0001| SENATE BILL 997
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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| RICHARD M. ROMERO
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0010| AN ACT
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0011| RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS; CREATING A FRAMEWORK FOR PUBLIC
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0012| SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY; AMENDING SECTION 22-1-6 NMSA 1978 (BEING
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0013| LAWS 1989, CHAPTER 308, SECTION 1, AS AMENDED); MAKING AN
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0014| APPROPRIATION.
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0015|
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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 22-1-6 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1989,
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0018| Chapter 308, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:
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0019| "22-1-6. ANNUAL SCHOOL DISTRICT ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT
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0020| REQUIRED.--
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0021| A. [Each] School [district] districts shall be
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0022| required to publish an annual school district accountability
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0023| report to provide district-wide data for the previous school
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0024| year. The state board shall establish the format for the
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0025| accountability reports and ensure that the relevant data is
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0001| provided to parents, students, educators, policymakers,
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0002| legislators and business and economic development
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0003| organizations. [The school district shall send to the state
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superintendent the required data with the year-end reports
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prior to August 15 each year. The state superintendent shall
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compile the district reports data and send a draft compilation
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report to the districts by October 15 each year and send a
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final compilation state report to the governor and legislature
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prior to November 15 each year] The department of education
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0010| shall establish the following five indices through which public
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0011| school performance shall be measured:
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0012| (1) student achievement as measured by a
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0013| nationally norm-referenced test approved by the state board or
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0014| through a performance-based instrument to measure proficiency;
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0015| (2) school safety;
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0016| (3) the drop-out rate;
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0017| (4) attendance; and
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0018| (5) parent and community involvement.
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0019| The department of education shall establish the
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0020| methodology for measuring each of the five indices.
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0021| B. [The accountability report shall include a brief
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statement of the mission of the local school board, enrollment
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statistics, total expenditures per pupil for the school year,
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administrative expenditures per student for the school year,
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the average teacher salary, a summary of student scores on all
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state-mandated tests and college entrance exam scores,
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including the norm base year; the number of New Mexico scholars
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eligible for and receiving scholarships; the percentage of the
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graduating high school class applying for entrance into a four-
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year post-secondary institution; the percentage of seniors
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beginning the year who graduate; the percentage of ninth
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graders, plus any newcomers entering during grades nine through
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twelve, who graduate; the percentage of full-time-equivalent
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students participating in bilingual programs, chapter I
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programs, special education programs and other federally funded
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programs, with the percentage of the district budget
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attributable to each program; the percentage of the district
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budget utilized to employ certified teachers, administrators,
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support personnel and non-certified classified personnel; the
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number of students enrolled in advanced placement courses; a
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concise annual budget report, including revenue and expense
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data; budget funding sources; the student drop-out rate;
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continual student progress follow-up study; a statement of
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school district goals for the upcoming year; an invitation to
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all citizens to participate in school planning and school
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activities; and other data and information that clearly
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communicates the activities and progress of the school district
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to the residents of that school district. The published
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accountability report shall compare district, state and
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national data whenever appropriate and shall include the rank
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of the school district among all of the school districts in the
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state, for all state-mandated tests and college exam scores,
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graduation percentages, drop-out rate, per-student
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administration expenditure, total per-student expenditure and
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average teacher salary data. The published report shall use
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tables and graphs to better communicate complex information
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and, using the ranking data, shall include a graphic
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representation of the school district's progress over the
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preceding three years] School districts shall set one-,
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0010| three- and five-year benchmarks in each of the five indices for
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0011| each public school. Local school boards may establish
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0012| additional indices, if reviewed by the department of education,
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0013| through which to measure the school district's performance in
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0014| other areas.
