HOUSE BILL 136

47th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2005

INTRODUCED BY

W. C. "Dub" Williams

FOR THE LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION STUDY COMMITTEE

AN ACT

RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION; REQUIRING STANDARDIZED PLACEMENT TESTS IN PUBLIC POST-SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS; LIMITING STATE FUNDING FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY.

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

     Section 1. STANDARDIZED PLACEMENT TESTS--FAILURE TO COMPLY.--The commission on higher education shall adopt and promulgate standardized placement tests for general education requirements for use by all public post-secondary educational institutions. In adopting the placement tests, the commission shall take into account the requirement that high school curricula and end-of-course tests be aligned with the public post-secondary educational institutions and the requirements of the Post-Secondary Education Articulation Act. A public post-secondary educational institution that does not use the standardized placement tests shall not receive funding from the state general fund.

     Section 2. APPLICABILITY.--Section 1 of this act applies to placement tests given to students beginning with the 2006 fall semester.

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