HB 59 — AT-RISK PROGRAM UNITS & INDEX CALC. CHANGE

HOUSEAN BILLACT 59RELATING 54THTO LEGISLATUREPUBLIC -SCHOOL STATEOFNEWMEXICO-FINANCE; SECOND SESSION , 2020 INTRODUCED BY Sheryl Williams Stapleton and Mary Kay Papen This document incorporates amendments that have been adopted during the current legislative session.

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FORCHANGING THE LEGISLATIVEAT-RISK EDUCATIONINDEX STUDYCALCULATION. COMMITTEE AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL FINANCE;

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CHANGINGSECTION THE1. AT-RISK INDEX CALCULATION HAFCº;

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A school district is eligible for additional program units if it establishes within its department-approved educational plan identified services to assist students to reach their full academic potential.

For purposes of this section, "at-"at-risk risk student" means a student who meets the criteria to be included in the calculation of the three-year average total rate in Subsection B of this section.

The number of additional units to which a school district is entitled under this section is computed in the following HB 59/a Page 1 manner:

At-Risk Index x MEM = Units h where MEM is equal to the total district membership, including u » r early childhood education, full-time-equivalent membership and t h g e l i special education membership and where the at-riskat- risk index is h r i s calculated in the following manner:

h , e h Three-Year Average Total Rate x [0.25 ] 0.30 = At-Risk t u g e b l e e , gh Index.

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(1) case management, tutoring, reading HB 59/a Page 2 interventions and after-school programs that are delivered by social workers, counselors, teachers or other professional staff;

h (2) culturally relevant professional and g o t hr curriculum development, including those necessary to support g e i k language acquisition, bilingual and multicultural education;

h r i s (3) additional compensation strategies for h , t, high-need schools;

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and (6) services to engage and support parents and families in the education of students." HAFCº SECTION 2.

APPROPRIATION.--Fifty million five hundred thousand dollars ($50,500,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the state equalization guarantee distribution of the public school fund for expenditure in fiscal year 2021 to increase the at-risk index.

Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2021 shall revert to the general fund.»HAFC SECTION HAFCº3»HAFC HAFCº2»HAFC.

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