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0015| C. The annual accountability report shall also
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0016| include the results of a survey of parents' views of the
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0017| quality of their children's school. The survey shall be
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0018| conducted each year in time to include the results in the
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0019| annual accountability report. The survey shall compile the
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0020| results of a written questionnaire that shall be sent home with
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0021| the students to be given to their parents. The survey may be
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0022| completed anonymously. The survey shall be no more than one
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0023| page, shall be clearly and concisely written and shall include
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0024| not more than twenty questions that shall be answered with
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0025| options of a simple sliding scale ranging from "strongly agree"
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0001| to "strongly disagree" and shall include the optional response
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0002| "don't know". The survey shall also include a request for
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0003| optional written comments, which may be written on the back of
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0004| the questionnaire form. The questionnaire shall include
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0005| questions in the following areas:
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0006| (1) parent-teacher-school relationship and
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0007| communication;
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0008| (2) quality of educational and extracurricular
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0009| programs;
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0010| (3) instructional practices and techniques;
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0011| (4) resources;
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0012| (5) school personnel, including the school
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0013| principal; and
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0014| (6) parents' view of teaching staff
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0015| expectations for the students.
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0016| The state board shall develop no more than ten of the
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0017| questions [which shall be reviewed by the legislative
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education study committee prior to implementation]. No more
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0019| than five questions shall be developed by the local school
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0020| board and no more than five questions shall be developed by the
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0021| staffs of each individual school site, provided that at least
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0022| half of those questions are developed by teachers rather than
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0023| administrators, in order to gather information that is specific
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0024| to the particular community surveyed. The questionnaires shall
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0025| indicate the public school site and shall be tabulated by the
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0001| department of education within thirty days of receipt.
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0002| D. The annual accountability report for each school
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0003| district shall be adopted by the local school board and shall
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0004| be published no later than November 15 of each year and shall
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0005| be published at least once each school year in a newspaper of
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0006| general circulation in the county where the school district
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0007| is located. In publication, the report shall be titled "the
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0008| school district report card".
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0009| E. The department of education shall create an
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0010| accountability data system through which data from each public
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0011| school and each school district may be compiled and reviewed.
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0012| The department of education shall provide the resources to
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0013| train school district personnel in the use of the
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0014| accountability data system.
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0015| F. The department of education shall verify data
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0016| submitted by the school districts.
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0017| G. The department of education shall provide
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0018| adequate support staff to execute the requirements of this
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0019| section.
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0020| H. The state board shall establish different levels
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0021| of accreditation through which the performance of every public
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0022| school in New Mexico shall be measured. Public schools
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0023| achieving the highest level of accreditation shall be eligible
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0024| for supplemental incentive funding. The state board shall
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0025| establish the corrective actions and interventions necessary
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0001| for public schools whose accreditation level is low."
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0002| Section 2. APPROPRIATION.--Five hundred thousand dollars
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0003| ($500,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the state
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0004| department of public education for expenditure in fiscal years
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0005| 1998 and 1999 for the purpose of funding the cost of
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0006| accountability reports. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance
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0007| remaining at the end of fiscal year 1999 shall revert to the
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0008| general fund.
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0009| Section 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
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0010| provisions of this act is July 1, 1998.
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0012|
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0013| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0014| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0016|
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0017| March 4, 1997
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0018|
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0019| Mr. President:
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0020|
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0021| Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0022|
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0023| SENATE BILL 997
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0024|
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0025| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0001| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the
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0002| FINANCE COMMITTEE.
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0003|
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0004| Respectfully submitted,
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0009| __________________________________
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0010| Cynthia Nava, Chairman
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0014| Adopted_______________________ Not
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0015| Adopted_______________________
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0016| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0018|
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0019| Date ________________________
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0020|
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0021|
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0022| The roll call vote was 6 For 0 Against
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0023| Yes: 6
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0024| No: 0
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0025| Excused: Boitano, Duran, Gorham, Maloof
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0001| Absent: None
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0003|
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0004| S0997ED1
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0008| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0009| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0011|
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0012| March 8, 1997
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0013|
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0014| Mr. President:
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0015|
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0016| Your FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0017|
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0018| SENATE BILL 997
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0019|
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0020| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0021| recommendation that it DO NOT PASS, but that
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0022|
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0023| SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
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0024| SENATE BILL 997
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0025|
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0001| DO PASS.
