0001|                            SENATE BILL 6
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                             Dianna Duran
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO EDUCATION; PROVIDING FOR A PILOT PROJECT TO
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0012|     PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL ALTERNATIVES FOR HOME-SCHOOLED STUDENTS IN
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0013|     THE ALAMOGORDO MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT; MAKING AN
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0014|     APPROPRIATION.
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0016|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0017|          Section 1.  TEMPORARY PROVISION--PILOT PROJECT.--
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0018|               A.  The state department of public education shall
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0019|     establish a pilot project in the Alamogordo municipal school
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0020|     district in the 1998-99 school year to provide educational
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0021|     alternatives for home-schooled students to enable:
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0022|                    (1)  home-schooled students to participate in
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0023|     classes that cannot otherwise be offered through a home-school
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0024|     environment or to participate in classes that the parent or
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0025|     guardian feels cannot be accommodated in the home school; and
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0001|                    (2)  the school district to supplement the
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0002|     education of home-schooled students in areas where they may be
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0003|     deficient, without the burden of additional cost to the
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0004|     district.
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0005|               B.  The state department of public education shall
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0006|     pay to the district the pro rata share of unit value based on
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0007|     the number of classes per home-schooled student.  Each
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0008|     participating student must be enrolled in and attending one or
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0009|     more classes prior to the fortieth-day count.
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0010|               C.  The school district shall pay any
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0011|     administrative costs of the pilot project.
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0012|               D.  The school district and the state department of
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0013|     public education shall report periodically to the legislative
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0014|     education study committee on the progress and effectiveness of
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0015|     the pilot project, and shall issue a final report to the
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0016|     legislature by January 15, 2000.
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0017|          Section 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
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0018|     provisions of this act is July 1, 1998.
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