| Issue |
Status/Date |
Level |
Summary |
 Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
Adopted 08/2012 |
P-12 |
Adds new rule: 6.69.8 NMAC 'Teacher and School Leader Effectiveness,' which is intended to establish uniform procedures for conducting annual evaluations and effectiveness of licensed school teachers and administrators. A. As soon as possible but not later than the commencement of the 2013-2014 school year, all school districts are required to develop and submit to the department for approval and for implementation during the 2013-2014 school year, an effectiveness evaluation system for measuring performance of licensed school employees. B. School districts may continue to use the highly objective uniform statewide standards of evaluation for evaluating, promoting, terminating and discharging licensed school employees for performance during the 2012-2013 school year. C. Each school district is required to report annually to the department the results of its effectiveness evaluations of its licensed school employees and the alignment of its effectiveness evaluation system with the three-tiered licensure system. Systems must include measures of student achievement growth worth 50%, observations worth 25% and other multiple measures worth 25%, unless otherwise provided for and differentiate among at least five levels of performance, which include the following:
(a) exemplary, meets competency;
(b) highly effective, meets competency;
(c) effective, meets competency;
(d) minimally effective, does not meet competency; and
(e) ineffective, does not meet competency.
Requires annual effectiveness evaluation for every school leader. Requires that All ratings for the performance of a school leader be based 50% on the change in a school's A through F letter grade, 25% based on the school's multiple measures and 25% based upon documented fidelity observations of the school leader. Requires, whenever possible, that evaluations include student achievement growth data for students assigned to the public school for at least three consecutive school years, provided that, the student achievement growth component of the effectiveness evaluation shall be based on the change in the school's A through F letter grade.
http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/nmregister/xxiii/xxiii16/6.69.8.htm
Title: 6.69.8 NMAC
Source: http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us |
Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
Adopted 05/2012 |
pre-K-12 |
Amends rule 6.19.8 NMAC 'Grading of Public Schools,' which was adopted on December 15, 2011 and implemented the 'A-B-C-D-F Schools Rating Act.' Defines "Supplemental accountability model" or "SAM" as any schools that qualify for a modified accountability calculation. Modifies measures used to calculate grades. For example, to be eligible as a SAM school, the school must serve a student population where 10% or more of the students are 19 years of age or older, or where 20% or more of the non-gifted students qualify for special educational services. Additionally the school, when established, must have the primary mission to address the needs of students who are at risk of educational failure as indicated by poor grades, truancy, disruptive behavior, eligibility for special education services, or other factors associated with temporary or permanent withdrawal from school. Adds PLAN, accuplacer, international baccalaureate or IB to indicators used for determining college readiness (i.e., ACT, PSAT, dual credit, SAT, or AP scores) or career readiness (i.e., pre-apprenticeship programs, and cooperative education programs). In calculating graduation rates for school grades, schools that do not have members of any cohort are exempted from the graduation component of school grading for that year; the exempted school's overall grade will be comprised of the remaining grading components and its overall points will be adjusted to the standardized scale. Makes other amendments.
http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/nmregister/xxiii/xxiii10/6.19.8amend.htm
Title: 6.19.8 NMAC
Source: http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us |
Assessment |
Adopted 02/2012 |
P-12 |
Requests an analysis of the cost, both in instructional time and money, of all assessments of New Mexico students, including proposed assessments related to common core state standards.
http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/12%20Regular/memorials/senate/SM073.pdf
Title: S.M. 73
Source: http://www.nmlegis.gov |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 02/2012 |
P-12 |
The legislature finds that districts need flexibility to meet state fiscal solvency requirements. For the 2012-2013 school year, the secretary may waive requirements of the Public School Code and rules promulgated in accordance with that code pertaining to individual class load, teaching load, length of school day, staffing patterns, subject areas and purchases of instructional materials.
http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/12%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0209.pdf
Title: S.B. 209
Source: http://www.nmlegis.gov/ |
High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Signed into law 02/2012 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Provides funding for Tribal colleges that participate in the dual credit program for high school students to offset waived tuition and fees; creates the Tribal college dual credit program fund.
http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/12%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0256.pdf
Title: S.B. 256
Source: http://www.nmlegis.gov |
Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling |
Signed into law 02/2012 |
P-12 |
Redefines the home school student activities program unit for funding purposes. Expands the definition from athletic activities to co-curricular and extracurricular activities.
http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/12%20Regular/bills/house/HB0129.pdf
Title: H.B. 129
Source: http://www.nmlegis.gov |
Minority/Diversity Issues |
Adopted 02/2012 |
P-12 |
Requests the creation of a working group to develop a comprehensive strategic education plan to eliminate the achievement gap and increase the graduation rates of
Hispanic, Native American and African American students.
http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/12%20Regular/memorials/house/HM067.pdf
Title: H.M. 67
Source: http://www.nmlegis.gov |
P-3 |
Signed into law 02/2012 |
P-12 |
Converts the "K-3 plus" pilot project to a program in the state education department to provide funding for additional educational time for disadvantaged students in kindergarten through third grade to improve numeracy, literacy and social skills. In evaluating applications for K-3 plus, the department shall grant priority to those schools with research-based, scientific reading strategies and programs.The legislation discusses funding for the program and dissemination of information about best practices.
http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/12%20Regular/bills/house/HB0014.pdf
Title: H.B. 14
Source: http://www.nmlegis.gov |
P-3 Governance |
Signed into law 02/2012 |
P-12 |
The 2011 Early Childhood Care and Education Act created the State Early Learning Advisory Council, charged with making recommendations to enhance return on investment in early childhood care and education and to foster coordination and alignment of early childhood care and education programs. That made the two offices that this bill addresses redundant. S.B. 187 eliminates the office of Child Development and the Child Development Board, and makes the Children, Youth and Families Department responsible for oversight of its preschool programs..
http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/12%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0187.pdf
Title: S.B. 187
Source: http://www.nmlegis.gov |
Teaching Quality--Preparation |
Adopted 02/2012 |
P-12 |
Requests that the legislature establish a work group to study the stustainability for future growth, recruitment and training of high school students to pursue future careers in education.
http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/12%20Regular/memorials/house/HM013.pdf
Title: H.M. 42; S.M. 53
Source: http://www.nmlegis.gov |
Accountability--Reporting Results |
Adopted 01/2012 |
P-12 |
Requests a work group to review the public school reporting requirements.
http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/12%20Regular/memorials/house/HM013.pdf
Title: H.M. 13
Source: http://www.nmlegis.gov |
Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
Issued 05/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Creates the New Mexico Effective Teaching Task Force that is charged with presenting recommendations to the governor regarding how best to measure the effectivenes of teachers and school leaders. The recommendations must include: indentified measures of student achievement that will represent at least 50% of teacher evaluation; demonstrated best practices of effective teachers and teaching, which will make up remaining basis for evaluation; how the measures should be weighted; and how the state can transition to a performance-based compensation system.
http://governor.state.nm.us/uploads/FileLinks/1e77a5621a1544e28318ba93fcd47d49/EO-2011-024.pdf
Title: E.O. 2011-024
Source: http://governor.state.nm.us |
Assessment |
Signed into law 04/2011 |
P-12 |
Due to financial crisis, temporarily suspends requirements for districts to administer specified assessments for 2011-12. In addition, a student who has completed the course
requirements for high school graduation in 2011-12 may graduate without demonstrating competence in required subject areas on the standards-based assessment or
assessments or a portfolio of standards-based indicators.
http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/11%20Regular/final/SB0360.pdf
Title: S.B. 360
Source: http://www.nmlegis.gov/ |
P-3 Governance |
Signed into law 04/2011 |
P-12 |
The Act establishes a comprehensive early childhood care and education system through an aligned continuum of
state and private programs, including home visitation, early intervention, child care, early head start, head start, early
childhood special education, family support and prekindergarten, and to maintain or establish the infrastructure
necessary to support quality in the system's programs. Establishes the state Early Learning Advisory Council as required
by the federal Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007.
http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/11%20Regular/final/SB0120.pdf
Title: S.B. 120
Source: http://www.nmlegis.gov/ |
Scheduling/School Calendar--Day/Class Length |
Signed into law 04/2011 |
P-12 |
Clarifies the lenght of school day requirements for different grade levels.
http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/11%20Regular/final/SB0145.pdf
Title: S.B. 145
Source: http://www.nmlegis.gov/ |
School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution |
Signed into law 04/2011 |
P-12 |
Requires the state education department to establish guidelines for district to develop student bullying prevention policies and programs.
http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/11%20Regular/final/SB0078.pdf
Title: S.B. 78
Source: http://www.nmlegis.gov/ |
Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12 |
Creates the A-B-C-D-E-F rating system to grade public schools in a way that is easily understandable to parents, school personnel and the community. Establishes the criteria for rating schools; provides funding for failing schools to implement programs linked to student achievement; allows for students to transfer to schools not rated with an F. School will be rated on student performance and growth and other indicators
http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/11%20Regular/final/SB0427.pdf
Title: S.B. 427
Source: http://www.nmlegis.gov/ |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12 |
Addresses contracts between charter schools chartering authorities; creates an annual evaluation process for charter schools; includes other charter policies, requirements and procedures.
http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/11%20Regular/final/SB0446.pdf
Title: S.B. 446
Source: http://www.nmlegis.gov/ |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12 |
Clarifies the attendance priorities and other procedures for schools that have been converted to charters through the Assessment and Accountability Act, and based on adequate yearly progress measures.
http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/11%20Regular/final/HB0097.pdf
Title: H.B. 97
Source: http://www.nmlegis.gov/ |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12 |
Requires charter schools that expect a distribution of property taxes pursuant to the Public School Buildings Act to submit a report to the department and its chartering
authority showing the purposes for which the expected distribution will be expended.
http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/11%20Regular/final/HB0113.pdf
Title: H.B. 113
Source: http://www.nmlegis.gov/ |
Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12 |
Adds grades three and four to the required standardized alphabetic or numeric grading system adopted by the public education department.
http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/11%20Regular/final/SB0272.pdf
Title: S.B. 272
Source: http://www.nmlegis.gov/ |
No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12 |
Relates to school improvement plans, corrective action and supplemental services for low-performing schools based on adequate yearly progress measures.
http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/11%20Regular/final/HB0115.pdf
Title: H.B. 115
Source: http://www.nmlegis.gov |
P-3 Preschool |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12 |
Expands the number of providers eligible for pre-kindergarten services and identifies application and funding criteria. .
http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/11%20Regular/final/SB0605.pdf
Title: S.B. 605
Source: http://www.nmlegis.gov |
School Safety--Corporal Punishment |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12 |
Prohibits the use of corporal punishment by each local school board and each governing body of a charter school.
http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/11%20Regular/final/HB0172.pdf
Title: H.B. 172
Source: http://www.nmlegis.gov/ |
School/District Structure/Operations--Food Service |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12 |
Requires districts and charter schools to establish free breakfast programs. Allows school breakfast service during instructional time.
http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/11%20Regular/final/SB0144.pdf
Title: S.B. 144
Source: http://www.nmlegis.gov/ |
Special Populations--Military |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12 |
Allows priority school enrollment within the attendance area to students whose parents are active duty military personnel in New Mexico.
http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/11%20Regular/final/HB0014.pdf
Title: H.B. 14
Source: http://www.nmlegis.gov |
State Longitudinal Data Systems |
Vetoed 03/2011 |
P-12 |
Would expand data collection and reporting requirements to include the number of student expulsions and suspensions. The data would organized by age, gender, and race/ethnicity; include student enrollment by English language homeless or low-income program; and indicate whether students had been retained. In addition, reports would include data on student violations on school property.
http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/11%20Regular/bills/house/HB0321.pdf
Title: H.B. 321
Source: http://www.nmlegis.gov/ |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Allows a subject-area exam as an alternative to subject-area credit hours for alternative level one teacher licensure. Spells out other criteria for receiving the alternative licensure.
http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/11%20Regular/final/SB0361.pdf
Title: S.B. 361
Source: http://www.nmlegis.gov/ |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12 |
Requires the knowledge of the science of teaching reading to be part of the teacher assessment examination for elementary licensure.
http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/11%20Regular/final/HB0074.pdf
Title: H.B. 74
Source: http://www.nmlegis.gov |
Textbooks and Open Source |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12 |
Requires publishers to provided instructional materials in formats appropriate for students with visual impairments.
http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/11%20Regular/final/HB0310.pdf
Title: H.B. 310
Source: http://www.nmlegis.gov/ |
Students--Mobility |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 |
Enacts the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children in New Mexico. The compact's purpose is to remove
barriers to educational success imposed on children of military families because of frequent moves and deployment of
their parents.
http://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/10%20Regular/final/HB0024.pdf
Title: H.B. 24
Source: http://nmlegis.gov |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 03/2010 |
P-12 |
Requires a charter school, during its planning year, to file a minimum of three status reports with the chartering authority and the Department of Education for the purpose of demonstrating that the charter school's implementation progress is consistent with the conditions, standards and procedures of its approved charter.
http://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/10%20Regular/final/HB0074.pdf
Title: H.B. 74
Source: http://nmlegis.gov/ |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 03/2010 |
P-12 |
Provides flexibility to school districts to meet state fiscal solvency requirements; provides that the Secretary of Education may waive requirements of the Public School Code and rules promulgated in accordance with that code pertaining to individual class load, teaching load, length of school day, staffing patterns, subject areas and purchases of instructional materials.
http://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/10%20Regular/final/SB0097.pdf
Title: S.B. 97
Source: http://nmlegis.gov/ |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 03/2010 |
P-12 |
Requires local school boards and governing authorities of charter schools to establish finance subcommittees and audit committees. The finance subcommittee shall: (1) make recommendations to the local school board in the following areas: (a) financial planning, including reviews of the school district's revenue and expenditure projections; (b) review of financial statements and periodic monitoring of revenues and expenses; (c) annual budget preparation and oversight; and (d) procurement; and (2) serve as an external monitoring committee on budget and other financial matters.
http://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/10%20Regular/final/HB0227.pdf
Title: H.B. 227
Source: http://nmlegis.gov/ |
High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates |
Signed into law 03/2010 |
P-12 |
Requires the Public Education Department, school districts and charter schools to report cohort graduation data; relates to a cohort group of students who enter grade nine for the first time at the same time, plus those students who transfer into the group in later years and minus those students who leave the cohort for documented excusable reasons.
http://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/10%20Regular/final/HB0069.pdf
Title: H.B. 69
Source: http://nmlegis.gov/ |
Leadership |
Signed into law 03/2010 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Creates the School Leadership Institute to provide a comprehensive and cohesive framework for preparing, mentoring and providing professional development for principals and other public school leaders; provides for licensure preparation for aspiring principals, mentoring for new principals and other public school leaders, intensive support for principals at schools in need of improvement, professional development for aspiring superintendents and mentoring for new superintendents.
http://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/10%20Regular/final/SB0085.pdf
Title: S.B. 85
Source: http://nmlegis.gov/ |
Minority/Diversity Issues |
Signed into law 03/2010 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Enacts the Hispanic Education Act; creates the Hispanic Education Office of the Public Education Department; provides for powers and duties; creates an advisory council. Provides for the study, development and implementation of educational systems that affect the educational success of Hispanic students to close the achievement gap, increase graduation rates, and increase college participation and completion; encourages and foster parental involvement; provides mechanisms for all stakeholders to work together to improve educational opportunities for Hispanic students.
http://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/10%20Regular/final/HB0150.pdf
Title: H.B. 150; S.B. 132
Source: http://nmlegis.gov/ |
Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian |
Signed into law 03/2010 |
P-12,
Community College,
Postsec. |
Includes Federal Bureau of Indian Education high schools and tribal colleges in a dual credit program; includes charter schools and a bureau of Indian education high school; provides for payment of textbooks and supplies.
http://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/10%20Regular/final/HB0090.pdf
Title: H.B. 90
Source: |
P-16 or P-20 |
Signed into law 03/2010 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Provides for an educational data system that serves pre-kindergarten through post-graduate education. Officials will establish a data system to: (1) collect, integrate and report longitudinal student-level and educator data required to implement federally or state-required education performance accountability measures; (2) conduct research and evaluation
regarding federal, state and local education and training programs at all levels; and (3) audit and ensure compliance of those programs with applicable federal or state requirements. The data system shall include the use of a common student identifier for the prekindergarten through post-graduate system and an educator identifier, with the ability to match data about students, educators, post-secondary education programs and other educational agencies.
http://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/10%20Regular/final/HB0070.pdf
Title: H.B. 70
Source: http://nmlegis.gov/ |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 03/2010 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Changes eligibility for military veterans to receive a legislative lottery scholarship; reconciles multiple amendments to the same section of law; provides that legislative lottery scholarships shall also apply to full-time resident students who within one year of completion of honorable service or medical discharge from the service attend one of the state educational institutions.
http://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/10%20Regular/final/SB0134.pdf
Title: S.B. 134
Source: http://nmlegis.gov/ |
Reading/Literacy |
Signed into law 03/2010 |
P-12 |
Requires interventions for students displaying characteristics of dyslexia; provides that a parent of a student referred to a student assistance team shall be informed of the parent's right to request an initial special education evaluation; requires the Department of Education to provide technical assistance for special education diagnosticians and other special education professionals regarding the formal special education evaluation of students suspected of having dyslexia.
http://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/10%20Regular/final/HB0230.pdf
Title: H.B. 230
Source: http://nmlegis.gov/ |
Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
Signed into law 03/2010 |
P-12 |
Relates to public schools; allows financial literacy that meets state standards to qualify for one of the four required mathematics units for students beginning ninth grade in 2009-2010; reconciles multiple amendments to the same section of law, including individual student plans and graduation requirements.
http://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/10%20Regular/final/HB0053.pdf
Title: H.B. 53
Source: http://nmlegis.gov/ |
Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
Signed into law 03/2010 |
P-12 |
Changes graduation requirements for students entering 9th grade in the 2012-2013 school year; includes health education; reconciles multiple amendments to the same section of law. Spells out requirements for individual student next-step plans that set forth the coursework for the grades remaining until high school graduation. Also lists graduation course requirements for students and types of high school diplomas.
http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/10%20Regular/final/HB0044.pdf
Title: H.B. 44
Source: http://nmlegis.gov/ |
Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
Signed into law 03/2010 |
P-12 |
Adds the use of certain professional development to the standards of annual performance evaluation for teachers; relates to accountability, peer intervention and mentoring.The state education department will adopt criteria and minimum highly objective uniform statewide standards for the annual performance evaluation of licensed school employees. The professional development plan for teachers will include documentation on how a teachers incorporate the results of required professional development in the classroom. At the beginning of each school year, teachers and principals shall devise professional development plans for the coming year, and performance evaluations shall be based in part on how well the professional development plan was carried out.
http://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/10%20Regular/final/SB0111.pdf
Title: S.B. 111
Source: http://nmlegis.gov/ |
Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
Signed into law 03/2010 |
P-12 |
District must provide for the mentorship and evaluation of level one teachers. At the end of each year and at the end of the license period, the teacher shall be evaluated for competency. If the teacher fails to demonstrate satisfactory progress and competence annually, the teacher may be terminated. If the teacher has not demonstrated satisfactory progress and competence by the end of the five-year period, the teacher shall not be granted a level two license.
http://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/10%20Regular/final/HB0071.pdf
Title: H.B. 71
Source: http://nmlegis.gov/ |
Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Adopted 12/2009 |
P-12 |
Establishes requirements for demonstrating 9th grade math & reading proficiency and meeting school attendance standards prior to receiving an MVD driving permit for the year 2011.
http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/nmac/parts/title06/06.030.0011.htm
Title: NMAC 6.30.11
Source: http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/nmac/ |
Accountability |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 |
Creates an alternative school accountability system pilot project; provides for data collection and analysis; provides for periodic reports to the Governor and the Legislature. The pilot system demonstrates the usefulness of a student growth model of accountability for targeting resources to improve elementary and middle schools most in need, and for recognizing elementary and middle schools that make the greatest progress in increasing student academic performance.
http://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/09%20Regular/final/SB0156.pdf
Title: S.B. 156
Source: http://nmlegis.gov/ |
Attendance |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 |
Changes terms and notice provisions of compulsory attendance policies; clarifies how unexcused absences are determined; requires reports.
http://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/09%20Regular/final/SB0189.pdf
Title: S.B. 189
Source: http://nmlegis.gov/ |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 |
Allows school districts to provide for industry-taught or -guided pre- apprenticeship programs for qualified high school students; provides for approval of pre- apprenticeship programs, providers and industry instructors; exempts industry instructors from licensure provisions; provides powers and duties.
