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AN ACT
RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS; REQUIRING EACH LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD
AND GOVERNING BODY OF A CHARTER SCHOOL TO DEVELOP OR ADOPT
GUIDANCE FOR STUDENT WATER SAFETY; REQUIRING THAT WATER
SAFETY GUIDANCE BE PROVIDED TO PARENTS OF EACH STUDENT AT THE
BEGINNING OF EACH SCHOOL YEAR.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. A new section of the Public School Code is
enacted to read:
"PARENTAL GUIDANCE FOR WATER SAFETY.--
A. Each local school board and governing body of a
charter school shall develop or adopt digital or written
guidance for parents that promotes student safety in, on and
around bodies of water and water infrastructure, including
information about local options for age-appropriate swimming
lessons and other water safety courses.
B. Beginning in the 2025-2026 school year, all
public schools shall provide the parents of each student with
the guidance developed pursuant to Subsection A of this
section upon the student's enrollment at a public school or no
later than the tenth school day of a school year. The
guidance may be conspicuously incorporated into a district-
wide or school-specific handbook published for parents and
students; provided that the public school receives written HB 532
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acknowledgment of a parent's receipt of the handbook."