0001|                            HOUSE BILL 217
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0002|     43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                         W. C. "DUB" WILLIAMS
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0008|           FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING FORMULA TASK FORCE
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0009|     
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO EDUCATION; AMENDING AND ENACTING CERTAIN SECTIONS
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0012|     OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL FINANCE ACT TO AUTHORIZE ADDITIONAL
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0013|     PROGRAM UNITS FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS EMPLOYING CERTAIN NATIONAL
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0014|     BOARD CERTIFIED INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF.
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0016|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0017|          Section 1.  Section 22-8-18 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1974,
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0018|     Chapter 8, Section 8, as amended) is amended to read:
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0019|          "22-8-18.  PROGRAM COST CALCULATION--LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD
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0020|     RESPONSIBILITY.--
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0021|               A.  The total program units for the purpose of
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0022|     computing the program cost shall be calculated by multiplying
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0023|     the sum of the program units itemized as Paragraphs (1) through
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0024|     (4) in this subsection by the instruction staff training and
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0025|     experience index and adding the program units itemized as
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0001|     Paragraphs (5) through <s>[(7)]</s> <u>(8)</u> in this subsection.  The
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0002|     itemized program units are as follows:
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0003|                    (1)  early childhood education;
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0004|                    (2)  basic education;
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0005|                    (3)  special education, adjusted by subtracting
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0006|     the units derived from class D special education MEM in
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0007|     private, nonsectarian, nonprofit training centers;
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0008|                    (4)  bilingual multicultural education;
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0009|                    (5)  size adjustment;
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0010|                    <u>(6)  national board certified teacher program
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<u></u>0011| <u>    units</u>;
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0012|                    [(6)] <u>(7)</u>  enrollment growth or new district
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0013|     adjustment; and
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0014|                    <s>[(7)]</s> <u>(8)</u>  special education units derived
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0015|     from class D special education MEM in private, nonsectarian,
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0016|     nonprofit training centers.
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0017|               B.  The total program cost calculated as prescribed
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0018|     in Subsection A of this section includes the cost of early
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0019|     childhood, special, bilingual multicultural and vocational
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0020|     education and other remedial or enrichment programs.  It is the
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0021|     responsibility of the local school board to determine its
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0022|     priorities in terms of the needs of the community served by
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0023|     that board.  Funds generated under the Public School Finance
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0024|     Act are discretionary to local school boards, provided that the
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0025|     special program needs as enumerated in this section are met."
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0002|          Section 2.  A new section of the Public School Finance
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0003|     Act, Section 22-8-23.3 NMSA 1978, is enacted to read:
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0004|          "22-8-23.3.  [<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED
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0005|     INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF--PROGRAM UNITS.--A school district
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0006|     employing instructional staff who are certified by the national
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0007|     board for professional teaching standards is eligible for
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0008|     additional program units.  The number of additional program
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0009|     units to which an eligible district is entitled under this
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0010|     section is as follows:
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0011|               (Number of Full-Time-Equivalent National Board 
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0012|               Certified Instructional Staff x 4) = Units 
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0013|     where "instructional staff" means the personnel assigned to the
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0014|     instructional program of the school district, excluding
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0015|     principals, substitute teachers, instructional aides,
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0016|     secretaries and clerks."
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0017|          Section 3.  EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
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0018|     provisions of this act is July 1, 1997.
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