SEC/SB 387
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AN ACT
RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS; CHANGING THE AMOUNT OF COMMUNITY
SCHOOL IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS; RENAMING THE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
FUND IN HONOR OF DR. JEANNIE OAKES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. Section 22-32-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2013,
Chapter 16, Section 4, as amended) is amended to read:
"22-32-4. COMMUNITY SCHOOLS INITIATIVES--INDIRECT
COSTS--GRANTS--SCHOOL DISTRICT, GROUP OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS OR
PUBLIC SCHOOL DUTIES--REQUIREMENTS.--
A. A school district shall bear any indirect costs
associated with the establishment and implementation of a
community school within the school district.
B. Subject to the availability of funding, grants
for community schools initiatives are available to a school
district, a group of public schools or a single public school
that has demonstrated partnerships with the local community
to establish, operate and sustain the community school
framework and that meets department eligibility requirements.
C. The department shall promulgate rules and
procedures to distribute funds through a competitive grant
program developed and designed in partnership with the
coalition for community schools.
D. Applications for grants for community schools SEC/SB 387
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initiatives shall be in the form prescribed by the department
to support a continuum of community school development.
E. A school district, a group of public schools or
a single public school that uses funds under this section to
transform a public school into an evidence-based community
schools initiative shall:
(1) use rigorous, transparent, equitable and
evidence-based evaluation systems to assess the effectiveness
of the implementation of the community schools initiative;
(2) provide ongoing, high-quality
professional development that:
(a) aligns with the community school's
instructional program;
(b) facilitates effective teaching and
learning; and
(c) supports the implementation of
school reform strategies; and
(3) give the community school sufficient
operational flexibility in programming, curriculum, staffing,
budgeting and scheduling so that the community school can
fully implement a comprehensive community school framework
designed to focus on improving the community school climate,
student academic achievement, attendance, behavior, family
engagement and, for high schools, graduation rates and
readiness for college or a career. SEC/SB 387
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F. If a grantee receives funding to implement the
community schools initiative at three or more public school
sites, the school district shall employ a community schools
director or manager to oversee and coordinate implementation
across all of the covered school sites and ensure the
employment of a community school coordinator by the lead
partner agency at each school site.
G. A school district or public school may use
Title 1 funds for its community schools initiative and the
department may use Title 1 funds to invest in community
schools statewide.
H. The department is authorized to provide
planning, implementation and renewal grants to eligible
applicants as follows:
(1) a one-year, one-time planning grant of
up to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for each eligible
public school to conduct an initial school and community
needs assessment, identify community supports and services
through asset mapping and establish a site-based leadership
team;
(2) annual implementation grants of up to
one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) each year for a
period of three years for each eligible school; and
(3) at the conclusion of the initial
three-year grant period, applicants may apply for a renewal SEC/SB 387
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grant for one year in an amount determined by the department.
I. Eligible applicants shall provide satisfactory
documentation required by the department that the applicant
intends to apply for an implementation grant within six
months of receiving a planning grant.
J. Eligible applicants shall submit an application
for an implementation or renewal grant to the department for
each eligible community school through the grant
authorization process."
SECTION 2. Section 22-32-8 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2019,
Chapter 198, Section 7) is amended to read:
"22-32-8. DR. JEANNIE OAKES MEMORIAL COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
FUND--CREATED--ACCOUNTABILITY.--
A. The "Dr. Jeannie Oakes memorial community
schools fund" is created as a nonreverting fund in the state
treasury. The fund consists of appropriations, gifts, grants
and donations. The department shall administer the fund, and
money in the fund is appropriated to the department to
distribute grant awards to support the development and
implementation of community schools initiatives.
B. The department shall ensure that the money
expended from the Dr. Jeannie Oakes memorial community
schools fund is used for the purposes stated in the Community
Schools Act and shall not be used to correct for previous
reductions in program services." SEC/SB 387
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SECTION 3. APPLICABILITY.--The provisions of this act
apply to the 2025-2026 school year and subsequent school
years.