HB 20 — GROW YOUR OWN TEACHERS ACT

or t e w d m a n o d m :

b r e t º o t n = .212470.2 s k m e - 4 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d (3) cancels a contract between a loan recipient and the department pursuant to Section 8 of the Grow Your Own Teachers Act.

D.

The loan shall be evidenced by a contract between the loan recipient and the department acting on behalf of the state.

The contract shall provide for the payment by the state of a stated sum covering the costs of the teacher preparation program and shall be conditioned on the repayment of the loan to the state over a period specified in the Grow Your Own Teachers Act after the completion of the teacher preparation program.

E.

The loan recipient is required to maintain a 3.0 grade point average on a 4.0 grade point system.

F.

A loan made to a recipient who fails to complete a teacher preparation program shall become due immediately upon termination of the teacher preparation program.

The h department, in consultation with the public education u » r t h department and the loan recipient, shall establish terms of g e l i repayment, alternate service or cancellation.

h r i s G.

The contract shall provide that the department h , e h t u g shall forgive a portion of the loan for each year that the loan e b l e e , gh recipient practices as a licensed teacher in a public school in n d d i = = o h l ] b ,d New Mexico.

The loan shall be forgiven as follows:

i a º r e r = (1) loan terms of one year shall require one t e w d m a n o d m :

b r e t º o t n = .212470.2 s k m e - 5 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d year of practice.

Upon completion of service, one hundred percent of the loan shall be forgiven;

(2) loan terms of two years shall require one year of practice for each year of the loan.

Upon completion of the first year of service, fifty percent of the loan shall be forgiven.

Upon completion of the second year of service, the remainder of the loan shall be forgiven;

(3) for loan terms of three years, forty percent of the loan shall be forgiven upon completion of the first year of service, thirty percent of the loan shall be forgiven upon completion of the second year of service and the remainder of the loan shall be forgiven upon completion of the third year of service;

and (4) for loan terms of four years, twenty-five percent of the loan shall be forgiven upon completion of each year of service, and upon completion of the fourth year of h service, the loan shall be forgiven.

u » r t h H.

A loan recipient shall serve a complete school g e l i year in order to receive credit for that year.

The minimum h r i s credit for a year shall be established by the department.

h , e h t u g I.

If a loan recipient completes a teacher e b l e e , gh preparation program and does not serve in a New Mexico public n d d i = = o h l ] b ,d school, the department shall assess a penalty of up to three i a º r e r = times the principal due, plus eighteen percent interest, unless t e w d m a n o d m :

b r e t º o t n = .212470.2 s k m e - 6 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d the department finds acceptable extenuating circumstances that prevent the loan recipient from serving.

If the department does not find acceptable extenuating circumstances for the loan recipient's failure to carry out the loan recipient's declared intent to serve, the department shall require immediate repayment of the loan plus the amount of any interest and penalty assessed pursuant to this section.

J.

The department shall adopt and promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this section.

The rules may provide for the repayment of loans in annual or other periodic installments.»SEC SECºSECTION 6.

[NEW MATERIAL] CONTRACTS--LEGAL ASSISTANCE--ENFORCEMENT.--The general form of the contract shall be prepared and approved by the attorney general and signed by the loan recipient and the secretary of higher education or the secretary's designated representative on h behalf of the state.

The department is vested with full and u » r t h complete authority and power to sue in its own name for any g e l i balance due the state from a loan recipient on a contract.»SEC h r i s SECTION SECº7.

3.»SEC [NEW MATERIAL] FUND CREATED--METHOD h , e h t u g OF PAYMENT.--The "grow your own teachers fund" is created in e b l e e , gh the state treasury.

SECº Money appropriated for loans pursuant n d d i = = o h to the Grow Your Own Teachers Act;

earnings from investment of l ] b ,d i a º r e r = the fund;

gifts, grants and donations to the fund;

and all t e w d m a n o d m :

b r e t º o t n = .212470.2 s k m e - 7 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d payments of principal and interest on loans made pursuant to that act shall be deposited in the fund.»SEC SECºThe fund consists of money appropriated for scholarships pursuant to the Grow Your Own Teachers Act, earnings from investment of the fund, gifts, grants and donations to the fund.»SEC Money in the fund shall not revert at the end of a fiscal year.

SECº SECTION 8.4.

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b r e t º o t n = .212470.2 s k m e - 8 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d "»SEC SECºSECTION 4.»SEC [NEW MATERIAL] EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANTS--TEACHER PREPARATION--PROFESSIONAL LEAVE.-- A.

