0001| SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 32 | 0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| JOHN PINTO | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| A JOINT MEMORIAL | 0011| REQUESTING THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES TO FUND THE | 0012| CONSTRUCTION OF THE NAVAJO COLLEGE CAMPUS IN SHIPROCK, NEW | 0013| MEXICO. | 0014| | 0015| WHEREAS, the Navajo Community College was established and | 0016| chartered by the Navajo Tribal Council in 1968 to provide | 0017| educational opportunities to the Navajo people and others in | 0018| areas important to the economic and social development of the | 0019| Navajo Nation; and | 0020| WHEREAS, the Navajo Community College was recognized by | 0021| the United States Congress as the first Indian college through | 0022| the Navajo Community College Act; and | 0023| WHEREAS, the Shiprock Navajo Community College, | 0024| established in 1972, is one of six satellite campuses and the | 0025| largest branch campus of the Navajo Community College; and | 0001| WHEREAS, in 1982 the Shiprock Navajo Community College | 0002| leased the old Bureau of Indian Affairs elementary school | 0003| facility, which was constructed in the late 1940s and closed in | 0004| the 1970s; the Navajo Community College has been housed in | 0005| these facilities on an annual use permit from the Bureau of | 0006| Indian Affairs; and | 0007| WHEREAS, in 1994, the Bureau of Indian Affairs conducted a | 0008| life safety code survey and cited more than three hundred | 0009| deficiencies and recommended immediate closure; some | 0010| deficiencies that posed serious health and safety hazards to | 0011| the students and faculty have been temporarily fixed, but many | 0012| deficiencies still exist; and | 0013| WHEREAS, the Shiprock Navajo Community College has | 0014| enrollment of more than five hundred students per semester and | 0015| the Shiprock agency population of forty-eight thousand can | 0016| comfortably handle more than one thousand students if | 0017| facilities were adequate, but the leased facility will not | 0018| allow for the physical expansion that is necessary to address | 0019| the enrollment and academic growth; and | 0020| WHEREAS, the Navajo Nation has withdrawn over five hundred | 0021| eighty acres of land for the Navajo Community College campus | 0022| and one of the three sites has been selected to be the location | 0023| for the new college campus; and | 0024| WHEREAS, through efforts of the New Shiprock Campus | 0025| Committee, the New Mexico legislature appropriated one hundred | 0001| thousand dollars ($100,000) in 1996 for the planning and | 0002| designing of the new college campus; | 0003| NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE | 0004| STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the Congress of the United States be | 0005| requested to fund the construction of a full college campus for | 0006| the college education programs of the Navajo Community College | 0007| in Shiprock, San Juan County, New Mexico; and | 0008| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be | 0009| sent to every member of the New Mexico congressional delegation | 0010| and the Secretary of the Interior. | 0011|  | 0012| | 0013| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0014| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| March 6, 1997 | 0018| | 0019| Mr. President: | 0020| | 0021| Your RULES COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0022| | 0023| SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 32 | 0024| | 0025| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0001| recommendation that it DO PASS. | 0002| | 0003| Respectfully submitted, | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| __________________________________ | 0009| Gloria Howes, Chairman | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| Adopted_______________________ Not | 0014| Adopted_______________________ | 0015| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| Date ________________________ | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| The roll call vote was 6 For 0 Against | 0023| Yes: 6 | 0024| No: 0 | 0025| Excused: Altamirano, Gorham | 0001| Absent: None | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| SJO32RU1 | 0005| State of New Mexico | 0006| House of Representatives | 0007| | 0008| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0009| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| March 14, 1997 | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| Mr. Speaker: | 0016| | 0017| Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0018| | 0019| SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 32 | 0020| | 0021| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0022| recommendation that it DO PASS. | 0023| | 0024| Respectfully submitted, | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| Samuel F. Vigil, Chairman | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| Adopted Not Adopted | 0008| | 0009| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0010| | 0011| Date | 0012| | 0013| The roll call vote was 12 For 0 Against | 0014| Yes: 12 | 0015| Excused: Nicely | 0016| Absent: None | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\SJ032 |