SENATE BILL 279
53rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2017
INTRODUCED BY
Mimi Stewart
AN ACT
RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS; AMENDING THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CODE TO DEFINE AND ESTABLISH CRITERIA FOR SUPPLEMENTAL ACCOUNTABILITY MODEL SCHOOLS TO BE EXCLUDED FROM ELIGIBILITY TO GENERATE STATE EQUALIZATION GUARANTEE SIZE ADJUSTMENT UNITS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. Section 22-8-23 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1975, Chapter 119, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:
"22-8-23. SIZE ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM UNITS.--
A. An approved public school with a MEM of less
than 400, including early childhood education full-time-equivalent MEM but excluding membership in class C and class D programs and excluding full-time-equivalent membership in three- and four-year-old developmentally disabled programs, is eligible for additional program units. Separate schools established to provide special programs, including [but not limited to] vocational and alternative education and any school that is a supplemental accountability model school that qualifies for a modified accountability calculation pursuant to department rule, shall not be classified as public schools for purposes of generating size adjustment program units. The number of additional program units to which a school district is entitled under this subsection is the sum of elementary-junior high units and senior high units computed in the following manner:
Elementary-Junior High Units
200 - MEM
_________ x 1.0 x MEM = Units
200
where MEM is equal to the membership of an approved elementary or junior high school, including early childhood education full-time-equivalent membership but excluding membership in class C and class D programs and excluding full-time-equivalent membership in three- and four-year-old developmentally disabled programs;
Senior High Units
200 - MEM
_________ x 2.0 x MEM = Units
200
or,
Senior High Units
400 - MEM
_________ x 1.6 x MEM = Units
400
whichever calculation for senior high units is higher, where
MEM is equal to the membership of an approved senior high
school excluding membership in class C and class D programs.
B. A school district with total MEM of less than 4,000, including early childhood education full-time-equivalent MEM, is eligible for additional program units. The number of additional program units to which a school district is entitled under this subsection is the number of district units computed in the following manner:
District Units
4,000 - MEM
___________ x 0.15 x MEM = Units
4,000
where MEM is equal to the total district membership,
including early childhood education full-time-equivalent membership.
C. A school district with over 10,000 MEM with a ratio of MEM to senior high schools less than 4,000:1 is eligible for additional program units based on the number of approved regular senior high schools that are not eligible for senior high units under Subsection A of this section. The number of additional program units to which an eligible school district is entitled under this subsection is the number of units computed in the following manner:
4,000 - MEM
___________ x 0.50 = Units
Senior High Schools
where MEM is equal to the total district membership, including early childhood education full-time-equivalent membership, and where senior high schools are equal to the number of approved regular senior high schools in the school district.
D. A school district, as defined in Subsection R of Section 22-1-2 NMSA 1978, with a MEM of less than 200, including early childhood education full-time-equivalent MEM, is eligible for additional program units, provided that the department certifies that the school district has implemented practices to reduce scale inefficiencies, including shared service agreements with regional education cooperatives or other school districts for noninstructional functions and distance education. The number of additional program units to which a school district is entitled under this subsection is the number of units computed in the following manner:
200 - MEM = Units
where MEM is equal to the total district MEM, including early childhood education full-time-equivalent MEM.
E. For purposes of this section, "supplemental accountability model school" means a school that, from the time it was established, has had as its primary mission addressing the needs of students who are at risk of educational failure as indicated by poor grades, truancy, disruptive behavior, eligibility for special education services or other factors associated with temporary or permanent withdrawal from school and that meets requirements pursuant to department rule."
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