SENATE PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL 306

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

AN ACT

RELATING TO THE PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE; PROVIDING FLEXIBILITY TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO MEET FUNDING CONSTRAINTS; REPEALING THE PHASE-IN OF REQUIREMENTS AFTER THE 2010 ECONOMIC DOWNTURN WAIVERS.

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

     SECTION 1. Section 22-1-10 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2010, Chapter 68, Section 1, as amended by Laws 2013, Chapter 187, Section 1 and by Laws 2013, Chapter 203, Section 1) is amended to read:

     "22-1-10. WAIVER OF REQUIREMENTS--TEMPORARY PROVISION.--The legislature finds that funding constraints require school districts to have financial flexibility to meet [increased] decreased state [educational requirements] support. For the [2013-2014] 2016-2017 through 2018-2019 school [year] years, the secretary may waive requirements of the Public School Code and rules promulgated in accordance with that code pertaining to individual class load, teaching load, length of school day, staffing patterns, subject areas and purchases of instructional materials. The department shall monitor such waivers, and the secretary shall report to the legislative education study committee and the legislative finance committee on any issues or actions of a school district that appear to adversely affect student learning."

     SECTION 2. REPEAL.--Section 22-10A-20.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2014, Chapter 77, Section 1) is repealed.

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