Bill > HB119

This bill establishes new program units for licensed school employees who hold a bilingual endorsement, meaning they have received special certification to teach in more than one language. These units will be calculated and verified by the Public Education Department, ensuring that school districts and charter schools employ staff with this endorsement in approved bilingual multicultural education programs and provide them with a salary differential, which is an additional payment beyond their regular salary, equivalent to the value generated by these new program units. This change is being made to the Public School Finance Act, which outlines how funding for public schools is calculated, by adding "bilingual license endorsement" as a new category within the calculation of total program units, alongside existing categories like special education and at-risk students.

https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legtype=B&legno=119&year=26