Title: S.B. 46
Source: http://nmlegis.gov/ |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 |
Requires that media literacy be offered as an elective for public school students in grades six through twelve.
http://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/09%20Regular/final/HB0342.pdf
Title: H.B. 342
Source: http://nmlegis.gov/ |
High School--Graduation Requirements |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 |
Allows for five-year graduation from high school. If within five years after a student exits from the district the student takes and passes the state graduation examination, the student may receive a high school diploma. Any student passing the state graduation examination and completing all other requirements within five years of entering ninth grade, including a final summer session, may be counted by the district in which the student is enrolled as a high school graduate for the year in which completion and examination occur.
http://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/09%20Regular/final/HB0333.pdf
Title: H.B. 333
Source: http://nmlegis.gov/ |
Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 |
Increases the number of school district athletic activities in which a home school student may participate to three activities.
http://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/09%20Regular/final/HB0704.pdf
Title: H.B. 704
Source: http://nmlegis.gov/ |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Provides resident tuition eligibility at state institutions of higher education for honorably discharged veterans.
http://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/09%20Regular/final/SB0136.pdf
Title: S.B. 136
Source: http://nmlegis.gov/ |
Scheduling/School Calendar |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 |
Clarifies the school year and length of school day. Kindergarten, for half-day programs, two and one-half hours per day or, for full-day programs, five and one-half hours per day. Grades one through six, five and one-half hours per day; and grades seven through twelve, six hours
per day.
http://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/09%20Regular/final/HB0691.pdf
Title: H.B. 691
Source: http://nmlegis.gov/ |
School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 |
Allows regional education cooperatives to provide education-related services to nonmembers; allows cooperatives to apply for and receive government and private funding for educational programs; changes accountability procedures.
http://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/09%20Regular/final/HB0197.pdf
Title: H.B. 197
Source: http://nmlegis.gov |
Special Education |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 |
Clarifies the state's responsibility to provide special education services; requires Public Education Department participation in development of agreements between school districts and private training centers and residential treatment programs; requires student identification numbers for students attending training centers and residential treatment programs; requires such centers to provide reasonable physical space for educational programs.
http://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/09%20Regular/final/HB0199.pdf
Title: H.B. 199
Source: http://nmlegis.gov/ |
State Longitudinal Data Systems |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 |
Requires the use of student identification numbers on transcripts and general educational development certificates.
http://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/09%20Regular/final/SB0317.pdf
Title: S.B. 317
Source: http://nmlegis.gov/ |
STEM |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
Postsec. |
Enacts the New Mexico Research Applications Act; provides for a nonprofit corporation to interact with business and government entities, universities, private foundations and national laboratories for the purpose of fostering economic development in the areas of technology and intellectual property; repeals the technology research collaborative and transferring its property to the economic development department.
http://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/09%20Regular/final/SB0205.pdf
Title: S.B. 205
Source: http://nmlegis.gov |
Students |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 |
Enacts the School Athletics Equity Act which provides that each public school shall operate its athletics program in a manner that does not discriminate against students or staff on the basis of gender; provides for collection of data concerning school athletics programs.
http://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/09%20Regular/final/HB0432.pdf
Title: H.B. 432
Source: http://nmlegis.gov/ |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 |
Relates to school personnel; eliminates the one-year three-a licensure requirement for applicants of regular level three-b licenses; provides for a provisional level three-b license for a level two teacher whom a school district believes has the potential to be an effective school principal.
http://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/09%20Regular/final/SB0133.pdf
Title: S.B. 133
Source: http://nmlegis.gov |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 |
Increases the mathematics requirement for persons seeking licensure or reciprocity in elementary education.
http://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/09%20Regular/final/HB0322.pdf
Title: H.B. 322
Source: http://nmlegis.gov/ |
Accountability--Reporting Results |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Requires public post-secondary educational institutions to report annually to public high schools on freshman year outcomes of the students from those high schools; provides that information in the reports may be used by the high schools and public post-secondary education institutions to improve instruction, student preparation and advisement.
http://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/09%20Regular/final/SB0152.pdf
Title: S.B. 152
Source: http://nmlegis.gov |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12 |
Requires mandatory training for charter school governing body members; provides for development of a mandatory training course for all governing body members that explains department rules, policies and procedures, statutory powers and duties of governing boards, legal concepts pertaining to public schools, finance and budget and other matters deemed relevant.
http://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/09%20Regular/final/SB0148.pdf
Title: S.B. 148
Source: http://nmlegis.gov/ |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12 |
Relates to public schools; limits the period in which charter school applications may be submitted in a year.
http://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/09%20Regular/final/SB0027.pdf
Title: S.B. 27
Source: http://nmlegis.gov/ |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
Postsec. |
Requires a certain portion of the president's gratis scholarships at public post-secondary educational institutions to be granted based on financial need.
http://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/09%20Regular/final/SB0028.pdf
Title: S.B. 28
Source: http://nmlegis.gov/ |
Assessment |
Adopted 01/2009 |
P-12 |
The objective of this rule is to establish procedures for implementing the high school readiness assessment system, including: (a) the process for identifying acceptable short-cycle diagnostic type assessment instruments for grades nine and ten; (b) identification of acceptable college placement and workforce readiness assessments; and (c) specific requirements for alternate demonstration of competency in the New Mexico's academic content standards required for high school graduation.
http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/nmac/parts/title06/06.019.0007.htm
Title: NMAC 6.19.7.1, .2, .3, .4, .5, .6, .7, .8, .9, .10, .11
Source: http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 08/2008 |
P-12 |
Appropriates money from the general fund to the Public Education Department to provide supplemental funding to school districts for higher school bus fuel costs; provides that the distribution of funding shall be based on miles traveled for to-and- from transportation of public school students and that any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year shall revert to the general fund.
http://legis.state.nm.us:8080/lcsbillsearch/session.jsp?year=2008S&type=B&chamber=H&number=2
Title: H.B. 2A
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices |
Adopted 05/2008 |
P-12 |
The purpose of this rule is to establish minimal requirements for those school
districts and charter schools that seek to permit changes to a student's final course grades, and to require that school
districts and charter schools adopt written policies for any change to a student's grade. While a change in a final
course grade should be the exception and not the rule once a classroom teacher has issued a final course grade, the
enactment of written policies coupled with consistent application of those policies should result in the changing of
grades only when warranted and should lead to increased public confidence in the process.
http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/nmac/parts/title06/06.030.0010.pdf
Title: NMAC 6.30.10
Source: http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/nmac/ |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Adopted 04/2008 |
P-12 |
Relates to charter school application and appeal requirements. Established the initial application and renewal process for charter schools,
whether locally or state chartered, the appeal process of charter schools to the secretary of education and the
secretary of education's review process.
http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/nmac/parts/title06/06.080.0004.pdf
Title: NMAC 6.80.4
Source: http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/nmac/ |
High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Adopted 04/2008 |
P-12 |
Allows high school students to enroll in college-level courses offered by a public post-secondary institution that may be academic or career technical but not remedial or developmental. Outlines agreements and requirements.
http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/nmac/parts/title06/06.030.0007.pdf
Title: NMAC 6.30.7
Source: http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/nmac/ |
Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 03/2008 |
P-12 |
Relates to public school facilities; amends the Public School Capital Outlay Act; creates the Public School Facility Opportunity Fund; authorizes grants from the Fund to certain school districts for certain purposes; provides supplemental funding for projects in certain school districts; reduces the offset from a grant award for certain appropriations made for joint use with a governmental entity; changes the procedure for making payments for expenditures incurred to inspect and permit projects.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/08%20Regular/final/SB0146.pdf
Title: S.B. 146
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us/LCS/default.asp |
Curriculum--Arts Education |
Signed into law 02/2008 |
P-12 |
Relates to public schools; enacts the New Mexico school for the arts act; allows for the creation of a state-chartered charter school as a statewide residential high school for the arts; exempts the school from certain provisions of the charter schools act; allows the school to establish admissions criteria and room and board fees; provides for outreach activities; makes an appropriation.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/08%20Regular/final/SB0034.pdf
Title: S.B. 34
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us/LCS/default.asp |
High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Signed into law 02/2008 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Relates to education; includes state-supported schools in the dual credit program; provides for dual credit courses to be taken in the summer term; provides eligibility factors for students to qualify; requires the adoption of rules to implement the program to include the courses eligible for dual credit.
Allows high school students to enroll in college-level courses offered by a public post-secondary educational institution that may be academic or career-technical but not remedial or developmental, and simultaneously to earn credit toward high school graduation and a post-secondary degree or certificate.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/08%20Regular/final/SB0031.pdf
Title: S.B. 31
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us/LCS/default.asp |
Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 02/2008 |
P-12,
Community College,
Postsec. |
Relates to elections; allows community college elections to be held in conjunction with school district elections.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/08%20Regular/final/HB0249.pdf
Title: H.B. 249
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us/LCS/default.asp |
Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
Signed into law 02/2008 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Relates to public schools; changes the statewide college and workplace readiness assessments; allows the eleventh grade standards-based assessments to serve as the assessment required for graduation; provides that financial literacy shall be offered as an elective course; addresses graduation requirements, student graduation plans and exit exams.
http://www.sos.state.nm.us/2008/SBill460.pdf
Title: S.B. 460
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us/LCS/default.asp |
Governance--School Boards |
On November 2008 Ballot 12/2007 |
P-12 |
Proposes an amendment to the Constitution to increase the size of school boards in school districts with a specified population; provides for conduct of election by mail-in ballot or as otherwise provided by law; provides each school districts shall be divided into member districts that shall be compact, contiguous and as nearly equal in population as possible; provides one board member shall reside within, and be elected from, each member district.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SJR06.pdf
Title: S.J.R. 6
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us/ |
Assessment |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 |
Requires the public education department to provide districts with their respective students' scores on all required standards-based academic performance tests prior to the commencement of the school year.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB1004.pdf
Title: S.B. 1004
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
Assessment |
Vetoed 04/2007 |
P-12 |
Requires the public education department to pay the costs of mandatory assessments.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB0501.pdf
Title: S.B. 501
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us/ |
Attendance |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Provides for high school redesign. Directs the department of education to establish a readiness assessment system to measure the readiness of every New Mexico high school student for success in higher education or a career no later than the 2008-2009 school year. Raises the compulsory school age in the state and changes high school graduation requirements and creates a middle and high school literacy initiative. Eliminates certificates of employment and part-time schools as they related to previous compulsory school-age law.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB0561.pdf
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/HB0584.pdf
Title: H.B. 584/S.B. 561
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us/ |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 |
Requires background checks for certain volunteers, contractors and contractor employees. Requires reports of school employee misconduct. Provides that settlement agreement confidentiality provisions do not relieve responsibility for reporting.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB0210.pdf
Title: S.B. 210
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 |
Relates to charter school requirements, clarifies enrollment limits and declares an emergency.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/HB1245.pdf
Title: H.B. 1245
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 |
Creates fund relating to charter school facilities funding. Provides procedures for meeting the needs of state-chartered and locally chartered charter schools for adequate facilities.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB0634.pdf
Title: S.B. 634
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us/ |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 |
Distinguishes a student's academic proficiency from the adequate yearly progress of public schools and school districts; conforms rankings of schools in need of improvement with federal requirements; provides a process for reopening failing schools as state-chartered charter schools; provides for the disaggregation of data by gender.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/HB0034.pdf
Title: H.B. 34
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Vetoed 04/2007 |
P-12 |
Relates to charter school requirements, amends existing law to clarify enrollment limits.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB1147.pdf
Title: S.B. 1147
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Vetoed 04/2007 |
P-12 |
Distinguishes a student's academic proficiency from the AYP of schools and districts. Conforms rankings of schools in need of improvement with Federal requirements. Provides a process for reopening failing schools as state-chartered charter schools. Provides the disaggregation of data by gender. Reconciles multiple Amendments to the same section of law in Laws 2005.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB0287.pdf
Title: S.B. 287
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Vetoed 04/2007 |
P-12 |
Adds the charter school student activities program unit into the program cost calculation.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/HB0513.pdf
Title: H.B. 513
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 |
Would make the hiring practices of charter schools align with current hiring practices of school districts by requiring all decisions to hire, fix salaries, assign, terminate or discharge employees of a charter school to be made by that school's head administrator. The head administrator could not initially employ in any capacity certain enumerated relatives of the head administrator or governing body. The bill would give the governing body the authority to waive prohibited employment of relatives of the head administrator just as current
law allows a local board that waiver as to a district superintendent.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB0189.pdf
Title: S.B. 189
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 |
Provides for physical education in grades kindergarten through six in elementary schools. Adds physical education program units and charter school student activities program units into the program cost calculation and makes an appropriation. (Slight variation in language between senate and house bills regarding charter school student calculation.)
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/HB0208.pdf
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB0156.pdf
Title: H.B. 208/S.B. 156
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 |
Directs each school district to align its curricula to meet the state standards for each grade level and subject area so that students who transfer between public schools
within the school district receive the same educational opportunity within the same grade or subject area. Provides for a schedule for implemenation.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/HB0911.pdf
Title: H.B. 911
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Clarifies the scope of the existing University Research Park Act. Expands permitted acvitities to those that may not fit under the strict definition of technology or research, as long as they support university teaching, research or service missions. Also, language has been added that includes the creation of learning opportunities for university students as part of economic development initiatives sponsored by research park corporations.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB0773.pdf
Title: S.B. 773
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Vetoed 04/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Broadens the scope of university research and economic development. Forges links between New Mexico's educational institutions, business and industrial communities and government through the development of research parks on university property. Engages in other cooperative ventures of innovative technological significance that will advance education, science, research, conservation, health care or economic development within the state.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/HB0900.pdf
Title: H.B. 900
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
Finance |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 |
Establishes a home school student activities program unit.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB1098.pdf
Title: S.B. 1098
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
Finance |
Vetoed 04/2007 |
P-12 |
Relates to school finance, makes cash balance credits proportional to the size of the excess cash balance.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB0159.pdf
Title: S.B. 159
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
Finance |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 |
Raises the allowable limit on cash balances a school district may keep. Changes the basis for calculating excess cash balances by referring to the "unrestricted, unreserved cash balance and emergency reserve" rather than the "allowable limit".
