HB 126 — SCHOOL GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

(5) one unit in physical education;

(6) one unit in communication skills or business education, with a major emphasis on writing and speaking and that may include a language other than English;

h (7) one-half unit in New Mexico history for g o t hr students entering the ninth grade beginning in the 2005-2006 g e i k school year;

and h r i s (8) nine elective units and seven and one-half h , t, elective units for students entering the ninth grade in the e u g e b l e e h 2005-2006 school year that meet department content and n d d i = = o h performance standards.

Student service learning shall be l ] b ,d i a º e offered as an elective.

Financial literacy shall be offered as r i = r t e w d m a n o an elective.

Pre-apprenticeship programs may be offered as d m :

b e d s º o t n = .223421.4AIC February 22, 2023 (2:23pm) s k m e - 5 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d electives.

Media literacy may be offered as an elective.

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]The J.department shall establish a procedure for students to be awarded credit through completion of specified career technical education for certain graduation requirements, and districts may choose to allow students who successfully complete an industry-recognized credential, certificate or degree to receive additional weight in the calculation of the student's grade point average.

TheK. department shall establish a procedure for students to be awarded credit through completion of specified career technical education [courses ] for certain graduation requirements, and districts may choose to allow students who successfully complete an industry-recognized credential, certificate or degree to receive additional weight in the calculation of the student's grade point average.

[J.Successful completion of the requirements of the New Mexico diploma of excellence shall be required for graduation for students entering the ninth grade beginning in the 2009-2010 school year.

]Successful K.completion of a HB 126/a Page 4 minimum of twenty-four units aligned to the state academic content and performance standards shall be required to earn a New Mexico diploma of excellence.

Successful completion of the requirements of the New Mexico diploma of excellence shall be required for h graduation for students entering the ninth grade beginning in g o t hr the 2009-2010 school year.

Successful completion of a minimum g e i k of twenty-four units aligned to the state academic content and h r i s performance standards shall be required to earn a New Mexico h , t, diploma of excellence.

e u g e b l e e h (1) four units in English, with major emphasis n d d i = = o h on grammar, nonfiction writing and literature;

provided that l ] b ,d i a º e department-approved work-based training or career and technical reducation icourses =that rmeet tstate eEnglish wacademic dcontent mperformance astandards nshall oqualify educationas coursesone thatof meetthe statefour required English academicunits; content d m :

b e d s º o t n = .223421.4AIC February 22, 2023 (2:23pm) s k m e - 6 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d performance standards shall qualify as one of the four required English units;

and provided that a financial literacy course or department-approved work-work-based based training or career and technical education course that meets state mathematics academic content and performance standards shall qualify as one of the four required mathematics units;

provided that department-approveddepartment- approved work-based training or career and technical education courses that meet state science academic content and performance standards shall qualify as one of the three required science h units;

uHB »126/a rPage 5 (4) three and one-half units in social t h g e l i science, which shall include United States history and h r i s geography, world history and geography, government and h , e h economics and one-half unit of New Mexico history;

t u g e b l e e , gh (5) one unit in physical education, as n d d i = = o h determined by each school district or charter schoolschool, , which may l ] b ,d i a º r include a physical education program that meets state content eand rperformance =standards tor eparticipation win dmarching mband, ajunior nreserve oofficers' andtraining performancecorps standards or participationinterscholastic insports marchingsanctioned band,by dthe mNew :Mexico activities association or any other co-curricular physical activity;

b r e t º o t n = .223421.4AIC February 22, 2023 (2:23pm) s k m e - 7 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d junior reserve officers' training corps or interscholastic sports sanctioned by the New Mexico activities association or any other co-curricular physical activity;

Pre-Pre-apprenticeship apprenticeship programs may be offered as electives.

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Health education may be requiredHB h126/a Page 6 required in either middle school or high school, as determined by the g o t hr school district or charter schoolschool. .

