RELATING TO EDUCATION; REQUIRING THAT HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULA AND END-OF-COURSE TESTS BE ALIGNED WITH THE STATE'S TWO- AND FOUR-YEAR PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.

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

Section 1. A new section of the Public School Code is enacted to read:

"HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULA AND END-OF-COURSE TESTS--ALIGNMENT.--High school curricula and end-of-course tests shall be aligned with the placement tests administered by two- and four-year public educational institutions in New Mexico.

The department of education shall collaborate with the commission on higher education in aligning high school curricula and end-of-course tests with the placement tests."