0001| SENATE BILL 110
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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| CYNTHIA NAVA
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0010| AN ACT
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0011| RELATING TO EDUCATION; MAKING APPROPRIATIONS; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
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0013| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0014| Section 1. SHORT TITLE.--This act may be cited as the "Education Appropriation Act".
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0015| Section 2. DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Education Appropriation Act:
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0016| A. "federal funds" means any payments made by the United States government to
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0017| state government or agencies except those payments made in accordance with the federal Mineral
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0018| Lands Leasing Act;
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0019| B. "general fund" means that fund created by Section 6-4-2 NMSA 1978 and includes
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0020| federal Mineral Lands Leasing Act receipts, but excludes the general fund operating reserve,
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0021| the appropriation contingency fund and the risk reserve; and
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0022| C. "other state funds" means:
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0023| (1) unencumbered nonreverting balances in state agency accounts, other than
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0024| in internal service funds accounts, appropriated by the Education Appropriation Act;
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0025| (2) all revenue available to state agencies from sources other than the
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0001| general fund, internal service funds, interagency transfers and federal funds; and
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0002| (3) all revenue, the use of which is restricted by statute or agreement.
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0003| Section 3. FORMAT.--The general format of the appropriations set forth in the Education
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0004| Appropriation Act with respect to symbols used, column headings and amounts stated are those
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0005| used in the General Appropriation Act of 1997.
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0006| Section 4. APPROPRIATIONS.--The appropriation for public school support in fiscal year
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0007| 1999 shall be:
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0008| PUBLIC SCHOOL SUPPORT:
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0009| (1) State equalization guarantee
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0010| distribution: 1,356,011.0 1,000.0 1,357,011.0
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0011| (2) Transportation distributions:
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0012| (a) Operations 71,038.3 71,038.3
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0013| (b) School-owned bus
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0014| replacements 2,197.5 2,197.5
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0015| (c) Contractor-owned bus
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0016| rent fees 11,958.2 11,958.2
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0017| Subtotal 85,194.0 85,194.0
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0018| (3) Supplemental distributions:
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0019| (a) Out-of-state tuition 380.0 380.0
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0020| (b) Emergency 800.0 800.0
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0021| (c) Emergency capital outlay 950.0 950.0
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0022| Subtotal 2,130.0 2,130.0
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0023| The rate of distribution of the state equalization guarantee distribution shall be based
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0024| on a program unit value determined by the superintendent of public instruction. The
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0025| superintendent of public instruction shall establish a unit value twice; first, a preliminary
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0001| unit value that shall be used to establish tentative budgets for the 1998-99 school year; and
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0002| second, upon completion of final budgets or verification of the number of units statewide for
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0003| fiscal year 1999, but no later than January 31 the superintendent of public instruction may
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0004| adjust the program unit value.
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0005| The general fund appropriation in Item (1) reflects the deduction of federal revenues
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0006| pursuant to Paragraph (2) of Subsection C of Section 22-8-25 NMSA 1978 that includes payments
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0007| commonly known as "impact aid funds" pursuant to 20 USCA 7701 et seq., formerly known as
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0008| "PL874 funds".
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0009| The general fund appropriation to the public school fund shall be reduced by the amounts
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0010| transferred to the public school fund from the current school fund and from the federal
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0011| Mineral Lands Leasing Act (30 USCA 181, et seq.) receipts otherwise unappropriated.
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0012| Unexpended or unencumbered balances in the distributions authorized remaining at the end
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0013| of fiscal year 1999 from appropriations made from the general fund shall revert to the general
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0014| fund.
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0015| INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL FUND: 27,224.6 1,225.0 28,449.6
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0016| The appropriation to the instructional material fund is made from the federal Mineral
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0017| Lands Leasing Act (30 USCA 181, et seq.) receipts.
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0018| EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY FUND: 6,882.5 6,882.5
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0019| TOTAL PUBLIC SCHOOL SUPPORT: 1,477,442.1 2,225.0 1,479,667.1
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0020| ADULT BASIC EDUCATION FUND: 4,700.0 2,196.3 6,896.3
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0021| STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION:
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0022| (1) Administration:
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0023| (a) Personal services 5,292.9 96.0 5.0 2,858.3 8,252.2
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0024| (b) Employee benefits 1,430.9 23.9 783.6 2,238.4
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0025| (c) In-state travel 282.2 2.3 5.0 168.2 457.7
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0001| (d) Maintenance and repairs 68.8 72.9 5.2 146.9
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0002| (e) Supplies and materials 76.2 54.8 29.8 126.3 287.1
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0003| (f) Contractual services 331.8 15.8 800.0 1,147.6
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0004| (g) Operating costs 354.7 26.5 645.3 1,026.5
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0005| (h) Other costs 0.1 155.3 155.4
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0006| (i) Capital outlay 93.3 97.3 190.6
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0007| (j) Out-of-state travel 15.0 0.7 55.7 71.4
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0008| (k) Other financing uses 2.4 0.3 152.0 154.7
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0009| Authorized FTE: 165.0 Permanent; 63.0 Term; .2 Temporary
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0010| Subtotal 7,855.0 386.5 39.8 5,847.2 14,128.5
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0011| The appropriation to the state department of public education includes two hundred sixty
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0012| thousand seven hundred dollars ($260,700) from federal Mineral Lands Leasing Act (30 USCA 181,
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0013| et seq.) receipts.
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0014| Unexpended or unencumbered balances in the state department of public education remaining
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0015| at the end of fiscal year 1999 from appropriations made from the general fund shall not
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0016| revert.
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0017| (2) Apprenticeship assistance: 600.0 600.0
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0018| (3) Regional education cooperatives:
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0019| (a) Region 9 140.0 2,137.7 2,277.7
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0020| (b) High Plains 1,500.0 2,776.9 4,276.9
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0021| (c) Central 1,379.6 1,313.2 2,692.8
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0022| SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS:
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0023| The following special appropriations are made from the general fund to the state
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0024| department of public education in fiscal year 1999:
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0025| (1) GRADS 500.0 500.0
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0001| (2) World-Class Teachers 300.0 300.0
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0002| (3) School-to-work 100.0 100.0
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0003| Section 5. EMPLOYEES.--
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0004| (1) The appropriation for the state equalization guarantee distribution is contingent upon
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0005| certification by the state department of public education to the state board of finance
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0006| that each school district, except for those exempted in Paragraph (3) of this section,
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0007| has budgeted a ten percent salary increase for instructional staff, as defined in
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0008| Paragraph (1) of Subsection A of Section 22-8-24 NMSA 1978, and a five percent salary
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0009| increase for non-instructional staff. The appropriation for the state equalization
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0010| guarantee distribution contains a sufficient amount for the salary increases.
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0011| (2) The appropriation for the transportation distributions is contingent upon certification
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0012| by the state department of public education to the state board of finance that each
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0013| school district, except for those exempted in Paragraph (3) of this section, has budgeted
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0014| a five percent salary increase for all public school transportation employees. The
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0015| appropriation for the transportation distributions contains a sufficient amount for the
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0016| salary increases.
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0017| (3) The state department of public education shall develop hardship criteria and an appeal
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0018| process for school districts that cannot provide the salary increases pursuant to
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0019| Paragraphs (1) and (2) of this section.
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0020| Section 6. SEVERABILITY.--If any part or application of this act is held invalid, the
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0021| remainder or its application to other situations or persons shall not be affected.
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0022| Section 7. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public peace, health and safety that this
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0023| act take effect immediately.
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