HB 102 — NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION SCHOLARSHIP ACT

HOUSEAN BILLACT 102RELATING 54THTO LEGISLATURESCHOOL -PERSONNEL; STATEOFNEWMEXICO- SECOND SESSION , 2020 INTRODUCED BY G.

AndrésENACTING RomeroTHE ThisNATIONAL documentBOARD incorporatesCERTIFICATION amendmentsSCHOLARSHIP thatACT; have been adopted during the current legislative session.

The document is a tool to show the amendments in context and is not to be used for the purpose of amendments.

FOR THE LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION STUDY COMMITTEE AN ACT RELATING TO SCHOOL PERSONNEL;

ENACTING THE NATIONAL BOARD h CERTIFICATION SCHOLARSHIP ACT;

g o PROVIDING FOR APPLICANT QUALIFICATIONS;

CREATING A FUNDFUND. HAFCº ;

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hSECTION r1. i s h , t, BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

e u g e b l e e h SECTION 1.

A new section of the Public School Code is n d d i = = o h enacted to read:

l ] b ,d i a º e "[NEW MATERIAL ] SHORT TITLE.--This act may be cited as the r i = r t e w d m a n o "National Board Certification Scholarship Act"." d m :

b e d s º o t n = .216227.3AIC February 10, 2020 (9:04am) s k m e e a n e d r e l u [ A d SECTION 2.

"[NEW"SHORT MATERIAL]TITLE.--This DEFINITION.--Asact usedmay inbe cited as the National"National Board Certification Scholarship Act,Act"." "school principal" includes a charter school head administrator." SECTION 3.2.

"[NEW"DEFINITION.--As MATERIALused ]in SCHOLARSHIPthe PROGRAM--DEPARTMENTNational POWERSBoard ANDCertification DUTIES--QUALIFICATIONS--APPLICATIONS--PREFERENCES--REPORTS.--Scholarship A.Act, "school principal" includes a charter school head administrator." SECTION 3.

A new section of the Public School Code is enacted to read:

"SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM--DEPARTMENT POWERS AND DUTIES--QUALIFICATIONS--APPLICATIONS--PREFERENCES--REPORTS.-- A.

A scholarship shall be for no longer than three years, paid HB 102/a Page 1 annually upon notification that the teacher is still an active h participant in the certification process, unless the department g o t hr finds that exigent circumstances prevent the teacher from g e i k finishing the certification process within three years.

The h r i s department shall provide by rule what circumstances qualify as h , t, exigent circumstances.

e u g e b l e e h B.

A teacher is eligible to apply for a national n d d i = = o h board certification scholarship if the teacher:

l ] b ,d i a º e (1) is a New Mexico resident;

r i = r t e w d m a n o (2) holds a valid level two or higher teaching dlicense; m :

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The department shall provide an annual report HB 102/a Page 2 on the national board certification scholarship program to the h governor and the legislature, including the:

g o t hr (1) number of teachers who receive g e i k scholarships each year and the value of each scholarship;

h r i s (2) number of teachers who receive national h , t, board certification each year through the scholarship program;

e u g e b l e e h (3) length of time each teacher takes to n d d i = = o h receive certification;

l ] b ,d i a º e (4) educator evaluation rating for scholarship r i = r t e w d m a n o recipients during their first five years of teaching as board-board-certified dteachers; m :

b e d s º o t n = .216227.3AIC February 10, 2020 (9:04am) s k m e - 3 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d certified teachers;

"[NEW"FUND MATERIAL] FUND CREATED--METHOD OF PAYMENT.--The "national board certification scholarship fund" is created as a nonreverting fund in the state treasury.

Money in the HB 102/a Page 3 fund shall be expended solely for the purpose of awarding scholarships pursuant to the National Board Certification h Scholarship Act.

Payments from the fund shall be on warrant of g o t hr the secretary of finance and administration pursuant to g e i k vouchers signed by the secretary of public education or the h r i s secretary's authorized representative." hHB ,102/a t,Page HAFCºSECTION4 5.8 25

APPROPRIATION.--Five hundred thousand e u g e b l e e h dollars ($500,000) is appropriated from the public education n d d i = = o h reform fund to the national board certification scholarship l ] b ,d i a º e fund for expenditure in fiscal year 2021 to provide national r i = r t e w d m a n o board certification scholarships to successful applicants.

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