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HOUSE BILL 422
57
TH LEGISLATURE
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STATE
OF
NEW
MEXICO
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FIRST SESSION
,
2025
INTRODUCED BY
Debra M. Sariñana and Joy Garratt and Yanira Gurrola
and Tanya Mirabal Moya and Brian G. Baca
AN ACT
RELATING TO TEACHER PREPARATION; INCREASING STIPENDS FOR
TEACHING RESIDENTS; PROVIDING HEALTH INSURANCE DURING
RESIDENCY; PROVIDING ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR PARTICIPATING
PUBLIC POST-SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND TRIBAL
COLLEGES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. Section 22-10B-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2020,
Chapter 25, Section 4, as amended) is amended to read:
"22-10B-4. TEACHER RESIDENCY PROGRAM COMPONENTS.--A
teacher residency program established pursuant to the Teacher
Residency Act shall include:
A. competitive admission requirements with multiple
criteria;
B. rigorous department-approved teacher preparation
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program coursework, which shall be offered while the teaching
resident undertakes a full academic year of guided
apprenticeship in the classroom of a level two or level three
teacher at the partner area school district or charter school;
C. a co-teaching approach to expose teaching
residents to a variety of teaching methods, philosophies and
classroom environments;
D. clear criteria for the selection of level two
and level three teachers based on measures of teacher
effectiveness and the appropriate subject area knowledge;
E. providing level two and level three teachers
with ongoing evidence-based training in coaching and mentoring
teaching residents and compensation for time and added
responsibility;
F. grouping teaching residents in cohorts to
facilitate professional collaboration among residents and
placing teaching residents in teaching schools or professional
development programs that are organized to support a high-
quality teacher learning experience in a supportive work
environment;
G. measures of appropriate progress through the
program;
H. a stipend of no less than [thirty-five thousand
dollars ($35,000) per year ] eighty percent of the minimum
salary for level 1 teachers for the school year for teaching
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residents and the employer contribution for the teaching
resident's health insurance through the public school insurance
authority;
I. a stipend of no less than two thousand dollars
($2,000) per year for level two and level three teachers
participating in the program;
J. a stipend of no less than two thousand dollars
($2,000) per year for principals or head administrators at the
partner school district or charter school;
K. funding of no less than fifty thousand dollars
($50,000) per year for teacher residency program coordinators
at each department-approved New Mexico teacher residency
program;
L. four thousand dollars ($4,000) for each faculty
person at a participating public post-secondary educational
institution or tribal college who provides co-teaching training
to residents and public school mentors;
M. five hundred dollars ($500) for each
participating public post-secondary educational institution or
tribal college for each student who is a teaching resident to
offset institutional costs associated with supervision of
teaching residents;
[L.] N. a post-completion commitment by teaching
residents to serve a minimum of three years at schools in the
sponsoring school district;
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[M.] O. an expectation of employment for the
teaching resident from the partner school district or charter
school;
[N.] P. support for teaching residents for not less
than one year following the resident's completion of the
program through the provision of mentoring, professional
development and networking opportunities; and
[O.] Q. demonstration of the integral role and
responsibilities of the partner area school district or charter
school in fulfilling the purpose of the program."
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