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0002| Respectfully submitted,
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0006| __________________________________
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0007| Ben D. Altamirano, Chairman
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0008|
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0009|
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0010| Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0011| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0012|
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0014| Date ________________________
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0016|
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0017| The roll call vote was 6 For 0 Against
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0018| Yes: 6
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0019| No: None
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0020| Excused: Aragon, Altamirano, Carraro, Lyons, McKibben
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0021| Absent: None
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0022|
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0023|
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0024| S0997FC1
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0025| SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
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0001| SENATE BILL 997
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0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003|
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0004|
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0005|
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0006|
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0007|
|
0008|
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0009|
|
0010| AN ACT
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0011| RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS; CREATING A FRAMEWORK FOR PUBLIC
|
0012| SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY; AMENDING SECTION 22-1-6 NMSA 1978 (BEING
|
0013| LAWS 1989, CHAPTER 308, SECTION 1, AS AMENDED).
|
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. Section 22-1-6 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1989,
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0017| Chapter 308, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:
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0018| "22-1-6. ANNUAL SCHOOL DISTRICT ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT
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0019| REQUIRED.--
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0020| A. [Each] School [district] districts shall be
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0021| required to publish an annual school district accountability
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0022| report to provide district-wide data for the previous school
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0023| year. The state board shall establish the format for the
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0024| accountability reports and ensure that the relevant data is
|
0025| provided annually to parents, students, educators,
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0001| policymakers, legislators, the governor and business and
|
0002| economic development organizations. [The school district
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shall send to the state superintendent the required data with
|
the year-end reports prior to August 15 each year. The state
|
superintendent shall compile the district reports data and send
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a draft compilation report to the districts by October 15 each
|
year and send a final compilation state report to the governor
|
and legislature prior to November 15 each year] The
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0009| department of education shall establish the following five
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0010| indices through which public school performance shall be
|
0011| measured and reported to school districts:
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0012| (1) student achievement as measured by a
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0013| nationally norm-referenced test approved by the department of
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0014| education or through a performance-based instrument to measure
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0015| proficiency;
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0016| (2) school safety;
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0017| (3) the drop-out rate;
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0018| (4) attendance; and
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0019| (5) parent and community involvement.
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0020| The department of education shall establish the
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0021| methodology for measuring each of the five indices.
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0022| B. [The accountability report shall include a brief
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statement of the mission of the local school board, enrollment
|
statistics, total expenditures per pupil for the school year,
|
administrative expenditures per student for the school year,
|
the average teacher salary, a summary of student scores on all
|
state-mandated tests and college entrance exam scores,
|
including the norm base year; the number of New Mexico scholars
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eligible for and receiving scholarships; the percentage of the
|
graduating high school class applying for entrance into a four-
|
year post-secondary institution; the percentage of seniors
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beginning the year who graduate; the percentage of ninth graders,
|
plus any newcomers entering during grades nine through twelve, who
|
graduate; the percentage of full-time-equivalent students
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participating in bilingual programs, chapter I programs, special
|
education programs and other federally funded programs, with the
|
percentage of the district budget attributable to each program;
|
the percentage of the district budget utilized to employ certified
|
teachers, administrators, support personnel and non-certified
|
classified personnel; the number of students enrolled in advanced
|
placement courses; a concise annual budget report, including
|
revenue and expense data; budget funding sources; the student
|
drop-out rate; continual student progress follow-up study; a
|
statement of school district goals for the upcoming year; an
|
invitation to all citizens to participate in school planning and
|
school activities; and other data and information that clearly
|
communicates the activities and progress of the school district to
|
the residents of that school district. The published
|
accountability report shall compare district, state and national
|
data whenever appropriate and shall include the rank of the school
|
district among all of the school districts in the state, for all
|
state-mandated tests and college exam scores, graduation
|
percentages, drop-out rate, per-student administration
|
expenditure, total per-student expenditure and average teacher
|
salary data. The published report shall use tables and graphs to
|
better communicate complex information and, using the ranking
|
data, shall include a graphic representation of the school
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district's progress over the preceding three years] School
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0009| districts shall set two-, four- and six-year benchmarks in each of
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0010| the five indices for each public school. Local school boards may
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0011| establish additional indices, if reviewed by the department of
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0012| education, through which to measure the school district's
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0013| performance in other areas.
