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NM Stat § 22-10A-14 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 22 - Public Schools|Article 10A - School Personnel|Section 22-10A-14 - Certificates of waiver.

A. If a local superintendent or governing authority of a state agency certifies to the department that an emergency exists in the hiring of a qualified person, the department may issue a certificate of teaching waiver or assignment waiver. B. The department may issue a certificate of teaching waiver to a person who holds a baccalaureate degree but does not meet other requirements for licensure as a level one teacher. Certificates of teaching waivers are one-year waivers and may be renewed only if the holder provides satisfactory evidence of continued progress toward a level one license. C. At the request of a local superintendent, the department may issue a certificate of assignment waiver to a licensed teacher who is assigned to teach outside the teacher's teaching endorsement area. A certificate of assignment waiver may be renewed each school year if the teacher provides satisfactory evidence of continued progress toward meeting the requirements for endorsement. History: 1978 Comp., § 22-10A-14, enacted by Laws 2003, ch. 153, § 45; 2015, ch. 58, § 13. ANNOTATIONSThe 2015 amendment, effective June 19, 2015, removed a provision relating to adequate yearly progress; in Subsection C, after "teach outside", deleted "his" and added "the teacher's"; and deleted Subsection D, which prohibited certain teachers from being assigned to schools that have not made adequate yearly progress for two consecutive years.
NM Stat § 22-10A-15 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 22 - Public Schools|Article 10A - School Personnel|Section 22-10A-15 - Substitute teacher certificate.

The department shall provide by rule for the qualifications for a substitute teacher certificate. Substitute teacher certificates shall be issued by the department. History: 1978 Comp., § 22-10A-15, enacted by Laws 2003, ch. 153, § 46; 2004, ch. 92, § 1. ANNOTATIONSThe 2004 amendment, effective July 1, 2004, changed "state board" to "department" in two places and deleted "A local school board may provide for additional qualifications or requirements as it deems necessary".
NM Stat § 22-10A-16 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 22 - Public Schools|Article 10A - School Personnel|Section 22-10A-16 - Parental notification.

A. Within sixty calendar days from the beginning of each school year, every school district shall issue a notice to parents that they may obtain information regarding the professional qualifications of their children's teachers, instructional support providers and school principals. At a minimum, the information shall include: (1) whether the teacher has met state qualifications for licensure for the grade level and subjects being taught by the teacher; (2) whether the teacher is teaching under a teaching or assignment waiver; (3) the teacher's degree major and any other license or graduate degree held by the teacher; and (4) the qualifications of any instructional support providers if the student is served by educational assistants or other instructional support providers. B. A local superintendent shall give written notice to the parents of those students who are being taught for longer than four consecutive weeks by a substitute teacher or by a person who is not qualified to teach the grade or subject. C. The local superintendent shall: (1) ensure that the notice required by this section is provided by the end of the four-week period following the assignment of that person to the classroom; (2) ensure that the notice required by this section is provided in a bilingual form to a parent whose primary language is not English; (3) retain a copy of the notice required pursuant to this section; and (4) ensure that information relating to teacher licensure is available to the public upon request. History: 1978 Comp., § 22-10A-16, enacted by Laws 2003, ch. 153, § 47. ANNOTATIONSEmergency clauses. — Laws 2003, ch. 153, § 74 contained an emergency clause and was approved April 4, 2003.
NM Stat § 22-10A-17 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 22 - Public Schools|Article 10A - School Personnel|Section 22-10A-17 - Instructional support provider licenses.

A. The department shall license instructional support providers, including educational assistants, school counselors, school social workers, school nurses, speech-language pathologists, psychologists, physical therapists, physical therapy assistants, occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants, recreational therapists, marriage and family therapists, interpreters for the deaf, diagnosticians and other service providers. The department may provide a professional licensing framework in which licensees can advance in their careers through the demonstration of increased competencies and the undertaking of increased duties. B. The department shall provide by rule for the requirements for licensure of types of instructional support providers. If an instructional support provider practices a licensed profession, the provider shall provide evidence satisfactory to the department that the provider holds a current, unsuspended license in the profession for which the provider is applying to provide instructional support services. The instructional support provider shall notify the school district and department immediately if the provider's professional license is suspended, revoked or denied. Suspension, revocation or denial of a professional license shall be just cause for discharge or termination and suspension, revocation or denial of the instructional support provider license. History: 1978 Comp., § 22-10A-17, enacted by Laws 2003, ch. 153, § 48; 2004, ch. 27, § 24.; 2009, ch. 217, § 2. ANNOTATIONSThe 2009 amendment, effective June 19, 2009, in Subsection A, in the first sentence, after "recreational therapist", added "marriage and family therapist". The 2004 amendment, effective May 19, 2004, changed "state department" to "department".
NM Stat § 22-10A-17.2 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 22 - Public Schools|Article 10A - School Personnel|Section 22-10A-17.2 - Alternative level three-B licensure; track for instructional support providers.

