2026-09-08 · Board Packet · Page 45

LOS
 
ALAMOS
 
PUBLIC
 
SCHOOLS
 
BOARD
 
OF
 
EDUCATION
 
RESOLUTION
 
A
 
RESOLUTION
 
FOR
 
STATE
 
EQUALIZATION
 
GUARANTEE
 
(SEG)
 
MODERNIZATION
 
TO
 
SECURE
 
STABLE,
 
INFLATION-ADJUSTED
 
ANNUAL
 
FUNDING
 
Resolutiona
 
#2
 
A
 
(SEG
 
-
 
split)
 
Presented
 
to
 
the
 
New
 
Mexico
 
State
 
Legislature
 
and
 
the
 
New
 
Mexico
 
School
 
Board
 
Association
 
Septembert
 
2026
 
WHEREAS,
 
the
 
State
 
of
 
New
 
Mexico
 
has
 
a
 
constitutional
 
obligation
 
to
 
provide
 
all
 
students,
 
particularly
 
those
 
who
 
are
 
economically
 
disadvantaged,
 
Native
 
American,
 
English
 
language
 
learners,
 
and
 
students
 
with
 
disabilities,
 
with
 
sufficient
 
educational
 
opportunities,
 
as
 
affirmed
 
by
 
the
 
landmark
 
Martinez/Yazzie
 
decision,
 
which
 
found
 
that
 
the
 
State
 
has
 
historically
 
underfunded
 
public
 
schools;
 
and
 
WHEREAS,
 
adequate
 
and
 
consistent
 
funding
 
is
 
critical
 
to
 
ensuring
 
that
 
all
 
students
 
have
 
access
 
to
 
high-quality
 
teachers,
 
instructional
 
materials,
 
safe
 
facilities,
 
technology,
 
and
 
other
 
resources
 
necessary
 
for
 
success;
 
and
 
WHEREAS,
 
inflationary
 
pressures
 
and
 
increases
 
in
 
the
 
cost
 
of
 
goods
 
and
 
services,
 
including
 
salaries,
 
health
 
insurance,
 
transportation,
 
facilities
 
maintenance,
 
instructional
 
resources,
 
technology,
 
and
 
school
 
safety
 
enhancements,
 
erode
 
the
 
real
 
value
 
of
 
educational
 
funding
 
each
 
year;
 
and
 
WHEREAS,
 
inconsistent
 
or
 
inadequate
 
funding,
 
especially
 
during
 
economic
 
downturns,
 
exacerbates
 
inequities
 
between
 
low-poverty
 
and
 
high-poverty
 
school
 
districts
 
and
 
has
 
long-term
 
negative
 
effects
 
on
 
student
 
outcomes,
 
making
 
stable
 
funding
 
mechanisms
 
essential
 
to
 
protect
 
against
 
future
 
disinvestment;
 
and
 
WHEREAS,
 
predictable,
 
inflation-adjusted
 
increases
 
in
 
the
 
State
 
Equalization
 
Guarantee
 
(SEG)
 
would
 
provide
 
school
 
districts
 
with
 
the
 
ability
 
to
 
responsibly
 
plan
 
budgets,
 
sustain
 
academic
 
programs,
 
and
 
ensure
 
equitable
 
access
 
to
 
opportunities,
 
and
 
the
 
Consumer
 
Price
 
Index
 
(CPI)
 
provides
 
a
 
reliable
 
measure
 
of
 
inflation
 
that
 
reflects
 
changes
 
in
 
the
 
cost
 
of
 
living
 
that
 
must
 
be
 
accounted
 
for
 
in
 
state
 
funding
 
decisions;
 
and
 
NOW,
 
THEREFORE,
 
BE
 
IT
 
RESOLVED
 
by
 
the
 
Los
 
Alamos
 
Public
 
Schools
 
Board
 
of
 
Education
 
to
 
call
 
on
 
the
 
New
 
Mexico
 
State
 
Legislature
 
assembled
 
to
 
strengthen
 
and
 
modernize
 
the
 
State
 
Equalization
 
Guarantee
 
(SEG)
 
funding
 
formula
 
and
 
the
 
Public
 
School
 
Finance
 
Act
 
of
 
1974
 
by
 
enacting
 
the
 
following
 
legislative
 
mandate:
 
1.
 
Mandated
 
Annual
 
SEG
 
Inflation
 
Adjustments:
 
The
 
base
 
State
 
Equalization
 
Guarantee
 
(SEG)
 
allocation
 
shall
 
be
 
increased
 
each
 
fiscal
 
year
 
by
 
requiring
 
an
 
annual
 
cost-of-living
 
adjustment.
 
The
 
base
 
allocation
 
must
 
be
 
increased
 
by
 
the
 
greater
 
of:
 
(a)
 
Four
 
percent
 
(4%)
 
of
 
the
 
previous
 
year's
 
allocation,
 
or
 
(b)
 
the
 
percentage
 
increase
 
in
 
the
 
Consumer
 
Price
 
Index
 
(CPI)
 
for
 
the
 
preceding
 
calendar
 
year,
 
as
 
published
 
by
 
the
 
Bureau
 
of
 
Labor
 
Statistics.
 
This
 
increase
 
shall
 
be
 
calculated
 
annually
 
based
 
on
 
the
 
most
 
recent
 
CPI
 
data
 
available
 
at
 
the
 
time
 
of
 
budget
 
preparation
 
and
 
applied
 
uniformly
 
across
 
all