0001|                    SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 87
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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|                       PHILLIP J. MALOOF
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0011|                        A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0012|     REQUESTING THAT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION EXAMINE THE
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0013|     POSSIBILITY OF REQUIRING THAT STUDENTS RECEIVE INSTRUCTION IN
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0014|     PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES, THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION AND THE
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0015|     NEED FOR GOOD STUDY HABITS.
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0016|     
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0017|       WHEREAS, increasingly, children and young adults are faced
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0018|     with adult decisions in matters relating to continuing education
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0019|     or ceasing education and raising a family; and
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0020|       WHEREAS, several states have successfully implemented
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0021|     curricula that include instruction in the importance of
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0022|     education and the demanding responsibilities of parenthood; and
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0023|       WHEREAS, increasingly, people of all ages are shirking
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0024|     their responsibilities as parents, not fulfilling parental
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0025|     obligations and leaving society to meet those unmet obligations;
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0001|     and
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0002|       WHEREAS, the public school system has become the greatest
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0003|     teacher for many children, a role formerly held by parents; and
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0004|       WHEREAS, the public school system is left to fulfill unmet
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0005|     parental obligations and thus must be the teacher of
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0006|     responsibilities to the next generation of parents;
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0007|       NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0008|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the state board of education examine
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0009|     the possibility of mandatory instruction in the importance of
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0010|     education and the need for good study habits by students in all
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0011|     grades; and
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0012|       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the state board of education
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0013|     also examine the possibility of mandating instruction in
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0014|     parental responsibilities to children in grades seven through
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0015|     twelve; and
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0016|       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the instruction mandated be
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0017|     appropriate to the grade and level of maturity of students; and
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0018|       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0019|     transmitted to the state board of education.
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