A. An alternative level three-B license is a five-year license granted to a school administrator applicant who meets the qualifications for that level. Licenses may be renewed upon satisfactory annual demonstration of instructional leader and administrative competency. B. The department shall grant an alternative level three-B license to an applicant who is licensed by the department as a school counselor, school social worker, school nurse, speech-language pathologist, psychologist, physical therapist, physical therapy assistant, occupational therapist, occupational therapy assistant, recreational therapist, marriage and family therapist, interpreter for the deaf or diagnostician and who: (1) holds a post-baccalaureate degree; (2) has satisfactorily completed department-approved courses in administration and a department-approved administration apprenticeship program; and (3) demonstrates instructional leader competence required by the department and verified by the local superintendent through the highly objective uniform statewide standard of evaluation. C. The minimum annual salary for an alternative level three-B licensed school principal or assistant school principal shall be fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) multiplied by the applicable responsibility factor. History: Laws 2017, ch. 68, § 1. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2017, ch. 68 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 16, 2017, 90 days after the adjournment of the legislature.
NM Stat § 22-10A-18 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 22 - Public Schools|Article 10A - School Personnel|Section 22-10A-18 - School principals; duties.

In addition to other duties prescribed by law, a school principal shall: A. under the general supervision of the local superintendent, assume administrative responsibility and overall instructional leadership for the public school to which he is assigned, including the discipline of students and the planning, operation, supervision and evaluation of the educational program of the school; B. recommend to the local superintendent the employment, promotion, transfer, discharge and termination of school employees in his school; C. evaluate the performance of school employees and develop professional development plans or job improvement plans to assist school employees to improve; D. take disciplinary action against school employees; E. develop a proposed budget for the public school, with input from the school council, and submit it to the local superintendent; and F. perform other duties assigned to him by the local superintendent to implement the policies of the local school board. History: 1978 Comp., § 22-10A-18, enacted by Laws 2003, ch. 153, § 49. ANNOTATIONSEmergency clauses. — Laws 2003, ch. 153, § 74 contained an emergency clause and was approved April 4, 2003.
NM Stat § 22-10A-19.1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 22 - Public Schools|Article 10A - School Personnel|Section 22-10A-19.1 - Professional development; systemic framework; requirements; department duties.

A. The department shall develop a systemic framework for professional development that provides training to ensure quality teachers, school principals and instructional support providers and that improves and enhances student achievement. The department shall work with licensed school employees, the higher education department and institutions of higher education to establish the framework.B. The framework shall include: (1) the criteria for school districts to apply for professional development funds, including an evaluation component that will be used by the department in approving school district professional development plans; (2) guidelines for developing extensive professional development activities for school districts that:(a) improve teachers' knowledge of the subjects they teach and their 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, parents and organizations with specific subject-area expertise or professional development;(3) guidelines for integrating career-technical education content into academic instructional practices, including training on best practices to understand state and regional workforce needs and transitions to post-secondary education and the workforce; and(4) guidelines for funding rigorous professional development for career-technical teachers and educational assistants in the same manner as for teachers and educational assistants of other subjects for which the department has promulgated standards and benchmarks.C. The department and school districts shall use all available funding sources, including federal Every Student Succeeds Act Title 2 funding, to provide professional development for career-technical teachers and educational assistants. History: Laws 2004, ch. 27, § 25; 2019, ch. 2, § 1. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For references to the former commission on higher education, see 9-25-4.1 NMSA 1978. The 2019 amendment, effective June 14, 2019, required professional development for career-technical teachers and educational assistants in the same manner as teachers of other subjects for which the Public Education Department has promulgated standards and benchmarks, and required the use of federal Every Student Succeeds Act Title II funding for career-technical professional development; in Subsection B, Subparagraph B(2)(e), after "parents", added "and organizations with specific subject-area expertise or professional development"; added Paragraphs B(3) and B(4); and added Subsection C.
NM Stat § 22-10A-19.3 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 22 - Public Schools|Article 10A - School Personnel|Section 22-10A-19.3 - Anti-racism and racial sensitivity training and professional development.