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/HB0059.pdf
Title: H.B. 59
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
Finance--Facilities |
Vetoed 04/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Relates to higher education. Provides a threshold amount for capital expenditures. Requires state board of finance approval.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB0264.pdf
Title: S.B. 264
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us/ |
Health |
Vetoed 04/2007 |
P-12 |
Relates to health care; provides for the Human Papillomavirus vaccine in school-based clinics.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB1174.pdf
Title: S.B. 1174
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us/ |
High School |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 |
Directs the department of education to distribute available funds for mentorship programs to school districts annually on a per-teacher basis according to the number of beginning
teachers on the 40th day of the school year. Also directs the department to require that teacher preparation programs collaborate with colleges of arts and sciences and high schools to develop a model to provide mentorship services with structured supervision and feedback to each of their graduates who have obtained a teaching position in a public high school, including charter schools.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB0211.pdf
Title: S.B. 211
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Creates a program allowing students to earn dual credits toward high school graduation and a post-secondary degree or certificate. Specifies student eligibility and duties of the higher education department, districts and department of education. Provides for data collection and evaluation.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB0943.pdf
Title: S.B. 943
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
High School--Graduation Requirements |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 |
Requires that financial literacy be offered as a high school elective.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/HB1205.pdf
Title: H.B. 1205
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us/ |
Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 |
Directs the department of education to adopt and promulgate rules establishing a standardized alphabetic or numeric grading system based on the 4.0 scale or 100% scale to be used by all public schools for 5th-12th grades.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB0160.pdf
Title: S.B. 160
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
Leadership |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Changes the calculation for minimum salaries of school principals and assistant school principals.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/HB0035.pdf
Title: H.B. 35
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Amends the Indian Education Act. Clarifies the duties of the public education department to consult with Indian tribes. Changes the composition of the Indian Education Advisory Council. Directs the the department of education to collaborate and coordinate efforts with the higher education department and institutions of higher education, including
tribal colleges and teacher education institutions and tribal education departments to facilitate the successful and seamless transition of American Indian students into
post-secondary education and training.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/HB0892.pdf
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB1044.pdf
Title: H.B. 892/S.B. 1044
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Amends the indian education act. Clarifies the duties of the public education department to consult with Indian tribes. Changes the composition of the Indian Education Advisory Council. Provides for duties of the Indian Education Division, that the funds appropriated from the Indian Education Fund shall be used for the purposes stated in the Indian Education Act and shall not be used to correct for previous reductions of program services.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB1044.pdf
Title: S.B. 1044
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Creates the regional educational technology assistance center as a professional development center at New Mexico state university's college of extended learning. The center will provide: (1) technology integration training into teaching and learning; (2) professional development dossier creation; (3) use of data to drive instruction to improve student learning outcomes; (4) internet safety, online teaching and learning and technical assistance; (5) faculty development in integrating technology and distance learning tools; (6) and implementing the New Mexico learning network.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB0425.pdf
Title: S.B. 425
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
P-16 or P-20 |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Directs the higher education department, in collaboration with public post-secondary educational institutions, to use the same student identification number issued to a New Mexico public school student for a student enrolled in a public post-secondary educational institution, including an off-campus instructional program or learning center.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB0211.pdf
Title: S.B. 211
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us/ |
Postsecondary Faculty |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Directs the higher education department to work with public post-secondary educational institutions to establish a pay schedule for part-time faculty to be subject to legislative appropriation.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/HB0384.pdf
Title: H.B. 384
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
Postsecondary Faculty |
Signed into law [Partial Veto] 04/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Changes provisions and distributions of the faculty endowment fund. Reconciles conflicting amendments to the same section of laws by repealing laws 2003, chapter 379, section 1.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/HB0983.pdf
Title: H.B. 983
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Vetoed 04/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Establishes the divisions of the higher education department.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/HB0044.pdf
Title: H.B. 44
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
Postsecondary Online Instruction |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Enacts the Cyber Academy Act, provides powers and duties and makes an appropriation. The cyber academy is a collaborative program among the department, the higher education department, telecommunications networks and representatives of other state agencies engaged in providing distance education. The cyber academy will provide distance learning courses for grades six through twelve and professional development for teachers, instructional support providers and school administrators.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/HB0201.pdf
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB0209.pdf
Title: H.B. 201/S.B. 209
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 |
Allows, under specified circumstances, public school facilities to be acquired pursuant to lease purchase arrangements. Authorizes additional property taxes for school districts upon the approval of the qualified electors.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/HB0843.pdf
Title: H.B. 843
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Vetoed 04/2007 |
P-12 |
Provides that certain school construction projects may be exempted from some state oversight. Amends the public school capital outlay Act to change the criteria for offsetting amounts from state grants. Requires space utilization to be considered. Allows additional grants to certain school districts; increases grants to schools for lease payments.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/HB0328.pdf
Title: H.B. 328
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us/ |
School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 |
Relates to public school facilities; provides that certain school construction projects may be exempted from some state oversight. Amends the Public School Capital Outlay Act to change the criteria for offsetting amounts from state grants; requires space utilization to be considered to allow additional grants to certain school districts. Increases grants to school and lease payments, to allow certain facilities to be purchased with state grants. Extends the time for which certain expenditure may be made.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB0395.pdf
Title: S.B. 395
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us/ |
STEM |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Creates the Alliance for Underrepresented Students at New Mexico State University. The purposes of the alliance are to: (1) promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and retention at the undergraduate and graduate level for underrepresented students; (2) engage in research on and development of programs that support student retention and achievement; (3) disseminate knowledge acquired through education and retention programs; and (4) collaborate with and provide assistance to k-12 grade educators and postsecondary educational institutions to support STEM education and student achievement.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB0422.pdf
Title: S.B. 422
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us/ |
Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 |
Allows counselors to apply for level three-b administrative licenses.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/HB1090.pdf
Title: H.B. 1090
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us/ |
Teaching Quality |
Vetoed 04/2007 |
P-12 |
Amends provisions of the Public Employees Retirement Act and the Educational Retirement Act concerning retirees who return to employment.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/HB0313.pdf
Title: H.B. 313
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 |
Directs the department of education to adopt rules rule for training and other requirements to support the use of unlicensed content area experts as resources in classrooms, team teaching, on-line instruction, curriculum development and other purposes.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB0211.pdf
Title: S.B. 211
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Directs the state board to design a uniform statewide teacher education accountability reporting system to measure and track teacher education candidates from pre-entry to post-graduation in order to benchmark the productivity and accountability of New Mexico's teacher work force. Identifies other entities the department must cooperate with in designing system and requires that an annual report be prepared.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB0211.pdf
Title: S.B. 211
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 |
Allows alternative level two and three licensure for persons with Post- Baccalaureate Degrees and Post-Secondary Teaching or Administration experience.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/HB0345.pdf
Title: H.B. 345
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us/ |
Technology |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 |
Provides criteria for allocations from the Educational Technology Deficiency Correction Fund.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB0394.pdf
Title: S.B. 394
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us/ |
Textbooks and Open Source |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 |
Requires local districts to implement policies that provide textbooks to each student for each class that conform to curriculum requirements and allow students to take those textbooks home.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB1019.pdf
Title: S.B. 1019
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
Textbooks and Open Source |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 |
Allows instructional material funds to be used for materials other than textbooks. Defines other classroom materials to mean materials other than textbooks that are used to support direct instruction to students.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB1225.pdf
Title: S.B. 1225
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us/ |
Curriculum--Mathematics |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
P-12 |
Creates the Mathematics and Science Bureau within the department of education and a 12 member advisory council to advise the bureau. Defines membership and duties of the advisory council. Creates "mathematics and science proficiency fund," to consist of of appropriations, gifts, grants, donations and income from investment of the fund. The fund will be administered by the department, and money in the fund is appropriated to the department to provide awards to public schools, school districts, public post-secondary educational institutions and persons that implement innovative, research-based mathematics and science curricula and professional development programs. Each award recipient must provide an annual report to the bureau that includes a detailed budget report, a description of the services provided and documented evidence of the stated outcomes of the program funded by the mathematics and science proficiency fund and that provides other information requested by the bureau.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/HB0220.pdf
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB0552.pdf
Title: H.B. 220/S.B. 552
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
High School |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
P-12 |
Provides that a New Mexico resident high school student who is required to move out of state because the student's parent is a member of the New Mexico National Guard or a branch of the Armed Forces of the United States and the parent is transferred to an out-of-state location may receive a New Mexico high school diploma under specified conditions.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB0687.pdf
Title: S.B. 687
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Enables students at tribal colleges to receive scholarships under the College Affordability Act. Defines student eligibility and terms of scholarship.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB0355.pdf
Title: S.B. 355
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us/ |
P-3 |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
P-12 |
Creates the K-3 Plus Pilot project as a six-year pilot. The program would provide extended time for students in K-3rd grades in high-poverty schools. Provides for application process, requires reporting and declares an emergency.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/HB0198.pdf
Title: H.B. 198
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us/ |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Creates the higher education department in the executive branch. Department is a cabinet department including the followiong divisions: (1) administrative services, (2) planning and research, (3) financial aid, (4) public information, (5) adult basic education, (6) information technology, (7) private and proprietary schools and (8) public schools liaison.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB0248.pdf
Title: S.B. 248
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Ensures that the military is treated as equal to any other recruiter permitted to recruit on-campus in New Mexico public post-secondary educational institutions.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB0566.pdf
Title: S.B. 566
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Creates the college assistance migrant program at New Mexico State University to serve educational needs of migrants and seasonal farm workers who are students at the university.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB0858.pdf
Title: S.B. 858
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Authorizes branch community college boards to adopt a resolution, establish a board composed of five members elected from single-member districts within the branch community college district for staggered terms.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB0984.pdf
Title: S.B. 984
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
Postsecondary Students--Disabled |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Creates the students with disabilities scholarship act; defines a student with disabilities as a student who has a record of a physical or mental condition that substantially limits one or more major life activities, including attention deficit disorder or other specific learning disabilities that the Higher Education Department recognizes as disabilities. Creates the Students with Disabilities Scholarship Fund.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/HB0518.pdf
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB0537.pdf
Title: H.B. 518/S.B. 537
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
Postsecondary Students--Disabled |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Extends time that students with disabilities can be defined as full time for purposes of eligibility for state lottery scholarship program.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB0689.pdf
Title: S.B. 689
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
Rural |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
P-12 |
Provides grants to improve existing rural libraries' collections and services and provide resources to plan and establish new rural libraries, provides professional development to librarians and other library staff in rural libraries, connects rural libraries to communications networks and improves access to library materials and technology for rural citizens. Creates the rural library development fund.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/HB0655.pdf
Title: H.B. 655
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
Rule Adoption 12/2006 |
P-12 |
Establishes requirements for distance learning programs taken for credit by students enrolled in a school district.
http://www.ped.state.nm.us/press/2006/september/nmac/6.30.8%20NMAC%2009-05-06.pdf
Title: NMAC 6.30.8
Source: http://www.ped.state.nm.us/ |
P-3 Preschool |
Adopted 11/2006 |
P-12 |
Implements a state-funded Pre-Kindergarten program.
http://www.ped.state.nm.us/press/2006/november/6%2030%209%20NMAC%20PreKdraft110806%20_3_.pdf
Title: NMAC 6.30.9
Source: http://www.ped.state.nm.us |
High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Rule Adoption 09/2006 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Adopts rules relating to dual credits. Rules issued by the state higher education department.
http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/nmregister/xvii/xvii17/5.55.4.pdf#search=%22%20%225.55.4%22%20site%3Anm.us%22
§ 6.30.7.7. DEFINITIONS
Title: NMAC 5.55.4
Source: http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 03/2006 |
P-12 |
From Fiscal Note: Provides for two chartering authorities – the local school district and the state. The bill allows charter schools to elect their chartering authority between a school district or the PEC as well as allowing charter schools to change their chartering authority upon charter renewal. The bill provides that state-charted schools are independent of school districts and as such, the state-chartered school governing bodies are generally treated as local school district boards. The bill creates the Charter Schools Division within the department. With regard to local board charter schools, the bill does not require a charter school authorized by a school district to qualify as a board of finance because it would continue to be a component unit of the school district for audit purposes. Additionally, charter schools authorized by a school district would be treated no differently than they currently are relative to transportation; i.e., local districts must continue to negotiate the provision of transportation to charter school students eligible for transportation.
The bill requires that state-chartered schools governing bodies must function as boards of finance and be qualified prior to the first year of operation. Failure of the governing body of a proposed state-chartered school to qualify as a board of finance constitutes grounds for denial, nonrenewal or revocation of its charter. Charter schools authorized by the PEC can apply for their own transportation funds based upon their eligible student membership and are prevented from owning school buses and providing their own transportation system but transportation is funded and provided in a manner similar to the funded local district bus-contracted services. However it appears language contained in the bill may allow state-chartered schools to act as their own bus contractors. While the bill provides for state-chartered schools to contract for transportation and other services they are prohibited from contracting with a for-profit entity for the management of the school.
Full text of fiscal note: http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/06%20Regular/firs/SB0600.pdf
Full text of final bill (Chapter No. 94):
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/06%20Regular/final/SB0600.pdf
Title: S.B. 600
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Finance--Lotteries |
Signed into law 03/2006 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
From fiscal impact statement: This bill does not contain an appropriation; however, enactment of this legislation is likely to have a significant impact on the expenditure of the Lottery Tuition Fund. The lack of clear statutory definitions of "tuition" and "general fees" has contributed to a trend by some institutions of higher education to reclassify an increasing portion of their combined "tuition and fee" charges as "tuition." The impact of this reclassification is to increase the value of Lottery Success Scholarships for eligible recipients, thereby increasing the expenditure rate from the Lottery Tuition Fund. Enactment of this legislation will constrain this practice which should help reduce the
rate of growth in future expenditures for the program, all other things held equal. Fiscal impact statement: http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/06%20Regular/firs/SB0155.pdf
Link to final version of bill: http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/06%20Regular/FinalVersions/senate/SB0155.pdf
Title: S.B. 155
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services |
Signed into law 03/2006 |
P-12 |
If a public school fails to make adequate yearly progress for three or more consecutive school years, it is required to provide supplemental services, including after-school programs, tutoring and summer services to its Title I eligible students, within available funds. Requires the department to adopt rules that govern the priority for students for whom supplemental services shall be provided and for students for whom transportation costs are paid. The rules are to include the adoption of a sliding-fee schedule based on the educational level of tutors in New Mexico; and require that providers use a pre- and post-assessment instrument approved by the department to measure the gains that students achieve through supplemental services. (Chapter No. 83)
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/06%20Regular/FinalVersions/senate/SB0100.pdf
Title: S.B. 100
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
P-3 Grades 1-3 |
Signed into law 03/2006 |
P-12 |
Extends the Kindergarten Plus Pilot Project; expands eligibility to add other school districts with high- poverty schools; makes an appropriation; provides that teachers and educational assistants are to be paid at the same rate and under the same terms; provides for evaluation.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/06%20Regular/final/HB0043.pdf
Title: H.B. 43
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 03/2006 |
P-12 |
From Fiscal Note: The bill requires all school districts to have submitted a five-year facilities plan which includes enrollment projections, a current preventative maintenance plan, the capital needs of charter schools located in the district, and projections of facility needs to maintain a full-day kindergarten program prior to PSFA approving school construction or a district letting contracts for school construction. PSFA notes this is consistent with requirements currently in effect for districts applying for grant assistance. Provisions contained in the bill increase the current 3 to 9 percent caps currently in place on the amount of operational cash balances a public school district may retain to 5 to 15 percent depending on total program cost. School districts have complained the caps currently in place are unfair and are causing undue pressure with regard to expenditures which require the district to expend funds prior to requesting reimbursement. The committee substitute also provides for the secretary of education to waive all or a portion of reductions for excess cash balances if the funds are needed to provide a local match or to reduce the districts share of amounts granted for qualified high priority projects.
The Senate Finance Committee Substitute for the Senate Education Substitute for Senate Bill 450 is an omnibus public school capital outlay bill making changes to the public school capital outlay (PSCO) program, requiring school district master facilities plans, providing for certain
districts to receive assistance in developing and updating five-year facilities plans, providing for capital outlay fund local match assistance for qualified high priority projects, increases statutory caps on school district cash balances, and creates a fund to pay for new school one-time costs. The bill also provides funding to fully implement the lease payment assistance program, provides for use of PSCO funds to demolish abandoned buildings, changes the method with which high growth school construction is addressed, and provides funding to correct deficiencies at the New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Handicapped and the New Mexico School for the Deaf. Also included in the bill are provisions increasing the SB-9 guarantee from $60.00 to $90.00 per unit, continuing the exempt status of Public School Facilities Authority (PSFA) employees, providing for PSFA to act as its own purchasing agent and creating a study committee and making
appropriations. Link to fiscal note: http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/06%20Regular/firs/SB0450.pdf
Link to bill text (final version): http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/06%20Regular/FinalVersions/senate/SB0450FCS.pdf
Title: S.B. 450
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Adopted 03/2006 |
P-12 |
Relates to entry level licensure requirements for history, geography, economics, civics and government teachers K-12. Requires passage of content area assessment for endorsement.