[Each school district shall g e i k submit to the department by the beginning of the 2011-2012 h r i s school year a health education implementation plan for the h , t, 2012-2013 and subsequent school years, including in which grade e u g e b l e e h health education will be required and how the course aligns n d d i = = o h with department content and performance standards.] Health l ] b ,d i a º e education courses shall include:

r(1) iage-appropriate =sexual rabuse tand eassault wawareness dand mprevention atraining nthat omeets (1)department age-appropriatestandards sexualdeveloped abusein consultation with the federal centers for disease control and assaultprevention dthat mare :based on evidence-based methods that have proven to be effective;

b e d s º o t n = .223421.4AIC February 22, 2023 (2:23pm) s k m e - 8 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d awareness and prevention training that meets department standards developed in consultation with the federal centers for disease control and prevention that are based on evidence- based methods that have proven to be effective;

and 2) any qualified persons volunteering to provide training at no cost to the school district or charter h school that the school district or charter school determines to g o t hr be eligible to offer instruction pursuant to this paragraph;

g e i k and h r i s (b) approval of training and h , t, instructional materials related to the training established eHB u126/a gPage e7 b l e e h pursuant to this paragraph in both English and Spanish.

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For students entering the ninth grade in l ] b ,d i a º e the 2017-2018 school year and subsequent school years:

r(1) ione =of rthe tunits ein wmathematics drequired mby aParagraph n(2) oof (1)Subsection oneK of this section may comprise a computer science course if taken after the unitsstudent demonstrates competence in mathematics requiredand dif mthe :course is not used to satisfy any part of the requirement set forth in Paragraph (3) of that subsection;

band e(2) done sof ºthe ounits tin nscience =required .223421.4AIC February 22, 2023 (2:23pm) s k m e - 9 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d by Paragraph (2)(3) of Subsection [J] K of this section may comprise a computer science course if taken after the student demonstrates competence in mathematicsscience and if the course is not used to satisfy any part of the requirement set forth in Paragraph (3)(2) of that subsection;subsection.

andN. (2) one of the units in science required by Paragraph (3) of Subsection [J ] K of this section may comprise a computer science course if taken after the student demonstrates competence in science and if the course is not used to satisfy any part of the requirement set forth in Paragraph (2) of that subsection.

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UntilBeginning Julywith 1,the 2010,2010-2011 school year, a student whoshall has not passedreceive a stateNew graduationMexico examinationdiploma of excellence if the student has not demonstrated competence in the subject areas of reading,mathematics, English,reading mathematics,and language arts, writing, sciencesocial studies and socialscience, hincluding sciencea shallsection noton receivethe constitution of the United States and the constitution of New Mexico, based on a highstandards-based schoolassessment diploma.or assessments or a portfolio of standards-based indicators HB 126/a Page 8 established by the department by rule.

The statestandards-based gassessments orequired tin hrSection graduation22-2C-4 examinationNMSA on1978 socialmay sciencealso shallserve includeas a g e i k section on the constitutionassessment ofrequired thefor Unitedhigh Statesschool andgraduation. the h r i s constitution of New Mexico.

If a student exits from the school h , t, system at the end of grade twelve without having passedsatisfied athe staterequirements eof uthis gsubsection, e b l e e h graduation examination, the student shall receive an n d d i = = o h appropriate state certificate indicating the number of credits l ] b ,d i a º e earned and the grade completed.

If within five years after a rstudent iexits =from rthe tschool esystem wthe dstudent msatisfies athe nrequirements oof studentthis exitssubsection, from the schoolstudent systemmay thereceive studenta takesNew andMexico ddiploma mof :excellence.

b e d s º o t n = .223421.4AIC February 22, 2023 (2:23pm) s k m e - 10 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d passes the state graduation examination, the student may receive a high school diploma.

Any student passing the state graduation examination and completing all other requirements within five years of entering ninth grade, including a final summer session if completed by August 1, may be counted by the school system in which the student is enrolled as a high school graduate for the year in which completion and examination occur.] O.

Beginning with the 2010-2011 school year, a student shall not receive a New Mexico diploma of excellence if the student has not demonstrated competence in the subject areas of mathematics, reading and language arts, writing, social studies and science, including a section on the constitution of the United States and the constitution of New Mexico, based on a standards-based assessment or assessments or a portfolio of standards-based indicators h established by the department by rule.

The standards-based u » r assessments required in Section 22-2C-4 NMSA 1978 may also t h g e l i serve as the assessment required for high school graduation.

h r i s If a student exits from the school system at the end of grade h , e h twelve without having satisfied the requirements of this t u g e b l e e , gh subsection, the student shall receive an appropriate state n d d i = = o h certificate indicating the number of credits earned and the l ] b ,d i a º r grade completed.

