0001| SENATE BILL 773
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0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003| INTRODUCED BY
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0004| SHANNON ROBINSON
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0010| AN ACT
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0011| RELATING TO EDUCATION; AMENDING SECTIONS OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL
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0012| CODE TO REQUIRE STUDENTS TO READ A BOOK A WEEK AND WRITE A
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0013| THEME PAPER ABOUT EACH BOOK.
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0015| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016| Section 1. Section 22-2-8.3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1986,
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0017| Chapter 33, Section 4, as amended) is amended to read:
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0018| "22-2-8.3. SUBJECT AREAS--MINIMUM INSTRUCTIONAL AREAS
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0019| REQUIRED--ACCREDITATION.--
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0020| A. The state board shall require instruction in
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0021| specific subject areas as provided in Subsections B through
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0022| [F] G of this section. Any public school or school
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0023| district failing to meet these minimum requirements shall not
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0024| be accredited by the state board.
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0025| B. All first and second grade classes shall provide
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0001| daily instruction in language arts skills, including phonics,
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0002| and mathematics.
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0003| C. All third grade classes shall provide daily
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0004| instruction in language arts skills and mathematics.
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0005| D. All fourth, fifth and sixth grade classes shall
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0006| provide instruction in language arts skills, with an emphasis
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0007| on writing and editing; mathematics; science; and social
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0008| studies, including geography. The following subject areas
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0009| shall be offered in the remaining instructional time: art;
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0010| music; physical education; health; and computer literacy,
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0011| including a general familiarization with computers and support
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0012| in the areas of mathematics and writing through word
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0013| processing.
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0014| E. All seventh grade classes shall provide
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0015| instruction in English, with an emphasis on grammar and
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0016| writing; communication skills or science; New Mexico history
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0017| and geography; mathematics; and physical fitness. Remaining
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0018| instructional time may be used for electives listed in
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0019| Subsection [G] H of this section.
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0020| F. All eighth grade classes shall provide
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0021| instruction in English, mathematics, United States history and
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0022| science. Remaining instructional time may be used for
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0023| electives listed in Subsection [G] H of this section.
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0024| G. In addition to the requirements made in
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0025| Subsections D through F of this section, all students in fourth
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0001| through eighth grades shall be required to read a book a week
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0002| and submit a weekly theme paper about each book.
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0003| [G.] H. The electives authorized in Subsections
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0004| E and F of this section are art, industrial arts, chorus, band,
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0005| home economics, typing, creative writing, speech, drama,
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0006| Spanish, computer literacy and other electives approved by the
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0007| state board."
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0008| Section 2. Section 22-2-8.4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1986,
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0009| Chapter 33, Section 5, as amended by Laws 1995, Chapter 174,
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0010| Section 1 and also by Laws 1995, Chapter 180, Section 1) is
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0011| amended to read:
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0012| "22-2-8.4. GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS.--
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0013| A. At the end of the eighth grade or during the
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0014| ninth grade, each student shall prepare an individual program
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0015| of study for grades nine through twelve. The program of study
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0016| shall be signed by a student's parent or guardian.
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0017| B. [Beginning with students entering the ninth
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grade in the 1986-87 school year] Successful completion of a
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0019| minimum of twenty-three units shall be required for graduation.
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0020| These units shall be as follows:
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0021| (1) four units in English, with major emphasis
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0022| on grammar and literature, including the requirement that to
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0023| earn each unit of English, students shall read a book a week
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0024| and submit a weekly theme paper about each book;
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0025| (2) three units in mathematics;
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0001| (3) two units in science, one of which shall
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0002| have a laboratory component;
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0003| (4) three units in social science, which shall
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0004| include United States history and geography, world history and
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0005| geography, and government and economics;
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0006| (5) one unit in physical fitness;
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0007| (6) one unit in communication skills, with
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0008| major emphasis on writing and speaking, which may include a
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0009| language other than English; and
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0010| (7) nine elective units. Only the following
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0011| elective units shall be counted toward meeting the requirements
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0012| for graduation: fine arts, i.e., music, band, chorus and art;
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0013| practical arts; physical education; languages other than
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0014| English; speech; drama; vocational education; mathematics;
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0015| science; English; R.O.T.C.; social science; computer science;
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0016| health education; and other electives approved by the state
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0017| board.
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0018| With the approval of the local school board, participation
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0019| on an athletic team or in an athletic sport during the school
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0020| day may count toward fulfillment of the physical education
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0021| required unit.