http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/nmregister/xvii/xvii04/6.64.6amend.pdf
Title: 6.64.6 NMAC
Source: http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us |
Textbooks and Open Source |
Signed into law 03/2006 |
P-12 |
Creates a Reading Materials Fund to be used to purchase scientific research-based reading materials for certain reading programs; makes appropriations. A school district may apply for funding for its reading program if: (1) core and supplemental materials are highly rated by either the Oregon reading first center or the Florida center for reading research or the materials are listed in the international dyslexia association's framework for informed reading and language instruction; (2) the district selects no more than two comprehensive published core reading programs; and (3) the district has established a professional development plan describing how it will provide teachers with professional development and ongoing support in the effective use of the selected instructional materials.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/06%20Regular/FinalVersions/house/HB0225.pdf
Title: H.B. 225
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol |
Signed into law 02/2006 |
P-12 |
Relates to controlled substances; revises the criminal offense of trafficking controlled substances to include the distribution and sale of methamphetamine, its salts and isomers; expands the definition of a drug-free zone to include private and parochial schools and private property within 1,000 feet of a school.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/06%20Regular/FinalVersions/house/HB0179.pdf
Title: H.B. 179
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
Textbooks and Open Source |
Adopted 01/2006 |
P-12 |
This regulation is designed to facilitate the adoption, requisition and distribution of instructional material. http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/nmac/parts/title06/06.075.0002.htm
Title: NMAC 6.75.2
Source: Lexis/Nexis, StateNet |
Leadership |
Rule Adoption 10/2005 |
P-12 |
Governs performance evaluation requirements for administrators. Identifies specific evaluation/supervision competencies and indicators for administrators. NEW MEXICO REG 4427 (SN)
http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/nmac/parts/title06/06.069.0003.htm
Title: NMAC 6.69.3, 6.69.3.1, 6.69.3.2, 6.69.3.6
Source: StateNet |
School/District Structure/Operations--Personnel (Non-Teaching) |
Rule Adoption 10/2005 |
P-12 |
Relates to performance evaluation system requirements for librarian-teachers NEW MEXICO REG 4424 (SN)
Title: NMAC 6.69.5, 6.69.5.1 through 6.69.5.11
Source: StateNet |
School/District Structure/Operations--Personnel (Non-Teaching) |
Rule Adoption 10/2005 |
P-12 |
Relates to persons seeking licensure in school social work, grades K-12. Sets the requirements for licensure. NEW MEXICO REG 4426 (SN)
Title: NMAC 6.63.7, 6.63.7.1, 6.63.7.8, 6.63.7.9
Source: StateNet |
School/District Structure/Operations--Personnel (Non-Teaching) |
Rule Adoption 10/2005 |
P-12 |
Sets minimal standards of accepted ethical behavior and professional conduct in education that are applicable to all licensed school personnel, instructional personnel under contract, including any other person who provides instructional services in a school but who does not hold a standard license and whose presence is authorized. NEW MEXICO REG 4425 (SN)
Title: NMAC 6.60.9, 6.60.9.1 through 6.60.9.3, 6.60.9.6, 6.60.9.9, 6.60.9.10, 6.60.9.11, 6.60.9.12
Source: StateNet |
Special Education |
Rule Adoption 09/2005 |
P-12 |
Amends rules relating to special education and children with disabilities as well as gifted children. Relates to the rights and responsibilities of the Public Schools and of the students. NEW MEXICO REG 4351 (SN)
Title: NMAC 6.31.2, 6.11.2
Source: StateNet |
High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Rule Adoption 08/2005 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Adopts rules relating to dual credits. Increases the opportunities for high school students and the efficient use of instructional staff, facilities, equipment, student support services, and technical advisory committees. NEW MEXICO REG 4371 (SN)
Title: NMAC 6.30.7.1 thru .8
Source: StateNet |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Rule Adoption 07/2005 |
Postsec. |
Establishes rules regarding post secondary education, general provisions, budgets, instructional funding, adult basic education fund, loan purchase program, enrollment reporting, variable scheduling, enrollment verification, loan repayment, veterans' scholarship, tuition for senior citizens, tax refund intercept program, participation in education trust and private institutions of higher education. NEW MEXICO REG 4311 (SN)
Title: NMAC 5.1.3, 5.3.7, .9, .12, .13, 5.6.2, .3, .4, 5.7.3, .16, .19, .30, 5.100.2, .3; 5.5.20, 5.7.24, .25, .26, .29
Source: StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Rule Adoption 07/2005 |
P-12 |
Relates to licensure and continuing professional education requirements. NEW MEXICO REG 4322 (SN)
Title: NMAC 16.60.3
Source: StateNet |
Textbooks and Open Source |
Rule Adoption 06/2005 |
P-12 |
Relates to the Public Education Department instructional material bureau textbook adoptions. NEW MEXICO REG 4320 (SN)
Title: NMAC 6.75.3
Source: StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Alternative |
Adopted 05/2005 |
P-12 |
Establishes rules regarding alternative licensure, competency testing for licensure, continuing licensure for licensed educators, educator licensure application fee, licensure in middle level education grades 5-9, licensure in special education k-12, competencies for entry-level technology studies/education teachers, competencies for entry-level agriculture education teachers, performance evaluation requirements for teachers. NEW MEXICO REG 4254 (SN)
http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/nmac/parts/title06/06.060.0003.htm
Title: NMAC 6.60.3, .5, .6, .7, 6.61.3, .6, 6.64.16, .17, 6.69.4
Source: StateNet |
Adult Basic Education |
Pocket Veto by GOVERNOR. 04/2005 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Relates to second semester for education works program.
Title: S.B. 691
Source: StateNet |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 |
Prohibits alcohol possession or consumption on public school premises; establishes penalties.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/05%20Regular/final/HB0275.pdf
Title: H.B. 275
Source: StateNet |
Attendance |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 |
Relates to compulsory school attendance; requires that school district attendance policies use withdrawal of students pursuant to the definition of membership in the Public School Finance Act only after exhausting efforts to keep students in educational settings.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/05%20Regular/bills/house/HB0955.html
Title: H.B. 955
Source: StateNet |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 |
Makes the Public Education Commission the governing authority and sole state agency for supervision of the state plan relating to vocational education.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/05%20Regular/final/HB0176.pdf
Title: H.B. 176
Source: StateNet |
Career/Technical Education |
Pocket Veto by GOVERNOR. 04/2005 |
P-12 |
Relates to School District additions to other Districts.
http://legis.state.nm.us/lcs/_session.asp?chamber=S&type=++&number=308&year=05
Title: S.B. 308
Source: StateNet |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 |
Relates to program units for extracurricular activities for home school and charter school students.
Title: S.B. 789
Source: StateNet |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 |
Relates to Charter School Standards.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/05%20Regular/bills/house/HB0510.html
Title: H.B. 510
Source: StateNet |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Charter Districts |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 |
Enacts the Charter School District Act of 2005; provides the procedures for a school district to become a charter school district.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/05%20Regular/final/HB1101.pdf
Title: H.B. 1101
Source: StateNet |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 |
Creates a New Mexico Government Education Fund to be administered by the department. Money in the fund is
appropriated to the department to contract for annual, weeklong, high school civics courses focusing on New Mexico state government for boys and girls to be held at varying postsecondary educational institutions in New Mexico.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/05%20Regular/final/HB0268.pdf
Title: H.B. 268
Source: StateNet |
Curriculum--Core Curriculum |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 |
Provides for core curriculum framework for kindergarten through grade six; provides for grants. School districts and charter schools may create
core curriculum frameworks to provide high quality curricula in kindergarten through grade six to prepare students for pre-advanced placement and advanced placement coursework in
grades seven through twelve.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/05%20Regular/final/SB0138.pdf
Title: S.B. 138
Source: StateNet |
Curriculum--Social Studies/History |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 |
Requires one-half unit in New Mexico history for students entering the ninth grade beginning in the 2005-2006
school year as part of the units required for graduation.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/05%20Regular/final/HB0139.pdf
Title: H.B. 139
Source: StateNet |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Creates the technology research collaborative; relates to higher education. Included in the act is:
"The purposes of the collaborative are to: (1) establish advanced technology centers based on the wealth of scientific and technical talent that
exists in the member institutions; (2) develop and create new intellectual property for the state and encourage new opportunities for business and increased jobs; (3) commercialize the intellectual property; and (4) create a work force to support enterprises based on the intellectual property."
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/05%20Regular/final/SB0169.pdf
Title: S.B. 169
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us/ |
Finance--District |
Pocket Veto by GOVERNOR. 04/2005 |
P-12 |
Changes public school budget requests due date.
Title: H.B. 873
Source: StateNet |
Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 |
Relates to public school finance; removes the requirement that a portion of local and federal revenue be used for capital outlay; provides for the calculation of MEM on the eightieth and one hundred twentieth days.
Removes the requirement that the school district budget and expend 20% of the total revenue receipts for capital outlay.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/05%20Regular/final/HB1091.pdf
Title: H.B. 1091
Source: StateNet |
Governance |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
Postsec. |
Replaces the Commission on Higher Education with the Higher Education Department -- a cabinet department; creates an Advisory Board; provides for the powers and duties; provides for the transfer of appropriations, money, property, contractual obligations and statutory references of the Commission on Higher Education to the Higher Education Department. Establishes that the Secretary of Higher Education is appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate. Preserves the right of local Boards of Regents to continue to make local policy decisions about their universities.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/05%20Regular/final/HB0745.pdf
Title: H.B. 745
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
Health--Nutrition |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 |
Concerns school meal nutrition rules governing foods and beverages sold outside of school meal programs; relates to nutrition standards, portion sizes and times when students may access these items.
TEMPORARY PROVISION--FOOD AND BEVERAGES SOLD
OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL MEAL PROGRAMS.--The public education
department, in collaboration with the department of health and
one representative each from the New Mexico action for healthy
kids, parents, students, school food service directors, school
boards, school administrators, agriculture, dairy producers
and the food and beverage industry, shall adopt rules no later
than December 31, 2005 governing foods and beverages sold in
all public schools to students outside of federal department
of agriculture school meal programs. The rules shall, at a
minimum, address nutrition standards, portion sizes and times
when students may access these items. Nothing in this section
shall be construed to prohibit or limit the sale or
distribution of any food or beverage item through fundraisers
by students, teachers or groups when the items are intended
for sale off the school campus.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/05%20Regular/final/HB0061.pdf
Title: H.B. 61
Source: StateNet |
High School |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 |
Beginning with the 2006-2007 school year, each school district shall offer at least one honors or similar academically rigorous class each in mathematics and language arts in each high school.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/05%20Regular/final/SB0069.pdf
Title: S.B. 69
Source: StateNet |
Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 |
Adds that the Indian education division shall:
develop or select for implementation a challenging, sequential, culturally relevant curriculum to provide instruction to American Indian students in kindergarten through sixth grade to prepare them for pre-advanced placement and advanced placement coursework in grades seven through twelve;
Title: S.B. 215
Source: StateNet |
P-3 Preschool |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 |
Relates to the Pre-Kindergarten Act; provides for voluntary participation in pre-kindergarten programs; provides for requests for proposals; provides for reimbursement of eligible provers that are public school programs.
The legislature finds that research provides evidence that participation in a quality preschool program has a positive effect on children's intellectual, emotional, social and physical development. The purpose of the Pre-Kindergarten Act is to support pre-kindergarten programs in communities throughout the state that will improve the development of children so they are ready to learn when they enter the educational system.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/05%20Regular/bills/house/HB0337.html
Title: H.B. 337
Source: StateNet |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
Postsec. |
Relating to higher education; amending the post- secondary educational institution act; providing for licensure and regulation of nonregionally accredited colleges and universities; exempts organizations that offer brief courses of instruction in specific skills training; providing for administrative fees; prescribing penalties.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/05%20Regular/bills/house/HB0541.html
Title: H.B. 541
Source: StateNet |
Postsecondary |
Pocket Veto by GOVERNOR. 04/2005 |
Postsec. |
Relates to higher education as Cabinet Department.
Title: S.B. 677
Source: StateNet |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Relates to the College Affordability Act; provides for scholarships; creates funds.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/05%20Regular/final/SB0669.pdf
Title: S.B. 669
Source: StateNet |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Relates to Native American Resident Student definition at state post-secondary educational institutions for purposes of tuition payment.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/05%20Regular/final/SB0482.pdf
Title: S.B. 482
Source: StateNet |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Relates to in-state tuition for national guard families.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/05%20Regular/final/SB0921.pdf
Title: S.B. 921
Source: StateNet |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Undocumented Immigrants |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
"NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY FOR ADMISSION TO ANY PUBLIC
POST-SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION--NONDISCRIMINATION IN
ELIGIBILITY FOR EDUCATION BENEFITS.--
A. A public post-secondary educational institution
shall not deny admission to a student on account of the
student's immigration status.
B. Any tuition rate or state-funded financial aid
that is granted to residents of New Mexico shall also be
granted on the same terms to all persons, regardless of
immigration status, who have attended a secondary educational
institution in New Mexico for at least one year and who have
either graduated from a New Mexico high school or received a
general educational development certificate in New Mexico."
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/05%20Regular/final/SB0582.pdf
Title: S.B. 582
Source: StateNet |
Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Pocket Veto by GOVERNOR. 04/2005 |
Postsec. |
Relates to Eastern New Mexico University Ruidoso Branch Community College; terminates off-campus instruction program.
Title: S.B. 610
Source: StateNet |
Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Relates to higher education articulation; requires a common course name and numbering system for lower- division courses in public post-secondary education institutions; requires acceptance of transfer modules; requires institutions to reimburse students for costs of courses not accepted for transfer; requires reports.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/05%20Regular/final/SB0161.pdf
Title: S.B. 161
Source: StateNet |
Teaching Quality |
Vetoed 04/2005 |
P-12 |
Relates to educational retirees returning to work.
http://legis.state.nm.us/lcs/_session.asp?chamber=S&type=++&number=216&year=05
Title: S.B. 216
Source: StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 |
Changes a level one license to a provisional four-year license for beginning teachers, from three years.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/05%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0662.html
Title: S.B. 662
Source: StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Natl. Bd. for Prof. Teach. Stds. |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 |
Includes national board certification in program cost calculation.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/05%20Regular/final/HB0249.pdf
Title: H.B. 249
Source: StateNet |
Technology--Funding Issues |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 |
Creates the Educational Technology Deficiency Correction Fund.
No later than September 1, 2005, the Education Technology Bureau will define and develop minimum educational technology adequacy standards to supplement the adequacy standards developed by the public school capital outlay council, for school districts to use to identify outstanding serious deficiencies in educational technology infrastructure. School districts will use the standards to complete a self-assessment of the outstanding educational technology deficiencies and provide cost projections to correct the outstanding deficiencies. The bureau shall develop a methodology for prioritizing projects that will correct the deficiencies.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/05%20Regular/bills/house/HB0511.html
Title: H.B. 511
Source: StateNet |
Textbooks and Open Source |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 |
Relates to Instructional material allocation calculation, distributed and expenditure; provides for fees; creates a fund.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/05%20Regular/final/SB0128.pdf
Title: S.B. 128
Source: StateNet |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol |
Vetoed 03/2005 |
P-12 |
Teaches effects of alcohol & drugs in schools.
Title: S.B. 410
Source: StateNet |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 |
The "funding formula study task force" is
created. The task force shall function from the date of its
appointment until December 15, 2006.
F. The task force shall:
(1) develop a work plan and budget for
approval by the New Mexico legislative council;
(2) approve the request for proposals for a
contractor to conduct the study of the public school funding
formula and select the contractor; and
(3) make recommendations to the legislature
and the governor by December 15, 2006.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/05%20Regular/final/SB0125.pdf
Title: S.B. 125
Source: StateNet |
Health |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 |
Allows public school students to carry and self- administer asthma medication and emergency anaphylaxis medication.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/05%20Regular/final/SB0275.pdf
Title: S.B. 275
Source: StateNet |
High School |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 |
Authorizes the issuance of high school diplomas for certain Korean conflict veterans.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/05%20Regular/final/SB0198.pdf
Title: S.B. 198
Source: StateNet |
Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
Community College,
Postsec. |
Relates to Eastern New Mexico University Ruidoso Branch Community College.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/05%20Regular/final/HB0405.pdf
Title: H.B. 405
Source: StateNet |
School Safety |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 |
Relates to emergency drills in public and private schools.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/05%20Regular/final/SB0230.pdf
Title: S.B. 230
Source: StateNet |
School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
Postsec. |
Relates to higher education; provides procedures for adding portions of school districts to existing technical and vocational institute districts.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/05%20Regular/final/HB0693.pdf
Title: H.B. 693
Source: StateNet |
Assessment |
Rule Adoption 02/2005 |
P-12 |
Proposes rules regarding examination opportunities, exam results, verification of exam results, and examination of record purposes. NEW MEXICO REG 4231 (SN)
Title: 11.12, 11.13, 11.15, 11.16
Source: StateNet |
Attendance |
Rule Adoption 12/2004 |
P-12 |
Establishes rules regarding compulsory school attendance. http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/nmac/parts/title06/06.010.0008.htm
Title: NMAC 6.10.8
Source: StateNet |
Standards |
Rule Adoption 12/2004 |
P-12 |
Establishes rules regarding educational standards and general requirements. NEW MEXICO REG 4204 (SN) http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/nmac/parts/title06/06.030.0002.htm
Title: NMAC 6.30.2
Source: StateNet |
Students--Records/Rights |
Rule Adoption 12/2004 |
P-12 |
Establishes rules rpublic school accountability, student identification system and data system security measures. http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/nmac/parts/title06/06.019.0005.htm
Title: NMAC 6.19.5
Source: StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Rule Adoption 09/2004 |
P-12 |
Establishes rules regarding general provisions, fees, license by exam, license by reciprocity, temporary license, license expiration and renewal, continuing education, lapse of license and reinstatement and disciplinary proceedings. NEW MEXICO REG 4195 (SN)
Title: NMAC 16.21.1, .2, .3, .4, .5, .7, .8, .10, .11
Source: StateNet |
Accountability |
Rule Adoption 08/2004 |
P-12 |
Amends to reflect the Public Education Department as the issuing agency, current statutory authority, adds and clarifies definitions, and amends indicators and measurement and school ratings sections. Defines adequate yearly progress (AYP) and requires AYP to be based primarily on academic assessments. AYP is to be based on the criterion-referenced test in grades 3-9 and 11. Clarifies that annual measurable objectives and intermediate objectives will be the same such that each school, grade, subject area, group and subgroup will have the same required percent proficient from year to year as determined by the starting point based on baseline percentages of proficient. Defines "disaggregate" as including five subgroups (ethnic, economically disadvantaged, students with disabilities and English language learners). Defines graduation rate as the percentage of the students who graduated from a high school divided by the number of students who were enrolled in the schools 40th day of the same year. This calculation will be used until four-year cohort data can be collected, with 9th grade students from 2003-2004 as the first cohorts. Statewide Indicators are student achievement, attendance, dropout rate for middle and high schools, school safety, parent and community involvement, and high school graduation rate. Groups are considered for accountability purposes when 10 or more students for the norm referenced test and 25 for the criterion referenced test. Stduents will be tested using the criterion referenced tests in Spanish or English or other assessments, when appropriate, as defined by federal guidelines. NEW MEXICO REG 4161 (SN)
http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/nmac/parts/title06/06.019.0001.htm
Title: NMAC 6.19.1, .3, .7, .8, .9
Source: http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us |
Governance--School Boards |
Rule Adoption 08/2004 |
P-12 |
Establishes rules regarding board responsibilities, ARE examination, continuing education, code of conduct and practice standards, and settlement agreements. NEW MEXICO REG 4122 (SN)
Title: NMAC 16.30.2.13, 16.30.3.9, 10, 11, 14, 18, 19, 16.30.4.12, 16.30.5.9, 16.30.6.8, .9
Source: StateNet |
School Safety--No Child Left Behind--Safe Schools |
Rule Adoption 08/2004 |
P-12 |
6.19.3 NMAC establishes the definitions and requirements to implement the mandate of the No Child Left Behind Act that a student attending a persistently dangerous school, as determined by the state in consultation with a representative sample of local educational agencies, or who becomes a victim of a violent criminal offense, as determined by state law, while in or on the grounds of a public school that the student attends, to be allowed to attend a safe public school within the school district, including a public charter school. [6.19.3.6 NMAC - N, 08-31-04] "Persistently dangerous public school" means a school, in which for three (3) consecutive school years, the school has experienced expulsions for greater than five percent (5%) of the student enrollment for incidents reported in the school district's "safe schools report," under the violence and vandalism codes and definitions - violence codes 01 through 06 "assault and battery," and has expelled one or more student (s) for knowingly bringing a weapon to school in violation of Section 22-5-4.7, NMSA 1978, and/or any policy of the district implementing this provision. http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/nmregister/xv/xv16/6.19.3.pdf
Title: NMAC 6.19.3
Source: StateNet |
School Safety--No Child Left Behind--Safe Schools |
Rule Adoption 08/2004 |
P-12 |
Requires that students who become a victim of a violent offense be allowed to attend a safe public school within the district. NEW MEXICO REG 4170 (SN)
Title: 6.19.3.1 thru .8
Source: StateNet |
State Longitudinal Data Systems |
Rule Adoption 08/2004 |
P-12 |
Amends issuing agency and statutory references; requires that disciplinary records be included in the records of transferring students; requires elective courses meet PED standards; requires that accountability data system numbers be included in transcripts. NEW MEXICO REG 4162 (SN)
Title: NMAC 6.30.2.1, .3, .10
Source: StateNet |
Teaching Quality |
Rule Adoption 08/2004 |
P-12 |
Relates requirements for substitute teachers and continuing certification.
