0001|                           SENATE BILL 316
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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|                          PHILLIP J. MALOOF
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO EDUCATION; ENACTING THE CLASSROOM PIGGY BANK ACT;
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0012|     PROVIDING MONEY FOR TEACHERS FOR INSTRUCTIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL
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0013|     ACTIVITIES; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.
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0014|     
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0015|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016|          Section 1.  A new section of the Public School Code is
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0017|     enacted to read:  
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0018|          "[<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  SHORT TITLE.--This act may be cited as
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0019|     the "Classroom Piggy Bank Act"."
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0020|          Section 2.  A new section of the Public School Code is
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0021|     enacted to read:  
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0022|          "[<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Classroom
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0023|     Piggy Bank Act:
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0024|               A.  "educational activities" means instructional
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0025|     events occurring in or outside the classroom for the
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0001|     educational benefit of children;
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0002|               B.  "fund" means the classroom piggy bank fund;
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0003|               C.  "instructional supplies" means incidental items
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0004|     or equipment for use in a classroom setting for the benefit of
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0005|     children; and
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0006|               D.  "teacher" means a certified school instructor
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0007|     who, as an employee of a school district, spends the majority
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0008|     of the work day providing instruction to children in a
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0009|     classroom setting."
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0010|          Section 3.  A new section of the Public School Code is
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0011|     enacted to read:  
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0012|          "[<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  CLASSROOM PIGGY BANK FUND CREATED.--The
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0013|     "classroom piggy bank fund" is created in the state treasury. 
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0014|     Money in the fund is appropriated to the department of
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0015|     education for the purpose of making distributions to school
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0016|     districts for distribution to teachers in the school districts
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0017|     pursuant to the provisions of the Classroom Piggy Bank Act. 
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0018|     Money in the fund shall be distributed upon warrant of the
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0019|     department of finance and administration pursuant to vouchers
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0020|     signed by the state superintendent.  Unexpended or unencumbered
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0021|     balances remaining in the fund at the end of any fiscal year
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0022|     shall revert to the general fund."
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0023|          Section 4.  A new section of the Public School Code is
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0024|     enacted to read:  
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0025|          "[<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  DISTRIBUTION OF THE FUND.--Money in the
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0001|     fund shall be distributed annually at the commencement of the
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0002|     regular school year.  The state superintendent shall distribute
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0003|     money in the fund in a pro rata share to each school district
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0004|     on the basis of the number of full-time teachers employed by
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0005|     the district.  Money distributed to each school district shall
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0006|     be transferred to the principal of each school in the school
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0007|     district for equal distribution to each full-time teacher in
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0008|     the school district.  Money distributed from the fund shall be
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0009|     in addition to and shall not supplant a distribution made
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0010|     pursuant to the Instructional Material Law."
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0011|          Section 5.  A new section of the Public School Code is
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0012|     enacted to read:  
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0013|          "[<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  EXPENDITURE OF MONEY--RECEIPTS.--
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0014|               A.  Money distributed from the fund shall be
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0015|     expended only for the purchase of instructional supplies or for
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0016|     educational activities.  Distributions to individual teachers
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0017|     may, at the discretion of the teacher, be combined with
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0018|     distributions to other teachers at the same school to enable
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0019|     joint purchases and enhanced purchasing power.  Money from the
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0020|     fund shall not be used for basic building needs or on non-
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0021|     instruction-related uses.
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0022|               B.  A teacher expending money distributed from the
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0023|     fund shall provide detailed receipts for all expenditures to
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0024|     the principal of the school within thirty days of the
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0025|     expenditure.
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0001|               C.  Money distributed to a principal or a teacher
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0002|     that remains unexpended at the end of the regular school year
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0003|     shall be remitted to the school district for remittance to the
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0004|     fund."
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0005|          Section 6.  APPROPRIATION.--Three million dollars
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0006|     ($3,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the
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0007|     classroom piggy bank fund for expenditure in fiscal year 1998
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0008|     for the purpose of making distributions pursuant to the
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0009|     Classroom Piggy Bank Act.  Any unexpended or unencumbered
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0010|     balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 1998 shall revert
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0011|     to the general fund.
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