0001| SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 30
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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| GLORIA HOWES
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0010| A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0011| REQUESTING THAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN
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0012| COOPERATION WITH THE LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION STUDY COMMITTEE
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0013| STUDY THE IMPACT ON SCHOOL DISTRICTS OF THE STATE TAKING CREDIT
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0014| FOR FEDERAL IMPACT AID REVENUES, COMMONLY KNOWN AS PL-874
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0015| FUNDS, IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL STATE EQUALIZATION GUARANTEE
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0016| DISTRIBUTION.
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0018| WHEREAS, forty school districts in New Mexico are eligible
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0019| to receive federal impact aid revenues, commonly known as PL-
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0020| 874 funds, because of the impact on the school districts of a
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0021| significant federal presence due to extensive federal land in
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0022| the district used for federal government civilian or military
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0023| purposes or held in trust for Indian nations, tribes or
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0024| pueblos; and
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0025| WHEREAS, the purpose of federal impact aid is to relieve
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0001| the financial burden of providing educational services to
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0002| children in those school districts that are heavily impacted by
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0003| the federal governmental or tribal presence; and
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0004| WHEREAS, while at least twenty-five percent of the federal
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0005| impact aid funds are retained by districts with children
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0006| residing on Indian lands, the state takes credit for ninety-
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0007| five percent of the remaining PL-874 funds in the state
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0008| equalization guarantee distribution, reducing the direct
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0009| benefit of additional financial assistance to school districts
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0010| in need of the federal impact aid funds; and
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0011| WHEREAS, while the funding formula task force did not make
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0012| any recommendation regarding PL-874 funds, the task force
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0013| contractor found support for the current structure of the
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0014| formula that enables New Mexico to continue to qualify as an
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0015| equalized state under federal law if credit is taken for PL-874
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0016| funds; and
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0017| WHEREAS, maintaining equalized funding for school
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0018| districts statewide is extremely important, and changes to the
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0019| state equalization guarantee distribution that may result in
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0020| greater disparities must be studied thoroughly before any
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0021| significant changes are made;
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0022| NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0023| STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the state department of public
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0024| education in cooperation with the legislative education study
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0025| committee study the impact on school districts of the state
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0001| taking credit for federal impact aid revenues, known as PL-874
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0002| funds, in the state equalization guarantee distribution; and
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0003| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the state department of public
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0004| education report its findings and recommendations, including
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0005| any proposed legislation, to the legislative education study
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0006| committee and to the second session of the forty-third
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0007| legislature; and
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0008| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0009| given to the speaker of the house of representatives, the
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0010| president pro tempore of the senate, the superintendent of
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0011| public instruction and the director of the legislative
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0012| education study committee staff.
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0015| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0016| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0019| March 7, 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 JOINT MEMORIAL 30
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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| WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE.
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0006| Respectfully submitted,
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0011| __________________________________
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0012| Cynthia Nava, Chairman
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0016| Adopted_______________________ Not
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0017| Adopted_______________________
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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 7 For 0 Against
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0025| Yes: 7
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0001| No: 0
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0002| Excused: Duran, Gorham, Rawson
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0003| Absent: None
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0006| SJ030ED1
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0010| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0011| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0014| March 12, 1997
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0016| Mr. President:
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0018| Your WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE, to whom has been
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0019| referred
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0021| SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 30
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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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0006| __________________________________
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0007| Carlos R. Cisneros, Chairman
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0011| Adopted_______________________ Not
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0012| Adopted_______________________
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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 6 For 0 Against
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0021| Yes: 6
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0022| No: 0
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0023| Excused: Leavell, McSorley, Wilson
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0024| Absent: None
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0002| SJ030WM1
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