Title: NMAC 6.63.10.1, .06 thru .8, .12, .14
Source: StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Rule Adoption 08/2004 |
P-12 |
Amends issuing agency, statutory authority, definitions, and requirements relating to applicants seeking an initial educator license.
Title: NMAC 6.60.7.1, .3, .7, .8
Source: StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Rule Adoption 08/2004 |
P-12 |
Relates to alternative licensure requirements.
Title: NMAC 6.60.3.1, .6, .8, thru 11
Source: StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Rule Adoption 08/2004 |
P-12 |
AFTER JUNE 30, 2004: A. A teacher holding a valid level I license, seeking a level II license must meet the following requirements, which may not be waived or substituted by any other experience: (1) complete three full school years of teaching experience at level I New Mexico licensure with successful annual evaluations, except that a teacher who has completed two full school years of teaching experience in another state or country and has obtained level I New Mexico teaching licensure through reciprocity in 6.60.4 NMAC and who is seeking advancement to level II must still complete at least two full years of teaching experience in New Mexico before being eligible for licensure advancement to level II; and (2) submit, in a form acceptable to the director, a completed licensure application and professional development dossier (PDD), as provided in 6.69.4.11 NMAC; or only between February 1st and March 1st, and October 15th and November 15th of any year; the PDD may be submitted up to three months in advance of the completion of the requirement in Paragraph (1) of Subsection A of 6.60.6.9 NMAC with final PDD approval dependent upon the completion of three full years of teaching experience at level I licensure. B. A teacher holding a valid level II license and seeking a level III-A license pursuant to the provisions of this regulation must meet the following requirements, which may not be waived or substituted by any other experience: (1) complete three full school years of teaching experience at level II New Mexico licensure with successful annual evaluations, except that a teacher who has four or more full school years of teaching experience in another state or country and has obtained level II New Mexico teaching licensure through reciprocity in 6.60.4 NMAC and who is seeking advancement to level III must still complete at least two full years of teaching experience in New Mexico before being eligible for licensure advancement to level II; and (2) hold a post-baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college or university or hold certification from the national board for professional teaching standards. http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/nmregister/xv/xv16/6.60.6amend.pdf
Title: NMAC 6.60.6.1, .8, thru 12
Source: New Mexico Register |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Rule Adoption 08/2004 |
P-12 |
Amends issuing agency, statutory authority, definitions, and requirements relating to applicants seeking an initial educator license. NEW MEXICO REG 4166 (SN)
http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/nmac/parts/title06/06.060.0007.htm
Title: NMAC 6.60.7.1, .3, .7, .8, .10
Source: StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Paraprofessionals |
Rule Adoption 08/2004 |
P-12 |
Amends issuing agency, statutory authority, objectives, definitions, and requirements pertaining to instructional support providers.
Title: NMAC 6.63.3.1, .3, .6, thru .11
Source: StateNet |
Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 03/2004 |
P-12 |
Relates to compulsory school attendance; provides for early identification of unexcused absences and truancy; provides for enforcement of habitual truancy; provides for suspension of an habitual truant's driver's license.
Title: H.B. 106
Source: StateNet |
Assessment |
Signed into law 03/2004 |
P-12 |
Relates to public schools; changes the writing test for certain grades; amends provisions regarding the English Language Reading Test; makes provisions for students determined to be limited English proficient. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/04%20Regular/final/SB0138.pdf
Title: S.B. 138
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
Bilingual/ESL |
Signed into law 03/2004 |
P-12 |
Provides for accountability in bilingual multicultural education programs; specifies the permissible uses of bilingual multicultural education program funds; amends, repeals and enacts sections of the NMSA 1978; provides for a district's professional development plan. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/04%20Regular/final/SB0471.pdf
Title: S.B. 471
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 03/2004 |
P-12 |
Concerns public school finance; changes the basis for calculating the amount of excess cash balance of school districts and charter schools.
Title: H.B. 158
Source: StateNet |
Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 03/2004 |
P-12 |
Relates to public school capital outlay; authorizes severance tax bonds and supplemental severance tax bonds for public school capital outlay projects; establishes funding priorities; expands the purpose for which funds may be used, increases the state distribution and adjust state distributions by an inflation factor; provides a tax imposition as a remedy for certain school violations.
Title: S.B. 399
Source: StateNet |
Finance--Facilities |
Partial Veto, November 2004 Ballot 03/2004 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Authorizes the issuance and sale of capital projects general obligation bonds to make capital expenditures for senior citizen facility improvements and acquisitions, for higher educational capital improvements and acquisitions, for water project improvements, for public library acquisitions, for kindergarten construction and renovation, for other state capital expenditures and for public school educational technology. http://legis.state.nm.us/newsite/_session.asp?chamber=H&type=++&number=294&year=04
Title: H.B. 294
Source: New Mexico Legislative Web site |
Governance |
Signed into law 03/2004 |
P-12 |
Relates to education; creates the "public education department" in the executive branch. The department is a cabinet department. The
secretary may organize the department and divisions of the department and may transfer or merge functions between divisions and bureaus in the interest of efficiency and economy. The administrative head of the department is the "secretary of public education", who shall be appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate and who shall serve in the executive cabinet. Creates the Public Education Commission. The commission shall be administratively attached to the department, with administrative staff provided by the
department. Additional requests for staff services shall be made through the secretary. The commission shall advise the department on policy matters and shall perform other functions as provided by law.provides powers and duties. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/04%20Regular/final/HB0096.pdf
Title: H.B. 96
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
Governance |
Pocket Veto by GOVERNOR. 03/2004 |
P-12 |
Provides for transition to the Public Education Department.
Title: H.B. 161
Source: StateNet |
High School |
Signed into law 03/2004 |
P-12 |
Relates to education; establishes requirements for high school graduation and student curriculum plans.
Title: H.B. 522
Source: StateNet |
School Safety |
Vetoed 03/2004 |
P-12 |
Relates to public schools; requires emergency drills in public and private schools; includes fire drills.
Title: S.B. 27
Source: StateNet |
Special Education |
Signed into law 03/2004 |
P-12 |
Relates to education; enacts the Deaf and Hard-of- Hearing Children's Educational Bill of Rights.
Title: H.B. 186
Source: StateNet |
Teaching Quality |
Pocket Veto by GOVERNOR. 03/2004 |
P-12 |
Adds national board certification in the program cost calculation; includes early childhood education, bilingual multicultural education, special education, at-risk programs and national board for teaching standards certification in those calculations. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/04%20Regular/final/HB0062.pdf
Title: H.B. 62
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 03/2004 |
P-12 |
Requires the Public Education Department to provide by rule for the qualifications for a substitute teacher certificate.
Title: S.B. 149
Source: StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Paraprofessionals |
Signed into law 03/2004 |
P-12,
Community College |
Relates to school personnel; provides a three-tiered career licensing framework for educational assistants; provides for minimum salaries of educational assistants; makes an appropriation.
Title: H.B. 304
Source: StateNet |
Attendance |
Rule Adoption 12/2003 |
P-12 |
Establishes rules amending language to remove school attendance requirements for children under 18 years of age. Clarifies school attendance requirements for children 18 years of age. NEW MEXICO REG 3931 (SN)
Title: NMAC 8.200.420; Section 10
Source: StateNet |
Governance--School Boards |
Rule Adoption 10/2003 |
P-12 |
Establishes rules adding a new subsection D reflecting the statutory authority to establish mandatory training of local school board members. Includes training requirements for local school board members. NEW MEXICO REG 3856 (SN)
Title: NMAC 6.30.2.3, 6.30.2.10
Source: StateNet |
Finance |
Approved by voters 09/2003 |
P-12 |
Proposed amendment to the Constitution to provide for a limited additional distribution from the permanent funds to provide more money for the Public Schools to implement and maintain Educational Reforms and for other permanent fund recipients. http://www.sos.state.nm.us/Election/SpecSum.pdf and http://www.sos.state.nm.us/Election/CA2.pdf
Title: Constitutional Amendment 2 (SJR6-2003)
Source: New Mexico State Web site |
Governance |
Approved by voters 09/2003 |
P-12 |
Transfer the state department of Public Education to a cabinet department headed by a secretary of public education who shall serve in the executive cabinet and to create an elected Public Education Commission.
. Creates a Public Education Commission that shall have such powers as provided by law;
· Creates a cabinet level Public Education Department headed by a Secretary of Public
Education appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Senate;
· Provides that the Secretary of Public Education shall have administrative and regulatory
powers and duties as provided by law, including all function relating to the distribution of
school funds and accounting for public schools to be performed as provided by la w;
· Stipulates that the ten elected State Board of Education members shall constitute the Public
Education Commission until their terms expire; and
· Specifies that the districts from which the ten State Board of Education members were
elected shall constitute the Public Education Commission districts until changed by law. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/03%20Regular/firs/SJR002.pdf and http://www.sos.state.nm.us/Election/03Special/rsult03.html
Title: Constitutional Amendment 1 (S.J.R. 2)
Source: New Mexico State Web site |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Rule Adoption 09/2003 |
P-12 |
Establishes a 3-level licensure system for New Mexico's teachers and establishes the HOUSSE (High Objective Uniform State System of Evaluation) for determining subject matter competence. NEW MEXICO REG 3784 (SN)
Title: 6.60 et seq NMAC
Source: StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 |
Reestablishes collective bargaining in New Mexico. Covers all public employees, including teachers. Allows public employers other than the state to create a local board similar to the public employee labor relations board. Bargaining units are to be established on the basis of occupational groups or clear and identifiable communities of interest. These groups are generally identified as blue-collar, secretarial clerical, teechnical, professional, paraprofessional, police, fire and corrections.
Title: 10-7E-1
Source: 10-7E-1 |
Adult Basic Education |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Relates to education; transfers the authority for adult basic education to the commission on higher education; imposes upon the commission the responsibility of planning and budgeting of statewide adult education programs and establishing protocols for access to funding for eligible agencies, teacher improvement, education improvement and approval of various curricula.
Title: S.B. 691
Source: StateNet |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 |
Relates to juveniles; authorizes public support for public-private partnerships to develop after-school and other prevention programs for the youth of New Mexico; provides for fund distribution.
Title: H.B. 700
Source: StateNet |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 |
Creates the job mentorship tax credit; providing income tax and corporate income tax credits for employment of youth participating in career preparation education programs.
Title: H.B. 572
Source: StateNet |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 |
Enacts the Fine Arts Education Act; provides funding for fine arts in public schools through the funding formula; defines the number of program units for teachers certified by the national board.
Title: H.B. 12
Source: StateNet |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 |
Requires multicultural content for a percentage of instructional material approved by the State Board of Education.
Title: S.B. 396
Source: StateNet |
Demographics--Enrollments |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 |
Changes the calculation for determining enrollment growth program units. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/03%20Regular/FinalVersions/senate/SB0231.html
Title: S.B. 231
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
Demographics--Enrollments |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 |
Relates to public school finance; changes the calculation for determining enrollment growth program units. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/03%20Regular/FinalVersions/house/HB0169.pdf
Title: H.B. 169
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
Postsec. |
Provides a means for post-secondary educational institutions to address and improve the state's response to critical social, economic, educational and other issues; creates the Higher Education Program Development Enhancement Fund. At the beginning of each fiscal year in which the commission determines that the balance of the fund is sufficient to make awards, the commission must define or reaffirm no more than four critical issues to be addressed through awards from the fund. Issues to be addressed may include: (1) expanding instructional programs to meet critical statewide work force and professional training needs; (2) enhancing instructional programs that provide employment
opportunity for New Mexico students in a global economy; and (3) developing mission-specific instructional programs that build on existing institutional academic strengths. Grants are to be made based on competitive proposals submitted by postsecondary educational institutions.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/03%20Regular/FinalVersions/senate/SB0370.pdf
Title: S.B. 370
Source: StateNet |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Pocket Veto by GOVERNOR. 04/2003 |
Postsec. |
Provides a means for post-secondary educational institutions to address and improve the state's response to critical social economic, educational and other issues; creates the Higher Education Program Development Enhancement Fund. The fund is to be administered by the commission on higher education, which is to define or reaffirm no more than four critical issues to be addressed through awards from the fund. Issues to be addressed may include: (1) expanding instructional programs to meet critical statewide work force and professional training needs; (2) enhancing instructional programs that provide employment opportunity for New Mexico students in a global economy; and (3) developing mission-specific instructional programs that build on existing institutional academic strengths. D. The commission is to establish criteria and procedures for making awards from the fund based on evaluation of competitive proposals submitted by postsecondary educational institutions. Each winning proposal must address at least one of the critical issues defined for use of the fund that year. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/03%20Regular/FinalVersions/house/HB0392.pdf
Title: H.B. 392, H.B. 393, S.B. 366, S.B. 368
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
Postsec. |
Relates to higher education; provides for additional endowed chairs at major research institutions for the purpose of economic development; makes an appropriation.
Title: H.B. 756
Source: StateNet |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 |
Relates to public school finance; limits school districts and charter school cash balances. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/03%20Regular/FinalVersions/house/HB0745ECS.html
Title: H.B. 745
Source: StateNet |
Finance--Performance Funding |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
Postsec. |
Creates the Higher Education Performance Fund to fund achievement at public post-secondary educational institutions. The commission is to distribute money in the fund annually to each public post-secondary educational institution that met its performance standards in the preceding year. The commission is required to develop rules for the assessment of performance measures and standards for public post-secondary educational institutions and shall annually assess the performance of each institution according to those measures and standards. http://legis.state.nm.us/senatedetails2.asp?District=31
Title: S.B. 369
Source: StateNet |
Governance |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 |
Replaces the state board with the Secretary of Education and changes state superintendent to Secretary of Education, contingent upon the adoption by the people of the amendment put forth by S.J.R. 2. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/03%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0911EDS.html
Title: S.B. 911
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
Governance |
Pocket Veto by GOVERNOR. 04/2003 |
P-12 |
Creates a youth council; encourages young people to consider and discuss the problems they face and to develop possible solutions. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/03%20Regular/FinalVersions/house/hb0199.pdf
Title: H.B. 199, S.B. 425
Source: StateNet |
Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 |
Allows for the waiver of certain requirements for schools that exceed educational standards; waivers may be given for accreditation review, length of school day, individual class load requirement, subject area requirement, graduation requirement, school personnel evaluation standards and purchase of instructional materials. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/03%20Regular/FinalVersions/senate/SB0080.pdf
Title: S.B. 80
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
Health |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 |
Authorizes implementation of a pilot program to train and certify school medication aides to assist public school students with medication; amends the Nursing Practice Act.
Title: H.B. 528
Source: StateNet |
High School |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 |
Requires next-step plans for high school students in which the students set personal post-high-school goals; requires a final next-step plan as prerequisite for graduation.
Title: H.B. 305
Source: StateNet |
Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 |
Creates a youth council within the children, youth and families department; enacts the Youth Council Act; youth membership shall be provided by educational advisors, faith-based organizations and community-based youth-serving organizations; provides that meeting times shall not interfere with council participants' school attendance.
Title: S.B. 425
Source: StateNet |
Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 |
Enacts the Indian Education Act; prescribes powers and duties including the creation of an Indian education division in the department of education with an assistant superintendent for Indian education and the establishment of an Indian education advisory council; creates an "Indian Education Fund" whose funds cannot revert to any other funds at the end of a fiscal year; repeals sections of NMSA 1978. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/03%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0115.html
Title: S.B. 115
Source: New Mexico Legislative Web site |
Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian |
Pocket Veto by GOVERNOR. 04/2003 |
P-12 |
Enacts the Indian Education Act; prescribes powers and duties. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/03%20Regular/FinalVersions/house/HB0150AFS.pdf
Title: H.B. 150
Source: StateNet |
Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 |
Broadening the definition of instructional material; includes on-line resources and distance learning materials in this definition.
Title: H.B. 724
Source: StateNet |
P-3 |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 |
Requires that certain state funds for Head Start programs be used to contract and subcontract with private and nonprofit programs that meet federal Head Start performance standards.
Title: H.B. 658
Source: StateNet |
P-3 |
Pocket Veto by GOVERNOR. 04/2003 |
P-12 |
Requires that certain state funds for head start programs be used for collaboration with private and nonprofit providers.
Title: S.B. 572
Source: StateNet |
P-3 Grades 1-3 |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 |
Creates a three-year kindergarten plus pilot project to study the efficacy of extending the kindergarten year by four months for disadvantaged students; assesses the effect of kindergarten plus on the literacy, numeric, and cognitive and social skills development of participants; provides for pilot project eligibility, participation criteria and evaluation; creates a fund for public and private grants and donations to the pilot project.
