0001| HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 37
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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| JOSE R. ABEYTA
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0011| A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0012| EXPRESSING THE OPPOSITION OF THE LEGISLATURE TO THE GOVERNOR'S
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0013| PLAN TO INCREASE TUITION AT NEW MEXICO'S INSTITUTIONS OF POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION.
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0015| WHEREAS, Governor Gary Johnson proposes to raise college
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0016| tuition by eight percent; and
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0017| WHEREAS, this increase would be far more than the rate of
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0018| inflation for the past several years; and
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0019| WHEREAS, too few New Mexicans can afford tuition as it is,
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0020| and more, not fewer, New Mexicans need to obtain higher
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0021| education in order for the state to enter the twenty-first
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0022| century economically; and
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0023| WHEREAS, New Mexico is ranked forty-seventh among the fifty
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0024| states in per capita income and our citizens depend on better
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0025| more available education to improve their lives and the standing
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0001| of New Mexico among the other states in academic and economic
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0002| achievement; and
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0003| WHEREAS, cost cuts at educational institutions should not
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0004| come at the expense of the people these institutions exist to
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0005| serve; and
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0006| WHEREAS, recent advances in high technology offer the
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0007| opportunity for colleges to reduce costs by teaching courses
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0008| more efficiently through distance learning and other methods;
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0009| and
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0010| WHEREAS, post-secondary institutions have other means of
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0011| cutting costs such as consolidating boards of governors and
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0012| departments, reducing administrative overhead and requiring more
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0013| productivity from faculty;
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0014| NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0015| STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the legislature oppose the governor's
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0016| suggestion that boards of governors increase tuition; and
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0017| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that boards of governors be
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0018| requested to disregard the governor's suggestion and hold the
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0019| line on tuition if reduction of tuition is not possible; and
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0020| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0021| transmitted to the governor and to board of regents, governing
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0022| board and community college board members of New Mexico post-secondary institutions.
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0023| State of New Mexico
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0024| House of Representatives
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0001| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0002| SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0004| February 1, l996
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0007| Mr. Speaker:
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0009| Your RULES AND ORDER OF BUSINESS COMMITTEE, to
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0010| whom has been referred
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0012| HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 37
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0014| has had it under consideration and finds same to be
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0015| GERMANE in accordance with constitutional provisions.
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0017| Respectfully submitted,
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0022| Barbara A. Perea Casey,
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0023| Chairperson
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0001| Adopted Not Adopted
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0003| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0005| Date
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0007| The roll call vote was 10 For 0 Against
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0008| Yes: 10
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0009| Excused: Lujan, Olguin, Rodella, R. G. Sanchez, S. M. Williams
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0010| Absent: None
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0012| HJ037RC1 State of New Mexico
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0013| House of Representatives
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0015| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0016| SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0019| February 12, 1996
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0022| Mr. Speaker:
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0024| Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0003| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0004| recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0006| Respectfully submitted,
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0011| Samuel F. Vigil, Chairman
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0014| Adopted Not Adopted
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0016| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0018| Date
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0020| The roll call vote was 9 For 1 Against
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0021| Yes: 9
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0022| No: WC Williams
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0023| Excused: Dolliver, Weeks
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0024| Absent: None
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