0001|                            HOUSE BILL 39
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                             GAIL C. BEAM
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0008|           FOR THE EXCELLENCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION COMMITTEE
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0009|     
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO EDUCATION; CREATING THE EXTENDED LEARNING STUDY
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0012|     COMMITTEE; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
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0013|     
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0014|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0015|          Section 1.  EXTENDED LEARNING STUDY COMMITTEE.--
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0016|               A.  The "extended learning study committee" is
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0017|     created.  The committee shall consist of: 
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0018|                    (1)  the chairmen of the commission on higher
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0019|     education and the state board of education or their designees,
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0020|     who shall serve as co-chairmen of the committee; 
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0021|                    (2)  one representative from the New Mexico
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0022|     association of community colleges; 
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0023|                    (3)  one representative from the public four-
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0024|     year institutions appointed by the council of presidents;  
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0025|                    (4)  the state librarian; 
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0001|                    (5)  the superintendent of public instruction;
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0002|                    (6)  two representatives appointed by the
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0003|     governor from the communications industry; 
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0004|                    (7)  two representatives from the business
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0005|     community, one appointed by the speaker of the house of
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0006|     representatives and one appointed by the president pro tempore
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0007|     of the senate;
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0008|                    (8)  one representative from the national
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0009|     guard of New Mexico;
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0010|                    (9)  the chief information officer;
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0011|                    (10)  one representative from the associated
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0012|     students of the universities of New Mexico; and
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0013|                    (11)  one representative from the
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0014|     superintendents association.    
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0015|               B.  The committee shall advise the commission on
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0016|     higher education and public post-secondary educational
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0017|     institutions on the development of a plan to establish an
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0018|     extended learning network that may include public and private
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0019|     educational institutions, libraries, medical facilities,
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0020|     existing virtual universities, other public facilities and
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0021|     private sector entities that donate their facilities and
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0022|     resources for extended learning services.
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0023|               C.  The committee shall develop an extended
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0024|     learning plan that includes a timetable with phase-in options,
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0025|     cost projections, strategies for addressing professional
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0001|     development needs and recommendations to the legislature and
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0002|     the governor for implementing the plan.
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0003|               D.  The commission on higher education and the
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0004|     state board of education shall jointly provide staff support
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0005|     and administrative services to the committee.
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0006|               E.  The committee shall report its findings and
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0007|     recommendations to the governor and to the legislature by
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0008|     December 1, 1998.
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0009|               F.  Members of the extended learning study
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0010|     committee who are not state employees shall be paid per diem
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0011|     and mileage as provided in the Per Diem and Mileage Act and
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0012|     shall receive no other compensation, perquisite or allowance. 
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0013|          Section 2.  APPROPRIATION.--Fifty thousand dollars
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0014|     ($50,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the
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0015|     commission on higher education for expenditure in fiscal years
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0016|     1998 and 1999 for the purpose of supporting the work of the
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0017|     extended learning study committee.  Any unexpended or
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0018|     unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 1999
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0019|     shall revert to the general fund.
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0020|          Section 3.  EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public
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0021|     peace, health and safety that this act take effect
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0022|     immediately.
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