Title: H.B. 61
Source: StateNet |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
Postsec. |
Relates to higher education; provides for additional endowed professorships at major research institutions for the purpose of economic development. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/03%20Regular/FinalVersions/senate/SB0466FCS.html
Title: S.B. 466
Source: StateNet |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
Postsec. |
Provides tuition scholarships for qualified individuals who attend a state educational institution within one year after completing high school or receiving a graduate equivalent diploma; provides tuition scholarships for up to two and one-half years to qualified individuals who transfer from certain two-year institutions to certain four- year institutions.
Title: S.B. 377
Source: StateNet |
Postsecondary Finance |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
Postsec. |
Relates to higher education; creates the technology enhancement fund; provides matching funds to research universities for innovative applied research to create new products and production processes; gives rules for state research universities to apply for grants based on a competitive process reviewed by a panel of scientific and business experts. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/03%20Regular/FinalVersions/house/HB0391.pdf
Title: H.B. 391
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Creates the "work force skills development fund" in the state treasury. Provides matching funds for community college programs. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/03%20Regular/FinalVersions/house/HB0394.pdf
Title: H.B. 394
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
Postsecondary Students--Disabled |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Relates to education; provides for accessible electronic formats for individuals with disabilities enrolled in distance learning courses of study and using computer-based instructional materials. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/03%20Regular/FinalVersions/house/HB0708.html
Title: H.B. 708
Source: StateNet |
School Safety |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
Postsec. |
Creates a criminal offense that makes it unlawful to carry a firearm on university premises.
Title: S.B. 901
Source: StateNet |
Special Education |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 |
Enacts the Braille Act. Requires publishers that print instructional materials for students attending educational institutions to provide, upon request of the educational institution, any printed instructional materials in an electronic format mutually agreed upon by the publisher and the educational institution. These formats shall allow the printed material to be converted to braille. Provides a private right of action for violations of the Braille Access Act. Repeals the Braille Literacy Act. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/03%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0301.html
Title: S.B. 301
Source: StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Pocket Veto by GOVERNOR. 04/2003 |
P-12 |
Relates to public schools; enacts a new section of the public school code to provide for substitute teachers' salaries.
Title: S.B. 777
Source: StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 |
Allows a return to employment in Education; provides that a retired member who has not been employed as an employee or independent contractor by a local administrative unit may begin employment at a local administrative unit without suspending retirement benefits.
Title: S.B. 283
Source: StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Professional Development |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 |
Makes an appropriation of $3.5 million for professional development programs for public school personnel (for 2004). Requires the Commission on Higher Education to evaluate the professional development programs and report to the legislative education study committee. ftp://legis.state.nm.us/bills/house/HB0159.pdf
Title: H.B. 159
Source: ftp://legis.state.nm.us/bills/house/HB0159.pdf |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 |
Clarifies that the state will not impair teacher housing revenue bonds. The state pledges and agrees with the holders of bonds issued by a
local school board and payable from pledgeable revenue that the state will not limit or alter the rights of the local school board to receive, collect and account for pledgeable revenue and to fulfill the terms of any agreement made with the bondholders or in any way impair the rights and remedies of the bondholders until the bonds, together with the interest on the bonds, with interest on any unpaid installments of interest and all costs and expenses in connection with any action or proceedings by or on behalf of those bondholders, are fully paid and discharged. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/03%20Regular/FinalVersions/house/hb0195.pdf
Title: H.B. 195
Source: StateNet |
Accountability |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 |
Adds Section 69 to create the "office of education accountability" in the legislative council service. The office is to provide an independent evaluation of the Assessment and Accountability Act and the School Personnel Act by: monitoring implementation of both acts; periodically reviewing district and school-based decision-making policies relating to the recruitment and retention of school employees; verifying the accuracy of reports of school, district and state performance; and conducting studies of other states' efforts at assessment and accountability and other educational reforms and report its findings to the New Mexico legislative council, legislative education study committee and legislative finance committee. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/03%20Regular/FinalVersions/house/HB0212MarkedUp.pdf
Title: H.B. 212 (Omnibus Bill)
Source: New Mexico Legislature |
Accountability--Reporting Results |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 |
Adds a new section (22-2A-11). Requires state board to adopt the format for reporting student scores to parents. If the state board has adopted a state improving schools program, the annual report must include the results of that program for each public school. Local boards may establish additional indicators, but each report must include results of a parent survey and be publicly disseminated. Stipulates questions that must be included. District reports must be published no later than November 15 and must include names of local board members who failed to attend annual mandatory training. Also must include expenditures information. Requires the state department to create an accountability data system, provide resources to train district personnel and annually report to the legislature on districts using performance-based budgeting. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/03%20Regular/FinalVersions/house/HB0212MarkedUp.pdf
Title: H.B. 212 (Omnibus Bill)
Source: New Mexico Legislature |
Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 |
Amends Sections 22-2-6 and Section 22-2-14 to allow the state department to take over the control and management of a public schools or district that has failed to meet requirements of law or state board rules and standards. The state board may suspend a board, local superintendent or principal that has notice of disapproval and fails to comply with procedures. Sets other conditions of suspension and appeal, etc. Also allows the department to issue a state identification number for each public school student for use in the accountability data system. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/03%20Regular/FinalVersions/house/HB0212MarkedUp.pdf
Title: H.B. 212 (Omnibus Bill)
Source: New Mexico State Legislature |
Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 |
Outlines procedures and timelines for schools that have failed to make adequate yearly progress for two consecutive years (ranked as a school that needs improvement). These schools must develop an improvement plan with documentation of performance measures in which it failed to make AYP; (2) measurable objectives to indicate the action that will be taken to address failed measures; (3) benchmarks to be used to indicate progress in meeting academic content and performance standards; (4) an estimate of the time and the resources needed to achieve each objective in the improvement plan; (5) the support services that shall be provided to students and applications for federal and state funds; and (6) any other information the public school that needs improvement, the local superintendent, the local school board or the department deems necessary. May apply to the department for financial assistance. Must provide transportation or pay the cost of transportation for students who choose to enroll in a higher ranked school. After 3 consecutive years, the school must provide supplemental services, including after-school programs, tutoring and summer services, within available funds. Requires the state board to adopt rules that govern the priority for studnets for who supplemental services are provided and for whom transportation costs are paid. After 4 consecutive years, the school is subject to corrective action and the district must do one of the following (1) replace staff as allowed by law; (2) implement a new curriculum; (3) decrease management authority of the public school; (4) appoint an outside expert to advise the
public school; (5) extend the school day or year; or (6) change the public school's internal organizational structure. If a public school fails to make adequate yearly progress for 5 consecutive years, the district must take one or more of the following actions: (1) reopen as a charter school; 2) replace all or most of the staff as allowed by law; (3) turn over the management of the public school to the department; or
(4) make other governance changes. Prohibits entering into management contracts with private entities.Section 22-2A-10 establishes a "Schools in Need of Improvement Fund" in the state treasury. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/03%20Regular/FinalVersions/house/HB0212MarkedUp.pdf
Title: H.B. 212 (Omnibus Bill)
Source: New Mexico State Legislature |
Assessment |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 |
Adds Section 22-2A-3 and Section 22-2A-4. Requires the state board to adopt content and performance standards in mathematics, reading and language arts, science and social studies. Section 22-2A-4 requries the state board to establish a statewide assessment and performance standards and that measures adequate yearly progress for each student, public school and district. Testing requirements: (1) for grades kindergarten through two, diagnostic and standards-based tests on reading that include phonemic awareness, phonics and comprehension by the 2003-2004 school year; (2) for grades three through nine and for grade eleven, standards-based academic performance tests in mathematics, reading and language arts and social studies by the 2005-2006 school year; provided that testing in ninth grade and testing in social studies shall not occur until the legislature has provided funding for test development and implementation; (3) for grades four, six, eight and eleven, standards-based academic performance writing tests by the 2005-2006 school year and (4) for one of grades three through five and six through nine and for grade eleven, standards-based academic performance tests in science by the 2007-2008 school year. C. The department shall involve appropriate licensed school employees in the development of the standardsbased academic performance tests. D. All students shall participate in the academic assessment program. The state board shall adopt standards for reasonable accommodations in academic testing for students with disabilities and limited English proficiency, including when and how accommodations may be applied. The legislative education study committee shall review the standards prior to adoption by the state board. E. Students who have been determined to be limited English proficient may be allowed to take the standards-based academic performance test in their primary language. A student who has attended school for three consecutive years in the United States shall participate in the English language reading test unless granted a waiver by the department based on criteria set by the state board. New section 22-13-1 itemizes minimum instructional areas for accreditation, including graduation requirements.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/03%20Regular/FinalVersions/house/HB0212MarkedUp.pdf
Title: H.B. 212 (Omnibus Bill)
Source: New Mexico State Legislature |
Assessment--End-of-Course |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 |
Amends Section 22-13-1.1. Increases graduation requirements: 4 units of English, with major emphasis on grammar and literature; 3 units of math, at least one of which is equivalent to algebra 1 or higher; 2 units of science, one of which has a lab requirement, but for students entering 9th grade beginning in 2005-2006, 3 units of science -- one with a lab requirement; 3 units social science (including U.S. history and geography, world history and geography, and government & economics); 1 unit physical education or other physical activity; 1 unit communication skills or business education, with a major emphasis on writing and speaking and that may include a language other than English; 9 elective units and 8 elective units for students entering 9th grade in the 2005-2006 school year. Service learning must be offered as an elective. Students may not receive a diploma if they have not passed a state graduation examination in reading, English, math, writing, science and social science. Without passage of such exam, student receives an appropriate state certificate indicating the number of credits earned and the grade completed. May pass the test within 5 years and receive a diploma. Section 22-13-1.2 adds a requirement that end-of-course tests be aligned with the placement tests in two and four-year public postsecondary institutions. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/03%20Regular/FinalVersions/house/HB0212MarkedUp.pdf
Title: H.B. 212 (Omnibus Bill)
Source: New Mexico Legislature |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 |
Amends Section 22-10A-5 by adding a requirement for superintendents to report to the department any known conviction of a felony or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude of a licensed school employee that results in any type of action against the employee. The state board may suspend or revoke the license of any superintendent who fails to report as required. Any person who reports this type of information shall not be held liable for civil damages, provided that the person being accused has the right to sue for any damages sustained as a result of negligent or intentional reporting of inaccurate information or the disclosure of any information to an unauthorized person. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/03%20Regular/FinalVersions/house/HB0212MarkedUp.pdf
Title: H.B. 212 (Omnibus Bill)
Source: New Mexico Legislature |
Federal |
to governor 03/2003 |
P-12 |
HJM 13 states that New Mexico and other western states face funding conditions exacerbated by projections that public school enrollment will increase in the western states while declining in the rest of the nation; that despite wide disparities in expenditures per pupil and pupil-per teacher ratios western states tax themselves at a rate comparable to other states and allocate as much of their budgets to public education as do the other states; that the ability of a western state to fund public education is directly related to the amount of federal land within the state; that a federal policy change ended the sale of federal lands and resulted in a corresponding loss of proceeds to western states; that the ability of New Mexico and other western to fund public education is affected by the fact that state and local property is significant; that land transferred to the western states as trust is difficult to administer and make productive because it is often surrounded by federal land; that the federal government should compensate western states for the significant impact of federal land; that an initiative to increase the level of education revenue in the 13 western states including New Mexico, has been established by the Utah Legislature; and that a resolution urging the United States Congress to compensate western states for the impact of federal land ownership for state education has been endorsed by the council of state governments. Link to fiscal note: http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/03%20Regular/firs/hjm013.pdf
Title: S.J.M. 13
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
Governance |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 |
Amends 22-5-4 (Section 21). Revises the duties of local boards. Deletes the provisions to delegate administrative and supervisory functions to the superintendent of schools, to approve or disapprove employment, termination or discharge of employees and to fix salaries. Retains the provision for employing a local superintendent. Prohibits the superintendent from any nepotism - hiring family members of any board member or family members of the superintendent. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/03%20Regular/FinalVersions/house/HB0212MarkedUp.pdf
Title: H.B. 212 (Omnibus Bill)
Source: New Mexico Legislature |
Governance--Site-Based Management |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 |
Adds Section 22-5-16. Requries each school to create an advisory school council, to reflect a balance of employees and parents and comunity members. The councils should work with the principal on instructional issues and curricula and develop creative ways to involve parents. They should also serve as "champion for students in building community support for schools and encouraging greated community participation in the public schools." http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/03%20Regular/FinalVersions/house/HB0212MarkedUp.pdf
Title: H.B. 212 (Omnibus Bill)
Source: New Mexico Legislature |
High School |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Requires that high school curricula and end-of- course test be aligned with the placement tests for state's two and four-year public educational institutions. http://legis.state.nm.us/senatedetails2.asp?District=31
Title: H.B. 186, S.B. 62
Source: StateNet |
High School |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 |
Requires school districts to track graduation rates for high school in the district.
Title: S.B. 394
Source: StateNet |
Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 |
Adds Section 66, which allows any school to create a family and youth resources program to provide an intermediary for students and families to access social and health care services. Any school with at least 80% of students eligible for free & reduced lunch is eligible to apply for grants. Creates a "family and youth resource fund" in the state treasury.
Title: H.B. 212 (Omnibus Bill)
Source: New Mexico Legislature |
Leadership |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 |
Adds Section 22-10A-19. Requires state board to adopt criteria an minimum highly objective uniform statewide standards of evaluation for the annual performance evaluation of licensed school employees. Classroom observation must be part of this standard. Sets out processes. Section 22-10A-20 sets class load maximums..
Title: H.B. 212 (Omnibus Bill)
Source: New Mexico Legislature |
Leadership |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 |
Adds Section 22-10A-8. Duties include hiring, etc. of personnel; evaluation of school employees, as well as improvement plans for them; take disciplinary action against employees; develop budget with input from school council.
Title: H.B. 212 (Omnibus Bill)
Source: New Mexico Legislature |
Leadership |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 |
Adds Section 22-5-14. Specifies that the superintendent is the CEO of the district. Duties are to carry out policies and rules of the state board and the local board; administer and supervise the district; employ, fix salaries of, assign, terminate or discharge all employees; prepare the district budget for review and approval by the board; perform other duties. 22-5-15 allows the superintendent to approve an individual school's plan to implement a collaborative school improvement program and request waivers from the state board if necessary.
Title: H.B. 212 (Omnibus Bill)
Source: New Mexico Legislature |
No Child Left Behind |
Rule Adoption 03/2003 |
P-12 |
Establishes rules regarding the content standards for K-4 mathematics. NEW MEXICO REG 3682 (SN)
Title: 6.30.2.14 NMAC
Source: StateNet |
No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 |
Amends 22-1-2 to add new definition: "adequate yearly progress" means the measure adopted by the state board based on federal requirements to assess the progress that a student, a public school or school district or the state makes toward improving student achievement. Adds Section 22-2A-5. Requires the state board to adopt the process and methodology for determing adequate yearly progress. The statewide standards-based academic performance tests used to assess adequate yearly progress shall be valid and reliable and shall conform with nationally recognized professional and technical standards. Academic performance shall be measured by school and by the following subgroups:
A. ethnicity;
B. race;
C. limited English proficiency;
D. students with disabilities;
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/03%20Regular/FinalVersions/house/HB0212MarkedUp.pdf
Title: H.B. 212 (Omnibus Bill)
Source: New Mexico Legislature |
No Child Left Behind--Choice/Transfer |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 |
Amends Section 22-1-4. Requires boards to adopt and promulgate rules governing enrollment and re-enrollment at public schools other than charter schools within the school district. Admissions must give students enrolled in a school ranked as a school that needs improvement or a school subject to corrective action second priority (only second to students who live in attendance zone). http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/03%20Regular/FinalVersions/house/HB0212MarkedUp.pdf
Title: H.B. 212 (Omnibus Bill)
Source: New Mexico Legislature |
P-3 |
to governor 03/2003 |
P-12 |
House Joint Memorial 12 requests that the Interagency Coordinating Group (ICG) study the
alignment of early care education programs in New Mexico, establish a framework for a statewide
comprehensive and universal system of preschool programs and fully delineate the procedures
and methodology necessary to implement such a framework; and that the group report its
finding to the Legislative Education Study Committee by November 2003. Link to fiscal note: http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/03%20Regular/firs/hjm012.pdf
Title: H.J.M. 12
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us |
Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Creates the Work Force Training Act and the Work Force Skills Development Fund; provides for customized training at community colleges and matching funds.
Title: H.B. 160
Source: StateNet |
Promotion/Retention |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 |
Amends Section 22-2A-6. Remediation programs, academic improvement programs and promotion policies shall be aligned with alternative school or district-determined assessment results and requirements of the assessment and accountability program. Schools must provide remediation opportunities to students in grades 1-8 who fail to make adequate yearly progress. Costs for remediation programs and academic improvement programs are borne by the district. The cost of summer and extended day remediation programs and academic improvement programs offered in grades nine through twelve shall be borne by the parent; however, where parents are determined to be indigent according to guidelines established by the state board, the district shall bear those costs. Parents must be notified no later than the end of the second grading period that his child is failing to make adequate yearly progress. Students in grades 1-7 who have not made adequate yearly progress must participate in remediation, and if they still don't make AYP, must be retained in the same grade for no more than one year in order to have additional time to master the required content standards.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/03%20Regular/FinalVersions/house/HB0212MarkedUp.pdf
Title: H.B. 212 (Omnibus Bill)
Source: New Mexico State Legislature |
Reading/Literacy |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 |
Amends Section 22-8-43. The public school reading proficiency fund dollars are to be distributed to public schools that implement innovative, scientifically-based reading programs. (Changed from research-based.) Schools are required to show evident that they are using scientifically based reading research to improve proficiency. Section 22-13-1.3 amends design of reading initiative to also include scientifically-based reading research. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/03%20Regular/FinalVersions/house/HB0212MarkedUp.pdf
Title: H.B. 212 (Omnibus Bill)
Source: New Mexico Legislature |
Scheduling/School Calendar |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 |
Provides time for home visits and parent-teacher conferences in kindergarten through grade five.