If within five years after a student exits e r = t e w d m a n o from the school system the student satisfies the requirements d m :

b r e t º o t n = .223421.4AIC February 22, 2023 (2:23pm) s k m e - 11 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d of this subsection, the student may receive a New Mexico diploma of excellence.

provided that department-approveddepartment- HB 126/a Page 9 approved work-based learning, career technical education or English h language development courses that meet state English or English u » r language development academic content and performance standards t h g e l i may qualify as required English units;

h r i s (2) four units in mathematics, two of which h , e h shall include a sequence of algebra 1 and geometry or another t u g e b l e e , gh integrated pathway of mathematics equivalent to algebra 1 and n d d i = = o h geometry;

provided that department-approved work-based learning l ] b ,d i a º r or career technical education courses that meet state e r = t e w d m a n o mathematics academic and performance standards may qualify as drequired mmathematics :units;

band rprovided efurther tthat ºalgebra oII tshall nbe =offered .223421.4AICas February 22, 2023 (2:23pm) s k m e - 12 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d required mathematics unitscourse; Hfl1º;

and provided further that algebra II shall be offered as a mathematics course»Hfl1 ;

provided that department-approveddepartment- approved work-based learning or career technical education courses that meet state science academic content and performance standards may qualify as required science units;

government and economics Hfl1ºandand personal financial literacy»Hfl1literacy, , which course content contains civics;

(5) one-half unit in physical education, as determined by the school district or charter school, which may include a physical education program that meets state HB 126/a Page 10 academic content and performance standards or participation in marching h band, junior reserve officers' training corps or u » r interscholastic sports sanctioned by the New Mexico activities t h g e l i association or any other co-curricular physical activity;

h r i s (6) one-half unit in health education;

h , e h (7) four elective units that meet department t u g e b l e e , gh academic content and performance standards and that must n d d i = = o h include a two-unit pathway concentration of the student's l ] b ,d i a º r choice in Hfl1ºworlda language»Hfl1 Hfl1ºa language other than eEnglish, rfine =arts, thealth, emilitary wcareer dpreparation, mcareer atechnical neducation, ocommunity English»Hfl1learning ,or finea arts,capstone health,course militaryor careerwork-based preparation,learning; d m :

b r e t º o t n = .223421.4AIC February 22, 2023 (2:23pm) s k m e - 13 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d career technical education, community learning or a capstone course or work-based learning Hfl1º;

and provided further that media literacy and pre-apprenticeship programs may be offered as electives»Hfl1electives; ;

If a high school student who has taken one or both units provided in Paragraph (8) of Subsection P of this section moves from one school district or charter school to another, the receiving school district or charter school HB 126/a Page 11 shall accept those earned units toward the student's graduation.

For students entering the ninth grade in the h 2024-2025 school year, one-half unit of health education is u » r required in high school.

Health education courses shall t h g e l i include:

h r i s (1) age-appropriate sexual abuse and assault h , e h awareness and prevention training that meets department t u g e b l e e , gh standards developed in consultation with the federal centers n d d i = = o h for disease control and prevention that are based on evidence-evidence-based l ] b ,d i a º r based methods that have proven to be effective;

and e(2) rlifesaving =skills ttraining ethat wfollows dnationally mrecognized aguidelines nfor ohands-on (2)psychomotor lifesaving skills trainingcardiopulmonary thatresuscitation followstraining. d m :

b r e t º o t n = .223421.4AIC February 22, 2023 (2:23pm) s k m e - 14 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d nationally recognized guidelines for hands-on psychomotor skills cardiopulmonary resuscitation training.

and 2) any qualified persons volunteering to provide training at no cost to the school district or charter school that the school district or charter school determines to be eligible to offer instruction HB 126/a Page 12 pursuant to this paragraph;

and (b) approval of training and instructional materials related to the training established h pursuant to this paragraph in both English and Spanish.

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Nothing in the minimum graduation requirements g e i k specified in Subsection P of this section affects:

h r i s (1) a school district's or charter school's h , t, authority to require more units for graduation than provided in e u g e b l e e h this section;

or n d d i = = o h (2) a student's opportunity to take advanced l ] b ,d i a º e placement or honors courses or distance learning courses r i = r t e w d m a n o offered by the public school or dual credit courses offered in dcooperation mwith :institutions of higher education.

b e d s º o t n = .223421.4AIC February 22, 2023 (2:23pm) s k m e - 15 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d cooperation with institutions of higher education.

