State of New Mexico
                      House of Representatives
  
                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
  
  
                                                   March 19, 1997
  
  
  Mr. Speaker:
  
       Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
  
                 SENATE BILL 773, as amended
                               
  has had it under consideration and reports same with
  recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
  
       1.  Strike Senate Floor Amendments 1 and 2.
  
       2.  On pages 2 and 3, strike all of Subsection G and insert in
  lieu thereof the following:
  
            "G.  In meeting the requirements made in Subsections D
  through F of this section, all teachers in fourth through eighth
  grades shall emphasize the importance of reading and writing by
  appropriately designating reading and reporting assignments
  commensurate with the students' abilities and integrating these
  expectations through thoughtful curricula.".  
  
       3.  On page 3, line 21, strike the comma, and on lines 21
  through 23, strike the underscored material. 
       
       4. On page 4, between lines 20 and 21, insert the following
  new subsection to read:
       
            "C.  In meeting the requirements of Subsection B of this
  section, all teachers in fourth through eighth grades shall
  emphasize the importance of reading and writing by appropriately
  designating reading and reporting assignments commensurate with the
  students' abilities and integrating these expectations through
  thoughtful curricula.".
  
       5.  Reletter the succeeding subsections accordingly.
  
                                Respectfully submitted,
  
  
  
                                                                                               
                                                              Samuel F. Vigil, Chairman
  
  
  Adopted                       Not Adopted                       
            (Chief Clerk)                       (Chief Clerk)
  
                         Date             
  
  The roll call vote was 9  For 0  Against
  Yes:      9
            Excused:  Miera, Nicely, S.M. Williams, Wright
            Absent:   None
  
  
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