SB 387, Student Restraint and Seclusion has been rolled over in Senate Education.
HB 127 that raises educational assistant salaries passed the House Floor. It now moves to the Senate.
Congratulations to Dr. Arsenio Romero, Superintendent Los Lunas who was announced as Secretary of Education Designee. Today's Superintendent's call will include a discussion with him.
Wednesday summary: HB285 Office of Special Education was debated in House Education and after extensive debate was rolled over at the request of the sponsor. The NMCASE had expressed opposition to the bill and was supported by the NMSSA; SB 387 Seclusion and Constraint was not heard and was rolled over to Friday. This bill would further restrict districts from applying certain restraints in situations with students and increase training and reporting and we oppose the bill; SB400 Middle School redesign (supported) moved forward unanimously; SB 465 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION DEMOGRAPHIC DATA was tabled.
Senate Bill 384 - Maestas that would have redefined NMAA eligibility, was tabled unanimously except for the sponsors support. In Senate Education.
Dr. Kim Mizell receives her recognition as the New Mexico Superintendent of the year at the National AASA Convention in San Antonio, Texas. She shares the honor with the 50 other state champions. Congratulations!!!
Senate Bill 283, remove certain suspension, expulsion options from pre-k through 2nd grade moved out of the Senate Education Committee on a No Recommendation after a tabling motion failed on a tie vote.
SJR1, Instituting a State Board of Education passed Senate Rules Committee 6-1. It will move to Senate Education next. It was amended to a 10 member elected board and a five minute appointed board.
HB189, a clean up bill for educational retirement passed House Education Committee unanimously
SB193 for retiree healthcare passed the Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee unanimously this afternoon.
SB234 the exclusion of soft drinks and sodas bill was tabled unanimously by the Senate Education Committee
HB126 the graduation bill, unanimously passed the House Education Committee
Passed House Education Committee
HB 39 Dual-Licensed Instructional Support Providers (Elizabeth “Liz” Thomson) - Adds dual-licensed instructional support providers and dual-licensed instructional support program administrators to the Three-Tier Licensure system.
HB 43 Affirmative Consent Policy in Schools (Elizabeth “Liz” Thomson, Gail Chasey, Andrea Romero, Linda Serrato) – Requires public school and public and private post-secondary educational institutions to adopt policies and procedures addressing affirmative consent and prevention of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, harassment and stalking, amend the public school code to include a requirement to set affirmative consent as the standard for sexual activity.
HB 125 School Dual Credit Task Force (G. Andres Romero) – Creates a 12 member dual credit task force; provides duties; requires a final report.
HB 130 K-12 Plus Program (Joy Garratt, G. Andres Romero) – Creates the K-12 Plus Program; provides additional program units for public schools that increase the number of instructional days beyond 180 for a five-day school week and more than 155 days for a four-day school week; defines instructional hours and professional hours; repeals the K-5 Plus Act and extended learning time program units. (LESC)
HB 134 Menstrual Products in School Bathrooms (Christine Trujillo, Kristina Ortez, Joy Garratt, Tara L. Lujan, Linda Serrato) – Requires the PED to provide menstrual products in school bathrooms; makes an appropriation.
HB 140 Tribal Education Trust Fund (Derrick J. Lente, G. Andres Romero, Javier Martinez, Patricia Roybal Caballero, Anthony Allison) – Creates the Tribal Education Trust Fund; provides distributions to the PED, provides accountability measures; provides reporting requirements; makes a $50M appropriation from the public education reform fund. (LESC)
HB 147 Indian Education Fund Distributions (Derrick J. Lente) – Changes the distributions from the Indian Education Fund (IEF). (LESC)
Passed House Commerce and Economic Development Committee
HB 126 School Graduation Requirements (G. Andres Romero, T. Ryan Lane) – Changes graduation requirements for students entering ninth grade in the 2024-2025 school year. (LESC)
HB 127 Education Assistant Salary Increase (Susan K. Herrera, Brian G. Baca, Willie D. Madrid, Debra M. Sarinana, Christine Trujillo) – Increases the minimum salary for educational assistants. (LESC)
Passed House Judiciary Committee
HB 43 Affirmative Consent Policy in Schools (Elizabeth “Liz” Thomson, Gail Chasey, Andrea Romero, Linda Serrato) – Requires public school and public and private post-secondary educational institutions to adopt policies and procedures addressing affirmative consent and prevention of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, harassment and stalking, amend the public school code to include a requirement to set affirmative consent as the standard for sexual activity.
