Legislation	Sponsor	NEA-NM Position	NOTES	Disposition
Senate Bill 46, the Public Employee Collective Bargaining Act	Senator Richard Romero	Support	Compromise version will be introduced as a committee substitute.	Signed by Governor Richardson
House Bill 508, the Public Employee Collective Bargaining Act	House Speaker Ben Lujan	Support	Same as Senate compromise	Signed by Governor Richardson
Senate Bill 86, ELIMINATE SCHOOL EMPLOYEE TENURE	Senator Steve Komadina	Oppose	Does away with School employee due process rights	Do Not Pass Recommendation Adopted.
Senate Bill 216, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM COST CALCULATIONS	Senator Cynthia Nava	Support	Provides funding for salary step for Nation Board of Professional Teaching Standards Certified Teachers	Passed, awaiting Governor's Signature
Senate Bill 230, PUBLIC SCHOOL REFORMS	Senator Cynthia Nava	Support	Provides education reforms including a three tiered licensure system for teachers with minimum salary levels of 30 to 50 thousand dollars,  phased in over five years	Passes as House Bill 212
House Bill 55, EXEMPT SMALL SCHOOL PROJECTS	Representative Larry Larranaga	Oppose	Exempts school projects from requirement to pay prevailing wages to construction workers	Tabled in  House Labor Committee
House Bill 169, ENROLLMENT GROWTH PROGRAM UNITS	Representative Tom Swisstack	Support	Provides funding for new students in growing school districts in spite of prior year funding requirements	Passed, awaiting Governor's Signature
House Bill 212, PUBLIC SCHOOL REFORMS	Representative Mimi Stewart	Support	Provides education reforms including a three tiered licensure system for teachers with minimum salary levels of 30 to 50 thousand dollars,  phased in over five years	Passed, awaiting Governor's Signature
House Joint Resolution 4, STATEWIDE MILLAGE RATE FOR SCHOOL FUNDING, CA	Representative Mimi Stewart	Support	Allows people of State to vote on increases property taxes for school funding (would provide about 60 million new dollars)	Passed House, not yet heard in Senate Committees
Senate Joint Resolution  6 PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND DISTRIBUTION, CA,	Senator Cynthia Nava	Support	Proposes to amend the state constitution to increase from 4.7 percent to 5.8 percent the amount of the annual distribution from the Permanent Fund to public schools and other recipients of money from the Permanent Fund for 8 years; a 5.5 % distribution for 4 years; and a 5% distribution continuing	Passed, goes to special election in Fall 2003
Senate Joint Resolution 9, Constitutional Amendment Using Permanent Fund to Guarantee School District Bonds	Senator Cynthia Nava	Support	Allows school districts to maintain smaller cash balances in order get good bond ratings	No longer considered necessary
House Joint Resolution 16 Permanent Fund Distributions, Constitutional Amendment	Representative Bobby Gonzales	Support	Same as above	Passed as SJR 6
Senate Bill 169, Educational Retirement	Senator Mary Jane Garcia	Support	Moves Educational retirement to parity with PERA, the other public employee retirement system, with annual recurring cost of $57,000,000. Has no chance in present form.  Working on amendments to phase in before it goes to Senate Finance Committee.	Do- pass in  Senate Education Committee, tabled indefinitely in  Senate Finance Committee
House Bill 276, State Contribution to Group Insurance	Representative Pauline Ponce	Support	This bill will increase the employer contribution for group insurance by 5% of premium for everyone next year and gradually to to 80% for everyone over next few years, with biggest increases for lowest paid employees first.	Do-pass in House Education Committee; Tabled indefinitely in House Appropriations and Finance Committee.
House Bill 167, Tax Cuts	Representative Ben Lujan	Support	Will reduce New Mexico's maximum income tax rate to 5%, slowed to protect school funding	Signed
House Joint Resolution 5, Loans for Teacher Preparation Programs, CA	Representative Mimi Stewart	Support	Allows loans for teacher education to be given in exchange for commitment to teacher in New Mexico	Ruling indicates that this is legal, with no need for constitutional amendment after all!
House Joint Resolution 6, Loan Repayment for Teacher Ecucation	Representative Mimi Stewart	Support	Allow teacher education loans to be forgiven for service in New Mexico Schools	Ruling indicates that this is legal, with no need for constitutional amendment after all!
House Bill 22, Educational Retirement benefits	Representative John Heaton	Support	Allows retirees who retired before the return to work program passed the legislature to return to work after only 90 days without income from a school district	Passed, awaiting Governor's Signature
Senate Bill 283, Educational Retirement benefits	Senator Gay Kernan	Support	Allows retirees who retired before the return to work program passed the legislature to return to work after only 90 days without income from a school district	Passed, awaiting Governor's Signature

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