Each year, all school personnel shall successfully complete an online or in-person anti-racism, racial awareness and sensitivity training or professional development approved by the department that addresses race, racism and racialized aggression and demonstrates how to create and foster an equitable and culturally responsive learning environment for racial minority students.History: Laws 2021, ch. 51, § 9. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2021, ch. 51 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 18, 2021, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.
NM Stat § 22-10A-20.1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 22 - Public Schools|Article 10A - School Personnel|Section 22-10A-20.1 - Repealed.

History: Laws 2014, ch. 77, § 1; repealed by Laws 2016, ch. 22, § 2.ANNOTATIONSRepeals. — Laws 2016, ch. 22, § 2 repealed 22-10A-20.1 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 2014, ch. 77, § 1, relating to individual class load and teaching load, three-year phase-in, effective May 18, 2016. For provisions of former section, see the 2015 NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com.
NM Stat § 22-10A-23 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 22 - Public Schools|Article 10A - School Personnel|Section 22-10A-23 - Licensed school employees; reemployment; acceptance; rejection; binding contract.

A. Each licensed school employee shall deliver to the superintendent a written acceptance or rejection of reemployment for the ensuing school year within fifteen days from the following:(1) the date written notice of reemployment is served upon the licensed school employee; or(2) the last day of the school year when no written notice of reemployment or termination is served upon the licensed school employee on or before fifteen working days prior to the last day of the school year.B. Delivery of the written acceptance of reemployment by a licensed school employee creates a binding employment contract between the licensed school employee and the superintendent until the parties enter into a formal written employment contract. Written employment contracts between the superintendent and licensed school employees shall be executed by the parties not later than ten days before the first day of a school year. History: 1953 Comp., § 77-8-10, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 16, § 115; 1975, ch. 306, § 9; 1986, ch. 33, § 21; 1978 Comp., § 22-10-13, recompiled as § 22-10A-23 by Laws 2003, ch. 153, § 72; 2019, ch. 238, §6. ANNOTATIONSRecompilations. — Laws 2003, ch. 153, § 72 recompiled former 22-10-13 NMSA 1978, as 22-10A-23 NMSA 1978, effective April 4, 2003. The 2019 amendment, effective June 14, 2019, clarified certain terms throughout the section; in the section heading, added "Licensed school employees"; and in Subsection A, Paragraph A(2), after "on or before", added "fifteen working days prior to".Failure to serve required notice upon nontenured teacher. — A regulation of the state board of education requiring that notice of reemployment or termination be served no later than 14 days before the end of the school year did not give a nontenured teacher an enforceable right to notice before the end of the school year, and therefore the board's notice of intent not to employ, timely served in accordance with Section 22-10-12 NMSA 1978 (now Section 22-10A-22 NMSA 1978) , complied with the law. Giangreco v. Murlless, 1997-NMCA-061, 123 N.M. 498, 943 P.2d 532. Necessity for acceptance. — Where teacher did not deliver an acceptance to school board within statutory period, there was no binding contract of employment. This is the case even if the teacher did not receive notice of termination of employment. Hyde v. Taos Mun. Sch., 1972-NMSC-061, 84 N.M. 206, 501 P.2d 194. Time requirement for acceptance. — This section does not authorize written acceptance within 15 days of the end of school, but from the end of school; moreover, the entirety of the section indicates that acceptance is contemplated only after school has ended without the teacher having received any notice. Provoda v. Maxwell, 1991-NMSC-022, 111 N.M. 578, 808 P.2d 28.
NM Stat § 22-10A-29 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 22 - Public Schools|Article 10A - School Personnel|Section 22-10A-29 - Compensation payments to discharged personnel.

