0001|                       SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 44
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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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0006|                                   
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0007|     
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0008|     
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0009|     
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0010|                           A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0011|     REQUESTING THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION TO
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0012|     COOPERATE WITH THE NEW MEXICO SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF IN A STUDY OF
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0013|     THE FEASIBILITY OF INSTITUTING AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE CLASSES
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0014|     FOR GRADES SEVEN THROUGH TWELVE.
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0016|          WHEREAS, the public schools are obligated to provide
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0017|     education to any citizen and to make education accessible to
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0018|     all; and
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0019|          WHEREAS, communication handicaps such as deafness are
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0020|     severe constraints on educational access and equal opportunity;
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0021|     and
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0022|          WHEREAS, courses are offered in foreign languages by the
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0023|     public schools; and 
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0024|          WHEREAS, American sign language is readily learned and
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0025|     offers hearing-impaired people the opportunity to be more fully
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0001|     integrated into the society of others; 
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0002|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0003|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the state department of public
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0004|     education be requested to cooperate with the New Mexico school
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0005|     for the deaf in conducting a study of the feasibility of
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0006|     establishing instructional courses in American sign language
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0007|     throughout the state's public schools in grades seven through
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0008|     twelve; and
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0009|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the state department of public
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0010|     education report its findings and recommendations to the
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0011|     legislative education study committee by December 1, 1997; and
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0012|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0013|     transmitted to the superintendent of public instruction, the
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0014|     president of the New Mexico school for the deaf and to the
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0015|     director of the legislative education study committee.
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0016|                                    
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0017|   
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0018|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0019|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0020|   
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0021|   
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0022|                                                  March 11, 1997
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0023|   
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0024|   Mr. President:
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0025|   
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0001|       Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0002|   
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0003|                      SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 44
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0004|   
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0005|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0006|   recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0007|   
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0008|                                Respectfully submitted,
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0009|   
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0010|   
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0012|                                
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0013|   __________________________________
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0014|                                Cynthia Nava, Chairman 
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0015|   
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0018|   Adopted_______________________   Not
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0019|   Adopted_______________________
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0020|             (Chief Clerk)                          (Chief Clerk)
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0023|   
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0024|                     Date ________________________
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0002|   The roll call vote was <u> 7 </u> For <u> 0 </u> Against
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0003|           Yes:    7
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0004|           No:     0
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0005|                Excused:     Duran, Garcia, Gorham
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0006|           Absent: None
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0009|   SJ044ED1
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0010|                          State of New Mexico
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0011|                      House of Representatives
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0012|   
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0013|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0014|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0017|                                                  March 21, 1997
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0018|   
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0020|   Mr. Speaker:
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0021|   
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0022|       Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0023|   
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0024|                   SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 44
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0025|                               
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0001|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0002|   recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0003|   
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0004|                            Respectfully submitted,
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0005|   
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0006|   
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<u></u>0009| <u>                           </u>                        Samuel F. Vigil, Chairman
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0012|   Adopted <u>                    </u>   Not Adopted <u>                     
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0014|           (Chief Clerk)                      (Chief Clerk)
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0016|                        Date <u>            </u>
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0018|   The roll call vote was<u> 9 </u> For<u> 0 </u> Against
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0019|   Yes:         9
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0020|                Excused:     Nicely, Trujillo, S.M. Williams, W.C. Williams
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0021|           Absent: None
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