HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL 1312

48th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2007

AN ACT

RELATING TO THE PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE; PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE IN GRANTING A LEVEL THREE-B LICENSE TO A SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR.

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

     Section 1. A new section of the School Personnel Act is enacted to read:

     "[NEW MATERIAL] LEVEL THREE-B LICENSE--ALTERNATIVE.--The department shall grant a level three-B license to an applicant who, pursuant to rules promulgated by the department, has employment experience as a professional working in an educational setting, has satisfactorily completed department-approved courses in administration and a department-approved administration apprenticeship program and demonstrates instructional leader competence required by the department and verified by the local superintendent or, in the case of a superintendent, the local school board, through the highly objective uniform statewide standard of evaluation."

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