HOUSE BILL 681

48th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2007

INTRODUCED BY

Larry A. Larrañaga

AN ACT

RELATING TO EDUCATION; REQUIRING SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO PAY THE COSTS OF REMEDIAL EDUCATION COURSES FOR THEIR GRADUATES WHO DO NOT MEET ACADEMIC ADMISSIONS STANDARDS AT TWO-YEAR PUBLIC

POST-SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.

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

     Section 1. Section 22-13-1.2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2003, Chapter 153, Section 59) is amended to read:

     "22-13-1.2. HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULA AND END-OF-COURSE TESTS--ALIGNMENT--REMEDIAL COURSES PAID BY SCHOOL DISTRICT.--          A. High school curricula and end-of-course tests shall be aligned with the placement tests administered by two- and four-year public post-secondary educational institutions in New Mexico. The department shall collaborate with the [commission on] higher education department in aligning high school curricula and end-of-course tests with the placement tests.

          B. If a student who received a high school diploma upon graduation from a New Mexico public high school is unable to meet academic admissions standards at a two-year public post-secondary educational institution in New Mexico without remediation, the school district shall pay the course tuition and fee costs of required remedial or development courses at the institution."

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