0001| SENATE BILL 197
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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| RICHARD M. ROMERO
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0010| AN ACT
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0011| RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS; CREATING A STUDENT ATTENDANCE
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0012| OVERSIGHT TASK FORCE.
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0014| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0015| Section 1. STUDENT ATTENDANCE OVERSIGHT TASK FORCE--
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0016| CREATION--TERMINATION.--The "student attendance oversight task
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0017| force" is created. The task force shall function from the
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0018| date of its appointment until the first day of December prior
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0019| to the first session of the forty-fourth legislature.
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0020| Section 2. MEMBERSHIP--APPOINTMENT--VACANCIES.--
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0021| A. The student attendance oversight task force
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0022| shall be composed of six legislative members; six public
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0023| advisory members, two of whom shall be graduates of or current
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0024| students at an alternative high school in the state; and one
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0025| representative from the state department of public education.
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0001| B. Three members of the house of representatives
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0002| shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of
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0003| representatives and three members of the senate shall be
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0004| appointed by the committees' committee of the senate or, if
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0005| the senate appointments are made in the interim, by the
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0006| president pro tempore of the senate after consultation with
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0007| and the agreement of a majority of the members of the
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0008| committees' committee. Members shall be appointed from each
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0009| house so as to give the two major political parties in each
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0010| house the same proportional representation on the task force
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0011| as prevails in each house; however, in no event shall either
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0012| party have less than one member from each house on the task
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0013| force. Vacancies on the task force shall be filled by
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0014| appointment in the same manner as the original appointments.
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0015| C. So as to represent the state's ethnic and
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0016| geographic diversity, six public advisory members shall be
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0017| appointed to the task force by the speaker of the house of
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0018| representatives and three public advisory members shall be
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0019| appointed to the task force by the president pro tempore of
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0020| the senate.
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0021| D. The members of the task force shall be paid per
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0022| diem and mileage in accordance with the provisions of the Per
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0023| Diem and Mileage Act plus reimbursement for reasonable actual
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0024| expenses.
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0025| E. The task force shall also include one advisory
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0001| member representing the state department of public education
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0002| appointed by the president of the state board of education.
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0003| F. The speaker of the house of representatives and
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0004| the president pro tempore of the senate shall each designate
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0005| one co-chairman of the task force.
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0006| Section 3. DUTIES.--
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0007| A. After its appointment, the student attendance
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0008| oversight task force shall hold one organizational meeting to
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0009| develop a work plan and budget for the ensuing interim. The
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0010| work plan and budget shall be submitted to the New Mexico
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0011| legislative council for approval.
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0012| B. Upon approval of the work plan and budget by
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0013| the legislative council, the task force shall oversee the
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0014| implementation of the legislative directives relating to the
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0015| student attendance and graduation, including development of a
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0016| method to allocate the funds which each school district
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0017| receives under the state equalization guarantee to create
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0018| incentives to improve the student attendance and graduation
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0019| rate.
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0020| C. The task force shall recommend legislation or
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0021| changes if any are found to be necessary to the legislature.
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0022| Section 4. REPORT.--The student attendance oversight
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0023| task force shall make a report of its findings and
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0024| recommendations for the consideration of the first session of
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0025| the forty-fourth legislature. The reports and suggested
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0001| legislation shall be made available to the New Mexico
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0002| legislative council on or before November 1 preceding the
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0003| session.
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0004| Section 5. STAFF.--The staff for the student attendance
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0005| oversight task force shall be provided by the legislative
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0006| council service.
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