | 0011| 3. Reletter the following subsection accordingly. | 0012| | 0013| 4. On page 3, line 25, before "the district" insert | 0014| "students in". | 0015| | 0016| 5. On page 4, line 4, before "the district" insert | 0017| "students in"., | 0018| | 0019| and thence referred to the APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE | 0020| COMMITTEE. | 0021| | 0022| Respectfully submitted, | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| | 0003| Samuel F. Vigil, Chairman | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| Adopted Not Adopted | 0007| | 0008| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0009| | 0010| Date | 0011| | 0012| The roll call vote was 9 For 0 Against | 0013| Yes: 9 | 0014| Excused: Miera, Nicely, Weeks, Wright | 0015| Absent: None | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| .116552.1 | 0019| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H0679 State of New Mexico | 0020| House of Representatives | 0021| | 0022| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0023| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| March 1, 1997 | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| Mr. Speaker: | 0005| | 0006| Your APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, to | 0007| whom has been referred | 0008| | 0009| HOUSE BILL 679, as amended | 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 2, line 12, strike "1995-96 and the". | 0015| | 0016| Respectfully submitted, | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| Max Coll, Chairman | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| Adopted Not Adopted | 0001| | 0002| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0003| | 0004| Date | 0005| | 0006| The roll call vote was 8 For 2 Against | 0007| Yes: 8 | 0008| No: Abeyta, Townsend | 0009| Excused: Bird, Buffett, Garcia,M.H., Knowles, Marquardt, | 0010| Salazar, Watchman | 0011| Absent: None | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H0679 | 0016| | 0017| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0018| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0019| | 0020| | 0021| March 15, 1997 | 0022| | 0023| Mr. President: | 0024| | 0025| Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0001| | 0002| HOUSE BILL 679, as amended | 0003| | 0004| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0005| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the | 0006| FINANCE COMMITTEE. | 0007| | 0008| Respectfully submitted, | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| __________________________________ | 0014| Cynthia Nava, Chairman | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| Adopted_______________________ Not | 0019| Adopted_______________________ | 0020| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| Date ________________________ | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| The roll call vote was 4 For 3 Against | 0002| Yes: 4 | 0003| No: Nava, Rawson, Rodriguez, | 0004| Excused: Boitano, Duran, Gorham | 0005| Absent: None | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| H0679ED1 | 0009| |