HOUSE BILL 1090

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

INTRODUCED BY

Mimi Stewart

AN ACT

RELATING TO SCHOOL PERSONNEL; ALLOWING COUNSELORS TO APPLY FOR LEVEL THREE-B ADMINISTRATIVE LICENSES.

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

     Section 1. Section 22-10A-11 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2003, Chapter 153, Section 42, as amended by Laws 2005, Chapter 315, Section 8 and by Laws 2005, Chapter 316, Section 5) is amended to read:

     "22-10A-11. LEVEL THREE LICENSURE--TRACKS FOR TEACHERS, COUNSELORS AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS.--

          A. A level three-A license is a nine-year license granted to a teacher who meets the qualifications for that level and who annually demonstrates instructional leader competencies. If a level three-A teacher does not demonstrate essential competency in a given school year, the school district shall provide the teacher with additional professional development and peer intervention during the following school year. If by the end of that school year the teacher fails to demonstrate essential competency, a school district may choose not to contract with the teacher to teach in the classroom.

          B. The department shall grant a level three-A license to an applicant who has been a level two teacher for at least three years and holds a post-baccalaureate degree or national board for professional teaching standards certification; demonstrates instructional leader competence as required by the department and verified by the local superintendent through the highly objective uniform statewide standard of evaluation; and meets other qualifications for the license.

          C. With the adoption by the department of a highly objective uniform statewide standard of evaluation for level three-A teachers, the minimum salary for a level three-A teacher for a standard nine and one-half month contract shall be as follows:

                (1) for the 2003-2004 school year, thirty thousand dollars ($30,000);

                (2) for the 2004-2005 school year, thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000);

                (3) for the 2005-2006 school year, forty thousand dollars ($40,000);

                (4) for the 2006-2007 school year, forty-five thousand dollars ($45,000); and

                (5) for the 2007-2008 school year, fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).

          D. A level three-B license is a nine-year license granted to a school administrator who meets the qualifications for that level. Licenses may be renewed upon satisfactory annual demonstration of instructional leader and administrative competency.

          E. The department shall grant a level three-B license to an applicant who has been a level three-A instructional leader for at least one year or a level three-A counselor for at least six years, has satisfactorily completed department-approved courses in administration and a department-approved administration apprenticeship program and demonstrates instructional leader competence required by the department and verified by the local superintendent through the highly objective uniform statewide standard of evaluation.

          F. Beginning with the 2007-2008 school year, the standard contract and minimum annual salary for a level three-B school principal shall be based on the size of the school in which the school principal is employed, as follows:

                (1) for school principals of schools with two hundred or fewer students, a minimum salary of

fifty-eight thousand dollars ($58,000) for a standard

ten-month contract;

                (2) for school principals of schools with two hundred one to four hundred students, a minimum salary of sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) for a standard ten-month contract;

                (3) for school principals of schools with four hundred one to six hundred students, a minimum salary of sixty-two thousand dollars ($62,000) for a standard ten-month contract;

                (4) for school principals of schools with six hundred one to eight hundred students, a minimum salary of sixty-four thousand dollars ($64,000) for a standard

ten-month contract;

                (5) for school principals of schools with eight hundred one to one thousand students, a minimum salary of sixty-six thousand dollars ($66,000) for a standard

ten-month contract; and

                (6) for school principals of schools with more than one thousand students, a minimum salary of

sixty-eight thousand dollars ($68,000) for a standard

ten-month contract."

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