0001|                       HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 97
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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|                          DELORES C. WRIGHT
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0010|                           A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0011|     REQUESTING THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION TO STUDY
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0012|     THE BENEFITS OF MULTITRACK, YEAR-ROUND EDUCATION.
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0013|     
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0014|          WHEREAS, a multitrack, year-round school is defined as one
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0015|     that operates on at least three tracks, with one track not in
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0016|     attendance while the other tracks are in attendance, and one in
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0017|     which the operation of the school has increased the enrollment
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0018|     capacity of the school; and
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0019|          WHEREAS, multitrack, year-round education provides
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0020|     calendar, curricula and family options that fit changing
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0021|     lifestyles, work patterns and community involvement for large
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0022|     segments of the population; and
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0023|          WHEREAS, instituting multitrack, year-round education is
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0024|     one way to reduce overcrowding in school districts; and
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0025|          WHEREAS, research indicates that limited-English-
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0001|     proficient students benefit from year-round education because
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0002|     students demonstrably retain more information under a system of
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0003|     shorter, more frequent breaks in the school year than they do
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0004|     by being out of school for a three-month period during the
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0005|     summer; and
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0006|          WHEREAS, research indicates that disadvantaged students,
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0007|     especially, lose ground during this period; and
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0008|          WHEREAS, multitrack, year-round education has been
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0009|     associated with capital outlay cost savings, more efficient use
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0010|     of instructional materials, reduced student absenteeism,
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0011|     reduced teacher absenteeism and reduction in vandalism,
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0012|     burglary and graffiti; and
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0013|          WHEREAS, a use of a multitrack, year-round calendar may
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0014|     increase a school's census by twenty-five percent to fifty
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0015|     percent; and
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0016|          WHEREAS, the process used to determine the cost-
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0017|     effectiveness of a multitrack, year-round education plan is
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0018|     complex and problematic;
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0019|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0020|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the state department of public
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0021|     education, in cooperation with the legislative education study
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0022|     committee, be requested to study the benefits of multitrack,
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0023|     year-round education; and
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0024|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the study include whether the
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0025|     costs of operating a multitrack, year-round calendar are more
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0001|     than those of operating schools on a traditional calendar and,
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0002|     if so, whether the additional costs warrant the institution of
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0003|     a weighting factor in the public school funding formula; and
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0004|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the study and recommendations
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0005|     be reported to the legislative education study committee by
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0006|     November 1, 1997; and
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0007|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be
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0008|     transmitted to the superintendent of public instruction and the
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0009|     director of the legislative education study committee staff for
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0010|     appropriate distribution.
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0011|                                                         State of New Mexico
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0012|                      House of Representatives
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0013|   
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0014|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0015|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0018|                                                  March 19, 1997
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0021|   Mr. Speaker:
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0022|   
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0023|        Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0024|   
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0025|                   HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 97
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0002|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0003|   recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0005|                                 Respectfully submitted,
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<u></u>0011| <u>                                </u>                             Samuel F. Vigil, Chairman
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0016|             (Chief Clerk)                       (Chief Clerk)
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0018|                        Date <u>            </u>
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0020|   The roll call vote was<u> 9 </u> For<u> 0 </u> Against
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0021|   Yes:      9
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0022|             Excused:  Miera, Nicely, S.M. Williams, Wright
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0023|             Absent:   None
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