0001|                            HOUSE BILL 42
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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|                              RICK MIERA
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0008|            FOR THE LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION STUDY COMMITTEE
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO EDUCATION; ENACTING THE STRATEGIC PLANNING
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0012|     COORDINATING COUNCIL ACT; CREATING THE STRATEGIC PLANNING
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0013|     COORDINATING COUNCIL; PROVIDING DUTIES; PROVIDING STAFF;
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0014|     MAKING APPROPRIATIONS; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
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0015|     
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0016|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0017|          Section 1.  SHORT TITLE.--This act may be cited as the
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0018|     "Strategic Planning Coordinating Council Act".
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0019|          Section 2.  FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.--
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0020|               A.  The legislature finds that it is important to
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0021|     provide the highest quality elementary and secondary education
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0022|     in New Mexico to develop in students the knowledge and skills
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0023|     necessary for responsible citizenship, productive employment
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0024|     and satisfying lives.
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0025|               B.  The legislature finds that the mission of
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0001|     public education is best accomplished by implementing the
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0002|     objectives and achieving the goals outlined in the strategic
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0003|     plan.
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0004|               C.  The legislature finds that involving all
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0005|     branches of government and the public in the educational
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0006|     process will achieve widespread understanding of and support
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0007|     for the strategic plan.
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0008|               D.  It is the purpose of the Strategic Planning
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0009|     Coordinating Council Act to establish a process to ensure the
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0010|     continuous enhancement and implementation of the strategic
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0011|     plan pursuant to the Strategic Planning for Public Education
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0012|     Act by:
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0013|                    (1)  evaluating results, including the annual
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0014|     assessment, review and revision of the strategic plan;
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0015|                    (2)  integrating the school districts' current
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0016|     budget activities by using both the budget cycle and
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0017|     educational plan for student success to implement the
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0018|     strategic plan; and 
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0019|                    (3)  encouraging the three branches of
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0020|     government and the public to work together toward New Mexico's
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0021|     mission of public education.
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0022|          Section 3.  DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Strategic
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0023|     Planning Coordinating Council Act:
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0024|               A.  "council" means the strategic planning
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0025|     coordinating council; and
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0001|               B.  "strategic plan" means the New Mexico public
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0002|     education strategic plan developed pursuant to the Strategic
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0003|     Planning for Public Education Act.
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0004|          Section 4.  STRATEGIC PLAN.--The strategic plan shall
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0005|     provide:
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0006|               A.  a well-defined vision and articulated steps to
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0007|     achieve national preeminence in education;
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0008|               B.  a means to gain statewide consensus by
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0009|     encouraging the legislature, the governor's office, related
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0010|     state agencies, the state board of education, the state
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0011|     department of public education, the local school boards,
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0012|     school personnel, parents, students, the business community
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0013|     and school districts to work together toward the common goal
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0014|     of improving educational opportunities and performance of all
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0015|     the children of New Mexico; and
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0016|               C.  coordination of the state-level planning cycle
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0017|     with the budgeting cycle.
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0018|          Section 5.  STRATEGIC PLANNING COORDINATING COUNCIL.--
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0019|               A.  The "strategic planning coordinating council"
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0020|     is created.
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0021|               B.  The council shall be composed of fifteen
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0022|     members.  The members shall be representative of the different
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0023|     geographical areas of the state and reflective of the diverse
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0024|     population of the state.
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0025|               C.  The president pro tempore of the senate shall
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0001|     appoint two members from the senate and the speaker of the
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0002|     house shall appoint two members from the house of
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0003|     representatives for terms of two years or less to coincide
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0004|     with their terms of office.
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0005|               D.  Eleven members shall be appointed as follows:
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0006|                    (1)  the president of the state board of
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0007|     education shall appoint one member for a two-year term and one
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0008|     member for a four-year term;
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0009|                    (2)  the governor shall appoint two members
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0010|     for two-year terms and one member for a four-year term; and
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0011|                    (3)  the governor, the speaker of the house,
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0012|     the president pro tempore of the senate and the president of
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0013|     the state board of education shall jointly appoint three
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0014|     members for two-year terms and three members for four-year
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0015|     terms.
