New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 6 - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Chapter 62 - SCHOOL PERSONNEL - LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMINISTRATORS
Part 2 - LICENSURE FOR EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION, GRADES PRE K-12
Section 6.62.2.7 - DEFINITIONS

"Full school year" means a minimum of 160 instructional days in a school year or 480 instructional days or equivalent number of days in schools or school districts on alternative schedules over multiple school years of full-time or part-time teaching during which the teacher is the teacher of record or serves as an instructional coach or resource teacher in at least one class each school year while holding a standard teaching license. An equivalent number of instructional hours may be accepted for those teachers who do not teach every day. Instructional days may include teaching in summer school or similar educational setting.