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0014| C. The annual accountability report shall also include
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0015| the results of a survey of parents' views of the quality of their
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0016| children's school. The survey shall be conducted each year in
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0017| time to include the results in the annual accountability report.
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0018| The survey shall compile the results of a written questionnaire
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0019| that shall be sent home with the students to be given to their
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0020| parents. The survey may be completed anonymously. The survey
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0021| shall be no more than one page, shall be clearly and concisely
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0022| written and shall include not more than twenty questions that
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0023| shall be answered with options of a simple sliding scale ranging
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0024| from "strongly agree" to "strongly disagree" and shall include the
|
0025| optional response "don't know". The survey shall also include a
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0001| request for optional written comments, which may be written on the
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0002| back of the questionnaire form. The questionnaire shall include
|
0003| questions in the following areas:
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0004| (1) parent-teacher-school relationship and
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0005| communication;
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0006| (2) quality of educational and extracurricular
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0007| programs;
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0008| (3) instructional practices and techniques;
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0009| (4) resources;
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0010| (5) school personnel, including the school
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0011| principal; and
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0012| (6) parents' view of teaching staff expectations
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0013| for the students.
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0014| The state board shall develop no more than ten of the
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0015| questions which shall be reviewed by the legislative education
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0016| study committee prior to implementation. No more than five
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0017| questions shall be developed by the local school board and no more
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0018| than five questions shall be developed by the staffs of each
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0019| individual school site, provided that at least half of those
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0020| questions are developed by teachers rather than administrators, in
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0021| order to gather information that is specific to the particular
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0022| community surveyed. The questionnaires shall indicate the public
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0023| school site and shall be tabulated by the department of education
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0024| within thirty days of receipt and shall be returned to the
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0025| respective schools to be disseminated to all parents.
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0001| D. The annual accountability report for each school
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0002| district shall be adopted by the local school board, may be
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0003| published no later than November 15 of each year and [shall]
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0004| may be published at least once each school year in a newspaper
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0005| of general circulation in the county where the school district
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0006| is located. In publication, the report shall be titled "the
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0007| school district report card" and disseminated in accordance with
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0008| guidelines established by the state board to ensure effective
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0009| communication with parents, students, educators, local
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0010| policymakers and business and community organizations.
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0011| E. The department of education shall create an
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0012| accountability data system through which data from each public
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0013| school and each school district may be compiled and reviewed. The
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0014| department of education shall provide the resources to train
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0015| school district personnel in the use of the accountability data
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0016| system.
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0017| F. The department of education shall verify data
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0018| submitted by the school districts.
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0019| G. The state board shall measure the performance of
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0020| every public school in New Mexico. Public schools achieving the
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0021| highest level of performance shall be eligible for supplemental
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0022| incentive funding. The state board shall establish the corrective
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0023| actions and interventions necessary for public schools whose
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0024| performance level is low."
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0025| Section 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
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0001| provisions of this act is July 1, 1998.
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0002| State of New Mexico
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0003| House of Representatives
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0004|
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0005| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0006| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0007|
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0008|
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0009| March 17, 1997
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0010|
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0011|
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0012| Mr. Speaker:
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0013|
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0014| Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0015|
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0016| SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
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0017| SENATE BILL 997
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0018|
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0019| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0020| recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0021|
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0022| Respectfully submitted,
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0023|
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0024|
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0025|
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0001|
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0002| Samuel F. Vigil, Chairman
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0003|
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0004|
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0005| Adopted Not Adopted
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0006| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0007|
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0008| Date
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0009|
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0010| The roll call vote was 8 For 0 Against
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0011| Yes: 8
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0012| Excused: Beam, Miera, Nicely, Trujillo, S.M. Williams
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0013| Absent: None
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