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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

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ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

2-19-2007

HB 1290

SHORT TITLE School Personnel Level 3 Licenses

SB

ANALYST Dearing

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

*NFI

*Please see narrative

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Department of Finance and Administration (DFA)

Public Education Department (PED

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 1290 carries no appropriation. House Bill 1290 amends Sections 22-10A-11 such

that additional provisions are provided allowing professional administration in other fields to

substitute for classroom experience for recruiting school administrators, as well as providing a

level 3 licensure and salary structure for these “other professional field" administrative recruits.

Enactment of House Bill 1290 would extend authority to the department to develop rules for the

granting of level 3-B licenses to otherwise qualified administrators.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

House Bill 1290 carries no significant fiscal impact.

*The fiscal effect will be generally neutral as there are a fixed number of school administrators.

The legislation proposed in House Bill 1290 will increase the applicant pool for these positions.

House Bill 1290 – Page

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ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

Enactment would require rule adjustment for department administration of licenses.

OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES

According to the Office of Educational Accountability, “increasing the potential pool of

qualified applicants for administrative positions in New Mexico is important because school

districts are reporting difficulties in finding enough qualified applicants for principal and

assistant principal positions. A 2005 survey conducted by the OEA conducted found that two-

thirds of the 57 districts that responded to the survey reported that both the quality and quantity

of applicants for principal positions have decreased over the last ten years. In addition, 51% of

the 531 schools that responded to the survey had three or more principals in the ten-year span

between 1994 and 2004."

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