New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 6 - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Chapter 2 - PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT - COMMISSIONS AND ADVISORY BOARDS
Part 8 - OPERATIONAL BYLAWS OF THE PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES AND STANDARDS COUNCIL
Section 6.2.8.13 - MEETINGS

Universal Citation: 6 NM Admin Code 6.2.8.13

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024

A. Time and frequency: The full PPSC shall meet at the call of the chairperson or at the request of the secretary. Subcommittees shall meet as needed at the call of the chairperson of each subcommittee in collaboration with department staff. Notification of meetings will be given in accordance with the PPSC's open meeting policy pursuant to the Open Meeting Act, Section 10-15-1 et sq. NMSA 1978 but at least 10 days prior to the day of the meeting. Eleven members shall constitute a quorum of the entire PPSC. Three members shall constitute a quorum of the subcommittees.

B. Rules and procedures: Meetings of the PPSC, subcommittees, and task forces shall be governed by the following rules.

(1) The chairperson and vice-chair or designee in their absence shall preside at all meetings.

(2) The presiding officer shall neither introduce nor second a motion.

(3) A motion shall require a simple majority of those present to pass.

(4) A motion shall be in order as long as no previous motion is on the floor.

(5) Minutes shall be taken at all open sessions of the PPSC and subcommittees. The minutes shall be made available to public inspection.

(6) The PPSC may develop rules of procedure consistent with the provisions of this rule.

C. Council agenda

(1) An agenda will be formulated by the chairperson and will be distributed to members of the PPSC at least ten days prior to the meeting.

(2) Any member of the PPSC or its subcommittees may submit an item for the agenda through the chairperson. Items for discussion may be added to or deleted from the agenda at the beginning of a meeting by concurrence of a majority of the PPSC or its subcommittees. Interested parties, other than PPSC members, asking for the inclusion of an agenda item must present the item in writing.

D. Announcement of meetings

(1) The chairperson of the PPSC or any of its subcommittees will provide reasonable notice to the public, school districts, and appropriate professional associations of items pending before the PPSC.

(2) All meetings of the PPSC or subcommittees shall be open, except those in which personnel or ethics cases will be discussed.

E. Absences: A member who is unable to attend a PPSC or subcommittee meeting may not send an alternate or proxy. The PPSC may recommend to the secretary that a member who has two or more absences during a calendar year be replaced.

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