0001| | 0002| SENATE BILL 715 | 0003| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0004| INTRODUCED BY | 0005| RICHARD M. ROMERO | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| AN ACT | 0012| RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS; CREATING A STUDENT RETENTION | 0013| OVERSIGHT TASK FORCE; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION. | 0014| | 0015| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0016| Section 1. STUDENT RETENTION OVERSIGHT TASK FORCE-- | 0017| CREATION--TERMINATION.--The "student retention oversight task | 0018| force" is created. The task force shall function from the date | 0019| of its appointment until the first day of December prior to the | 0020| first session of the forty-fourth legislature. | 0021| Section 2. MEMBERSHIP--APPOINTMENT--VACANCIES.-- | 0022| A. The student retention oversight task force shall | 0023| be composed of six legislative members; six public advisory | 0024| members, two of whom shall be graduates of or current students | 0025| at an alternative high school in the state; and one | 0001| representative from the state department of public education. | 0002| B. Three members of the house of representatives | 0003| shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of | 0004| representatives and three members of the senate shall be | 0005| appointed by the committees' committee of the senate or, if the | 0006| senate appointments are made in the interim, by the president | 0007| pro tempore of the senate after consultation with and the | 0008| agreement of a majority of the members of the committees' | 0009| committee. Members shall be appointed from each house so as to | 0010| give the two major political parties in each house the same | 0011| proportional representation on the task force as prevails in | 0012| each house; however, in no event shall either party have less | 0013| than one member from each house on the task force. Vacancies | 0014| on the task force shall be filled by appointment in the same | 0015| manner as the original appointments. | 0016| C. So as to represent the state's ethnic and | 0017| geographic diversity, three public advisory members shall be | 0018| appointed to the task force by the speaker of the house of | 0019| representatives and three public advisory members shall be | 0020| appointed to the task force by the president pro tempore of the | 0021| senate. The public members of the task force shall be paid per | 0022| diem and mileage in accordance with the provisions of the Per | 0023| Diem and Mileage Act plus reimbursement for reasonable actual | 0024| expenses. | 0025| D. The task force shall also include one advisory | 0001| member representing the state department of public education | 0002| appointed by the president of the state board of education. | 0003| E. The speaker of the house of representatives and | 0004| the president pro tempore of the senate shall each designate | 0005| one co-chairman of the task force. | 0006| Section 3. DUTIES.-- | 0007| A. After its appointment, the student retention | 0008| oversight task force shall hold one organizational meeting to | 0009| develop a work plan and budget for the ensuing interim. The | 0010| work plan and budget shall be submitted to the New Mexico | 0011| legislative council for approval. | 0012| B. Upon approval of the work plan and budget by the | 0013| legislative council, the task force shall oversee the | 0014| implementation of the legislative directives relating to the | 0015| student retention, including: | 0016| (1) the reasons that students leave school | 0017| prior to graduation from high school; | 0018| (2) the effectiveness of current student | 0019| retention programs; and | 0020| (3) development of other programs and methods | 0021| to improve the student retention rate. | 0022| C. The task force shall recommend legislation or | 0023| changes if any are found to be necessary to the legislature. | 0024| Section 4. REPORT.--The student retention oversight task | 0025| force shall make a report of its findings and recommendations | 0001| for the consideration of the second session of the forty-third | 0002| legislature and for the first session of the forty-fourth | 0003| legislature. The reports and suggested legislation shall be | 0004| made available to the New Mexico legislative council on or | 0005| before December 15 preceding each session. | 0006| Section 5. STAFF.--The staff for the student retention | 0007| oversight task force shall be provided by the legislative | 0008| council service. | 0009| Section 6. APPROPRIATION.--Twenty thousand dollars | 0010| ($20,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the | 0011| legislature council service for expenditure in fiscal year 1998 | 0012| for the purpose of paying the salaries and expenses of | 0013| technical, legal and clerical staff; for purchasing equipment | 0014| and supplies; and for reimbursing the per diem and mileage | 0015| expenses of the student retention oversight task force members. | 0016| Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of | 0017| fiscal year 1998 shall revert to the general fund. | 0018|  | 0019| | 0020| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0021| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0022| | 0023| | 0024| March 4, 1997 | 0025| | 0001| Mr. President: | 0002| | 0003| Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0004| | 0005| SENATE BILL 715 | 0006| | 0007| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0008| recommendation that