AN
ACT
RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS; REQUIRING SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO
TRACK GRADUATION RATES.
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 GRADUATION
RATES--REPORTING IN ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT.--In addition to other requirements
for the annual accountability report, every school district shall collect and
report graduation rates for each high school in the school district. As part of the graduation rate data, the
school district shall indicate contributing factors to nongraduation such as
transfer out of the school district, pregnancy, dropout and other factors as
known."