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0022| C. Final examinations shall be administered to all
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0023| students in all classes offered for credit.
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0024| D. [Beginning with students entering the ninth
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grade in the 1986-87 school year] No student shall receive a
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0001| high school diploma who has not passed a state competency
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0002| examination in the subject areas of reading, English, math,
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0003| science and social science. If a student exits from the school
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0004| system at the end of grade twelve without having passed a state
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0005| competency examination, he shall receive an appropriate state
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0006| certificate indicating the number of credits earned and the
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0007| grade completed. If within five years after a student exits
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0008| from the school system he takes and passes the state competency
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0009| examination, he may receive a high school diploma.
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0010| E. The state board may establish a policy to
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0011| provide for administrative interpretations to clarify
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0012| curricular and testing provisions of the Public School Code."
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0015| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0016| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0019| February 27, 1997
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0021| Mr. President:
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0023| Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0025| SENATE BILL 773
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0002| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0003| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the
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0004| PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.
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0006| Respectfully submitted,
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0012| Cynthia Nava, Chairman
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0016| Adopted_______________________ Not
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0018| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0021| Date ________________________
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0024| The roll call vote was 8 For 1 Against
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0025| Yes: 8
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0001| No: Rawson
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0002| Excused: Duran
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0003| Absent: None
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0010| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0011| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0014| March 10, 1997
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0016| Mr. President:
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0018| Your PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to whom has been
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0019| referred
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0021| SENATE BILL 773
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0023| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0024| recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0001| Respectfully submitted,
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0007| Shannon Robinson, Chairman
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0011| Adopted_______________________ Not
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0013| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0017| Date ________________________
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0020| The roll call vote was 5 For 0 Against
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0021| Yes: 5
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0022| No: 0
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0023| Excused: Adair, Boitano, Vernon, Smith
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0024| Absent: None
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0002| S0773PA1
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0003| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0004| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0008| October 24, 1997
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0011| SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENT number to SENATE BILL 773
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0013| AMENDMENT sponsored by SENATOR GORHAM
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0016| 1. On page 3, line 1, after the period insert:
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0018| "All students in the seventh and eighth grades shall be
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0019| required to read a book every two weeks and submit a
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0020| theme paper about each book."
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0002| Senator Ramsay L. Gorham
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0008| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0016| S0773FS1 FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0017| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0021| October 24, 1997
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0024| SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENT number to SENATE BILL 773
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0001| AMENDMENT sponsored by SENATOR BOITANO
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0003| 1. On page 1, line 24, after the word "board" insert the
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0004| following sentence: "Any public school or school district
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0005| failing to meet the minimum requirements of the read a book a
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0006| week program may not be accredited by the state board."
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0013| Senator Mark Boitano
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0019| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0002| S0773FS2 State of New Mexico
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0003| House of Representatives
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0005| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0006| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0009| March 19, 1997
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0012| Mr. Speaker:
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0014| Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0016| SENATE BILL 773, as amended
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0017|
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0018| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0019| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0021| 1. Strike Senate Floor Amendments 1 and 2.
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0023| 2. On pages 2 and 3, strike all of Subsection G and insert
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0024| in lieu thereof the following:
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0001| "G. In meeting the requirements made in Subsections D
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0002| through F of this section, all teachers in fourth through eighth
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0003| grades shall emphasize the importance of reading and writing by
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0004| appropriately designating reading and reporting assignments
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0005| commensurate with the students' abilities and integrating these
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0006| expectations through thoughtful curricula.".
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0008| 3. On page 3, line 21, strike the comma, and on lines 21
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0009| through 23, strike the underscored material.
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0011| 4. On page 4, between lines 20 and 21, insert the following
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0012| new subsection to read:
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0014| "C. In meeting the requirements of Subsection B of this
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0015| section, all teachers in fourth through eighth grades shall
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0016| emphasize the importance of reading and writing by appropriately
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0017| designating reading and reporting assignments commensurate with
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0018| the students' abilities and integrating these expectations
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0019| through thoughtful curricula.".
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0021| 5. Reletter the succeeding subsections accordingly.
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0023| Respectfully submitted,
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0003| Samuel F. Vigil, Chairman
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0006| Adopted Not Adopted
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0008| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0010| Date
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0012| The roll call vote was 9 For 0 Against
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0013| Yes: 9
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0014| Excused: Miera, Nicely, S.M. Williams, Wright
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0015| Absent: None
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