0001|                            HOUSE BILL 723
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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|                             MIMI STEWART
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL FINANCE; AMENDING SECTION 22-8-24
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0012|     NMSA 1978 (BEING LAWS 1974, CHAPTER 8, SECTION 15, AS AMENDED
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0013|     BY LAWS 1993, CHAPTER 91, SECTION 1 AND ALSO BY LAWS 1993,
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0014|     CHAPTER 237, SECTION 3).
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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 22-8-24 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1974,
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0018|     Chapter 8, Section 15, as amended by Laws 1993, Chapter 91,
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0019|     Section 1 and also by Laws 1993, Chapter 237, Section 3) is
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0020|     amended to read:
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0021|          "22-8-24.  INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE
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0022|     INDEX--DEFINITIONS--FACTORS--CALCULATIONS.--
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0023|               A.  For the purpose of calculating the instructional
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0024|     staff training and experience index, the following definitions
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0025|     and limitations shall apply:
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0001|                    (1)  "instructional staff" means the personnel
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0002|     assigned to the instructional program of the school district,
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0003|     excluding principals, substitute teachers, instructional aides,
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0004|     secretaries and clerks;
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0005|                    (2)  the number of instructional staff to be
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0006|     counted in calculating the instructional staff training and
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0007|     experience index is the actual number of full-time equivalent
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0008|     instructional staff on the October payroll;
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0009|                    (3)  the number of years of experience to be
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0010|     used in calculating the instructional staff training and
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0011|     experience index is that number of years of experience allowed
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0012|     for salary increment purposes on the salary schedule of the
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0013|     school district; and
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0014|                    (4)  the academic degree and additional credit
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0015|     hours to be used in calculating the instructional staff
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0016|     training and experience index is the degree and additional
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0017|     <s>[semester]</s> credit hours allowed for salary increment purposes
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0018|     on the salary schedule of the school district.
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0019|               <u>B.  In determining the academic classification for
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<u></u>0020| <u>    instructional staff, additional credit hours earned after
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<u></u>0021| <u>    completion of a baccalaureate degree shall be counted
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<u></u>0022| <u>    regardless of whether the hours are earned prior to or after
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<u></u>0023| <u>    the completion of a subsequent degree.</u>
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0024|               <s>[B.]</s> <u>C.</u>  The factors for each classification of
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0025|     academic training by years of experience are provided in the
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0001|     following table:
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0002|                                   Years of Experience
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0003|     Academic
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0004|     Classification       0 - 2   3 - 5   6 - 8    9 - 15  Over 15
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0005|     Bachelor's degree
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0006|        or less            .75     .90    1.00      1.05     1.05
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0007|     Bachelor's degree plus
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0008|        15 credit hours    .80     .95    1.00      1.10     1.15
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0009|     Master's degree or
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0010|        bachelor's degree
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0011|        plus 45 credit
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0012|        hours              .85    1.00    1.05      1.15     1.20
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0013|     Master's degree plus
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0014|        15 credit hours    .90    1.05    1.15      1.30     1.35
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0015|     Post-master's degree
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0016|        or master's degree
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0017|        plus 45 credit
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0018|        hours             1.00    1.15    1.30      1.40     1.50.
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0019|               <s>[C.]</s> <u>D.</u>  The instructional staff training and
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0020|     experience index for each school district shall be calculated
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0021|     in accordance with instructions issued by the state
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0022|     superintendent.  The following calculations shall be computed:
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0023|                    (1)  multiply the number of full-time
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0024|     equivalent instructional staff in each academic classification
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0025|     by the numerical factor in the appropriate "years of
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0001|     experience" column provided in the table in Subsection <s>[B]</s>
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0002|     <u>C</u>  of this section;
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0003|                    (2)  add the products calculated in Paragraph
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0004|     (1) of this subsection; and
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0005|                    (3)  divide the total obtained in Paragraph
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0006|     (2) of this subsection by the total number of full-time
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0007|     equivalent instructional staff.
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0008|               <s>[D.]</s> <u>E.</u>  In the event that the result of the
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0009|     calculation of the training and experience index is 1.0 or
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0010|     less, the district's factor shall be no less than 1.0.
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0011|               <s>[E.]</s> <u>F.</u>  In the event that a new school
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0012|     district is created, the training and experience index for
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0013|     that district is 1.12."
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0014|          Section 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
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0015|     provisions of this act is July 1, 1997.
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