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0016|               E.  After the initial appointments, members who are
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0017|     not legislators shall be appointed for four-year terms, and
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0018|     members who are legislators shall be appointed for terms of
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0019|     two years or less to coincide with their terms of office.
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0020|               F.  Members of the council, except for members who
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0021|     are legislators, may be reimbursed as provided in the Per Diem
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0022|     and Mileage Act and shall receive no other compensation,
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0023|     perquisite or allowance.   
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0024|          Section 6.  DUTIES.--The council shall:
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0025|               A.  make recommendations to the legislature, the
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0001|     governor and the state board of education for the enhancement
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0002|     and implementation of the strategic plan and for the
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0003|     development of the priorities to be implemented yearly;
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0004|               B.  make recommendations to the legislature, the
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0005|     governor and the state board of education for the development
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0006|     of a variety of formal and informal mechanisms to involve the
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0007|     public in this process;
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0008|               C.  review the planning efforts conducted by the
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0009|     school districts and make recommendations to the legislature,
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0010|     the governor and the state board of education on the
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0011|     evaluation and revision of the strategic plan in response to
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0012|     public input;
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0013|               D.  direct staff in the development of
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0014|     recommendations of proposed revisions of the strategic plan;
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0015|               E.  submit the revised strategic plan to the
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0016|     legislative education study committee, the office of the
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0017|     governor and the state board of education with an analysis of
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0018|     the new priorities, including cost of implementation,
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0019|     recommendations regarding necessary legislation for
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0020|     implementation of the goals and objectives of the strategic
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0021|     plan and a recommended annual budget for the council's
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0022|     activities; and
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0023|               F.  report at least annually to the legislature,
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0024|     the governor, the state board of education and the public on
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0025|     the progress in achieving and implementing the goals and
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0001|     objectives of the strategic plan.
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0002|          Section 7.  STAFF MANAGEMENT TEAM--DUTIES.--The council
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0003|     shall be staffed by a staff management team composed of three
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0004|     staff members.  The director of the legislative education
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0005|     study committee staff, the superintendent of public
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0006|     instruction and the office of the governor shall each
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0007|     designate a staff member to work with the council.  The staff
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0008|     shall assist the council in carrying out its duties and shall
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0009|     serve as liaison to their appointing agencies.
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0010|          Section 8.  ADMINISTRATION.--The legislative education
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0011|     study committee, in cooperation with the state board of
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0012|     education and the governor's office, shall be the
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0013|     administrative agency for the council.  The legislative
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0014|     education study committee, in consultation with the state
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0015|     board of education and the governor's office, may contract for
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0016|     strategic planning assistance.
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0017|          Section 9.  APPROPRIATION.--Seventy thousand dollars
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0018|     ($70,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the state
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0019|     department of public education for expenditure in fiscal years
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0020|     1998 and 1999 for the purpose of funding personnel for the
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0021|     staff management team of the strategic planning coordinating
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0022|     council.  Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at
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0023|     the end of fiscal year 1999 shall revert to the general fund.
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0024|          Section 10.  APPROPRIATION.--Seventy thousand dollars
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0025|     ($70,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the
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0001|     department of finance and administration for expenditure in
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0002|     fiscal years 1998 and 1999 for the purpose of funding
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0003|     personnel for the staff management team of the strategic
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0004|     planning coordinating council.  Any unexpended or unencumbered
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0005|     balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 1999 shall revert
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0006|     to the general fund.
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0007|          Section 11.  APPROPRIATION.--Eighty-two thousand dollars
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0008|     ($82,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the
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0009|     legislative education study committee for expenditure in
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0010|     fiscal years 1998 and 1999 for the purpose of funding
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0011|     personnel for the staff management team of the strategic
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0012|     planning coordinating council and for the purpose of paying
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0013|     per diem and travel expenses for members of the strategic
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0014|     planning coordinating council.  Any unexpended or unencumbered
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0015|     balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 1999 shall revert
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0016|     to the general fund.
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0017|          Section 12.  EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public
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0018|     peace, health and safety that this act take effect
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0019|     immediately.
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