Bill > HB143

This bill proposes several key changes to school board governance requirements in New Mexico: 1. It requires the Department of Education to provide quarterly reports to local school boards on student attendance and graduation data, educator workforce data, and other data the department deems necessary. 2. It allows the Secretary of Education to suspend individual local school board members, in addition to the entire local school board, if they fail to comply with procedures to address deficiencies identified by the department. 3. It mandates that the Department of Education develop a mandatory training course for local school board members covering laws, policies, finance, student achievement, and other relevant matters. 4. It requires local school boards to establish an annual evaluation process for local superintendents using guidelines and metrics from the Department of Education. 5. It mandates that local school board meetings be live-streamed and archived online for public access. 6. It requires the Department of Education to develop a standardized lease format for use by charter schools for new leases, amendments, and renewals. The bill aims to strengthen oversight, accountability, and transparency in school board governance and operations across New Mexico's public schools and charter schools.

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https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legtype=B&legno=143&year=23