0001| SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 68 | 0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| MARK L. BOITANO | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| A JOINT MEMORIAL | 0011| REQUESTING THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION, THE | 0012| LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION STUDY COMMITTEE AND THE NEW MEXICO SCHOOL | 0013| SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION TO COOPERATE IN A STUDY OF SCHOOL | 0014| TRANSPORTATION LAWS AND REGULATIONS AS THEY AFFECT PUBLIC | 0015| SCHOOLS. | 0016| | 0017| WHEREAS, House Bill 679, as amended, of the first session | 0018| of the forty-third legislature, proposes a significant change | 0019| in the manner of funding school transportation that negatively | 0020| impacts the majority of the school districts; and | 0021| WHEREAS, the current funding formula for school | 0022| transportation has not been fair and equitable to school | 0023| districts; and | 0024| WHEREAS, the school districts need an opportunity to | 0025| provide input into the process and assist the above-mentioned | 0001| agencies in seeking a fair and equitable process for funding | 0002| transportation; | 0003| NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE | 0004| STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the state transportation division of | 0005| the state department of public education be requested to | 0006| cooperate with the school superintendents and legislative | 0007| education study committee in studying the policy and procedures | 0008| involved in the funding of school transportation; and | 0009| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the state transportation | 0010| division of the state department of public education make | 0011| recommendations to the legislature by December 1, 1997 for | 0012| legislation needed to foster development of effective, | 0013| efficient and economical school transportation funding; and | 0014| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be | 0015| transmitted to the state department of public education, the | 0016| legislative education study committee and the New Mexico school | 0017| superintendents association. | 0018|  | 0019| | 0020| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0021| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0022| | 0023| | 0024| March 17, 1997 | 0025| | 0001| Mr. President: | 0002| | 0003| Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0004| | 0005| SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 68 | 0006| | 0007| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0008| recommendation that it DO PASS. | 0009| | 0010| Respectfully submitted, | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| __________________________________ | 0016| Cynthia Nava, Chairman | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| Adopted_______________________ Not | 0021| Adopted_______________________ | 0022| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| Date ________________________ | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| The roll call vote was 6 For 0 Against | 0005| Yes: 6 | 0006| No: 0 | 0007| Excused: Boitano, Duran, Garcia, Gorham | 0008| Absent: None | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| SJ068ED1 | 0012| State of New Mexico | 0013| House of Representatives | 0014| | 0015| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0016| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| March 21, 1997 | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| Mr. Speaker: | 0023| | 0024| Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0025| | 0001| SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 68 | 0002| | 0003| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0004| recommendation that it DO PASS. | 0005| | 0006| Respectfully submitted, | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| Samuel F. Vigil, Chairman | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| Adopted Not Adopted | 0015| | 0016| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0017| | 0018| Date | 0019| | 0020| The roll call vote was 9 For 0 Against | 0021| Yes: 9 | 0022| Excused: Nicely, Trujillo, S.M. Williams, W.C. Williams | 0023| Absent: None | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\SJ068 |