An educational assistant who wants to become a teacher may petition the public school in which the educational assistant is employed to grant professional leave for college classes, examinations and practice teaching, as needed.

The public school shall grant professional leave if the educational assistant is a recipient of a SECº loan scholarship»SEC pursuant to the Grow Your Own Teachers Act.

If an educational assistant who is accepted into or enrolled in a teacher preparation program offered by a regionally accredited public post-secondary educational institution in New Mexico does not live within a reasonable distance of the public post-secondary educational institution's campus, the public school shall allow the educational assistant to use the distance education resources of the school district h to take classes.

SECºSECTION "»SEC u » r SECºSECTION 5.

[NEW MATERIAL] CONDITIONS FOR t h g e l i ELIGIBILITY.--A scholarship may be awarded to an educational h r i s assistant who:

h , e h A.

has not earned appropriate educational t u g e b l e e , gh credentials to be licensed as a teacher by the public education n d d i = = o h department;

l ] b ,d i a º r B.

has demonstrated financial need consistent with e r = t e w d m a n o the criteria promulgated by the department;

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b r e t º o t n = .212470.2 s k m e - 9 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d C.

[NEW MATERIAL] SCHOLARSHIP AUTHORIZED--AUTHORIZED--ADMINISTRATION-- ADMINISTRATION--PREFERENCEPREFERENCE IN SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS.-- HB 20/a Page 3 A.

The department shall allocate money to public post-secondary educational institutions based on a student need formula calculated according to income reported on the free application for federal student aid and on the number of students enrolled in each public education department-approveddepartment- happroved teacher preparation program at a New Mexico public post-post-secondary u » r t h secondary educational institution.

g e l i D.

Public post-secondary educational institutions h r i s shall make awards to qualifying eligible students based on h , e h t u g financial need in an amount not to exceed six thousand dollars e b l e e , gh ($6,000) per year for not more than five years as determined by n d d i = = o h l ] b ,d rule of the department.

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b r e t º o t n = .212470.2 s k m e - 10 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d E.

[NEW MATERIAL] DURATION OF SCHOLARSHIP.--Each scholarship HB 20/a Page 4 is for a period of one semester.

[NEW MATERIAL] TERMINATION OF SCHOLARSHIP.--A scholarship is terminated upon occurrence of one or more of the following:

the educational assistant withdraws from the h public post-secondary educational institution or from the u » r t h teacher preparation program, or the educational assistant fails g e l i to remain at least a half-time student;

h r i s B.

the educational assistant fails to achieve h , e h t u g satisfactory academic progress;

or e b l e e , gh C.

the educational assistant is in substantial n d d i = = o h l ] b ,d noncompliance with the Grow Your Own Teachers Act or the rules i a º r e r = promulgated pursuant to that act.»SECact. t e w d m a n o d m :

b r e t º o t n = .212470.2 s k m e - 11 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d SECTION SECº11.9.

9.»SEC TEMPORARY PROVISION--HIGHER EDUCATION DEPARTMENT RULES--CONSULTATION WITH PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANTS--PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO REPORT FINDINGS TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS.-- A.

At any time before releasing proposed initial rules for the Grow Your Own Teachers Act, the higher education department shall consult with the public education department, and the two departments shall convene or survey a HB 20/a Page 5 geographically representative sample of educational assistants who want to pursue higher education and teachers who began their education careers as educational assistants to hear problems and concerns based on their experiences, challenges and expectations in pursuing higher education in general and teacher licensure in particular.

h B.

The public education department shall report the u » r findings from the consultation or survey of educational t h g e l i assistants and teachers who began their career as educational h r i s assistants to all educational assistants in school districts, h , e h charter schools, constitutional special schools, state t u g e b l e e , gh institutions and state agencies that employ educational n d d i = = o h assistants and shall include copies of the Grow Your Own l ] b ,d i a º r Teachers Act and the proposed rules.

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APPROPRIATION.--Two million five d m :

b r e t º o t n = .212470.2 s k m e - 12 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the grow your own teachers fund for expenditure in fiscal year 2020 and subsequent fiscal years to carry out the purpose of the fund.

Any unencumbered or unexpended balance remaining at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund.»HAFC - 13 - » g o » r h t i k l i g t h s , e h t l i w l b l e e , g n d l h = = b , a l º d i a r e r = , a t e d m a n o d m :

b r e t º o t n = .212470.2 s k em e e a n e d r e l u [ A d