0001| HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 13
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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| TERRY T. MARQUARDT
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0010| A JOINT RESOLUTION
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0011| PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 12, SECTION 6 OF THE
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0012| CONSTITUTION OF NEW MEXICO TO ABOLISH THE STATE BOARD OF
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0013| EDUCATION AND CREATE A SECRETARY OF EDUCATION.
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0015| BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016| Section 1. It is proposed to amend Article 12, Section 6
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0017| of the constitution of New Mexico to read:
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0018| "A. There is hereby created a "state department of
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0019| public education" [and a "state board of education". The
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0020| state board of education] within the executive department
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0021| headed by a secretary appointed by the governor with the
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0022| consent of the senate. The state department of public
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0023| education shall determine public school policy and vocational
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0024| educational policy and shall have control, management and
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0025| direction, including financial direction, distribution of
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0001| school funds and financial accounting for all public schools,
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0002| pursuant to authority and powers provided by law. [The board
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0003| shall appoint a qualified, experienced educational
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0004| administrator to be known as the superintendent of public
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0005| instruction, who shall, subject to the policies established by
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0006| the board] The secretary shall direct the operation of the
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0007| state department of public education.
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0008| [B. Ten members of the state board of education
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0009| who shall be state officers shall be elected for staggered
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0010| terms of four years as provided by law. Board members shall
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0011| be residents of the board of education district from which
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0012| they are elected. Change of residence of a board member to a
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0013| place outside the district from which he was elected shall
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0014| automatically terminate the term of that member.
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0015| C. Five members of the state board of education
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0016| who shall be state officers shall be nominated and by and with
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0017| the consent of the senate appointed by the governor from five
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0018| districts substantially equal in population for staggered
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0019| four-year terms as provided by law. Those appointed by the
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0020| governor shall be qualified electors of the state of New
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0021| Mexico, no more than one-half or a simple majority of whom at
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0022| the time of their appointment shall be members of the same
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0023| political party. After 1990, the number of appointed members
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0024| may be changed by law not to exceed five members.
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0025| D. The governor shall fill vacancies on the board
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0001| by appointment of a resident from the district in which the
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0002| vacancy occurs until the next regular election for membership
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0003| on the board.
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0004| E.] B. Upon adoption of this amendment, all
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0005| functions relating to the distribution of school funds and
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0006| financial accounting for the public schools shall be
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0007| transferred to the state department of public education to be
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0008| performed as provided by law."
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0009| Section 2. The amendment proposed by this resolution
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0010| shall be submitted to the people for their approval or
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0011| rejection at the next general election or at any special
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0012| election prior to that date which may be called for that
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0013| purpose.
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