SENATE BILL 45

48th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2008

INTRODUCED BY

Mark Boitano

AN ACT

RELATING TO SCHOOL PERSONNEL; PROHIBITING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DURING THE INSTRUCTIONAL YEAR.

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

     Section 1. Section 22-8-9 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1967, Chapter 16, Section 63, as amended) is amended to read:

     "22-8-9. BUDGETS--MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.--

          A. A budget for a school district shall not be approved by the department that does not provide for:

                (1) a school year consisting of at least one hundred eighty full instructional days or the equivalent thereof [exclusive of any release time for in-service training]; or

                (2) a variable school year consisting of a minimum number of instructional hours established by the [state board] department; and

                (3) a pupil-teacher ratio or class or teaching load as provided in Section 22-10A-20 NMSA 1978.

          B. The [state board] department shall, by rule, establish the requirements for an instructional day, the standards for an instructional hour and the standards for a full-time teacher and for the equivalent thereof."

     Section 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the provisions of this act is July 1, 2008.

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