In an investigation authorized by a 1980 state law, the Legislative Education Study Committee of New Mexico, gathered testimony on student conduct and discipline issues in the local public schools. This report presents a summary of the committee's public hearings, in which parents, teachers, administrators, and community members testified. Contrary to expectations, little testimony dealt with the actual status of discipline in the public schools; considerably more testimony consisted of suggestions and recommendations about how to improve discipline. Major issues included disruption of schools by non-students, attendance problems, social promotion (where students are promoted without having mastered academic skills), corporal punishment, in-school suspension procedures, parental involvement, school academic standards, and vocational education. The report concludes with specific recommendations for legislative and school district actions. Attached to the report are a list of the suggestions received in testimony, data on hearings attendance, and a copy of the bill authorizing the investigation. (JEH)