SENATE BILL 135

52nd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2016

INTRODUCED BY

Cisco McSorley

AN ACT

RELATING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION; PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF ACADEMIC CONTENT AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR ARTS.

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

     SECTION 1. Section 22-2C-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2003, Chapter 153, Section 12, as amended) is amended to read:

     "22-2C-3. ACADEMIC CONTENT AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS-- DEPARTMENT POWERS AND DUTIES.--

          A. The department shall adopt academic content and performance standards for grades one through twelve in the following areas:

                (1) mathematics;

                (2) reading and language arts;

                (3) science; [and]

                (4) social studies; and

                (5) arts, based on nationally recognized standards for dance, media arts, music, theater and visual arts.

          B. The department may adopt content and performance standards in other subject areas.

          C. Academic content and performance standards shall be sufficiently academically challenging to meet or exceed any applicable federal requirements.

          D. The department shall measure the performance of every public school in New Mexico."

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