New Mexico 2025 Regular Session Status: Enacted 3 R cosponsors

HB 65 — INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS IN SCHOOL YEAR

Last action — Vetoed

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 10, 2025. Enacted.

Vetoed by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (Democratic) on March 22, 2025.

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Advancing 56% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 3 sponsors

    3 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (3 R).

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

94 added · 127 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent amendment to HB 65 clarifies that local school boards and charter school governing bodies are responsible for deciding the total number of instructional days per year and the number of days per week that students must attend school. This change gives more control to local authorities, allowing them to tailor school schedules to better meet the needs of their communities. This shift matters because it empowers local decision-making and can potentially lead to more effective educational practices that fit specific student demographics or community needs.

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HOUSE BILL 65 57TH LEGISLATURE -STATEOFNEWMEXICO- FIRST SESSION, 2025 INTRODUCED BY Gail Armstrong and Rebecca Dow and Pat Woods 6 8 10 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS;
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS;
e t 17 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
w l n d 18 SECTION 1.
SECTION 1.
Section 22-2-8.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1986, = = 19 a l Chapter 33, Section 2, as amended by Laws 2023, Chapter 19, i a e r 20 Section 1 and by Laws 2023, Chapter 84, Section 22) is amended a t m m 21 to read:
Section 22-2-8.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1986, Chapter 33, Section 2, as amended by Laws 2023, Chapter 19, Section 1 and by Laws 2023, Chapter 84, Section 22) is amended to read:
d r e 22 "22-2-8.1.
"22-2-8.1.
SCHOOL YEAR--LENGTH OF SCHOOL DAY--MINIMUM-- c e s k 23 LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD OR GOVERNING BODY OF A CHARTER SCHOOL e a n b 24 AUTHORITY.-- u [ A.
SCHOOL YEAR--LENGTH OF SCHOOL DAY--MINIMUM-- LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD OR GOVERNING BODY OF A CHARTER SCHOOL AUTHORITY.-- A.
Except as otherwise provided in this section, .229119.1 students shall be in school programs, exclusive of lunch, for a minimum of one thousand one hundred forty instructional hours per year, except half-day kindergarten, which shall have five hundred fifty instructional hours per year;
Except as otherwise provided in this section, students shall be in school programs, exclusive of lunch, for a minimum of one thousand one hundred forty instructional hours per year, except half-day kindergarten, which shall have five hundred fifty instructional hours per year;
B.
HB 65/ec Page 1 B.
(3) content that provides technical knowledge, e t 17 skills and competency-based applied learning;
(3) content that provides technical knowledge, skills and competency-based applied learning;
w l n d 18 (4) research- or evidence-based social, = = 19 a l emotional or academic interventions;
(4) research- or evidence-based social, emotional or academic interventions;
and i a e r 20 (5) instruction that occurs at the same time a t m m 21 breakfast is served or consumed in accordance with the d r e 22 breakfast after the bell program or federal requirements.
and (5) instruction that occurs at the same time breakfast is served or consumed in accordance with the breakfast after the bell program or federal requirements.
c e s k 23 C.
C.
Up to sixty instructional hours per school year e a n b 24 for elementary grades and thirty instructional hours for middle u [ and high school grades may be used for professional work hours, .229119.1 - 2 - which may be embedded during the course of a normal school day.
Up to sixty instructional hours per school year for elementary grades and thirty instructional hours for middle and high school grades may be used for professional work hours, which may be embedded during the course of a normal school day.
(2) educator training or professional development;
(2) educator training or professional HB 65/ec Page 2 development;
The secretary may waive the minimum length of school days in those school districts where such minimums would e t 17 create undue hardships as defined by the department as long as w l n d 18 the school year is adjusted to ensure that students in those = = 19 a l school districts receive the same total instructional time as i a e r 20 other students in the state.
The secretary may waive the minimum length of school days in those school districts where such minimums would create undue hardships as defined by the department as long as the school year is adjusted to ensure that students in those school districts receive the same total instructional time as other students in the state.
a t m m 21 F.
F.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this d r e 22 section, provided that instruction occurs simultaneously, time c e s k 23 when breakfast is served or consumed pursuant to a state or e a n b 24 federal program shall be deemed to be time in a school-directed u [ program and is part of the instructional day.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, provided that instruction occurs simultaneously, time when breakfast is served or consumed pursuant to a state or federal program shall be deemed to be time in a school- directed program and is part of the instructional day.
.229119.1 - 3 - G.
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EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately.
EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public peace, health and safety that this act take effect HB 65/ec Page 3 immediately.
- 4 - 10 12 14 16 e t 17 w l n d 18 = = 19 a l i a e r 20 a t m m 21 d r e 22 c e s k 23 e a n b 24 u [ .229119.1
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Action History

  1. Vetoed

  2. Veto Override Passed House

  3. passed Senate

  4. DO PASS committee report adopted

  5. Sent to Senate Education Committee

  6. passed House

  7. DO PASS committee report adopted

  8. DO PASS committee report adopted

  9. referred to House Education Committee & House Government, Elections and Indian Affairs Committee

  10. Sent to House Government, Elections and Indian Affairs Committee & House Education Committee

  11. Sent to House Pre-file

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3 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 109 not signed on

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Co-sponsors (0)

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Not signed on (109)

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Who sponsors HB 65?
HB 65 is sponsored by Pat Woods (Republican), Rebecca Dow (Republican), and Gail Armstrong (Republican).
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