0001| SENATE BILL 110 | 0002| 43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| CYNTHIA NAVA | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| RELATING TO EDUCATION; MAKING APPROPRIATIONS; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. | 0012| | 0013| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0014| Section 1. SHORT TITLE.--This act may be cited as the "Education Appropriation Act". | 0015| Section 2. DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Education Appropriation Act: | 0016| A. "federal funds" means any payments made by the United States government to | 0017| state government or agencies except those payments made in accordance with the federal Mineral | 0018| Lands Leasing Act; | 0019| B. "general fund" means that fund created by Section 6-4-2 NMSA 1978 and includes | 0020| federal Mineral Lands Leasing Act receipts, but excludes the general fund operating reserve, | 0021| the appropriation contingency fund and the risk reserve; and | 0022| C. "other state funds" means: | 0023| (1) unencumbered nonreverting balances in state agency accounts, other than | 0024| in internal service funds accounts, appropriated by the Education Appropriation Act; | 0025| (2) all revenue available to state agencies from sources other than the | - 1 - 0001| general fund, internal service funds, interagency transfers and federal funds; and | 0002| (3) all revenue, the use of which is restricted by statute or agreement. | 0003| Section 3. FORMAT.--The general format of the appropriations set forth in the Education | 0004| Appropriation Act with respect to symbols used, column headings and amounts stated are those | 0005| used in the General Appropriation Act of 1997. | 0006| Section 4. APPROPRIATIONS.--The appropriation for public school support in fiscal year | 0007| 1999 shall be: | 0008| PUBLIC SCHOOL SUPPORT: | 0009| (1) State equalization guarantee | 0010| distribution: 1,356,011.0 1,000.0 1,357,011.0 | 0011| (2) Transportation distributions: | 0012| (a) Operations 71,038.3 71,038.3 | 0013| (b) School-owned bus | 0014| replacements 2,197.5 2,197.5 | 0015| (c) Contractor-owned bus | 0016| rent fees 11,958.2 11,958.2 | 0017| Subtotal 85,194.0 85,194.0 | 0018| (3) Supplemental distributions: | 0019| (a) Out-of-state tuition 380.0 380.0 | 0020| (b) Emergency 800.0 800.0 | 0021| (c) Emergency capital outlay 950.0 950.0 | 0022| Subtotal 2,130.0 2,130.0 | 0023| The rate of distribution of the state equalization guarantee distribution shall be based | 0024| on a program unit value determined by the superintendent of public instruction. The | 0025| superintendent of public instruction shall establish a unit value twice; first, a preliminary | - 2 - 0001| unit value that shall be used to establish tentative budgets for the 1998-99 school year; and | 0002| second, upon completion of final budgets or verification of the number of units statewide for | 0003| fiscal year 1999, but no later than January 31 the superintendent of public instruction may | 0004| adjust the program unit value. | 0005| The general fund appropriation in Item (1) reflects the deduction of federal revenues | 0006| pursuant to Paragraph (2) of Subsection C of Section 22-8-25 NMSA 1978 that includes payments | 0007| commonly known as "impact aid funds" pursuant to 20 USCA 7701 et seq., formerly known as | 0008| "PL874 funds". | 0009| The general fund appropriation to the public school fund shall be reduced by the amounts | 0010| transferred to the public school fund from the current school fund and from the federal | 0011| Mineral Lands Leasing Act (30 USCA 181, et seq.) receipts otherwise unappropriated. | 0012| Unexpended or unencumbered balances in the distributions authorized remaining at the end | 0013| of fiscal year 1999 from appropriations made from the general fund shall revert to the general | 0014| fund. | 0015| INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL FUND: 27,224.6 1,225.0 28,449.6 | 0016| The appropriation to the instructional material fund is made from the federal Mineral | 0017| Lands Leasing Act (30 USCA 181, et seq.) receipts. | 0018| EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY FUND: 6,882.5 6,882.5 | 0019| TOTAL PUBLIC SCHOOL SUPPORT: 1,477,442.1 2,225.0 1,479,667.1 | 0020| ADULT BASIC EDUCATION FUND: 4,700.0 2,196.3 6,896.3 | 0021| STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION: | 0022| (1) Administration: | 0023| (a) Personal services 5,292.9 96.0 5.0 2,858.3 8,252.2 | 0024| (b) Employee benefits 1,430.9 23.9 783.6 2,238.4 | 0025| (c) In-state travel 282.2 2.3 5.0 168.2 457.7 | - 3 - 0001| (d) Maintenance and repairs 68.8 72.9 5.2 146.9 | 0002| (e) Supplies and materials 76.2 54.8 29.8 126.3 287.1 | 0003| (f) Contractual services 331.8 15.8 800.0 1,147.6 | 0004| (g) Operating costs 354.7 26.5 645.3 1,026.5 | 0005| (h) Other costs 0.1 155.3 155.4 | 0006| (i) Capital outlay 93.3 97.3 190.6 | 0007| (j) Out-of-state travel 15.0 0.7 55.7 71.4 | 0008| (k) Other financing uses 2.4 0.3 152.0 154.7 | 0009| Authorized FTE: 165.0 Permanent; 63.0 Term; .2 Temporary | 0010| Subtotal 7,855.0 386.5 39.8 5,847.2 14,128.5 | 0011| The appropriation to the state department of public education includes two hundred sixty | 0012| thousand seven hundred dollars ($260,700) from federal Mineral Lands Leasing Act (30 USCA 181, | 0013| et seq.) receipts. | 0014| Unexpended or unencumbered balances in the state department of public education remaining | 0015| at the end of fiscal year 1999 from appropriations made from the general fund shall not | 0016| revert. | 0017| (2) Apprenticeship assistance: 600.0 600.0 | 0018| (3) Regional education cooperatives: | 0019| (a) Region 9 140.0 2,137.7 2,277.7 | 0020| (b) High Plains 1,500.0 2,776.9 4,276.9 | 0021| (c) Central 1,379.6 1,313.2 2,692.8 | 0022| SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS: | 0023| The following special appropriations are made from the general fund to the state | 0024| department of public education in fiscal year 1999: | 0025| (1) GRADS 500.0 500.0 | - 4 - 0001| (2) World-Class Teachers 300.0 300.0 | 0002| (3) School-to-work 100.0 100.0 | 0003| Section 5. EMPLOYEES.-- | 0004| (1) The appropriation for the state equalization guarantee distribution is contingent upon | 0005| certification by the state department of public education to the state board of finance | 0006| that each school district, except for those exempted in Paragraph (3) of this section, | 0007| has budgeted a ten percent salary increase for instructional staff, as defined in | 0008| Paragraph (1) of Subsection A of Section 22-8-24 NMSA 1978, and a five percent salary | 0009| increase for non-instructional staff. The appropriation for the state equalization | 0010| guarantee distribution contains a sufficient amount for the salary increases. | 0011| (2) The appropriation for the transportation distributions is contingent upon certification | 0012| by the state department of public education to the state board of finance that each | 0013| school district, except for those exempted in Paragraph (3) of this section, has budgeted | 0014| a five percent salary increase for all public school transportation employees. The | 0015| appropriation for the transportation distributions contains a sufficient amount for the | 0016| salary increases. | 0017| (3) The state department of public education shall develop hardship criteria and an appeal | 0018| process for school districts that cannot provide the salary increases pursuant to | 0019| Paragraphs (1) and (2) of this section. | 0020| Section 6. SEVERABILITY.--If any part or application of this act is held invalid, the | 0021| remainder or its application to other situations or persons shall not be affected. | 0022| Section 7. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public peace, health and safety that this | 0023| act take effect immediately. | 0024|  |