it DO NOT PASS, but that | 0009| | 0010| SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR | 0011| SENATE BILL 715 | 0012| | 0013| DO PASS, and thence referred to the FINANCE COMMITTEE. | 0014| | 0015| Respectfully submitted, | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| __________________________________ | 0020| Cynthia Nava, Chairman | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________ | 0024| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0025| | 0001| Date ________________________ | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| The roll call vote was 4 For 2 Against | 0005| Yes: 4 | 0006| No: Lopez, Nava | 0007| Excused: Boitano, Duran, Gorham, Maloof | 0008| Absent: None | 0009| | 0010| S0715ED1 SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR | 0011| | 0012| SENATE BILL 715 | 0013| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| | 0021| AN ACT | 0022| RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS; CREATING A STUDENT ATTENDANCE | 0023| OVERSIGHT TASK FORCE; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION. | 0024| | 0025| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0001| Section 1. STUDENT ATTENDANCE OVERSIGHT TASK FORCE-- | 0002| CREATION--TERMINATION.--The "student attendance oversight task | 0003| force" is created. The task force shall function from the date | 0004| of its appointment until the first day of December prior to the | 0005| second session of the forty-third legislature. | 0006| Section 2. MEMBERSHIP--APPOINTMENT--VACANCIES.-- | 0007| A. The student attendance oversight task force shall | 0008| be composed of six legislative members; six public advisory | 0009| members, two of whom shall be graduates of or current students | 0010| at an alternative high school in the state; and one | 0011| representative from the state department of public education. | 0012| B. Three members of the house of representatives | 0013| shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of | 0014| representatives and three members of the senate shall be | 0015| appointed by the committees' committee of the senate or, if the | 0016| senate appointments are made in the interim, by the president | 0017| pro tempore of the senate after consultation with and the | 0018| agreement of a majority of the members of the committees' | 0019| committee. Members shall be appointed from each house so as to | 0020| give the two major political parties in each house the same | 0021| proportional representation on the task force as prevails in | 0022| each house; however, in no event shall either party have less | 0023| than one member from each house on the task force. Vacancies | 0024| on the task force shall be filled by appointment in the same | 0025| manner as the original appointments. | 0001| C. So as to represent the state's ethnic and | 0002| geographic diversity, three public advisory members shall be | 0003| appointed to the task force by the speaker of the house of | 0004| representatives and three public advisory members shall be | 0005| appointed to the task force by the president pro tempore of the | 0006| senate. The public members of the task force shall be paid per | 0007| diem and mileage in accordance with the provisions of the Per | 0008| Diem and Mileage Act plus reimbursement for reasonable actual | 0009| expenses. | 0010| D. The task force shall also include one advisory | 0011| member representing the state department of public education | 0012| appointed by the president of the state board of education. | 0013| E. The speaker of the house of representatives and the | 0014| president pro tempore of the senate shall each designate one co- | 0015| chairman of the task force. | 0016| Section 3. DUTIES.-- | 0017| A. After its appointment, the student attendance | 0018| oversight task force shall hold one organizational meeting to | 0019| develop a work plan and budget for the ensuing interim. The work | 0020| plan and budget shall be submitted to the New Mexico legislative | 0021| council for approval. | 0022| B. Upon approval of the work plan and budget by the | 0023| legislative council, the task force shall oversee the | 0024| implementation of the legislative directives relating to the | 0025| student attendance and graduation, including development of a | 0001| method to allocate the funds which each school district receives | 0002| under the state equalization guarantee to create incentives to | 0003| improve the student attendance and graduation rate. | 0004| C. The task force shall recommend legislation or changes | 0005| if any are found to be necessary to the legislature. | 0006| Section 4. REPORT.--The student attendance oversight task | 0007| force shall make a report of its findings and recommendations for | 0008| the consideration of the second session of the forty-third | 0009| legislature. The reports and suggested legislation shall be made | 0010| available to the New Mexico legislative council on or before | 0011| November 1 preceding the session. | 0012| Section 5. STAFF.--The staff for the student attendance | 0013| oversight task force shall be provided by the legislative council | 0014| service. | 0015| Section 6. APPROPRIATION.--twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) | 0016| is appropriated from the general fund to the legislative council | 0017| service for expenditure in fiscal year 1998 for the purpose of | 0018| paying the salaries and expenses of technical, legal and clerical | 0019| staff; for purchasing equipment and supplies; and for reimbursing | 0020| the per diem and mileage expenses of the student attendance | 0021| oversight task force members. Any unexpended or unencumbered | 0022| balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 1998 shall revert to | 0023| the general fund. | 0024|  | 0025| | 0001| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0002| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| March 8, 1997 | 0006| | 0007| Mr. President: | 0008| | 0009| Your FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0010| | 0011| SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR | 0012| SENATE BILL 715 | 0013| | 0014| has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation | 0015| that it DO PASS, amended as follows: | 0016| | 0017| 1. On page 1, line 12 strike "; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION". | 0018| | 0019| 2. On page 4, strike lines 4 through 12, Section 6 in its | 0020| entirety. | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| Respectfully submitted, | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| __________________________________ | 0003| Ben D. Altamirano, Chairman | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________ | 0008| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| Date ________________________ | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| The roll call vote was 6 For 0 Against | 0015| Yes: 6 | 0016| No: None | 0017| Excused: Aragon, Carraro, Eisenstadt, Ingle, McKibben | 0018| Absent: None | 0019| | 0020| | 0021| S0715FC1 | 0022| | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0001| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| March 8, 1997 | 0005| | 0006| Mr. President: | 0007| | 0008| Your FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0009| | 0010| SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR | 0011| SENATE BILL 715 | 0012| | 0013| has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation | 0014| that it DO PASS, amended as follows: | 0015| | 0016| 1. On page 1, line 12, strike "; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION". | 0017| | 0018| 2. On page 4, strike lines 4 through 12, Section 6 in its | 0019| entirety. | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| Respectfully submitted, | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| __________________________________ | 0002| Ben D. Altamirano, Chairman | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________ | 0007| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| Date ________________________ | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| The roll call vote was 6 For 0 Against | 0014| Yes: 6 | 0015| No: None | 0016| Excused: Aragon, Carraro, Eisenstadt, Ingle, McKibben | 0017| Absent: None | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| S0715FC1 | 0021| | 0022| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0023| FIRST SESSION | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| March 11, 1997 | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENT number _______ to | 0005| S | 0006| E | 0007| N | 0008| A | 0009| T | 0010| E | 0011| E | 0012| D | 0013| U | 0014| C | 0015| A | 0016| T | 0017| I | 0018| O | 0019| N | 0020| C | 0021| O | 0022| M | 0023| M | 0024| I | 0025| T | 0001| T | 0002| E | 0003| E | 0004| S | 0005| U | 0006| B | 0007| S | 0008| T | 0009| I | 0010| T | 0011| U | 0012| T | 0013| E | 0014| F | 0015| O | 0016| R | 0017| S | 0018| E | 0019| N | 0020| A | 0021| T | 0022| E | 0023| B | 0024| I | 0025| L | 0001| L | 0002| 7 | 0003| 1 | 0004| 5 | 0005| , | 0006| a | 0007| s | 0008| a | 0009| m | 0010| e | 0011| n | 0012| d | 0013| e | 0014| d | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| Amendment sponsored by Senator Richard M. Romero | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| 1. On page 2, line 16, strike "three" and insert in lieu | 0021| thereof "six". | 0022| | 0023| 2. On page 2, lines 17 through 20, strike "to the task force | 0024| by the speaker of the house of representatives and three public | 0025| advisory members shall be appointed to the task force by the | 0001| president pro tempore of the senate" and insert in lieu thereof "by | 0002| the governor". | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| __________________________ | 0010| Richard M. Romero | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| Adopted ___________________ Not Adopted _______________________ | 0015| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| Date _________________ | 0019| | 0020| State of New Mexico | 0021| House of Representatives | 0022| | 0023| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0024| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| March 17, 1997 | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| Mr. Speaker: | 0006| | 0007| Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0008| | 0009| SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR | 0010| SENATE BILL 715, as amended | 0011| | 0012| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0013| recommendation that it DO PASS. | 0014| | 0015| Respectfully submitted, | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| Samuel F. Vigil, Chairman | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| Adopted Not Adopted | 0024| (Chief Clerk) | 0025| (Chief Clerk) | 0001| | 0002| Date | 0003| | 0004| The roll call vote was 8 For 0 Against | 0005| Yes: 8 | 0006| Excused: Beam, Miera, Nicely, Trujillo, S.M. Williams | 0007| Absent: None | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\S0715 |