Title: H.B. 68
Source: StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 |
Amends Section 22-2-2 (Z)(AA) to add guidelines for developing extensive professional development activities for districts that: (a) improve teachers' knowledge of the subjects they teach and the ability to teach those subjects to all of their students; (b) are an integral part of the public school and school district plans for improving student achievement; (c) provide teachers, school administrators and instructional support providers with the strategies, support, knowledge and skills to help all students meet New Mexico academic standards; (d) are high quality, sustained, intensive and focused on the classroom; and (e) are developed and evaluated regularly with extensive participation of school employees and parents.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/03%20Regular/FinalVersions/house/HB0212MarkedUp.pdf
Title: H.B. 212 (Omnibus Bill)
Source: New Mexico Legislature |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 |
Amends Section 22-10A-6 to require the state board to set requirements that provide a reasonable period of time for teachers to comply with the reading course (3 hours) requirement. Adds new section (22-10A-7), which establishes requirements for level one licensure - a three-year license. Districts must provide for mentorship and evaluation of level one teachers. At the end of this term, teachers must be evaluated for competency, and unless progress has been satisfactory, should not be granted a level two license. Level one requires: BA, successful completion of a state-board approved teacher preparation program from a nationally accredited or state-approved institution; has passed the New Mexico teacher assessments examination; meets other requirements such as background checks. Allows department to issue alternative level one licenses to applicants who meet requirements of 10A-8: BA, masters, including 12 graduate hours in subject area of instruction for which applying for a license or doctoral or law degree; passed New Mexico teacher assessments examination; 12 semester hours in teaching principles in an approved program or demonstrated that has met the state board-approved competencies for level one teachers that correspond to the grade level that will be taught. Requires state board to establish competencies for specific grade levels, types and subject areas. Sets minimum salary for a level one teacher at $30,000 - beginning with 2003-2004 school year (with state board adoption of highly objective uniform statewide standard of evaluation). Level two and Level three licenses (22-10A-10) are established. Both are nine-year license. Sets minimum salary requirements for each. Level 3 licenses have levels A & B. 22-10A-12 adds limited license reciprocity. 22-10A-13 adds Native American Language and Culture Certificates for persons proficient in Native American language and culture who meets criteria established by the state board. Does not require a BA. 22-10A-14 allows emergency waivers for persons with BAs who do not meet other requirements for one year. Renewable if holder makes continued progress. Assignment waivers also available. 22-10A-15 establishes Substitute Teacher Certificate, for which state board is to set requirements. 22-10A-16 requires parental notification re: teacher qualifications in district and for notices to be made to parents when children have had less than qualified teachers for four consecutive weeks. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/03%20Regular/FinalVersions/house/HB0212MarkedUp.pdf
Title: H.B. 212 (Omnibus Bill)
Source: New Mexico Legislature |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 |
Adds Section 22-10A-3. Requires any person teaching, supervising an instructional program, providing instructional support services, administering, providing health care or administering medications to hold a valid license or certificate from the department authoring the person to perform that function. Does not apply to practice (student) teachers. For anyone not holding a license within the first three months, compensation must be withheld. Section 22-10A-4 establishes a progressive career system in which licensees are required to demonstrate increased competencies and undertake increased duties as they progress through the licensure levels. All teacher and administrator salary systems must be aligned with this framework. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/03%20Regular/FinalVersions/house/HB0212MarkedUp.pdf
Title: H.B. 212 (Omnibus Bill)
Source: New Mexico Legislature |
Teaching Quality--Paraprofessionals |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Amends Section 22-2-2 (Z)(BB and CC) to require the state board to approve education curricula and programs
offered in all two-year public post-secondary educational institutions, except those in Chapter 21, Article 12 NMSA 1978, that lead to
alternative licenses for degreed persons or licensure for educational assistants; and (CC.) withhold program approval from a college of
education or teacher preparation program that fails to offer a course on teaching reading that: (1) is based upon current scientifically based
reading research; (2) aligns with state board-adopted reading standards; (3) includes strategies and assessment measures to ensure that beginning teachers are proficient in teaching reading; and (4) was designed after seeking input from experts in the education field.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/03%20Regular/FinalVersions/house/HB0212MarkedUp.pdf
Title: H.B. 212 (Omnibus Bill)
Source: New Mexico Legislature |
Teaching Quality--Paraprofessionals |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 |
Adds Section 22-10A-17. Requires licensure of instructional support providers, including educational assistants, librarians, school counselors, school social workers, etc, to meet rules set by the state board. Requires state board to set those rules.
Title: H.B. 212 (Omnibus Bill)
Source: New Mexico Legislature |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 |
Relates to educational retirement; provides for return to employment; continues retirement benefits.
Title: H.B. 22
Source: StateNet |
Bilingual/ESL |
Rule Adoption 02/2003 |
P-12 |
Implements rules regarding primary and secondary education, education standards, Bilingual Multicultural and Language Revitalization programs, licensure requirements for ancillary and support personnel, and licensure for school counselors K-12. Old rules were: Old 6 NMAC 4.2.3.12. NEW MEXICO REG 3666 (SN)
Title: 6.32.2, 6.63.6, 6.64.12
Source: StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Adopted 02/2003 |
P-12 |
For alternative licensure, candidates must pass New Mexico teacher assessments (or similar state assessments). Elementary candidates must have a BA, 24-36 hours in subject, 6 hours of reading and pass assessments. Secondary candidates must have a BA, 36 semester hours in subject, 3 hours in reading and pass state-board approved assessment. NEW MEXICO REG 3639 (SN)
Title: NMAC 6.60.5, 6.61.9
Source: StateNet |
Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
Adopted 12/2002 |
P-12 |
Establishes rules annually measuring public schools on the five statewide indicators. All scores, rates, and other measures used in the Accountability Rating System are to be verified by the department. Assessment data is to be considered for accountability ratings only when a group represents 10 or more students. Utilizes results from the state- mandated norm referenced achievement test(s) ('NRT') in Spanish or English, and all accomodations or exemptions must comply with federal guidelines. Ratings of "probationary" may be appealed to the Educational Standards Commission. Schools have one full year from the time they're identified as in need of corrective action to meet the standards for improvement. NEW MEXICO REG 3643 (SN)
Title: NMAC 6.19.1.8, 6.19.1.9; 6.19.2.16
Source: StateNet |
Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
Adopted 12/2002 |
P-12 |
Amends rules regarding the annual measurement of schools. http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/nmac/parts/title06/06.019.0001.pdf 6.19.1.9 Addresses school ratings: A. A school's rating will determine when intervention is appropriate. B. A school's rating is determined by the percentage of data points that are rated as exemplary, exceeds standards, meets standards, and probationary. C. The ratings shall be publicized each year and provided by the department to districts and to schools. D. New schools are not rated. E. A school that receives an overall rating of probationary for a first or second time and will enter either the performance warned or the first year of school improvement categories may appeal the rating to the Educational Standards Commission. The appeal must be made to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction ("State Superintendent") in writing within twenty days of the school's receipt of official notice of the school rating. Provides for use of dropout rates, annual performance measurement (of schools). Uses test results of students in attendance on or prior to the 40-day attendacne count. Considers LEP and IEP test results. Small schools use "rolling averages." Attendance is included as an indicator. Allows intervention at school and district level. 6.19.2.11 allows suspension of a local board until requirements of law, standards or rules have been met, compliance is assured, and the state board removes the suspension. The authority and responsibility of a local board may occur voluntarily -- as an agreement between the state superintendent and the board. Involuntary suspension of local boards may occur if a school within the district has been rated probationary for two out of three consecutive years and has failed to meet the criteria for the extension of school improvement rating for two out of three consecutive years. NEW MEXICO REG 3611 (SN)
Title: 6.19.1, 6.19.2 NMAC
Source: StateNet |
Finance--Bonds |
Approved by voters 11/2002 |
P-12 |
Bonds B and C: Authorizes the issuance and sale of capital projects general obligation bonds for various capital expenditures including public education capital improvements and acquisitions. (http://www.sos.state.nm.us/Election/02General/GOEng.pdf)
Title: General Obligation Bonds
Source: New Mexico Bureau of Elections |
P-3 Ensuring Quality |
Adopted 11/2002 |
P-12 |
Sets forth the competencies required for early childhood educators.
Title: 6.61.8.10
Source: State Net |
No Child Left Behind |
Active 10/2002 |
P-12 |
2002 Consolidated Plan: (http://164.64.166.11/fedpro/downloads/nm_consol_state_ap_final2.pdf)
Source: New Mexico Department of Education Web site |
No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services |
Active 09/2002 |
P-12 |
Supplemental Services RFP; Deadline 10/8/02http://www.state.nm.us/spd/rfp300000000045.doc
Source: New Mexico Department of Education Web site |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Adopted 08/2002 |
P-12 |
Adds to components necessary for K-12 licensure (Bachelor's, student teaching, 24 to 36 semester hours in at least one field, 12 of which must be upper division courses). Adds requirement of three hours of reading in subject matter content for those entering teacher preparation programs after August 1, 2001. Also requires passage of all portions of the New Mexico teacher assessments. 6.60.5.7 defines the New Mexico Content Knowledge Assessments (NMCKA) and the New Mexico Teacher Assessments (basic skills, general knowledge and teacher competency - elementary and secondary levels).
Title: 6.61.5.7 and 6.61.5.8
Source: State Net |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 03/2002 |
P-12 |
Changes the calculation of the at-risk index used to determine additional program units, to assist students to reach their full academic potential.
Title: S.B. 61
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 03/2002 |
P-12 |
Enacts the School Revenue Bond Act; allows federal funds to be pledged for school revenue bonds. A local school board may issue bonds to finance the purchase, construction, renovation, equipping or furnishing of an income project and may irrevocably pledge any or all pledgeable revenue to the payment of those bonds and to the debt service reserve fund if one is established for the bonds.
Title: H.B. 359
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Minority/Diversity Issues |
Vetoed 03/2002 |
P-12 |
Enacts to the Indian Education Act. Creates the "Indian education division" within the department of education to (A.) provide assistance to school districts and tribes to meet the educational needs of American Indian students; (B.) provide assistance to school districts and tribes in the planning, development, implementation and evaluation of curricula in native languages, culture and history designed for American Indian students; (C.) provide assistance to school districts and tribes to develop curricula and instructional materials in native languages, culture and history in conjunction and by contract with native language practitioners and tribal elders, unless the use of written language is expressly prohibited by the tribe; (D.) establish an advisory council; (E.) by January 2005, enter into agreements with each tribe or authorized tribal educational entity to share programmatic information and to coordinate technical assistance for public schools that serve American Indian students; (F.) seek funds to establish an Indian education office in the northwest corner of the state; (G.) require school districts to obtain a signature of approval by the tribal governments or tribal government designees residing within school district boundaries, verifying that the tribes agree to Indian policies and procedures pursuant to federal requirements; and (H.) seek funds to help increase the number of American Indian teachers and principals and providing continued professional development for teachers and principals serving American Indian students.
Title: S.B. 198
Source: http://www.technet.nm.org/legislature |
Postsecondary Faculty |
Signed into law 03/2002 |
Postsec. |
Creates the Faculty Endowment Fund; provides matching funds to create endowed chairs, professorships and faculty development programs to attract and retain the highest quality faculty.
Title: S.B. 14
Source: http://www.technet.nm.org/legislature |
Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 03/2002 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
A learning center district may be established in a school district or community college district upon adoption of a resolution by the local school board or community college board calling for establishment of a district and a showing of need for such a district. A district may also be established to include more than one school district and, in that case, the two or more local school boards shall jointly adopt a resolution and determine the need for a learning center. A district may also be established by a board of county commissioners upon adoption of a resolution by the board of county commissioners calling for establishment of a district and a showing of need for such a district; provided that each community college board or local school board located wholly or partially within the county shall approve of the establishment prior to the adoption of the resolution. The boundaries of the district shall be coterminous with the boundaries of the school district, community college district, combined school districts or county constituting the district. No district shall be established without the written approval of the commission.
Title: H.B. 307
Source: http://www.technet.nm.org/legislature |
School/District Structure/Operations--Personnel (Non-Teaching) |
Vetoed 03/2002 |
P-12 |
Relates to education; requires the State Department of Public Education to develop a training and experience index for personnel who are not assigned to an instructional program of a school district; requires the State Department of Public Education to report its findings to the legislature.
Title: H.B. 311
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 03/2002 |
P-12 |
Relates to education; provides limited licenses for teachers of Native American language and culture.
Title: S.B. 126
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian |
Vetoed 02/2002 |
P-12 |
Enacts the Indian Education Act; prescribes powers and duties. The purpose of the Indian Education Act is to: (A) ensure equitable educational opportunities for American Indian students residing in New Mexico; (B) ensure maintenance of native languages; (C) develop and implement educational systems that positively impact the educational success of American Indian students; and (D) structure a formal government-to-government relationship with New Mexico tribes.
Title: H.B. 28
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School/District Structure/Operations |
Vetoed 02/2002 |
P-12 |
A school district with membership that is greater than thirty-five thousand students is required to redistrict. The state board must adopt and promulgate rules setting forth procedures for the redistricting of the school district.
Title: H.B. 153
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 02/2002 |
P-12 |
Provides for a Native American Language Teacher certificate.
Title: H.B. 204
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Accountability |
Vetoed 04/2001 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Relates to public money; provides for stratified or statistical pre- and post-audits; requires quarterly reports from local public bodies, school districts and certain institutions or higher education.
Title: H.B. 87
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Accountability--Accreditation |
Vetoed 04/2001 |
P-12 |
Increases the cycle of accreditation from three years to six years. The language in the bill leaves the cycle open so that some schools can be visited more often than the current three years, and some less often. These changes support an effort to shift the focus of accreditation and the resources available to school improvement while maintaining oversight of all schools in the state. They allow flexibility in designing accreditation procedures that are more useful in focusing on low-performing schools and are creative in the ways in which school meeting standards are evaluated.
Title: S.B. 661
Source: New Mexico Legislative Web Site |
Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
Vetoed 04/2001 |
P-12 |
Relates to annual school accountability reporting. There are five indices through which public school performance shall be measured and reported to school districts: (1) student achievement as measured by a nationally norm-referenced or criterion-referenced test approved by the department of education or through a performance-based instrument to measure proficiency; (2) school safety; (3) the dropout rate; (4) attendance; and (5) parent and community involvement. Districts must give a nationally norm-referenced test, standards-based or performance-based assessment to all students enrolled in a public school or state institution in grades four (changed from grade three) through nine. Students with disabilities must participate in the test as determined on their individual education program. Students who have been assessed as non-English or limited English proficient using state-approved language assessments and meeting required thresholds shall be provided an alternative norm-referenced, performance-based or standards-based assessment in their primary language.
Title: S.B. 660
Source: New Mexico Legislative Web Site |
Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Vetoed 04/2001 |
P-12 |
Creates public school reading proficiency fund to help train teachers to teach reading and writing to students below grade level; sets up "enterprise centers" to provide fee-for-service assistance to districts; creates "probationary school intervention funds" for grants to probationary schools; requires colleges of education to form a consortium to develop criterion-referenced end-of-course tests for high schools (to be administered during 2002-03); makes appropriations for professional development days for teachers, teacher mentorship programs, etc.; appropriates dollars to summer programs, bilingual, art/music, full-day kindergarten; appropriates dollars to standards/assessment alignment, development of new assessments and early literacy interventions.
Title: S.B. 307
Source: New Mexico Legislative Web Site |
Attendance |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 |
Raises compulsory school attendance age from 16 to age 17.
Title: H.B. 781
Source: New Mexico Legislative Web Site |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 |
Establishes marching band as a physical education requirement.
Title: H.B. 554
Source: New Mexico Legislative Web Site |
Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 |
Adds statewide testing in reading writing. Requires the department of education to involve local school district personnel, especially certified elementary reading specialists, in the development of methods on a statewide basis to measure student reading performance in order to assist school districts in the assessment of student problem areas in kindergarten through 3rd grade. The assessment shall provide a means of demonstrating continuous progress in reading and diagnostic information on phonics, phonemic awareness and comprehension. The department of education also is requried to involve local school district personnel, especially certified school instructors in the elementary, middle or junior high school grades, in the development or selection of a uniform statewide writing production test for school districts to measure student writing performance. The writing production test shall be administered to each student, once when attending elementary school and once when attending a middle or junior high school. (22-2-8.5)
Title: S.B. 673
Source: New Mexico Legislative Web Site |
Finance--Facilities |
Vetoed 04/2001 |
P-12 |
Provides criteria and procedures for funding public school capital outlay projects for public school buildings; authorizes the issuance of short term severance tax bonds, supplemental severance tax bonds and statewide public school general obligation bonds. Creates a deficiencies correction unit as part of the public school capital outlay council. Creates the public school capital outlay task force.
Title: S.B. 167
Source: New Mexico Legislative Web Site |
Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 |
Upon a finding of need, the boards of every school district in a county that is either located wholly within the exterior boundaries of the county or that has a student membership no more than ten percent of whom reside outside the exterior boundaries of the county may enter into a joint agreement to submit a resolution to the governing body of the county requiring the governing body to impose a county education gross receipts tax and to issue county education gross receipts tax revenue bonds for funding public school capital projects and, if applicable, off-campus instruction program capital projects. The boards must agree to provide at least one-fourth of the bond proceeds for capital projects for an off-campus instruction program, if one of the school districts in the county has established such a program. The remaining revenues shall be distributed proportionately to each school district for public school capital outlay projects based on the ratio that the population of each school district, according to the 2000 federal decennial census, bears to the population of all of the school districts in the county who are parties to the agreement.