HB 130 K-12 Plus Program (Joy Garratt, G. Andres Romero) – Creates the K-12 Plus Program; provides additional program units for public schools that increase the number of instructional days beyond 180 for a five-day school week and more than 155 days for a four-day school week; defines instructional hours and professional hours; repeals the K-5 Plus Act and extended learning time program units. (LESC)
Passed Senate Education Committee
SB 3 Family Income Index Distribution Flexibility (Mimi Stewart) – Provides more flexibility for uses of Family Income Index distributions; appropriates $15 M GF to PED.
CS/SB 4 Healthy Universal School Meals (Michael Padilla, Leo Jaramillo) – Enacts the Healthy Universal School Meals Act; ensures free, healthy school meals for all students; makes a $30M appropriation.
SB 120 Open Enrollment for Military Children (Harold Pope) – Allows for open enrollment flexibility for children of military families.
SB 211 Career Development Success Pilot Program (Craig W. Brandt, Gay G. Kernan) – Creates the Career Development Success Pilot Program; makes a $1.2 M GF appropriation to Career Development Success Program Fund.
Passed “Without Recommendation”:
CS/SB 24 School Reporting on Use of Federal Funds (Crystal R. Diamond) – Creates reporting requirements for school districts and state-chartered charter schools related to the use of federal funds from the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund as provided in the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, the federal Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act and the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021; prescribes duties for the Public Education Department.
Passed Senate Health & Public Affairs Committee
SB 63 Appointed Executive Office Finalists Lists (Bill Tallman) – Requires disclosure of the names of finalists for appointive executive positions; provides an exemption to the inspection of Public Records Act.
Passed Senate Rules Committee
SJR 1 State Board of Education (Steven P. Neville) – Proposes an amendment to Article 12, Section 6 of the Constitution of New Mexico to replace the Public Education Commission with a State Board of Education to set policy and direct the Public Education Department; provides a transition period.
Passed Senate Judiciary Committee
SB 63 Appointed Executive Office Finalists Lists (Bill Tallman) – Requires disclosure of the names of finalists for appointive executive positions; provides an exemption to the inspection of Public Records Act.
Please stay informed, involved, and engaged with NMSBA’s Legislative Highlights which we will send you throughout the legislative session. Feel free to contact me or Lilliemae Ortiz, our Legislative Liaison lilliemaeortiz@yahoo.com if you have questions or need additional information.
Joe Guillen
Executive Director
New Mexico School Boards Association
(505) 983-5041 office
(505) 470-3967 cell
jguillen@nmsba.org
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Senate Bill 120 that facilitates open enrollment for military children passed Senate Education this morning.
Senate Bill 137 that would have required 30 minutes recess daily for elementary children was tabled.
HB30 Public School Ventilation Act was carried over to consider amendment. NMSBA and NMCEL/NMSSA opposed the bill as presented due to funding concerns long term and short term.
Late Friday, HB 130 which sets the school year at 1140 hours (the LESC recommendation) passed the House Judiciary Committee unanimously after a large contingent of Superintendents stood in support of the bill. It now moves to House Appropriations and Finance ……
SB108 which provides a .25 index in the SEG passed the Senate Education Committee unanimously. SB109 Education Freedom Accounts was tabled.
House Education tabled HB 85 which would have broken up Albuquerque was tabled 8-5. HB 108 Transfer of student from low performing schools to high performing schools was tabled 9-2. HB 107 Repeal of opportunity scholarship was rolled over. HB 102 Public School Healthcare Contribution passed 10-2.
HB 126 School Graduation Requirements and HB 127 Education Assistant Salary Increase will each be heard this afternoon in House Commerce and Economic Development Committee.
SB 4, Healthy Universal Meals, Senator Padilla will be considered Monday morning, January 30, in Senate Education in a Committee Substitute Form. Significant work was completed since the original hearing last Wednesday that was considerate of our concerns regarding certain provisions of the bill.
Mariana Padilla, Governor’s Advisor for Children’s Issues will serve as the Interim Secretary for Education. Superintendents will meet with her at 10:30 am on Tuesday, January 31 in Mabry Hall.