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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

SPONSOR:	Stewart		DATE TYPED:	02/04/02		HB	282
SHORT TITLE:		Non-certified Teachers Parent Notification				SB
					ANALYST:		Segura

APPROPRIATION

Appropriation Contained

Estimated Additional Impact

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY02

FY03

FY02

FY03

NFI

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

State Department of Education (SDE)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 282 requires that district superintendents give written notice to parents of students being taught in a public school for longer than 30 days by an individual who does not hold a standard State Board of Education license authorizing the individual to provide services. The notice must be disseminated in a bilingual format.

Significant Issues

According to SDE, provision of services by an individual who has been granted a one-year license may be considered additional time to take the New Mexico Teacher Assessments, since technically that license is substandard, but the individual has met all other requirements for the license.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The SDE indicates that enactment of the bill could produce a fiscal impact. The department’s Professional Licensure unit would be required to address substandard licensure requests in a shorter time frame. School districts would have to meet the reporting requirement.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

SDE indicates that additional staff time within the department and public school districts would have to be allocated to meet the requirements of the bill.

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