RELATING TO EDUCATION; PROVIDING FOR CHANGES TO THE CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENTS FOR SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
Section 1. Section 22-10-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1975, Chapter 306, Section 3, as amended) is amended to read:
"22-10-3. CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENT--TYPES OF
CERTIFICATES--FORFEITURE OF CLAIM--EXCEPTION--ADMINISTRATOR APPRENTICESHIP.--
A. Any person teaching, supervising an instructional program, counseling or providing special instructional services in a public school or state agency, any person administering in a public school and any person providing health care and administering medication or performing medical procedures in a public school shall hold a valid certificate authorizing the person to perform that function.
B. All certificates issued by the state board
shall be standard certificates except that the state board
may issue alternative, substandard and substitute
certificates under certain circumstances. If a person
applies for and is qualified to receive an alternative
certificate, the state board shall issue an alternative
certificate to a person not meeting the requirements for a
standard certificate. If a local school board or the
governing authority of a state agency certifies to the state
board that an emergency exists in the hiring of a qualified
person, the state board may issue a substandard certificate
to a person not meeting the requirements for a standard
certificate. The state board may also issue a substitute
certificate to a person not meeting the requirements for a
standard certificate to enable the person to perform the
functions of a substitute teacher pursuant to the rules of
the state board. All substandard certificates issued shall
be effective for only one school year. An alternative
certificate may be effective for up to three years, provided
that after a person has satisfactorily completed a minimum
of one year up to three years of teaching under the
supervision of a mentor or clinical supervisor, the state
board shall issue a standard certificate to that person. No
person under the age of eighteen years shall hold a valid
certificate, whether a standard, alternative or substandard.
C. Any person teaching, supervising an instructional program, counseling or providing special instructional services in a public school or state agency and any person administering in a public school without a valid certificate after the first three months of the school year shall thereafter forfeit all claim to compensation for services rendered.
D. This section shall not apply to a person performing the functions of a practice teacher as defined in the rules of the state board.
E. Any school nurse certified by the department of education shall also be licensed by the board of nursing.
F. Notwithstanding any existing requirements, any person seeking certification as an administrator shall be required to serve a one-year apprenticeship. The state board shall develop criteria and rules to implement the provisions of this subsection."
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