0001| SENATE BILL 1235
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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| NANCY E. RODRIGUEZ
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0010| AN ACT
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0011| RELATING TO EDUCATION; AMENDING REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION TO
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0012| STATE INSTITUTIONS FOR HOME SCHOOL OR NON-PUBLIC SCHOOL
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0013| STUDENTS; REQUIRING PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO ENROLL TRANSFERRING HOME
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0014| SCHOOL OR PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENTS AT THE LEVEL APPROPRIATE TO
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0015| THEIR AGE AND TEST SCORES.
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0017| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0018| Section 1. Section 21-1-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1912,
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0019| Chapter 83, Section 2, as amended) is amended to read:
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0020| "21-1-1. [ID.] STATE INSTITUTIONS [SUPPORT AND
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MAINTENANCE; STUDENTS--EXAMINATION] ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS TO
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0022| BE ESTABLISHED BY BOARDS OF REGENTS. [Sec. 145.]
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0023| A. The respective boards of regents of [the New
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Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, the New Mexico
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School of Mines] New Mexico state university, New Mexico
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0001| institute of mining and technology, the university of New
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0002| Mexico and the New Mexico military institute at Roswell shall
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0003| determine and fix the standard of requirements for admission to
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0004| their respective institutions.
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0005| B. In determining the standard of requirements for
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0006| admission to their respective institutions, boards of regents
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0007| shall not require a student who has completed the requirements
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0008| of a home-based or non-public school educational program, and
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0009| who has submitted test scores that otherwise qualify him for
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0010| admission to that institution, to obtain or submit proof of
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0011| having obtained a general education development certificate.
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0012| In determining requirements for admission, boards of regents
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0013| shall evaluate and treat applicants from home-based educational
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0014| programs or non-public schools fairly and in a
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0015| nondiscriminatory manner."
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0016| Section 2. Section 22-1-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1975,
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0017| Chapter 338, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:
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0018| "22-1-4. FREE PUBLIC SCHOOLS--EXCEPTIONS--WITHDRAWING AND
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0019| ENROLLING.--
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0020| A. Except as provided by Section 24-5-2 NMSA 1978,
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0021| a free public school education shall be available to any
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0022| school-age person who is a resident of this state and has not
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0023| received a high school diploma or its equivalent.
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0024| B. A free public school education in those courses
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0025| already offered to persons under Subsection A of this section
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0001| shall be available to any person who is a resident of this
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0002| state and has received a high school diploma or its equivalent
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0003| if there is available space in such courses.
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0004| C. Any person entitled to a free public school
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0005| education under this section may enroll or re-enroll in a
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0006| public school at any time and, unless required to attend school
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0007| pursuant to the Compulsory School Attendance Law, may withdraw
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0008| from a public school at any time.
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0009| D. Local school boards shall promulgate regulations
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0010| concerning the enrollment and re-enrollment of all persons. In
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0011| adopting and promulgating non-discriminatory regulations
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0012| concerning the enrollment of students transferring from a home
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0013| school or private school to the public schools, the local
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0014| school board shall provide that the grade level at which the
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0015| transferring student is placed is appropriate to the age of the
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0016| student, to the student's score on a student achievement test
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0017| administered according to the statewide and local school
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0018| district testing programs as determined by the state
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0019| superintendent, or both."
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0024| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0025| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0003| March 5, 1997
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0005| Mr. President:
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0007| Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0009| SENATE BILL 1235
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0011| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0012| recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0014| Respectfully submitted,
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0019| __________________________________
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0020| Cynthia Nava, Chairman
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0024| Adopted_______________________ Not
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0025| Adopted_______________________
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0001| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0005| Date ________________________
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0008| The roll call vote was 9 For 0 Against
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0009| Yes: 9
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0010| No: 0
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0011| Excused: Pinto
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0012| Absent: None
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0015| S1235ED1
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0016| State of New Mexico
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0017| House of Representatives
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0018|
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0019| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0020| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0023| March 17, 1997
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0001| Mr. Speaker:
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0003| Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0005| SENATE BILL 1235
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0007| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0008| recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0010| Respectfully submitted,
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0015| Samuel F. Vigil, Chairman
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0018| Adopted Not Adopted
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0020| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0022| Date
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0024| The roll call vote was 8 For 0 Against
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0025| Yes: 8
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0001| Excused: Beam, Miera, Nicely, Trujillo, S.M. Williams
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0002| Absent: None
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