FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
                           FIRST SESSION
  
  
                                                February 10, 1997
  
  
  SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENT number _______ to SENATE BILL 100, as amended
  
  Amendment sponsored by Senator Cynthia Nava 
  
  
      1.  On page 5, strike lines 4 through 13.
  
      2.  Renumber succeeding items accordingly.
  
      3.  On page 6, line 7, strike "500.0" and insert in lieu
  thereof "400.0".
  
      4.  On page 6, between lines 7 and 8, insert the following new
  items, placing the totals in the "General Fund" column:
  
  "(1)  Grads                                  475.0
  
   (2)  Re:Learning                                                    800.0
  
   (3)  SIMSE                                  500.0
  
   (4)  Teacher/admin academies                250.0
  
   (5)  Strengthening
        quality school                         325.0
  
   (6)  Project LEAD                           150.0
  
   (7)  Pre-K early start project              825.0
  
   (8)  Educator background checks             175.0
  
   (9)  Native American and                                          1,600.0".
       other technology
  
      5.  Renumber succeeding items and adjust all totals and
  subtotals accordingly.
  
      6.  On page 7, line 4 strike "five hundred thousand dollars
  ($500,000)" and insert in lieu thereof "four hundred thousand
  dollars ($400,000)". 
  
      7.  On page 7, between lines 8 and 9 insert:
  
      "The general fund appropriation of eight hundred twenty-five
  thousand dollars ($825,000) for pre-K early start projects is for
  competitive grants for school districts with a high percentage of
  limited English proficient and Title I eligible students.  The state
  department of public education shall develop a request for
  proposals, conduct an application and review process of school
  district proposals and distribute funds to school districts whose
  proposals meet the criteria specified in the state department of
  public education's request for proposals.  The criteria developed by
  the state department of public education must include an evaluation
  component to assess the effectiveness of the projects.
  
      The general fund appropriation of one million six hundred
  thousand dollars ($1,600,000) for Native American and other
  technology shall be distributed by the state department of public
  education on a per membership basis to school districts with Native
  American student enrollments of more than ten and one-half percent
  and to school districts with a total assessed valuation per
  membership less than the state average for fiscal year 1997.
  
      The general fund appropriation of one hundred seventy-five
  thousand dollars ($175,000) for educator background checks is
  contingent upon passage and enactment into law by the first session
  of the forty-third legislature of Senate Bill 106 that requires new
  applicants for a New Mexico educator license and applicants for
  employment to submit to a criminal background check.".
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
                                       __________________________
                                          Cynthia Nava
  
  
  
  Adopted ___________________   Not Adopted _____________________
           (Chief Clerk)                       (Chief Clerk)
  
  
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