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SENATE BILL 201
57
TH LEGISLATURE
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STATE
OF
NEW
MEXICO
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FIRST SESSION
,
2025
INTRODUCED BY
Roberto "Bobby" J. Gonzales
FOR THE LEGISLATIVE FINANCE COMMITTEE
AN ACT
RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL FINANCE; CHANGING THE USE OF THE
PUBLIC EDUCATION REFORM FUND TO ALLOW FUNDING FOR REFORM
PROJECTS INCLUDED IN ACCOUNTABILITY AND EVALUATION PLANS
APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION;
REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION TO
CONSULT WITH THE LEGISLATIVE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND THE
LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION STUDY COMMITTEE PRIOR TO APPROVING
INSTRUCTIONS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND EVALUATION PLANS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. Section 22-8-12.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1978,
Chapter 128, Section 5, as amended) is amended to read:
"22-8-12.1. MEMBERSHIP PROJECTIONS AND BUDGET
REQUESTS.--
A. Each local school board or governing body of a
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state-chartered charter school shall submit annually, on or
before October 15, to the department:
(1) an estimate for the succeeding fiscal year
of:
(a) the membership of qualified students
to be enrolled in the basic program;
(b) the full-time-equivalent membership
of students to be enrolled in approved early childhood
education programs; and
(c) the membership of students to be
enrolled in approved special education programs;
(2) all other information necessary to
calculate program costs; and
(3) any other information related to the
financial needs of the school district or state-chartered
charter school as may be requested by the department.
B. All information requested pursuant to Subsection
A of this section shall be submitted on forms prescribed and
furnished by the department and shall comply with the
department's rules and procedures.
C. The department shall:
(1) review the financial needs of each school
district or state-chartered charter school for the succeeding
fiscal year; [and]
(2) submit annually, on or before [November
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30] September 1, to the [secretary] department of finance and
administration, the legislative finance committee and the
legislative education study committee the recommendations of
the department for:
(a) amendments to the public school
finance formula;
(b) appropriations for the succeeding
fiscal year to the public school fund [for inclusion in the
executive budget document; and ];
(c) appropriations for the succeeding
fiscal year for pupil transportation and instructional
materials; and
(d) appropriations for the succeeding
fiscal year for programs with accountability and evaluation
plans pursuant to Section 22-8-23.13 NMSA 1978 that demonstrate
causal evidence of improving approved performance measures
pursuant to Section 6-3A-8 NMSA 1978; and
(3) submit annually, on or before November 30,
to the department of finance and administration, the
legislative finance committee and the legislative education
study committee any adjustments to the recommendations of the
department for appropriations related to additional enrollment
growth program units pursuant to Section 22-8-23.1 NMSA 1978 ."
SECTION 2. Section 22-8-23.13 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2019,
Chapter 206, Section 19 and Laws 2019, Chapter 207, Section 19)
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is amended to read:
"22-8-23.13. PUBLIC EDUCATION REFORM FUND CREATED.--
A. The "public education reform fund" is created as
a nonreverting fund in the state treasury and consists of
appropriations; unspecified gifts, grants and donations to the
fund; and income from investment of the fund.
B. Subject to legislative appropriation, money in
the fund is appropriated to the department for the purposes of
implementing [evidence-based ] and evaluating public education
reforms and initiatives [related to high-quality teaching and
school leadership, extended learning opportunities for
students, educational interventions for at-risk students,
effective and efficient school administration or promoting
public education accountability ] affecting performance measures
approved pursuant to Section 6-3A-5 NMSA 1978.
C. The department of finance and administration,
after consultation with the legislative finance committee and
the legislative education study committee, shall approve
instructions for accountability and evaluation plans and shall
send the instructions on or before May 1 to the department.
The notification shall set forth the process for completing and
submitting accountability and evaluation plans and shall direct
the department to:
(1) identify the goals, objectives and
expected outputs and outcomes of the program receiving an
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appropriation from the public education reform fund;
(2) describe the specific activities of the
program and how those activities will achieve expected program
outcomes;
(3) provide a summary of whether the program
is evidence-based, research-based, promising or does not yet
have rigorous research on its effectiveness;
(4) provide a list of performance measures and
a monitoring plan to regularly assess program performance;
(5) provide a program evaluation plan to
assess the causal impact of the program on expected outcomes;
and
(6) provide a description of methods,
including planned statistical analysis, and the time line for
releasing performance and program evaluation results to the
department of finance and administration, the legislative
finance committee, the legislative education study committee
and the public.
D. The department shall submit an accountability
and evaluation plan for each program receiving an appropriation
from the public education reform fund to the department of
finance and administration, the legislative finance committee
and the legislative education study committee on or before June
15 of each year, and a final accountability and evaluation plan
shall be approved by the department of finance and
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administration, after consultation with the legislative finance
committee and the legislative education study committee, on or
before September 1 of the first year of the appropriation ."
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