Title: S.B. 516
Source: New Mexico Legislative Web Site |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Vetoed 04/2001 |
P-12 |
Prior to the 1999-2000 school year, funding for schools was based upon current year membership, and a district that had a growth in membership equal to or greater than 1 percent was allocated an additional 0.05 units for each additional student. With the shift to prior year funding beginning with the 1999-2000 school year, new students do not generate grade or other program units the first year in which they are enrolled. In an effort to address the problem, the 1999 General Appropriation Act included language to increase the growth factor form 0.05 to 1.00 for the 1999-2000 school year and the 2000 General Appropriation Act included a categorical appropriation of $2,554.1 to be distributed to districts with a growth rate of greater than 1 percent for the 2000-2001 school year. According to SDE, the bill would provide a more comprehensive method of recognizing membership growth, which had not been permanently addressed when the shift to prior year funding was enacted.
Title: H.B. 23
Source: New Mexico Legislative Web Site |
Finance--Lotteries |
Vetoed 04/2001 |
P-12 |
Amends the New Mexico Lottery Act to increase the distribution of net lottery revenue allocated to the Lottery Tuition Fund, changes the distribution of lottery proceeds from the public school capital outlay fund to the educational technology fund, adds language which directs institutions to award all other scholarships before lottery tuition scholarship funds, changes the name of the fund to the Lottery Success Fund, and removes language requiring CHE to prepare guidelines for administration of the program. Adds a new section -- the Lottery Success Scholarship Act -- which sets forth eligibility criteria and guidelines.
Title: H.B. 22
Source: New Mexico Legislative Web Site |
Finance--Lotteries |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
Postsec. |
The "lottery tuition fund" is created in the state treasury. The fund shall be administered by the commission on higher education. Earnings from investment of the fund shall accrue to the credit of the fund. Any balance in the fund at the end of any fiscal year shall remain in the fund for appropriation by the legislature as provided in this section. Money in the lottery tuition fund is appropriated to the commission on higher education for distribution to New Mexico's public post-secondary educational institutions to provide tuition assistance for New Mexico resident undergraduates as provided by law.
Title: S.B. 59
Source: New Mexico Legislative Web Site |
Governance |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 |
Regional education cooperatives authorized by the state board may own, and have control and management over, buildings and land independent of the control division of the general services department; cooperatives shall submit budgets to the department of education. The state board shall, by rule, determine the provisions of the Public School Finance Act relating to budgets and expenditures that are applicable to cooperatives; and pursuant to the rules of the state board, the state superintendent may, designate a cooperative as a board of finance with which all funds appropriated or distributed to it shall be deposited. The state board, with full participation by the cooperatives, shall develop a statewide long-range plan for educational and technical assistance activities in public and charter schools served by the cooperatives.
Title: H.B. 139
Source: New Mexico Legislative Web Site |
High School |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 |
Expands graduation requirements to include passing a state competency test in writing.
Title: S.B. 665
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Middle School |
Vetoed 04/2001 |
P-12 |
The term and definition of "middle school" will be added to the school classifications of the Public School Code. Otherwise, the code defines only elementary, junior high and high schools.
Title: S.B. 662
Source: New Mexico Legislative Web Site |
P-3 |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 |
Relates to public education; provides for even start family literacy programs; provides for benchmarks, performance standards and evaluations; makes an appropriation.
Title: H.B. 33
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Parent/Family |
Vetoed 04/2001 |
P-12 |
The purpose of the Legislative Parental Involvement Act is to promote school and community partnerships that will increase parental involvement in public schools to promote the social, emotional and academic growth of children; to foster relationships and improve communications between home, school, the parent, the student and the community; and to provide greater accountability among parents, school personnel and students. The "legislative parental involvement program" is created in the department of education to distribute state matching funds to participating schools for increasing parental involvement based on a ratio of the amount of money raised by the participating school and the participating school's percentage of students eligible for free and reduced fee lunch programs. Requires annual reports from districts.
Title: S.B. 303
Source: New Mexico Legislative Web Site |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
Postsec. |
Amends the definition of resident student for the purposes of assessing in-state tuition at a NM public college or university (Section 21-1-3 NMSA 1978). The definition is expanded to include foreign nationals assigned to armed forces active duty in New Mexico.
Title: H.B. 375
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Vetoed 04/2001 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Clarifies which institutions need legislative authorization to become a community college; reduces the amount of local support required to convert an existing institution to an independent community college.
Title: S.B. 476
Source: New Mexico Legislative Web Site |
Reading/Literacy |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 |
Provides for improvement in public school students reading proficiencies; makes an appropriation.
Title: H.B. 74
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Reading/Literacy |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 |
A person seeking standard or alternative elementary certification shall have completed six hours of reading courses, and a person seeking standard or alternative secondary certification shall have completed three hours of reading courses in subject matter content.
Title: S.B. 395
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Reading/Literacy |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 |
A school district shall provide reading enhancement in grades two through ten, designed to improve a student's reading proficiency to his grade level. Before the end of the school year, the reading proficiency of all students in grades one through nine shall be determined based upon a combination of state-mandated assessments and local school or district reading assessments. A student who is determined not to be reading at grade level shall be provided reading enhancement.
Title: S.B. 180
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Scheduling/School Calendar |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 |
Provides for all school districts to implement flexible school calendars.
Title: H.B. 35
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Scheduling/School Calendar |
Vetoed 04/2001 |
P-12 |
Section 30, requires that by 2001-2002 budgets reflect a school year of at least 190 days. 180 days are for instruction and ten days are for teachers' professional development, provided that there is legislative appropriation to implement this requirement.
Title: S.B. 308
Source: New Mexico Legislative Web Site |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Vetoed 04/2001 |
P-12 |
Two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the state department of public education for expenditure in fiscal years 2001 and 2002 to continue the development of the public school transportation formula and to implement a pilot transportation management information system.
Title: H.B. 689
Source: New Mexico Legislative Web Site |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Vetoed 04/2001 |
P-12 |
The bill would allow an individual school bus owner-operator to exercise an option to convert their contract to a fleet operator contract without being required to submit to a competitive bidding process. According to SDE, individual owner-operators that change their status to a fleet contractor will no longer be considered an employee of the school district and will not be entitled to school district employee benefits including continuation or retirement contributions.
Title: H.B. 108
Source: New Mexico Legislative Web Site |
Special Education |
Vetoed 04/2001 |
P-12 |
Senate Bill 432 amends the Public School Code as follows: Creates an Office of Medicaid in the Schools in the state department. Creates a Medicaid in the Schools Advisory Council. Transfers Personnel, budgets funds, appropriations, records, contracts, equipment and other property of the Human Services Department (HSD) used to administer the Medicaid in the Schools Program to the State department.
Title: S.B. 432
Source: New Mexico Legislative Web Site |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Vetoed 04/2001 |
P-12 |
Sections 31 through 41 provide new language to the existing Public School Code and enact a three-tiered system of teacher licensure with a minimum salaries specified for each licensure level. This would apply to both standard 9 ˝ month contract and for an annualized contract.
Title: S.B. 308
Source: New Mexico Legislative Web Site |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Assignment |
Vetoed 04/2001 |
P-12 |
Section 42 states that effective with the 2002-2003 school year parents must be notified if their student is being taught by a non-licensed teacher for longer than 30 days.
Title: S.B. 308
Source: New Mexico Legislative Web Site |
Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
Vetoed 04/2001 |
P-12 |
Section 46 outlines a system of accountability for teachers and school personnel. It requires the adoption of statewide teacher performance standards and annual evaluation.
Title: S.B. 308
Source: New Mexico Legislative Web Site |
Teaching Quality--Induction Programs and Mentoring |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 |
Requires a statewide 1 to 3 year mentorship program for certain beginning teachers.
Title: H.B. 47
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Induction Programs and Mentoring |
Vetoed 04/2001 |
P-12 |
Section 36, mandates a statewide mentorship program for beginning teachers, including those entering the system with an alternative teaching license.
Title: S.B. 308
Source: New Mexico Legislative Web Site |
Teaching Quality--Preparation |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Provides for the State Board of Education to assess teacher preparation programs.
Title: H.B. 39
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 |
Enacts the Teacher Loan for Service Act; provides funding for loans to students pursuing post-secondary education in teacher training.
Title: H.B. 68
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Vetoed 04/2001 |
P-12 |
Sections 60-62 amends the Educational Retirement Act (ERA) to provide incentives to retain experienced teachers in the classroom. First, it increases the multiplier for calculating retirement benefits for employees under the ERA who have more than 25 years of service. On a incremental scale, the multiplier will increase from 2.35 percent up to a maximum of 2.50 percent for employees with 30 or more years of service. Second, it enhances average annual salary computations for certain members. Finally, it establishes provisions allowing for the return to employment during retirement.
Title: S.B. 308
Source: New Mexico Legislative Web Site |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Vetoed 04/2001 |
P-12 |
Effective January 1, 2002, a retired member may be re-employed without having to suspend retirement benefits if the member has not been employed as an employee or independent contractor by a local administrative unit for at least twelve consecutive months from the date of retirement. Such person is entitled to continue to receive retirement benefits but is not entitled to acquire service credit. A retired member who returns to employment shall not make contributions to the fund. Appropriates $121,500 to the educational retirement board for expenditure in fiscal year 2002 to fund three full-time-equivalent employees to carry out the provisions of this act.
Title: H.B. 152
Source: New Mexico Legislative Web Site |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 |
Allows retired employees for return to employment with continued retirement benefits.
Title: S.B. 716
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Technology--Funding Issues |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 |
Authorizes the lease-purchase of technology equipment for schools.
Title: S.B. 533
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 03/2001 |
P-12 |
A charter school must negotiate with a local school district to provide transportation to students eligible for transportation under the provisions of the Public School Code. The local school district, in conjunction with the charter school, must establish a limit for student transportation to and from the charter school site not to exceed a ten-mile radius, provided that the limit shall not extend beyond the local school district boundary.
Title: H.B. 753
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Demographics--Enrollments |
Signed into law 03/2001 |
P-12 |
Amends Section 22-1-4: Requires local school boards to adopt rules pertaining to grounds for denial of enrollment or re-enrollment at schools within their school district. A formal hearing and appeals process must be implemented by local school boards to address enrollment or re-enrollment denials. The bill does not mandate that enrollment or re-enrollment be denied. Limits the grounds for denial of enrollment or re-enrollment to: (a) a student's expulsion from any school district in this state or any other state during the preceding twelve months; or (b) a student's behavior in another school district in this state or any other state during the preceding twelve months that is detrimental to the welfare or safety of other students or school personnel. In Section F, this bill further provides that a local board may establish additional enrollment preferences for admitting students in the second and third priorities of enrollment, including (1) after school care for students; (2) child care for siblings of students attending the public school; (3) children of employees at the public school; (4) extreme hardship; (5) location of a student's previous school; (6) siblings of students already attending the public school; and (7) student safety.
Title: H.B. 151, HB 16
Source: New Mexico Legislative Web Site |
Federal |
Signed into law 03/2001 |
P-12 |
Requires annual reporting by school districts and the Superintendent of Public Instruction on expenditures of federal funds.
Title: H.B. 323
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Vetoed 03/2001 |
P-12 |
Relates to public school finance; changes the calculation of the at-risk index to determine additional program units.
Title: H.B. 49
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
High School |
Signed into law 03/2001 |
P-12 |
Amends the Public School Code to require that public schools in each conference shall provide academic competitions similar to their athletic competitions. Students who participate in such competitions shall qualify for an academic letter in the subject in which they compete. Academic competition between schools will be governed by the New Mexico activities association.
Title: S.B. 25
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling |
Signed into law 03/2001 |
P-12 |
Requires that any person operating or intending to operate a home school must notify the state superintendent of the establishment of a home school within 30 days of its establishment and notify the state superintendent in writing on or before April 1 of each subsequent year of operation of the school district from which the home school is drawing students; requires maintenance of records of student disease immunization or a waiver of that requirement; requires instruction be provided by a person possessing at least a high school diploma or its equivalent.
Title: S.B. 374
Source: New Mexico Legislative Web Site |
P-3 Grades 1-3 |
Signed into law 03/2001 |
P-12 |
Full-day kindergarten programs shall be phased in over a five-year period as follows with priority given to those school districts that serve children in schools with the highest proportion of students most in need based upon indicators in the at-risk [factor] index or that serve children by means of grade-level schools that serve an entire school district. (By 2004-2005, all kindergartens in New Mexico may be full-day programs.)
Title: H.B. 246
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Signed into law 03/2001 |
Postsec. |
The board may create within the fund separate trust funds or accounts for college investment agreements and prepaid tuition contracts, and may deposit all money received pursuant to college investment agreements and prepaid tuition contracts into the related separate trust funds or accounts. The board may appoint one or more custodians of the separate trust funds or accounts that shall be a state or national bank authorized to do business in the United States. No member of the board, while acting within the scope of his authority or while acting as a trustee of any trust fund or account of the board, shall be subject to any personal liability for any action taken or omitted within that scope of authority."
Title: H.B. 762
Source: New Mexico Legislative Web Site |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Vetoed 03/2001 |
Postsec. |
Amends Section 21-1-26 NMSA 1978 to make the existing orientation and in-service training for members of the Boards of Regents mandatory.
Title: H.B. 137
Source: New Mexico Legislative Web Site |
Reading/Literacy |
Signed into law 03/2001 |
P-12 |
Requires reading courses for teacher certification.
Title: H.B. 281
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Student Supports--Remediation |
Vetoed 03/2001 |
P-12 |
Appropriates $3 million from the general fund to the state department for the purpose of establishing a new fund designed to support academic and social enrichment activities through tutoring and enhanced learning opportunities for students in grades 6, 7 and 8. Adds a new section, provides a definition of the terms within the Student Enhancement Act and lays out the general requirements for school participation. Schools that would like to begin these programs must apply to the state department, which will determine the need of the eligible school based on the number of students who are receiving free or reduced-fee lunches and have a significant level of student under-performance. The department retains the ability to monitor the results of these programs and can, if it has been determined, cease to provide funds to non-complying schools.
Title: H.B. 46
Source: New Mexico Legislative Web Site |
Teaching Quality--Preparation |
Signed into law 03/2001 |
P-12 |
Senate Bill 28 amends Chapter 21, State and Private Education Institutions, NMSA 1978, to authorize two-year post-secondary educational institutions to award appropriate certificates upon completion of an education curriculum and program leading to alternative certification for certified school instructor or certification of educational assistant and professional development for teachers. This bill also amends the Public School Code to require the State Board of Education to approve education curricula and programs offered in two-year public post-secondary institutions that lead to certificates for alternative certification and coursework for professional development.
Title: S.B. 28
Source: New Mexico Legislative Web Site |
Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 |
Relates to severance tax bonds; declares an emergency. Amends the Severance Tax Bonding Act, authorizes the issuance of additional supplemental severance tax bonds for public school capital outlay purposes. Makes an appropriation.
Title: H.B. 32
Source: legis.state.nm.us |
Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 |
Authorizes the issuance and sale of capital projects general obligation bonds to make capital expenditures for senior citizen facility improvements and acquisitions, for public educational capital improvements and acquisitions and for other state capital expenditures; provides for a property tax levy for certain costs related to the bonds; requires approval of the registered voters at the 2000 General Election.
Title: H.B. 17A
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 |
Authorizes the issuance and sale of capital projects general obligation bonds to make capital expenditures for senior citizen facility improvements and acquisitions, for public educational capital improvements and acquisitions and for other state capital expenditures; provides for a property tax levy for certain costs related to the bonds; requires approval of the registered voters at the 2000 General Election.
Title: H.B. 17A
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 |
Relates to public school capital expenditures. Declares an emergency; amends the Public School Capitol Outlay Act to provide criteria and standards for projects to be funded; provides a formula to determine the amount of funds that a project may receive.
Title: H.B. 31
Source: legis.state.nm.us |
Reading/Literacy |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 |
Relates to education; improves student reading proficiencies; creates a statewide reading initiative; creates the Public School Reading Proficiency Fund.
Title: H.B. 8A
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Accountability--Rewards |
Vetoed 03/2000 |
P-12 |
Relates to interventions for school improvements; changes the distribution of the incentives for school improvement fund.
Title: S.B. 40
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol |
Vetoed 03/2000 |
P-12 |
Establishes youth drug prevention programs in communities and schools makes an appropriation.
Title: H.B. 364
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 |
Relates to charter school enrollment procedures.
Title: S.B. 67
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Demographics--Enrollments |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 |
Relates to conditions under which local school boards may deny a student's enrollment or re-enrollment.
Title: H.B. 46
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Finance--Lotteries |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Relates to equal lottery revenue distributions.
Title: S.B. 114
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Reading/Literacy |
Vetoed 03/2000 |
P-12 |
Relates to education; provides for an early literacy program in the public schools; makes an appropriation.
Title: H.B. 28
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12,
Community College |
This act provides for the establishment of "Learning Centers". These learning centers will be set-up by local Learning Center Districts and will work with established community colleges and universities to provide post-secondary education options throughout the state. Each district will have the ability to levy a 5-mill tax, with approval of the voters, to fund these centers.
Title: S.B. 406
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 |
Relates to substitute teacher certification requirements.
Title: H.B. 409
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Technology--Funding Issues |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 |
Relates to the educational technology fund distribution; provides an equity adjustment to assure minimum distributions to school districts from the educational technology fund.
Title: S.B. 214
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 02/2000 |
P-12 |
Provides for vocational education in public schools.
Title: S.B. 390
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Died 02/2000 |
P-12 |
Provides for start-up charter schools to be funded according to current year membership.
Title: S.B. 460
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 02/2000 |
P-12 |
Relates to supplemental severance tax bonds; provides for funding of public school capitol outlays.
Title: H.B. 279
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Finance--Facilities |
Vetoed 02/2000 |
P-12 |
Authorizes supplemental severance tax bonds for public school capital outlay purposes.
Title: S.B. 297
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Vetoed 02/2000 |
P-12 |
Changes the at-risk index for public school finance.
Title: H.B. 85
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
P-3 Grades 1-3 |
Signed into law 02/2000 |
P-12 |
Relates to full day kindergarten programs; provides funding.
Title: H.B. 211
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Parent/Family |
Signed into law 02/2000 |
P-12 |
Relates to educational standards; provides for remediation and academic improvement programs; restricts promotions; provides for parental involvement.
Title: H.B. 78
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |