FIFTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE

FIRST SESSION, 2021

February 17, 2021

 

 

 

Mr. Speaker:

 

    Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred

 

HOUSE BILL 184

 

has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:

 

     1. On page 1, line 12, after "FOR", insert "EXTENDED LEARNING TIME PROGRAMS AND".

 

     2. On page 1, line 25, strike "an" and insert in lieu thereof "schoolwide".

 

     3. On page 2, line 1, strike "program" and insert in lieu thereof "programs" and strike "meets" and insert in lieu thereof "meet".

 

     4. On pages 2 and 3, strike Subsections B and C in their entirety and insert in lieu thereof:

 

          "B. A school district, or charter school as applicable, may qualify for extended learning time program units if:

 

                (1) the school district's calendar provides at least the minimum required instructional school day and instructional school year specified in Section 22-2-8.1 NMSA 1978 before the addition of extended learning time programs;

 

                (2) the participating public school's calendar adds a minimum of ten additional instructional days for extended learning time programs or a minimum of fifty-five instructional hours for kindergarten through sixth grade and a minimum of sixty instructional hours for seventh through twelfth grade;

 

                (3) the participating public school provides after-school programs for academic learning or extracurricular enrichment and those do not supplant federally funded programs;

 

                (4) the school district provides a minimum of eighty noninstructional hours per school year for professional development for school district instructional staff; and

 

                (5) the extended learning time program offered at a participating public school is implemented schoolwide and is considered an extended school calendar for all students in that public school.

 

          C. A school district that was operating a four-day school week in fiscal year 2019 or a school district with fewer than one thousand MEM operating a four-day school week may qualify for extended learning time programs if:

 

                (1) the school district's calendar provides at least one hundred fifty instructional days in the instructional school year before the addition of extended learning time programs;

 

                (2) the participating public school's calendar adds a minimum of ten additional instructional days for extended learning time programs or a minimum of six and one-half instructional hours per instructional day for kindergarten through sixth grade and at least seven instructional hours per instructional day for seventh through twelfth grade; and

 

                (3) the school district or participating public school meets other requirements of Subsection B of this section.".,

 

 

and thence referred to the APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE.                            

                             Respectfully submitted,

 

 

 

                                                                 

G. ANDRES ROMERO, CHAIR

 

 

Adopted     Not Adopted

           (Chief Clerk)                            (Chief Clerk)

 

Date

 

 

The roll call vote was 13 For 0 Against

Yes:      13

No:       0

Excused:  Roybal Caballero

Absent:   None

 

 

 

 

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