0001|                        HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 1
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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|                          EDWARD C. SANDOVAL
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0010|                           A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0011|     REQUESTING THAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION
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0012|     CONDUCT A STUDY TO DETERMINE HOW TO ADDRESS THE STUDENT
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0013|     DROPOUT PROBLEM AND TO DEFINE ZERO TOLERANCE.
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0014|     
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0015|          WHEREAS, students who drop out of school do not have
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0016|     alternative educational opportunities available to them; and
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0017|          WHEREAS, school districts should direct money toward
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0018|     creating alternative educational opportunities for student
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0019|     dropouts; and
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0020|          WHEREAS, students are expelled or suspended pursuant to a
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0021|     subjective definition of zero tolerance; and
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0022|          WHEREAS, a student has the right to understand clearly
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0023|     the basis for expulsion or suspension;
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0024|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0025|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the state department of public
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0001|     education study options to keep students from dropping out of
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0002|     the public school system; and
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0003|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the state department of
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0004|     public education shall define zero tolerance; and
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0005|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0006|     transmitted to the state department of public education and to
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0007|     the state board of education.
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