A. Payment of compensation to a licensed school employee employed by a public school and payment of compensation to a superintendent employed by a governing authority shall terminate as of the date, after a hearing, that a written copy of the decision of the governing authority to discharge the licensed school employee or superintendent is served on the licensed school employee or superintendent. If the compensation of the licensed school employee or superintendent discharged during the term of a written employment contract is to be paid monthly during a twelve-month period for services to be performed during a period less than twelve months, the licensed school employee or superintendent shall be entitled to a pro rata share of the compensation payments due for the period during the twelve months in which no services were to be performed.B. In the event the action of the governing authority in discharging a licensed school employee or superintendent is reversed on appeal, payment of compensation to the licensed school employee or superintendent shall be reinstated in full but subject to any additional compensation allowed other licensed school employees or superintendents of like qualifications and experience employed by the public school and including reimbursement for compensation during the entire period the compensation was terminated less an offset for any compensation received by the licensed school employee or superintendent from the public school during the period the compensation was terminated. History: 1953 Comp., § 77-8-15, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 16, § 120; 1975, ch. 306, § 13; 1978 Comp., § 22-10-18, recompiled as § 22-10A-29 by Laws 2003, ch. 153, § 72; 2019, ch. 238, § 10. ANNOTATIONSRecompilations. — Laws 2003, ch. 153, § 72 recompiled former 22-10-18 NMSA 1978 as 22-10A-29 NMSA 1978, effective April 4, 2003. The 2019 amendment, effective June 14, 2019, replaced each occurrence of "school instructor" with "licensed school employee", and replaced each occurrence of "local school board" with "governing authority".The legislature can constitutionally prescribe the methods for adjudicating a dispute over termination of a certified school employee's right to continued employment because that right is a public right created by statute. Board of Educ. of Carlsbad Mun. Schs. v. Harrell, 1994-NMSC-096, 118 N.M. 470, 882 P.2d 511. Offset provision in Subsection B is not exclusive; rather, a school district or state agency may offset an award by any compensation that a terminated employee received from any source during his period of termination. Board of Educ. v. Jennings, 1985-NMSC-054, 102 N.M. 762, 701 P.2d 361.
NM Stat § 22-10A-33 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 22 - Public Schools|Article 10A - School Personnel|Section 22-10A-33 - Repealed.

History: Laws 1989, ch. 344, § 2; 1978 Comp., § 22-1-7, recompiled and amended as § 22-10A-33 by Laws 2003, ch. 153, § 54; repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 65, § 4.ANNOTATIONSRepeals. — Laws 2017, ch. 65, § 4 repealed 22-10A-33 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1989, ch. 344, § 2, relating to violence, vandalism, reporting, effective June 16, 2017. For provisions of former section, see the 2016 NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com.
NM Stat § 22-10A-34 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 22 - Public Schools|Article 10A - School Personnel|Section 22-10A-34 - Repealed.

History: 1953 Comp., § 77-8-7, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 16, § 112; 1977, ch. 45, § 1; 1993, ch. 226, § 26; 1978 Comp., § 22-10-10, recompiled as § 22-10A-34 by Laws 2003, ch. 153, § 72; 2015, ch. 116, § 3; repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 87, § 31.ANNOTATIONSRepeals. — Laws 2017, ch. 87, § 31 repealed 22-10A-34 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 16, § 112, relating to communicable diseases, prohibited employment, penalty, effective June 16, 2017. For provisions of former section, see the 2016 NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com.
NM Stat § 22-10A-35 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 22 - Public Schools|Article 10A - School Personnel|Section 22-10A-35 - Local sabbatical leave program authorized.

A local school board may provide as part of its compensation plan a program of sabbatical leave for its certified employees. The governing authority of a state agency may provide a program of sabbatical leave for its certified school instructors. History: 1953 Comp., § 77-8-20, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 116, § 1; 1975, ch. 306, § 17; 1978 Comp., § 22-10-23, recompiled as § 22-10A-35 by Laws 2003, ch. 153, § 72. ANNOTATIONSRecompilations. — Laws 2003, ch. 153, § 72 recompiled former 22-10-23 NMSA 1978 as 22-10A-35 NMSA 1978, effective April 4, 2003. Cross references. — For definition of "sabbatical leave," see 22-10A-2 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 22-10A-36 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 22 - Public Schools|Article 10A - School Personnel|Section 22-10A-36 - Approved program required for sabbatical leave.

Sabbatical leave may be granted only upon the presentation and approval by the state department of education [public education department] of a full program of study or travel related to the certified employee's duties and showing direct benefit to the instructional program. History: 1953 Comp., § 77-8-22, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 116, § 3; 1975, ch. 306, § 18; 1978 Comp., § 22-10-24, recompiled as § 22-10A-36 by Laws 2003, ch. 153, § 72. ANNOTATIONSRecompilations. — Laws 2003, ch. 153, § 72 recompiled former 22-10-24 NMSA 1978 as 22-10A-36 NMSA 1978, effective April 4, 2003. Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Laws 2004, ch. 25, § 27, provided that all references to the superintendent of public instruction shall be deemed references to the secretary of public education and all references to the former state board of education or state department of education shall be deemed references to the public education department. See 9-24-15 NMSA 1978.