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0002| SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 89
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0003| 42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION,
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0004| 1996
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0005| INTRODUCED BY
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0006| CYNTHIA NAVA
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0012| A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0013| REQUESTING THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION TO STUDY THE NEED
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0014| FOR A PROGRAM FOR DEAF STUDENTS WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS.
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0016| WHEREAS, a certain segment of the deaf community has
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0017| serious mental health problems that may or may not be related to
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0018| their deafness; and
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0019| WHEREAS, no specific program addresses the problems of
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0020| these individuals; and
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0021| WHEREAS, the New Mexico school for the deaf, with its long
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0022| history of serving the deaf community, has demonstrated a
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0023| willingness to provide such a program in its well-structured
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0024| environment; and
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0025| WHEREAS, a funding request for such a program was presented
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0001| to the commission on higher education; and
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0002| WHEREAS, with the limited state revenue this year the
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0003| request was not presented to the legislature;
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0004| NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0005| STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the commission on higher education be
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0006| requested to study the advisability of establishing a program on
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0007| the campus of the New Mexico school for the deaf to offer
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0008| residential treatment to deaf students with mental health
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0009| problems; and
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0010| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be sent
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0011| to the New Mexico school for the deaf and to the commission on
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0012| higher education.
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0013| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0014| SECOND SESSION
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0017| February 8, 1996
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0020| SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENT number _______ to SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 89
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0022| Amendment sponsored by Senator Cynthia Nava
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0025| 1. On page 1, line 11, strike "COMMISSION ON HIGHER
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0001| EDUCATION" and insert in lieu thereof "THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEW
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0002| MEXICO SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF".
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0004| 2. On page 2, line 3, strike "commission on higher education"
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0005| and insert in lieu thereof "board of regents of New Mexico school
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0006| for the deaf".
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0008| 3. On page 2, lines 9 and 10, strike "and to the commission
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0009| on higher education".
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0017| __________________________
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0018| Cynthia Nava
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0023| Adopted ___________________ Not Adopted _____________________
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0024| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0002| Date _________________ State of New Mexico
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0003| House of Representatives
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0005| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0006| SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0009| February 14, 1996
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0012| Mr. Speaker:
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0014| Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0016| SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 89, as amended
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0018| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0019| recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0021| Respectfully submitted,
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0001| Samuel F. Vigil, Chairman
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0004| Adopted Not Adopted
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0006| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0008| Date
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0010| The roll call vote was 9 For 0 Against
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0011| Yes: 9
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0012| Excused: Trujillo, Weeks, SM Williams
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0013| Absent: None
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