0001|               HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
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0002|                            HOUSE BILL 124
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0003|     43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 1998
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0011|                                AN ACT
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0012|     RELATING TO EDUCATION; ENACTING THE CAREER EDUCATION
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0013|     OPPORTUNITIES IN WORK FORCE DEVELOPMENT ACT.
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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.  A new section of the Public School Code is
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0017|     enacted to read:
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0018|          "[NEW MATERIAL] SHORT TITLE.--This act may be cited as
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0019|     the "Career Education Opportunities in Work Force Development
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0020|     Act"."
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0021|          Section 2.  A new section of the Public School Code is
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0022|     enacted to read:
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0023|          "[NEW MATERIAL] FINDINGS--PURPOSE OF ACT.--
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0024|               A.  The legislature finds that:
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0025|                    (1)  a comprehensive and coherent system for
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<center>- 1 -</center>0001|     career education opportunities is necessary to help New Mexico
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0002|     youth acquire the knowledge, skills, abilities and information
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0003|     about, and access to, the labor market necessary to make an
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0004|     effective transition from school to advanced job training,
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0005|     post-secondary education and careers of choice;
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0006|                    (2)  planned work experience that is linked to
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0007|     academic learning can be very effective in engaging student
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0008|     interest, enhancing skill acquisition, developing positive
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0009|     work attitudes and preparing youth for high-skill, high-wage
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0010|     careers; and
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0011|                    (3)  students in New Mexico can achieve high
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0012|     academic and career standards and achieve greater school
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0013|     success through contextual learning that integrates applied
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0014|     academics and workplace competencies into the core curriculum. 
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0015|               B.  The purpose of the Career Education
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0016|     Opportunities in Work Force Development Act is to require the
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0017|     implementation of career education opportunities for work
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0018|     force development in public schools and to establish career
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0019|     education requirements that include:
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0020|                    (1)  student mastery of the career readiness
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0021|     standards benchmarks;
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0022|                    (2)  a comprehensive career guidance program
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0023|     that includes career awareness, career exploration, career
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0024|     assessment and career planning activities that expose all
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0025|     students to a broad array of career opportunities and that
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<center>- 2 -</center>0001|     facilitate the selection and pursuit of career choices based
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0002|     on individual interests, goals, strengths and abilities;
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0003|                    (3)  articulation between academic and
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0004|     vocational skills through curriculum integration, tech prep,
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0005|     concurrent enrollment, career academies and other recognized
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0006|     approaches that combine a common core of learning and technical
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0007|     education built on a foundation of basic proficiency in math,
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0008|     science, communications and technology;
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0009|                    (4)  structured work experience opportunities
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0010|     for students that involve direct and indirect linkages between
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0011|     the school and the workplace through which students develop
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0012|     essential workplace competencies;
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0013|                    (5)  implementation of promising programs such
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0014|     as tech prep education, career academies, apprenticeships,
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0015|     cooperative education, school-sponsored enterprises, business-
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0016|     education compacts, vocational education and promising strategies
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0017|     that assist students' transition from school to post-secondary
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0018|     education, advanced training or employment; and
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0019|                    (6)  local partnerships among secondary schools
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0020|     and post-secondary educational institutions, private and public
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0021|     employers, labor organizations, government, community-based
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0022|     organizations, parents, students and state and local agencies to
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0023|     link career education activities to future careers."
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0024|          Section 3.  A new section of the Public School Code is
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0025|     enacted to read:
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<center>- 3 -</center>0001|          "[NEW MATERIAL] DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Career
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0002|     Education Opportunities in Work Force Development Act:
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0003|               A.  "council" means the career education coordinating
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0004|     council;
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0005|               B.  "department" means the department of education;
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0006|     and
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0007|               C.  "division" means the vocational education division
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0008|     of the department."
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0009|          Section 4.  A new section of the Public School Code is
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0010|     enacted to read:
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0011|          "[NEW MATERIAL] DIVISION DUTIES.--The division shall:
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0012|               A.  work with the council to administer and implement
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0013|     the provisions of the Career Education Opportunities in Work
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0014|     Force Development Act;
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0015|               B.  cooperate with other agencies to coordinate the
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0016|     delivery of programs and services of career education
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0017|     opportunities and work force development;
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0018|               C.  coordinate statewide training activities that
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0019|     support career education for work force development;
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0020|               D.  assist public schools in the development and
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0021|     implementation of effective career education opportunities for
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0022|     all students, including students with disabilities and students
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0023|     who are at risk of dropping out;
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0024|               E.  coordinate the development of a state plan that
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0025|     ensures effective and efficient use of state and federal
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<center>- 4 -</center>0001|     resources to support the delivery of career education to New
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0002|     Mexico students in collaboration with representatives of public
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0003|     and post-secondary education, business, industry, government
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0004|     agencies and other individuals involved in career education; and
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0005|               F.  collect data to evaluate the effectiveness of the
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0006|     career education opportunities programs based on student
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0007|     performance and program success indicators and report annually
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0008|     the findings and recommendations to the council and the state
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0009|     board."
