New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 6 - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 29 - STANDARDS FOR EXCELLENCE › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 6.29.1.9 - PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. Duties
				and powers of the local board of education or charter school governing body.
				The local board of education or charter school governing body shall:
(1) review, approve, and support each school
				site-level department-approved NM School DASH and
MLSS
				Self-assessment
for each school site in improvement status;
(2) employ and evaluate the local
				superintendent or charter school administrator;
(3) develop a planned program of training
				annually, in which each member of the board participates, to assist in the
				performance of specified duties; this planned program shall align with the
				LEA's Education Plan; training shall include the following requirements and
				procedures.
(a) All local school board members
				shall receive a total of five hours of annual training provided by the New
				Mexico school boards association (NMSBA) and shall include a minimum of one
				hour of training during each term in office on equity and culturally and
				linguistically responsive practices.
(b) Newly elected or appointed local school
				board members, who are in office for less than a year, shall receive three of
				the five hours from attending a training course developed by the department and
				sponsored by the NMSBA. The additional two hours of annual training for new
				board members shall consist of sessions sponsored by the NMSBA and approved by
				the department.
(c) All local
				school board members who have been in office for one or more years shall attend
				five hours of annual training sponsored by the NMSBA and approved by the
				department.
(d) In order to be
				credited with attendance at these courses, each attendee shall comply with
				written attendance procedures established by the department. Prior to September
				1 of each year, the NMSBA shall provide each local superintendent with a list
				of training hours earned annually by each local school board member. The school
				district's accountability report shall include the names of those local school
				board members who failed to attend annual mandatory training (see Subsection E
				of Section
				22-2C-11 NMSA
				1978);
(4) delegate
				administrative and supervisory functions to the local superintendent or charter
				school administrator;
(5) refrain
				from involvement in delegated administrative functions;
(6) review district or charter school
				policies on an annual basis and revise as needed;
(7) award high school graduation diplomas to
				students who have successfully completed graduation requirements;
(8) ensure the alignment of district or
				charter school curricula with New Mexico content standards with benchmarks and
				performance standards;
(9) ensure
				that district or charter school funds are appropriately managed and disbursed
				in accordance with laws, regulations and terms of grants;
(10) approve the annual district or charter
				school budget;
(11) be responsible
				for oversight of revenue and expenditures within the district or charter school
				budget; and
(12) coordinate with
				the district's superintendent to establish the procedures for discharging and
				terminating school employees pursuant to Section
				22-5-4 NMSA 1978 and the School
				Personnel Act (Chapter 22, Article 10-A NMSA 1978).