HOUSE BILL 39

49th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first special session, 2009

INTRODUCED BY

Shirley A. Tyler

AN ACT

RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS; SUSPENDING STATE ASSESSMENTS THAT ARE NOT REQUIRED BY FEDERAL LAW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     Section 1. A new section of the Public School Code is enacted to read:

     "[NEW MATERIAL] STATE ASSESSMENTS--SUSPENSION--TEMPORARY PROVISION.--The legislature finds that the current fiscal crisis requires extraordinary measures to ensure fiscal solvency for fiscal years 2010 and 2011. For school years 2009-2010 through 2011-2012, school districts may suspend the administration of all required state assessments that are not required by the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, except short-cycle tests; provided that short-cycle diagnostic testing pursuant to Section 22-2C-4.1 NMSA 1978 shall continue, but the number of tests in a school year may be determined by the school district."

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