0001| SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR | 0002| | 0003| SENATE BILL 715 | 0004| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| AN ACT | 0013| RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS; CREATING A STUDENT ATTENDANCE | 0014| OVERSIGHT TASK FORCE; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION. | 0015| | 0016| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0017| Section 1. STUDENT ATTENDANCE OVERSIGHT TASK FORCE-- | 0018| CREATION--TERMINATION.--The "student attendance oversight task | 0019| force" is created. The task force shall function from the date | 0020| of its appointment until the first day of December prior to the | 0021| second session of the forty-third legislature. | 0022| Section 2. MEMBERSHIP--APPOINTMENT--VACANCIES.-- | 0023| A. The student attendance oversight task force | 0024| shall be composed of six legislative members; six public | 0025| advisory members, two of whom shall be graduates of or current | 0001| students at an alternative high school in the state; and one | 0002| representative from the state department of public education. | 0003| B. Three members of the house of representatives | 0004| shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of | 0005| representatives and three members of the senate shall be | 0006| appointed by the committees' committee of the senate or, if the | 0007| senate appointments are made in the interim, by the president | 0008| pro tempore of the senate after consultation with and the | 0009| agreement of a majority of the members of the committees' | 0010| committee. Members shall be appointed from each house so as to | 0011| give the two major political parties in each house the same | 0012| proportional representation on the task force as prevails in | 0013| each house; however, in no event shall either party have less | 0014| than one member from each house on the task force. Vacancies | 0015| on the task force shall be filled by appointment in the same | 0016| manner as the original appointments. | 0017| C. So as to represent the state's ethnic and | 0018| geographic diversity, three public advisory members shall be | 0019| appointed to the task force by the speaker of the house of | 0020| representatives and three public advisory members shall be | 0021| appointed to the task force by the president pro tempore of the | 0022| senate. The public members of the task force shall be paid per | 0023| diem and mileage in accordance with the provisions of the Per | 0024| Diem and Mileage Act plus reimbursement for reasonable actual | 0025| expenses. | 0001| D. The task force shall also include one advisory | 0002| member representing the state department of public education | 0003| appointed by the president of the state board of education. | 0004| E. The speaker of the house of representatives and the | 0005| president pro tempore of the senate shall each designate one co- | 0006| chairman of the task force. | 0007| Section 3. DUTIES.-- | 0008| A. After its appointment, the student attendance | 0009| oversight task force shall hold one organizational meeting to | 0010| develop a work plan and budget for the ensuing interim. The work | 0011| plan and budget shall be submitted to the New Mexico legislative | 0012| council for approval. | 0013| B. Upon approval of the work plan and budget by the | 0014| legislative council, the task force shall oversee the | 0015| implementation of the legislative directives relating to the | 0016| student attendance and graduation, including development of a | 0017| method to allocate the funds which each school district receives | 0018| under the state equalization guarantee to create incentives to | 0019| improve the student attendance and graduation rate. | 0020| C. The task force shall recommend legislation or | 0021| changes if any are found to be necessary to the legislature. | 0022| Section 4. REPORT.--The student attendance oversight task | 0023| force shall make a report of its findings and recommendations for | 0024| the consideration of the second session of the forty-third | 0025| legislature. The reports and suggested legislation shall be made | 0001| available to the New Mexico legislative council on or before | 0002| November 1 preceding the session. | 0003| Section 5. STAFF.--The staff for the student attendance | 0004| oversight task force shall be provided by the legislative council | 0005| service. | 0006| Section 6. APPROPRIATION.--twenty thousand dollars | 0007| ($20,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the legislative | 0008| council service for expenditure in fiscal year 1998 for the | 0009| purpose of paying the salaries and expenses of technical, legal | 0010| and clerical staff; for purchasing equipment and supplies; and for | 0011| reimbursing the per diem and mileage expenses of the student | 0012| attendance oversight task force members. Any unexpended or | 0013| unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 1998 | 0014| shall revert to the general fund. | 0015|  |