SENATE BILL 243

55th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2022

INTRODUCED BY

Mimi Stewart

 

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL FINANCE; PROVIDING MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR USES OF FAMILY INCOME INDEX DISTRIBUTIONS.

 

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

     SECTION 1. Section 22-8F-5 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2021, Chapter 18, Section 5) is amended to read:

     "22-8F-5. USES OF FAMILY INCOME INDEX ALLOCATIONS.--

          A. Except as provided in Subsection B of this section, a public school shall use its family income index allocation [as follows] on any of the following:

                (1) [at least one-third for] evidence-based, structured literacy interventions that have been shown to improve reading and writing achievement of students;

                (2) [at least one-third for] evidence-based mathematics instruction and interventions, including educational programming intended to improve career and college readiness of at-risk students, dual or concurrent enrollment and career and technical education; and

                (3) [no more than one-third on] the following interventions:

                     (a) case management, tutoring and after-school and summer enrichment programs that are delivered by social workers, counselors, teachers or other professional staff;

                     (b) culturally relevant professional and curriculum development, including those necessary to support language acquisition and bilingual and multicultural education;

                     (c) whole school interventions, including social and emotional learning programs, [multi-layered] multilayered systems of support, student nutrition programs, school-based health centers and community schools;

                     (d) instructional resources and materials;

                     (e) services to engage and support parents and families in the education of students; [and]

                     (f) services to engage and support tribal communities in the education of Native American students; and

                     (g) services to expand or improve career technical education or work-based learning.

          [B. A public school that receives an allocation that is less than forty thousand dollars ($40,000) may use any portion of that allocation on any of the uses specified in Subsection A of this section.

          C.] B. A school district shall use distributions received for allowable uses specified in Subsection A of this section to expand or improve services provided as part of a public school's existing academic program, but not to replace existing services."

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