0001| HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 87
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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| SAMUEL F. VIGIL
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0010| A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0011| REQUESTING THE LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION STUDY COMMITTEE TO STUDY
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0012| THE FEASIBILITY OF INCLUDING A COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT FACTOR
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0013| IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING FORMULA.
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0015| WHEREAS, the concept of a cost-of-living factor in the
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0016| distribution of public school funds is not new among state
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0017| school funding systems, and six states currently adjust for
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0018| cost differentials in their school districts; and
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0019| WHEREAS, living costs vary throughout New Mexico because
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0020| New Mexico's eighty-nine school districts are located in
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0021| isolated rural settings, populous urban communities and small-
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0022| to medium-sized communities throughout the state; and
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0023| WHEREAS, numerous models can be devised to evaluate the
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0024| cost of living in various communities; and
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0025| WHEREAS, there are no available cost-of-living data for
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0001| the state's eighty-nine school districts that would allow the
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0002| easy calculation of an objective, verifiable factor for
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0003| incorporation into the public school funding formula; and
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0004| WHEREAS, many people believe that the cost of living in a
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0005| community can be a barrier to attracting, hiring and retaining
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0006| quality teachers, thus creating a major obstacle to providing
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0007| students a high quality education; and
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0008| WHEREAS, the effect of providing a cost-of-living factor
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0009| in some urban areas may make it difficult to attract and retain
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0010| teachers in rural isolated areas because high-cost-of-living
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0011| areas can pay higher salaries and offer amenities to their
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0012| teachers and other school personnel; and
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0013| WHEREAS, other variables that exist, such as the
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0014| availability of medical and other services, desirability of
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0015| location and conditions of employment, affect a district's
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0016| ability to attract and retain quality personnel;
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0017| NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0018| STATE OF NEW MEXICO request the legislative education study
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0019| committee, in cooperation with the state department of public
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0020| education and school districts, to perform or contract for a
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0021| comprehensive study to determine the relationship between
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0022| higher living costs and the specific costs of education; to
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0023| examine the various issues and costs that affect a school
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0024| district's ability to attract and retain quality teachers and
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0025| school personnel; to determine if there are cost-of-living
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0001| differences that result in differences in a district's
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0002| resources to educate its students; to establish a database
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0003| comparing school district expenditures and to conduct a cost
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0004| survey that includes questions about food, consumer durables,
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0005| medical costs, insurance, housing and other variables relative
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0006| to all geographic areas in the state that may provide
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0007| information to determine living costs; and
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0008| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the study examine the ways in
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0009| which such data can be collected and updated on a regular basis
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0010| and the costs associated with such collection; and
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0011| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the study be completed by
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0012| November 1, 1997 and that the legislative education study
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0013| committee submit its report and recommendations to the second
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0014| session of the forty-third legislature; and
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0015| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be
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0016| transmitted to the director of the legislative education study
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0017| committee staff for appropriate distribution.
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0018| State of New Mexico
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0019| House of Representatives
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0021| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0022| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0025| March 14, 1997
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0003| Mr. Speaker:
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0005| Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0007| HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 87
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0009| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0010| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the
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0011| APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE.
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0013| Respectfully submitted,
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0019| Samuel F. Vigil, Chairman
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0022| Adopted Not Adopted
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0024| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0001| Date
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0003| The roll call vote was 10 For 0 Against
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0004| Yes: 10
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0005| Excused: Mallory, McSherry, Nicely
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0006| Absent: None
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0009| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\HJ087 State of New Mexico
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0010| House of Representatives
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0012| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0013| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0016| March 18, 1997
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0019| Mr. Speaker:
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0021| Your APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, to
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0022| whom has been referred
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0024| HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 87
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0001| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0002| recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0004| Respectfully submitted,
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0010| Max Coll, Chairman
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0013| Adopted Not Adopted
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0015| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0017| Date
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0019| The roll call vote was 13 For 0 Against
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0020| Yes: 13
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0021| Excused: Buffett, Garcia,M.H., Salazar, Townsend
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0022| Absent: None
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