HM 44 — COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FUNDING TASK FORCE

HOUSEA MEMORIAL 44REQUESTING 56THTHE LEGISLATURESECRETARY -OF STATEPUBLIC EDUCATION TO CONVENE A COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FUNDING TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE ISSUE OF NEWMEXICOSUSTAINABLE -FUNDING FIRSTFOR SESSIONCOMMUNITY 2023SCHOOLS INTRODUCEDIN BYNEW TaraMEXICO, L.TO DEVELOP CRITERIA FOR CERTIFYING COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, TO RECOMMEND FUNDING BASED ON CERTIFICATION AND TO DEVELOP A COMMUNITY SCHOOLS STRATEGIC PLAN.

Lujan9 WHEREAS, according to the criteria of the federal Every Student Succeeds Act, the community schools strategy is an evidence-based intervention that leads to improvement in student and Susanschool K.outcomes and, in particular, contributes to meeting the educational needs of low-achieving students in high-poverty schools;

Herrera and RaymundoWHEREAS, Larathe community schools strategy has been shown to have a positive effect on student attendance, test scores, graduation rates and Joystudents' Garrattsocial, emotional and Debraphysical M.development;

Sariñana 7 9 A MEMORIAL REQUESTING THE SECRETARY OF PUBLIC EDUCATION TO CONVENE A COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FUNDING TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE ISSUE OF SUSTAINABLE FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS IN NEW MEXICO, TO DEVELOP CRITERIA FOR CERTIFYING COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, TO RECOMMEND FUNDING BASED ON CERTIFICATION AND TO DEVELOP A COMMUNITY SCHOOLS STRATEGIC PLAN.

e t 17 w l n d 18 WHEREAS, according to the criteria of the federal Every = = 19 a l Student Succeeds Act, the community schools strategy is an i a e r 20 evidence-based intervention that leads to improvement in a t m m 21 student and school outcomes and, in particular, contributes to d r e 22 meeting the educational needs of low-achieving students in c e s k 23 high-poverty schools;

and e a n b 24 WHEREAS, the community schools strategy has been shown to u [ have a positive effect on student attendance, test scores, .225047.1 graduation rates and students' social, emotional and physical development;

and WHEREAS, the Community Schools Act was revised in 2019 to establish a community schools fund administered by the HM 44 Page 1 public education department to award grants to public schools to support the development and implementation of community schools initiatives in New Mexico;

and e t 17 WHEREAS, there are currently more than one hundred w l n d 18 community schools in sixteen school districts across the state;

= = 19 a l and i a e r 20 WHEREAS, there is currently no designation for community a t m m 21 schools that demonstrates that a particular school meets the d r e 22 statutory requirements for a community school or that the c e s k 23 school is implementing a high-quality community schools e a n b 24 strategy;

and u [ WHEREAS, there is no recurring funding in the general .225047.1 - 2 - appropriation acts to sustain the cost of community schools initiatives beyond the planning and implementation grants awarded by the public education department;

the secretary of public education or the HM 44 Page 2 secretary's designee, who shall chair the task force;

two staff members of the legislative finance committee appointed by the chair of the legislative finance e t 17 committee;

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two members of the Indian education advisory = = 19 a l council appointed by the assistant secretary for Indian i a e r 20 education;

and a t m m 21 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that vacancies on the task force d r e 22 may be filled by the original appointing authority and the c e s k 23 chair of the task force may request the appointing authority to e a n b 24 replace a task force member, if needed;

and u [ BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force be requested to .225047.1 - 3 - analyze and evaluate grantee data collected by the public education department to study the:

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and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force be requested to partner with the coalition for community schools to develop a comprehensive set of criteria by which applicant public schools e t 17 may be certified as high-quality community schools and eligible w l n d 18 for recurring funding;

and = = 19 a l BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force be requested to i a e r 20 partner with the coalition for community schools to develop a a t m m 21 community schools strategic plan that:

d r e 22 A.

includes one- to two-year goals, five- to c e s k 23 ten-year goals and short- and long-term action steps to achieve e a n b 24 those goals;

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identifies whether action is required by the .225047.1 - 4 - legislature, the public education department or any other public body;

and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force be requested to provide an interim report on its analyses, evaluations and initial recommendations to the legislative education study HM 44 Page 4 committee and the legislative finance committee by December 1, 2023;

and e t 17 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be w l n d 18 transmitted to the secretary of public education, the chair of = = 19 a l the legislative education study committee, the chair of the i a e r 20 legislative finance committee and the coalition of community a t m m 21 schools.

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