0001|                            HOUSE BILL 479
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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|                             LISA L. LUTZ
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A PILOT PROJECT TO EXTEND THE
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0012|     LENGTH OF THE SCHOOL CALENDAR IN CERTAIN SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
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0014|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0015|          Section 1.  APPROPRIATION.--Five million dollars
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0016|     ($5,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the
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0017|     state department of public education for expenditure in fiscal
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0018|     year 1999 for the purpose of making an additional distribution
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0019|     to the first five school districts that submit qualified
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0020|     proposals to the department to extend the district's school
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0021|     calendar by not less than ten instructional days and not less
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0022|     than five in-service days.  The department shall establish
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0023|     guidelines for proposals and shall fund the first five
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0024|     qualified districts within the fiscal constraints of the
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0025|     appropriation and within the guidelines established by the
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0001|     department.  Distributions shall be made to each qualified
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0002|     district on a per unit basis.  Any unexpended or unencumbered
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0003|     balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 1999 shall revert
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0004|     to the general fund.
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