0001|                         SENATE BILL 19
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0002|     42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION,
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0003|     1996
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0004|                         INTRODUCED BY
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0005|                          GLORIA HOWES
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0009|          FOR THE LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION STUDY COMMITTEE
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0010|                                  
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0011|                             AN ACT
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0012|     RELATING TO EDUCATION; ESTABLISHING A SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM TO
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0013|     ALLEVIATE A SHORTAGE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION TEACHERS;
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0014|     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.
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0015|     
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0016|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0017|       Section 1.  SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.--
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0018|            A.  In order to alleviate a shortage of teachers
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0019|     certified in early childhood education, the commission on higher
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0020|     education shall promulgate regulations to establish a
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0021|     scholarship program to recruit and assist qualified individuals
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0022|     in obtaining certification in that subject area.
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0023|            B.  A qualified individual shall:
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0024|                 (1)  be a citizen of the United States or have a
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0025|     permanent resident visa;
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0001|                 (2)  be a resident of the state, for tuition
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0002|     purposes;
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0003|                 (3)  be enrolled in either a bachelor's degree
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0004|     program or a certification program in early childhood education;
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0005|                 (4)  have completed at least twenty-four
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0006|     semester hours in a post-secondary educational institution;
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0007|                 (5)  agree to work or teach in a public school
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0008|     in the state for at least two years; and
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0009|                 (6)  have complied with regulations adopted by

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0010|     the commission on higher education for the scholarship program.
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0011|       Section 2.  APPROPRIATION.--Forty-eight thousand dollars
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0012|     ($48,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the
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0013|     commission on higher education for expenditure in fiscal year
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0014|     1997 to establish a scholarship program for individuals pursuing
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0015|     certification in early childhood education.  Any unexpended or
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0016|     unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 1997
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0017|     shall revert to the general fund.
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0018|                                - 2 -  
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0019|   
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0020|                    FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0021|                      SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0023|   
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0024|                                              JANAURY 18, 1996
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0001|   Mr. President:
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0002|   
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0003|     Your COMMITTEES' COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0004|   
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0005|                           SENATE BILL 19
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0006|   
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0007|   has had it under consideration and finds same to be GERMANE, PURSUANT
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0008|   TO CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS, and thence referred to the SENATE
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0009|   EDUCATION COMMITTEE.
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0011|                              Respectfully submitted,
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0016|                              __________________________________
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0017|                              SENATOR MANNY. ARAGON, Chairman 
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0018|   
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0020|   
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0021|   Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0022|             (Chief Clerk)                        (Chief Clerk)
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0023|   
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0024|   
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0025|                     Date ________________________
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0004|   The roll call vote was <u>  </u> For <u>  </u> Against
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0005|   Yes:  
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0006|   No:        
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0007|   Excused:   
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0008|   Absent:    
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0013|                      FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0014|                        SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0017|                                                   January 23, 1996
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0018|   
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0019|   Mr. President:
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0020|   
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0021|     Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0022|   
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0023|                           SENATE BILL 19
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0024|   
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0025|   has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that
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0001|   it DO PASS, and thence referred to the FINANCE COMMITTEE.
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0003|                              Respectfully submitted,
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0007|                              __________________________________
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0008|                              Carlos R. Cisneros, Chairman 
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0012|   Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0013|             (Chief Clerk)                          (Chief Clerk)
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0016|                     Date ________________________
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0018|   
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0019|   The roll call vote was <u> 6 </u> For <u> 0 </u> Against
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0020|   Yes:  6
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0021|   No:        0
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0022|   Excused:   Carraro, Duran, Naranjo, Scott
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0023|   Absent:    0
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