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AN ACT

RELATING TO SCHOOL PERSONNEL; ALLOWING COUNSELORS TO APPLY FOR

LEVEL THREE-B ADMINISTRATIVE LICENSES.

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

Section 1. Section 22-10A-11 NMSA 1978 (being Laws

2003, Chapter 153, Section 42, as amended by Laws 2005,

Chapter 315, Section 8 and by Laws 2005, Chapter 316, Section

5) is amended to read:

"22-10A-11. LEVEL THREE LICENSURE--TRACKS FOR TEACHERS,

COUNSELORS AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS.--

A. A level three-A license is a nine-year license

granted to a teacher who meets the qualifications for that

level and who annually demonstrates instructional leader

competencies. If a level three-A teacher does not demonstrate

essential competency in a given school year, the school

district shall provide the teacher with additional

professional development and peer intervention during the

following school year. If by the end of that school year the

teacher fails to demonstrate essential competency, a school

district may choose not to contract with the teacher to teach

in the classroom.

B. The department shall grant a level three-A

license to an applicant who has been a level two teacher for

at least three years and holds a post-baccalaureate degree or

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national board for professional teaching standards

certification; demonstrates instructional leader competence as

required by the department and verified by the local

superintendent through the highly objective uniform statewide

standard of evaluation; and meets other qualifications for the

license.

C. With the adoption by the department of a highly

objective uniform statewide standard of evaluation for level

three-A teachers, the minimum salary for a level three-A

teacher for a standard nine and one-half month contract shall

be as follows:

(1) for the 2003-2004 school year, thirty

thousand dollars ($30,000);

(2) for the 2004-2005 school year, thirty-

five thousand dollars ($35,000);

(3) for the 2005-2006 school year, forty

thousand dollars ($40,000);

(4) for the 2006-2007 school year, forty-

five thousand dollars ($45,000); and

(5) for the 2007-2008 school year, fifty

thousand dollars ($50,000).

D. A level three-B license is a nine-year license

granted to a school administrator who meets the qualifications

for that level. Licenses may be renewed upon satisfactory

annual demonstration of instructional leader and

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administrative competency.

E. The department shall grant a level three-B

license to an applicant who:

(1) has been a level three-A teacher for at

least one year or who holds a current level 2 teacher's

license and who, for at least four years, has held the

highest-ranked counselor license as provided in Chapter 22,

Article 10A NMSA 1978 and rules promulgated by the department;

(2) has satisfactorily completed department-

approved courses in administration and a department-approved

administration apprenticeship program; and

(3) demonstrates instructional leader

competence required by the department and verified by the

local superintendent through the highly objective uniform

statewide standard of evaluation.

F. Beginning with the 2007-2008 school year, the

standard contract and minimum annual salary for a level three-

B school principal shall be based on the size of the school in

which the school principal is employed, as follows:

(1) for school principals of schools with

two hundred or fewer students, a minimum salary of

fifty-eight thousand dollars ($58,000) for a standard

ten-month contract;

(2) for school principals of schools with

two hundred one to four hundred students, a minimum salary of

sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) for a standard ten-month

contract;

(3) for school principals of schools with

four hundred one to six hundred students, a minimum salary of

sixty-two thousand dollars ($62,000) for a standard ten-month

contract;

(4) for school principals of schools with

six hundred one to eight hundred students, a minimum salary of

sixty-four thousand dollars ($64,000) for a standard

ten-month contract;

(5) for school principals of schools with

eight hundred one to one thousand students, a minimum salary

of sixty-six thousand dollars ($66,000) for a standard

ten-month contract; and

(6) for school principals of schools with

more than one thousand students, a minimum salary of

sixty-eight thousand dollars ($68,000) for a standard

ten-month contract."

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