SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL 263

52nd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2015

AN ACT

RELATING TO AUDITS; REQUIRING AUDITS OF THE PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS CONCERNING TEACHER EVALUATIONS AND MERIT PAY AND THE A-B-C-D-F SCHOOLS RATING ACT.

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] AUDITS--TEACHER EVALUATIONS, MERIT PAY AND SCHOOL RATINGS.--

          A. Audits of teacher evaluations and merit pay and school ratings pursuant to the A-B-C-D-F Schools Rating Act shall be conducted in accordance with the Audit Act and rules adopted in accordance with that act.

          B. The audits shall test the:

                (1) soundness of programmatic designs and the formulas used to calculate teacher quality and pay;

                (2) selection of teachers to receive merit pay;

                (3) performance grades issued to public schools; and

                (4) accuracy of data relied on and the calculations used to evaluate people, salary increases and public schools."

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