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