0001|                            HOUSE BILL 37
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                            DANICE PICRAUX
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0008|           FOR THE EXCELLENCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION COMMITTEE
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0009|     
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO EDUCATION; PROVIDING FOR THE COORDINATION AND
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0012|     ADMINISTRATION OF EXTENDED LEARNING PROGRAMS BY THE COMMISSION
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0013|     ON HIGHER EDUCATION; MAKING APPROPRIATIONS.  
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0014|     
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0015|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016|          Section 1.  OFFICE OF EXTENDED LEARNING CREATED--
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0017|     COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION--DUTIES.--
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0018|               A.  The "office of extended learning" is created in
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0019|     the commission on higher education.  The office of extended
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0020|     learning shall coordinate extended learning programs of the
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0021|     post-secondary educational institutions.
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0022|               B.  The office of extended learning shall:
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0023|                    (1)  coordinate the provision of resources for
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0024|     extended learning services among public post-secondary
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0025|     institutions to ensure access, efficiency and accountability
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0001|     in the development and operation of extended learning
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0002|     programs;
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0003|                    (2)  coordinate and review the development of
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0004|     the technology-based extended learning delivery system that
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0005|     augments the existing infrastructure, avoids unnecessary
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0006|     duplication of and incompatibility with the existing system
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0007|     and provides statewide access to high quality extended
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0008|     learning;
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0009|                    (3)  develop accountability measures used by
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0010|     the post-secondary educational institutions to take place
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0011|     within two years that include:
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0012|                         (a)  delivery costs;
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0013|                         (b)  access;
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0014|                         (c)  market demand;
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0015|                         (d)  program quality and effectiveness;
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0016|                         (e)  public relations;
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0017|                         (f)  professional development;
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0018|                         (g)  technical reliability; and
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0019|                         (h)  student satisfaction;
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0020|                    (4)  collaborate with secondary schools in the
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0021|     development of extended learning education opportunities to
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0022|     students statewide;
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0023|                    (5)  encourage the participation, cooperation
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0024|     and collaboration of public educational institutions, private
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0025|     institutions and other public entities statewide to share
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0001|     resources and expertise in the development of a comprehensive
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0002|     and interconnected statewide extended learning system; and
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0003|                    (6)  make appropriate adjustments in the
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0004|     funding formula to accommodate a statewide extended learning
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0005|     system.
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0006|          Section 2.  APPROPRIATION.--Three million six hundred
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0007|     thousand dollars ($3,600,000) is appropriated from the general
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0008|     fund to the commission on higher education for expenditure in
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0009|     fiscal year 1999 to be divided according to their costs among
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0010|     originating, transmitting and receiving institutions for
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0011|     extended learning services statewide.  Any unexpended or
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0012|     unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 1999
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0013|     shall revert to the general fund.
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0014|          Section 3.  APPROPRIATION.--One hundred thousand dollars
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0015|     ($100,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the
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0016|     commission on higher education for expenditure in fiscal year
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0017|     1999 for the purpose of establishing an office of and
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0018|     coordinating a statewide system of extended learning.  Any
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0019|     unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of
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0020|     fiscal year 1999 shall revert to the general fund.
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