0001|                           SENATE BILL 350
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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|                             GLORIA HOWES
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0009|     
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO EDUCATION; AMENDING STAFF TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE
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0012|     INDEX.
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0013|     
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0014|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0015|          Section 1.  Section 22-8-24 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1974,
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0016|     Chapter 8, Section 15, as amended by Laws 1993, Chapter 91,
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0017|     Section 1 and also by Laws 1993, Chapter 237, Section 3) is
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0018|     amended to read:
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0019|          "22-8-24.  INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE
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0020|     INDEX--DEFINITIONS--FACTORS--CALCULATIONS.--
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0021|               A.  For the purpose of calculating the
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0022|     instructional staff training and experience index, the
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0023|     following definitions and limitations shall apply:
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0024|                    (1)  "instructional staff" means the personnel
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0025|     assigned to the instructional program of the school district,
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0001|     excluding principals, substitute teachers, instructional
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0002|     aides, secretaries and clerks;
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0003|                    (2)  the number of instructional staff to be
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0004|     counted in calculating the instructional staff training and
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0005|     experience index is the actual number of full-time equivalent
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0006|     instructional staff on the October payroll;
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0007|                    (3)  the number of years of experience to be
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0008|     used in calculating the instructional staff training and
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0009|     experience index is that number of years of experience allowed
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0010|     for salary increment purposes on the salary schedule of the
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0011|     school district; and
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0012|                    (4)  the academic degree and additional credit
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0013|     hours to be used in calculating the instructional staff
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0014|     training and experience index is the degree and additional
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0015|     semester credit hours allowed for salary increment purposes on
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0016|     the salary schedule of the school district.
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0017|               B.  The factors for each classification of academic
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0018|     training by years of experience are provided in the following
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0019|     table:
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0020|                                   Years of Experience
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0021|     Academic
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0022|     Classification       0 - 2   3 - 5   6 - 8    9 - 15  Over 15
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0023|     Bachelor's degree
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0024|        or less           <s>[.75]</s> <u>.85</u> .90   1.00     1.05    
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0025|     1.05
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0001|     Bachelor's degree plus
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0002|        15 credit hours    .80     .95    1.00     1.10    1.15
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0003|     Master's degree or
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0004|        bachelor's degree
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0005|        plus 45 credit
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0006|        hours              .85    1.00    1.05     1.15    1.20
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0007|     Master's degree plus
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0008|        15 credit hours    .90    1.05    1.15     1.30    1.35
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0009|     Post-master's degree
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0010|        or master's degree
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0011|        plus 45 credit
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0012|        hours             1.00    1.15    1.30     1.40    1.50.
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0013|               C.  The instructional staff training and
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0014|     experience index for each school district shall be
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0015|     calculated in accordance with instructions issued by the
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0016|     state superintendent.  The following calculations shall be
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0017|     computed:
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0018|                    (1)  multiply the number of full-time
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0019|     equivalent instructional staff in each academic
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0020|     classification by the numerical factor in the appropriate
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0021|     "years of experience" column provided in the table in
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0022|     Subsection B of this section;
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0023|                    (2)  add the products calculated in
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0024|     Paragraph (1) of this subsection; and
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0025|                    (3)  divide the total obtained in Paragraph
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0001|     (2) of this subsection by the total number of full-time
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0002|     equivalent instructional staff.
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0003|               D.  In the event that the result of the
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0004|     calculation of the training and experience index is 1.0 or
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0005|     less, the district's factor shall be no less than 1.0.
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0006|               E.  In the event that a new school district is
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0007|     created, the training and experience index for that district
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0008|     is 1.12."
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