HM 42 — NM SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS

HOUSEA MEMORIAL 42SUPPORTING 54THTHE LEGISLATURENEW -MEXICO STATESCHOOL FOR THE ARTS AND ITS CREATION OF NEWA MEXICOREPORT -IDENTIFYING SECONDITS SESSIONACCOMPLISHMENTS ,OF 2020THE INTRODUCEDLAST BYTEN BrianYEARS EgolfAND andPLANS JamesFOR G.THE FUTURE.

Townsend6 andWHEREAS, Christinein Trujillo2008, 6the 8New 10Mexico Alegislature MEMORIALpassed SUPPORTINGSenate THEBill NEW34, MEXICOwhich SCHOOLenacted FORthe THENew ARTSMexico ANDSchool ITSfor CREATIONthe OFArts AAct, REPORTallowing IDENTIFYINGfor ITSthe ACCOMPLISHMENTScreation OFof THEa LASTstatewide, TENresidential YEARSstate-chartered ANDcharter PLANShigh FORschool THEfor FUTURE.the arts;

15and WHEREAS, in 2008,January 2009, the Newpublic Mexicoeducation legislaturecommission passedissued Senatea Billcharter 34,to which enacted the New Mexico Schoolschool for the Artsarts, Act,and ethe tschool 17opened allowingin forAugust the2010 creationand ofhas aserved statewide,seven residentialhundred state-eighty wstudents lfrom neighteen dcounties 18and charteredsixty-eight chartercommunities highacross schoolthe forstate thesince arts;its inception;

and = = 19 a l WHEREAS, in January 2009, the public education commission i a e r 20 issued a charter to the New Mexico school for the arts,arts andhas theoperated a tresidential mprogram msince 21 school opened in August 2010 andthat hasprovides servedaccess sevento hundredthe dschool rto e 22 eighty students fromstatewide eighteenand countieshas andallowed sixty-eightone chundred estudents sto kattend 23the communitiesschool acrossunder the stateresidential program since its inception;

and eWHEREAS, ain n2016, bthe 24United WHEREAS,States department of education designated the New Mexico school for the arts hasas operated a unational [blue residentialribbon programschool, sinceone Augustof 2010 that provides access to .216482.2 the schoolnation's tohighest studentshonors statewidein andeducation, hasfor allowedits onesuccess hundredin studentsclosing to attend the schoolHM under42 thePage residential1 programachievement sincegap; its inception;

and WHEREAS, in 2016, the United States department of education designated the New Mexico school for the arts ashas aconsistently 6earned nationalthe bluehighest ribbonschool school,rankings onefor ofacademic thesuccess nation'sfrom highestthe honorspublic ineducation education,department for its success in closing the achievementpast gap;ten years;

and WHEREAS, the New Mexico school for the arts has consistently earned the highest school rankings for academic success from the public education department for the past ten 12 years;

e e 17 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF e e n d 18 REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the house of = = l ] 19 representatives recognize the accomplishments of the New Mexico a l r i 20 school for the arts as a school of excellence in arts and t e a t academics for students statewide;

and m m 21 e d BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the speaker of the house of r e 22 c e r c 23 representatives be requested to nominate two members of the e a n b 24 house of representatives to support the New Mexico school for u [ the arts in its efforts to complete its report of .216482.2 - 2 - accomplishments and future plans;

and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be 6 transmitted to the co-chairs of the New Mexico legislative council, the secretary of public education and the president HM 42 Page 2 of the governing council of the New Mexico school for the arts.

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