0001| HOUSE BILL 56 | 0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| W.C. "DUB" WILLIAMS | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| FOR THE LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION STUDY COMMITTEE | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS; AMENDING CONDITIONS FOR SABBATICAL | 0012| LEAVE FOR CERTIFIED EMPLOYEES. | 0013| | 0014| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0015| Section 1. Section 22-10-25 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1969, | 0016| Chapter 116, Section 4, as amended) is amended to read: | 0017| "22-10-25. MINIMUM CONDITIONS FOR SABBATICAL LEAVE.--Any | 0018| sabbatical leave program adopted by a [local] school district | 0019| or a state agency shall provide the following as minimum | 0020| conditions: | 0021| A. only those certified employees who have | 0022| completed at least six years of continuous service in a | 0023| certified capacity with [the] any school district or those | 0024| certified school instructors who have completed at least six | 0025| years of continuous service in a certified capacity with the | 0001| state agency are eligible. For purposes of this section, a | 0002| leave of absence without pay shall not be considered as an | 0003| interruption of continuous service, but the leave of absence | 0004| without pay shall not be counted in determining the six-year | 0005| requirement; | 0006| B. further sabbatical leave may be granted in the | 0007| seventh year of service following a period of sabbatical leave | 0008| under the same conditions as other sabbatical leaves are | 0009| granted; | 0010| C. sabbatical leave shall be granted only upon | 0011| agreement by the employee to return to the school system or | 0012| state agency for at least two years following the leave or | 0013| [repayment] to repay to the school district or state agency | 0014| [of] the salary received during the period of leave. Such | 0015| agreement shall be placed in a supplementary contract executed | 0016| prior to authorization for the sabbatical leave; | 0017| D. the maximum term of any one period of sabbatical | 0018| leave shall be one year; | 0019| E. the employee shall be guaranteed an equivalent | 0020| or better position upon return to the school system or state | 0021| agency; | 0022| F. if regular salary increments for length of | 0023| service are contained in the salary schedule, the period of | 0024| leave shall be counted as period of service in the computation | 0025| of future length of service increments; and | 0001| G. the employee may continue his participation in | 0002| the educational retirement plan by making appropriate | 0003| contributions as agreed by the local school board or the | 0004| governing authority of the state agency and the educational | 0005| retirement board." | 0006|  State of New Mexico | 0007| House of Representatives | 0008| | 0009| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0010| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| February 3, 1997 | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| Mr. Speaker: | 0017| | 0018| Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0019| | 0020| HOUSE BILL 56 | 0021| | 0022| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0023| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows: | 0024| | 0025| 1. On page 1, line 25, strike "the" and insert in lieu | 0001| thereof "any". | 0002| | 0003| Respectfully submitted, | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| Samuel F. Vigil, Chairman | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| Adopted Not Adopted | 0013| | 0014| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0015| | 0016| Date | 0017| | 0018| The roll call vote was 12 For 0 Against | 0019| Yes: 12 | 0020| Excused: Nicely | 0021| Absent: None | 0022| | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H0056 | 0001| | 0002| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0003| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| March 15, 1997 | 0007| | 0008| Mr. President: | 0009| | 0010| Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0011| | 0012| HOUSE BILL 56, as amended | 0013| | 0014| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0015| recommendation that it DO PASS. | 0016| | 0017| Respectfully submitted, | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| __________________________________ | 0023| Cynthia Nava, Chairman | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| Adopted_______________________ Not | 0003| Adopted_______________________ | 0004| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| Date ________________________ | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| The roll call vote was 6 For 0 Against | 0012| Yes: 6 | 0013| No: 0 | 0014| Excused: Boitano, Duran, Gorham, Rawson | 0015| Absent: None | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| H0056ED1 |