0001| HOUSE BILL 67 | 0002| 42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, | 0003| 1996 | 0004| INTRODUCED BY | 0005| SHERYL M. WILLIAMS | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| FOR THE LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION STUDY COMMITTEE | 0010| | 0011| AN ACT | 0012| RELATING TO EDUCATION; ENACTING THE SCHOOL-TO-WORK OPPORTUNITIES | 0013| ACT; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION. | 0014| | 0015| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0016| Section 1. SHORT TITLE.--This act may be cited as the | 0017| "School-to-Work Opportunities Act". | 0018| Section 2. PURPOSE OF ACT.--The purpose of the School-to-Work Opportunities Act is to: | 0019| A. establish the school-to-work system to facilitate | 0020| statewide planning for the school-to-work system and to create | 0021| working relationships among public schools, public post-secondary institutions and the business community to provide | 0022| positive opportunities for students in the work force; | 0023| B. provide for a school-based educational system | 0024| that integrates technology, training in the use of workplace | 0025| resources and skills development to prepare students for the | 0001| challenges of the workplace; and | 0002| C. establish procedures for assisting in the | 0003| transition of students into the workplace, a job training | 0004| program or a post-secondary institution. | 0005| Section 3. DEFINITIONS.--As used in the School-to-Work | 0006| Opportunities Act: | 0007| A. "board" means the quality work force advisory | 0008| board; | 0009| B. "department" means the state department of public | 0010| education; and | 0011| C. "division" means the vocational education | 0012| division of the department. | 0013| Section 4. DEPARTMENT DUTIES.--The department shall: | 0014| A. implement the provisions of the School-to-Work | 0015| Opportunities Act; and | 0016| B. establish, in cooperation with public school | 0017| districts, public post-secondary institutions and communities, a | 0018| school-to-work system to include: | 0019| (1) a work-based component emphasizing job | 0020| training, job placement in the business community and workplace | 0021| mentoring services; | 0022| (2) a school-based component emphasizing | 0023| community involvement in career counseling and placement and | 0024| integration of academic and vocational education; and | 0025| (3) a component that places students with | 0001| community business employers for the purpose of encouraging job | 0002| placement, continuing education and skills development in the | 0003| workplace. | 0004| Section 5. SCHOOL-TO-WORK SYSTEM.--The department shall | 0005| administer the school-to-work system and shall: | 0006| A. coordinate all federal and state efforts | 0007| regarding the school-to-work system; | 0008| B. provide school-to-work staff development training | 0009| to teachers, employers, mentors, counselors and other related | 0010| personnel; | 0011| C. establish procedures to encourage participation | 0012| by students in the school-to-work system; | 0013| D. establish procedures that assist in the | 0014| transition of students from school to job placement sites; | 0015| E. assist employers in developing criteria for job | 0016| placement programs for student participants; | 0017| F. expand career and academic counseling at | 0018| elementary and secondary schools to include school-to-work | 0019| system principles and methodology; | 0020| G. adopt a school-to-work system for students with | 0021| disabilities and for students who are at risk of dropping out of | 0022| school; and | 0023| H. develop long-range plans for a statewide school-to-work system, including plans to ensure financial stability of | 0024| the school-to-work system in the event federal resources are no | 0025| longer available to the department. | 0001| Section 6. QUALITY WORK FORCE ADVISORY BOARD--CREATION--APPOINTMENT--MEMBERSHIP.--There is created within the department | 0002| a "quality work force advisory board" whose members shall be | 0003| appointed by the governor from a list of recommendations | 0004| submitted by the president of the state board of education. The | 0005| board shall be composed of twenty members to include: | 0006| A. one representative from the governor's office; | 0007| B. two representatives from the division, one of | 0008| whom shall be the division's gender equity coordinator; | 0009| C. two representatives from the labor department, | 0010| one of whom shall be appointed from the state employment sector; | 0011| D. one representative from the department's | 0012| vocational rehabilitation division; | 0013| E. one representative from a two-year post-secondary | 0014| educational institution; | 0015| F. one representative from the economic development | 0016| department; | 0017| G. two representatives from organized labor; | 0018| H. five representatives from the business and | 0019| industry sector; | 0020| I. one representative from the disabled community; J. three representatives from the public schools, | 0021| including an administrator, a teacher and a school counselor; | 0022| and | 0023| K. one representative from the New Mexico council on | 0024| vocational education. | 0025| Section 7. BOARD PURPOSE AND DUTIES.-- | 0001| A. The purpose of the board is to establish | 0002| guidelines for the use and renewal of federal and state funds | 0003| for the school-to-work system and guidelines for the | 0004| implementation of the school-to-work programs developed by the | 0005| department. | 0006| B. The board shall: | 0007| (1) make recommendations to the department | 0008| regarding compliance with rules and regulations for the | 0009| administration of federal and state school-to-work funds; and | 0010| (2) establish criteria for evaluations of | 0011| school-to-work programs. | 0012| Section 8. ANNUAL REPORT.--The department shall submit a | 0013| report to the legislative education study committee annually | 0014| regarding how funds are spent by the department for the school-to-work system, the progress of the school-to-work programs and | 0015| data documenting the success of students and employers | 0016| participating in the school-to-work system. | 0017| Section 9. APPROPRIATION.--One hundred fifty thousand | 0018| dollars ($150,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the | 0019| state department of public education for expenditure in fiscal | 0020| year 1997 to establish a school-to-work system to facilitate | 0021| statewide planning for school-to-work opportunities and to | 0022| create working relationships among public schools, public post-secondary educational institutions and the business community to | 0023| provide school-to-work opportunities for students in the work | 0024| force. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the | 0025| end of fiscal year 1997 shall revert to the general fund. | 0001| Section 10. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the | 0002| provisions of this act is July 1, 1996. | 0003|  | 0004| State of New Mexico | 0005| House of Representatives | 0006| | 0007| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | 0008| SECOND SESSION, 1996 | 0009| | 0010| January 30, l996 | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| Mr. Speaker: | 0014| | 0015| Your RULES AND ORDER OF BUSINESS COMMITTEE, to | 0016| whom has been referred | 0017| | 0018| HOUSE BILL 67 | 0019| | 0020| has had it under consideration and finds same to be | 0021| GERMANE in accordance with constitutional provisions. | 0022| | 0023| Respectfully submitted, | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| | 0003| Barbara A. Perea Casey, | 0004| Chairperson | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| Adopted Not Adopted | 0008| | 0009| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0010| | 0011| Date | 0012| | 0013| The roll call vote was 8 For 0 Against | 0014| Yes: 8 | 0015| Excused: Nicely, Olguin, Pederson, R. G. Sanchez, J. G. Taylor, | 0016| Wallach, S. Williams | 0017| Absent: None | 0018| | 0019| H0067RC1 |