0001|                       HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 63
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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|                          DELORES C. WRIGHT
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0009|     
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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, TO DEFINE ZERO TOLERANCE AND TO STUDY THE
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0014|     FEASIBILITY OF ALTERNATIVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR THESE
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0015|     STUDENTS.
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0017|          WHEREAS, students who drop out of school do not have
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0018|     alternative educational opportunities available to them; and
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0019|          WHEREAS, school districts should direct money toward
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0020|     creating alternative educational opportunities for student
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0021|     dropouts; and
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0022|          WHEREAS, students are expelled or suspended pursuant to a
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0023|     subjective definition of zero tolerance; and
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0024|          WHEREAS, a student has the right to understand clearly
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0025|     the basis for expulsion or suspension; and
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0001|          WHEREAS, students who drop out or are expelled need
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0002|     alternative educational opportunities;
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0003|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0004|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the state department of public
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0005|     education study options to keep students from dropping out of
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0006|     the public school system and define zero tolerance; and
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0007|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the state department of
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0008|     public education track the destinations of students who drop
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0009|     out or are expelled and study the feasibility of having school
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0010|     boards establish alternative educational programs for these
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0011|     students; and
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0012|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0013|     transmitted to the state department of public education and to
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0014|     the state board of education.
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