FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE SB 632/a FIRST SESSION, 1997 February 20, 1997 Mr. President: Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred SENATE BILL 632 has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows: 1. On page 1, between lines 15 and 16, insert the following: Section 1. Section 22-1-2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1967, Chapter 16, Section 2, as amended) is amended to read: "22-1-2. DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Public School Code: A. "state board" means the state board of education; B. "state superintendent" means the superintendent of public instruction; C. "department of education" means the state department of public education; D. "certified school instructor" means any person holding a valid certificate authorizing the person to teach, supervise an instructional program, counsel or provide special instructional services in the public schools of the state; E. "certified school administrator" means any person holding a valid certificate authorizing the person to administer in the public schools of the state; F. "certified school employee" or "certified school personnel" means any employee who is either a certified school instructor or a certified school administrator or both; G. "non-certified school employee" means any employee who is not a certified school employee; H. "certificate" means a certificate issued by the state board authorizing a person to teach, supervise an instructional program, counsel, provide special instructional services or administer in the public schools of the state; I. "chief" or "director" means the state superintendent or his designee unless the context clearly indicates otherwise; J. "private school" means a school offering on-site programs of instruction not under the control, supervision or management of a local school board, exclusive of home instruction offered by the parent, guardian or one having custody of the student; K. "school district" means an area of land established as a political subdivision of the state for the administration of public schools and segregated geographically for taxation and bonding purposes; L. "local school board" means the governing body of a school district; M. "public school" means that part of a school district that is a single attendance center where instruction is offered by a certified school instructor or a group of certified school instructors and is discernible as a building or group of buildings generally recognized as either an elementary, secondary, junior high or high school or any combination thereof; N. "school year" means the total number of teaching days offered by public schools in a school district during a period of twelve consecutive months; O. "consolidation" means the combination of part or all of the geographical area of an existing school district with part or all of the geographical area of one or more contiguous existing school districts; P. "consolidated school district" means a school district created by order of the state board by combining part or all of the geographical area of an existing school district with part or all of the geographical area of one or more contiguous existing school districts; Q. "state institution" means the New Mexico military institute, the New Mexico school for the visually handicapped, the New Mexico school for the deaf, the New Mexico boys' school, the New Mexico youth diagnostic and development center, the Los Lunas medical center, the Fort Stanton hospital, the Las Vegas medical center or the Carrie Tingley crippled children's hospital; R. "state educational institution" means an institution enumerated in Article 12, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico; S. "forty-day report" means the report of qualified student membership of each school district and of those eligible to be qualified students but enrolled in a private school or a home school for the first forty days of school; T. "school" means any supervised program of instruction designed to educate a person in a particular place, manner and subject area; U. "school-age person" means any person who is at least five years of age prior to 12:01 a.m. on September 1 of the school year and who has not received a high school diploma or its equivalent. A maximum age of twenty-one shall be used for persons who are classified as special education membership as defined in Section 22-8-2 NMSA 1978 or as residents of state institutions; V. "home school" means the operation by a parent, guardian or other person having custody of a school-age person who instructs a home study program that provides a basic academic educational program, including but not limited to reading, language arts, mathematics, social studies and science; [and] W. "school building" means a public school, an administration building and related school structure or facilities, including teacher housing, as may be owned, acquired or constructed by the local school board and as necessary to carry out the powers and duties of the local school board; X. "commercial advertiser" means a person who advertises a product or service for profit or not for profit and has a permitted advertisement; and Y. "school bus private owner" means a person who owns a school bus other than a local school district, the department of education, the state or any other political subdivision of the state."". 2. Renumber succeeding sections accordingly. 3. On page 3, line 4, after "painted" insert "or affixed by decal". 4. On page 3, line 9, strike "painting" and insert in lieu thereof "placing". 5. On page 3, line 19, after the word "employment" strike the comma and the remainder of the line and strike line 20 through "the noncompliance". 6. On page 3, line 20, strike "owner-operator" and insert in lieu thereof "private owner". 7. On page 4, line 3, strike "owner-operators" and insert in lieu thereof "private owners". 8. On page 4, line 8, strike "owner-operators" and insert in lieu thereof "private owners". 9. On page 5, line 9, strike "operator" and insert in lieu thereof "private owner". 10. On page 5, lines 21 and 22, strike "owner-operators" and insert in lieu thereof "private owners". 11. On page 6, line 20, after "technology" insert "in accordance with the local school district's technology plan"., and thence referred to the CORPORATIONS AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. Respectfully submitted, __________________________________ Cynthia Nava, Chairman Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________ (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) Date ________________________ The roll call vote was 6 For 0 Against Yes: 6 No: 0 Excused: Boitano, Duran, Pinto, Rodriguez Absent: None S0632ED1 .116790.1/a