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0010|          Section 5.  A new section of the Public School Code is
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0011|     enacted to read:
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0012|          "[NEW MATERIAL] CAREER EDUCATION COORDINATING COUNCIL--
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0013|     CREATION--APPOINTMENT--MEMBERSHIP.--
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0014|               A.  The "career education coordinating council" is
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0015|     created as an advisory to the executive, including the state
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0016|     board, the commission on higher education and the legislature. 
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0017|     The council shall be appointed at the termination of the federal
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0018|     school-to-work implementation grant or on July 1, 2001, whichever
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0019|     is earlier, and shall be composed of fifteen members representing
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0020|     different geographical areas of the state and reflecting the
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0021|     diverse population of the state.
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0022|               B.  The president pro tempore of the senate shall
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0023|     appoint two members from the senate, one from each of the two
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0024|     major political parties, for terms of two years or less to
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0025|     coincide with their terms of office.
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<center>- 5 -</center>0001|               C.  The speaker of the house shall appoint two members
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0002|     from the house of representatives, one from each of the two major
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0003|     political parties, for terms of two years or less to coincide
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0004|     with their terms of office.
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0005|               D.  The president of the state board shall appoint a
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0006|     representative of the state board to a four-year term or until
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0007|     his term of office expires.
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0008|               E.  The governor shall appoint a representative from
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0009|     the governor's office to serve a four-year term.
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0010|               F.  Nine members shall be appointed jointly by the
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0011|     governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the
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0012|     president pro tempore of the senate and the president of the
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0013|     state board as follows:
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0014|                    (1)  one representative of the division for a
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0015|     four-year term;
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0016|                    (2)  one representative of the job training
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0017|     division of the labor department for a four-year term;
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0018|                    (3)  one representative of the vocational
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0019|     rehabilitation division of the department for a four-year term;
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0020|                    (4)  one representative of a two-year post-
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0021|     secondary educational institution for a four-year term;
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0022|                    (5)  one representative of organized labor for a
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0023|     four-year term;
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0024|                    (6)  two representatives of the private sector
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0025|     for four-year terms; and
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<center>- 6 -</center>0001|                    (7)  two representatives from public schools, to
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0002|     include an administrator and a teacher, for four-year terms."
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0003|          Section 6.  A new section of the Public School Code is
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0004|     enacted to read:
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0005|          "[NEW MATERIAL] COUNCIL--PURPOSE AND DUTIES.--The council
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0006|     shall:
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0007|               A.  review and approve the annual plan of the
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0008|     department that pertains to employment training, employment
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0009|     related education and work experience opportunities that affect
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0010|     public school students;
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0011|               B.  coordinate any activities of other state agencies
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0012|     that pertain to employment training, employment related education
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0013|     and work experience opportunities that affect public school
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0014|     students;
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0015|               C.  review and approve the department's state
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0016|     strategic plan that ensures effective and efficient use of state
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0017|     and federal resources to support the effective delivery of career
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0018|     education to New Mexico students;
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0019|               D.  advise the department and the state board on the
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0020|     implementation of the provisions of the Career Education
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0021|     Opportunities in Work Force Development Act;
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0022|               E.  make recommendations to the state board, the
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0023|     legislative education study committee, the legislative finance
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0024|     committee and the executive on the coordination of federal and
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0025|     state work force education funds and career education
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<center>- 7 -</center>0001|     opportunities for New Mexico students; and
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0002|               F.  develop a method of evaluating the effectiveness
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0003|     of the state career education opportunities system."
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0004|          Section 7.  A new section of the Public School Code is
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0005|     enacted to read:
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0006|          "[NEW MATERIAL] STAFFING.--In order to carry out its
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0007|     function, the council may:
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0008|               A.  use department funds available for state councils
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0009|     under applicable career education related programs; and
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0010|               B.  be staffed by division employees."
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0011|          Section 8.  A new section of the Public School Code is
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0012|     enacted to read:
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0013|          "[NEW MATERIAL] ANNUAL REPORTS.--The department shall submit
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0014|     annually to the legislative education study committee a report
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0015|     regarding the status of career education in New Mexico schools,
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0016|     an assessment of statewide needs relating to the provision of

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0017|     career education for all students and an evaluation of career
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0018|     education documenting the benefits of the program based on
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0019|     established performance standards.  Commencing July 1, 2001, the
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0020|     department shall submit annually to the council a report
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0021|     regarding the status of career education."
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0022|          Section 9.  EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
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0023|     provisions of this act is July 1, 1998.
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