New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 6 - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Chapter 80 - ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION - CHARTER SCHOOLS
Part 5 - CHARTER SCHOOL GOVERNING BODY TRAINING REQUIREMENTS
Section 6.80.5.9 - MANDATORY GOVERNING BODY TRAINING COURSE CONTINUING GOVERNING BODY MEMBERS

Universal Citation: 6 NM Admin Code 6.80.5.9

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

A. Unless exempted from specific hourly training requirements as described below, each governing body member continuing to serve on a governing body beyond the end of their first fiscal year of service shall annually complete a governing body training course that consists of, at a minimum, eight hours of governing body training provided by approved providers. The department shall provide guidance that identifies specific standards within each area; however, applicants may identify additional standards within each area to address the needs of individual governing bodies and governing body members. The continuing governing body training shall include:

(1) one hour of training on public official/charter school governing body ethics and responsibilities;

(2) three hours of training on charter school fiscal requirements;

(3) two hours of training on understanding and evaluating academic data;

(4) one hour of training on open government, legal, and organizational performance requirements and

(5) one hour of training on equity and culturally and linguistically responsive practices.

B. Governing body members who have served on a governing body beyond the end of their first fiscal year of their service may be exempted from specific hourly training requirements based on the school's fiscal performance.

(1) For any school that has received an unmodified annual audit in each of the past three years with no material weaknesses, no multi-year repeat findings, no significant deficiencies, and that has received no more than two compliance findings in the current year, the school's governing body member shall be exempted from one of the two hours of required training relating to charter school fiscal requirements.

(2) The department shall annually identify the schools that are eligible, under the criteria established above, to claim an exemption for their governing body members.

C. The mandatory governing body training course shall be completed in one or multiple sessions during the fiscal year.

D. The mandatory governing body training course may not consist of any of the same governing body training that was completed by the governing body member in any of the prior years of the same contract term as long as additional governing body training is available.

E. Annually, the governing body training in each of the areas identified above shall be related to specific areas of growth within each area for individual governing bodies or governing body members based on the annual governing body evaluation.

F. If a governing body member who is no longer in the first fiscal year of his or her service on the governing body resigns his or her term prior to the end of the fiscal year, the hours required for that fiscal year shall be prorated based on the number of full and partial months during which the governing body member served and rounded to the nearest full hour.

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