0001| HOUSE BILL 484 | 0002| 42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, | 0003| 1996 | 0004| INTRODUCED BY | 0005| PATSY G. TRUJILLO | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| FOR THE LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION STUDY COMMITTEE | 0010| | 0011| AN ACT | 0012| RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION; AMENDING THE | 0013| CALCULATION OF THE TRANSPORTATION ALLOCATION. | 0014| | 0015| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0016| Section 1. Section 22-8-29.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1995, | 0017| Chapter 208, Section 10) is amended to read: | 0018| "22-8-29.1. CALCULATION OF TRANSPORTATION ALLOCATION.-- | 0019| A. The department of education shall calculate the | 0020| transportation allocation for each school district in the | 0021| following manner: | 0022| (1) group local school districts on the basis | 0023| of the average square miles served per student transported in | 0024| the prior year; | 0025| (2) in each group, calculate the prior year's | 0001| average operational expenditure per student transported in each | 0002| district; | 0003| (3) calculate the average for the group by | 0004| taking the total prior year's expenditure for the group and | 0005| dividing it by the number of students in the group; | 0006| (4) multiply the group average operational | 0007| expenditure per student by the number of students transported on | 0008| the fortieth day of the current year. Designate the product | 0009| "A"; | 0010| (5) add "A" to the mileage supplement. The sum | 0011| of "A" and the mileage supplement is "B"; | 0012| (6) for the 1995-96 [and the 1996-97] | 0013| through the 1999-2000 school years, "B" shall not be less than | 0014| ninety-five percent or more than one hundred fifteen percent of | 0015| the district's previous year's operational allocation, provided | 0016| that if "B" is less than ninety-five percent, "B" is deemed to | 0017| equal ninety-five percent and if "B" is greater than one hundred | 0018| fifteen percent, "B" is deemed equal to one hundred fifteen | 0019| percent. Calculate "B" accordingly; and | 0020| (7) multiply "B" by the transportation | 0021| distribution adjustment factor. | 0022| [B. For the 1997-98, 1998-99 and 1999-2000 school | 0023| years, the transportation allocation for each school district | 0024| shall not be less than ninety-five percent or more than one | 0025| hundred fifteen percent of the 1996-97 school year's | 0001| transportation allocation. | 0002| C.] B. For districts transporting [less] | 0003| fewer than seventy-five students, the department of education | 0004| may [utilize] use alternative calculation methods to | 0005| determine the transportation allocation pursuant to regulation | 0006| of the state board." | 0007| Section 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the | 0008| provisions of this act is July 1, 1996. | 0009| - 3 - | 0010| | 0011| State of New Mexico | 0012| House of Representatives | 0013| | 0014| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | 0015| SECOND SESSION, 1996 | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| February 8, 1996 | 0019| | 0020| | 0021| Mr. Speaker: | 0022| | 0023| Your TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been | 0024| referred | 0025| | 0001| HOUSE BILL 484 | 0002| | 0003| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0004| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the | 0005| EDUCATION COMMITTEE. | 0006| | 0007| Respectfully submitted, | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| Daniel P. Silva, Chairman | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| Adopted Not Adopted | 0016| | 0017| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0018| | 0019| Date | 0020| | 0021| The roll call vote was 9 For 0 Against | 0022| Yes: 9 | 0023| Excused: Olguin, Parsons, Watchman | 0024| Absent: None | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| H0484TC1 State of New Mexico | 0005| House of Representatives | 0006| | 0007| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | 0008| SECOND SESSION, 1996 | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| February 12, 1996 | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| Mr. Speaker: | 0015| | 0016| Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0017| | 0018| HOUSE BILL 484 | 0019| | 0020| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0021| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the | 0022| APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE. | 0023| | 0024| Respectfully submitted, | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| Samuel F. Vigil, Chairman | 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: Dolliver, Nicely, Weeks, WC Williams | 0016| Absent: None | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| H0484EC1 |