(2) that outlines the core academic competencies and subjects that are key to graduates' post-highpost- high school success;

The rules shall include revisions to HB 126/a Page 13 expand course offerings so that students have access to a range of rigorous academic options and career technical education courses and to establish guidance for the development of graduate profiles.

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g o t hr (1) "capstone course" means a multifaceted g e i k academic and intellectual experience that may take a wide h r i s variety of forms and that culminates in a final product or h , t, performance and a presentation explaining how the final product e u g e b l e e h or performance explicates the chosen course to an evaluation n d d i = = o h panel convened by the public school to evaluate the quality of l ] b ,d i a º e the course and the final product or performance;

r(2) i"career =technical reducation" tmeans eorganized wprograms doffering m a nsequence oof [(1)]courses, (2)including "careertechnical [and]education technicaland education"applied dtechnology meducation, :that are directly related to the preparation of individuals for paid or unpaid employment in current or emerging occupations requiring an industry-recognized credential, certificate or degree;

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[(2)]HB (3)126/a "careerPage [and]14 technical(4) education"career course"cluster" means a coursegrouping withof contentoccupations thatin providesindustry technicalsectors knowledge,based skillson andrecognized competency-basedcommonalities applied learning and that alignsprovide withan educationalorganizing standardstool andfor expectationsdeveloping asinstruction definedwithin inthe rule;educational system;

[(3)](5) (4) "career cluster"pathways" means a groupingsub-grouping ofused occupationsas inan industryorganizing sectorstool basedfor oncurriculum recognizeddesign commonalitiesand instruction of occupations and career specialities that provideshare ana organizingset toolof forcommon developingknowledge instructionand withinskills thefor educationalcareer system;success;

[(4)](6) (5)"final "careernext-step pathways"plan" means a sub-next-step hplan groupingthat usedshows asthat anthe organizingstudent toolhas forcommitted curriculumor designintends andto gcommit oin tthe hrnear instructionfuture ofto occupationsa andfour-year careercollege specialitiesor thatuniversity, sharea two-year college, a gtrade eor ivocational kprogram, setan ofinternship commonor knowledgeapprenticeship, andmilitary skillsservice foror careera success;job;

h(7) r"graduate iprofile" s [(5)] (6) "final next-step plan" means a next-document h , t, step plan that showsa thatschool thedistrict student has committed or intendscharter eschool uuses g e b l e e h to commitspecify in the nearcognitive, futurepersonal toand ainterpersonal four-yearcompetencies collegethat orstudents nshould dhave dwhen ithey =graduate; = o h university, a two-year college, a trade or vocational program, l ] b ,d i a º e an internship or apprenticeship, military service or a job;

r(8) i"interim =next-step rplan" tmeans ean wannual dnext-step mplan ain nwhich othe (7)student "graduatespecifies profile"post-high- meansschool agoals documentand sets forth the coursework that awill dallow mthe :student to achieve those goals;

band e(9) d"next-step splan" ºmeans oan tannual npersonal =written .223421.4AICplan Februaryof 22,studies 2023developed (2:23pm)by sa kstudent min ea -public 17school -or eother astate-supported nschool eor dinstitution rHB e126/a lPage u15 [in Aconsultation dwith the student's parent and school districtcounselor or charterother school usesofficial tocharged specifywith thecoursework cognitive,planning personalfor andthe interpersonalstudent competencies that studentsincludes shouldone haveor whenmore theyof graduate;the following:

[(6)] (8) "interim next-step plan" means an annual next-step plan in which the student specifies post-high- school goals and sets forth the coursework that will allow the student to achieve those goals;

and [(7)] (9) "next-step plan" means an annual personal written plan of studies developed by a student in a public school or other state-supported school or institution in consultation with the student's parent and school counselor or other school official charged with coursework planning for the student that includes one or more of the following:

(b) dual-credit courses offered in h cooperation with an institution of higher education;

g o t hr (c) distance learning courses;

g e i k (d) [career-technical ] career technical h r i s courses;

and h , t, (e) pre-apprenticeship programs.

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]The W.secretary may establish a policy to provide for administrative interpretations to clarify curricular and testing provisions of the Public School Code." HB 126/a Page 16 25

The secretary may establish a policy to n d d i = = o h provide for administrative interpretations to clarify l ] b ,d i a º e curricular and testing provisions of the Public School Code." r i = r t e w d m a n o - 18 - d m :

b e d s º o t n = .223421.4AIC February 22, 2023 (2:23pm) s k m e e a n e d r e l u [ A d