HOUSE BILL 462

51st legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2013

INTRODUCED BY

David M. Gallegos

AN ACT

RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS; PROVIDING FLEXIBILITY TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO MEET STATE FISCAL SOLVENCY REQUIREMENTS.

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

     SECTION 1. Section 22-1-10 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2010, Chapter 68, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:

     "22-1-10. WAIVER OF REQUIREMENTS--TEMPORARY

PROVISION.--The legislature finds that funding constraints require school districts [need] to have financial flexibility to meet increased state [fiscal solvency] educational requirements. For the [2012-2013] 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 school [year] years, 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. The department shall monitor such waivers, and the secretary shall report to the legislative education study committee and the legislative finance committee on any issues or actions of a school district that appear to adversely affect student learning."

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