0001| SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 38 | 0002| 43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| ROD ADAIR | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| A JOINT MEMORIAL | 0011| REQUESTING THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION TO STUDY THE | 0012| FEASIBILITY OF PRIVATIZING THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL | 0013| OF LAW. | 0014| | 0015| WHEREAS, the university of New Mexico school of law has a | 0016| faculty of thirty and a student body of about three hundred | 0017| forty, providing one of the smallest faculty-student ratios in | 0018| the country, but has a budget of about five million one | 0019| hundred thousand dollars ($5,100,000); and | 0020| WHEREAS, the concept of converting publicly operated | 0021| schools to privately operated schools is gaining acceptance | 0022| nationwide; | 0023| NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE | 0024| STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the commission on higher education | 0025| study the feasibility, implications and potential savings and | - 1 - 0001| costs to the state and its taxpayers of privatizing the | 0002| university of New Mexico school of law; and | 0003| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the commission report its | 0004| findings to the appropriate interim committee by November 1, | 0005| 1998; and | 0006| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be | 0007| transmitted to the executive director of the commission on | 0008| higher education. | 0009|  |