New Mexico Administrative Code

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July 30, 1999, unless a later date is cited in the history at the end of a section.

This rule is adopted by the "PED" for the purpose of establishing the New Mexico teacher assessments ("NMTA") as the primary acceptable examination for educator licensure in New Mexico. Although the PED adopts the New Mexico teacher assessments as the successor examination to the…

A. "NMCKA" means the New Mexico content knowledge assessments, which are the teacher-tests approved by the PED which individuals must take and pass in order to receive endorsements on an initial license or as an option to add endorsements to an existing license in language arts, …

The NMTA consists of two generic categories of assessments. The first category is the basic skills and competency assessments identified at Subsection A of 6.60.5.8 NMAC below. The second category is the content knowledge assessments ("CKA"), sometimes called content tests, ident…

Consistent with Title I, Section 1119 (a) (2) and Title IX, Section 9101 (23) (A) (ii) of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), which requires that all teachers of the core academic subjects be highly qualified by the end of the 2005-2006 school year, the PED will not issue one ye…

Public Education Department, hereinafter the department.

A. A person holding a level 1 teaching license and seeking a level 2 teaching license shall meet the following requirements: (1) submission of a completed application for continuing licensure to the department; (2) submission of verification to the department that the applicant h…

A. The provisions of this paragraph shall apply to an individual holding a level 1, level 2, or level 3-A teaching license who, in exigent circumstance, is unable to secure verification of the required competencies for licensure renewal. As used in this paragraph, "exigent circum…

A. Absent the exceptions provided in Paragraphs (2) and (3) of Subsection A of 6.60.6.11 NMAC, a level 1 teaching license shall not be renewed and shall be deemed to have lapsed upon the date of expiration, immediately terminating authorization to work as a teacher in New Mexico …

Individuals holding New Mexico licensure who are seeking continuing licensure.

Sections 9-24-8, 22-2-1, 22-2-2, 22-2-8.1, and 22-10A-3 NMSA 1978.

Permanent.

January 18, 2023, unless a later date is cited at the end of a section.

This rule establishes the requirements for individuals holding New Mexico licensure who are seeking continuing licensure.

A. "Advancement program level I - level II" or "APLI-II" means a series of five microcredentials, aligned with the department-approved educator evaluation system, that a teacher with a level 1 teaching license shall successfully complete and demonstrate mastery in before progress…

A. A teacher holding a level 1 teaching license and seeking a level 2 teaching license shall meet the following requirements:(1) completion of three full school years of teaching experience as the teacher of record holding a level 1 teaching license with successful annual evaluat…

Public Education Department, hereinafter the department.

A. An application fee shall not be charged for any of the following applications: (1) application for name change; (2) application for address change; (3) application for replacing lost or misplaced licenses; and (4) applicants with an alternative license who meet the requirement…

A. An indigence determination shall be made according to the following process: (1) The request for indigence: (a) shall be made on a form approved by the department; (b) shall include any supporting documentation and be submitted to the department within five business days of an…

Individuals submitting initial and renewal applications for educational licensure and adding endorsements.

Sections 9-24-8, 22-2-1, 22-2-2, 22-8-44, and 22-10A-3 NMSA 1978.

Permanent.

August 13, 2019, unless a later date is specified in rule or a later date is cited in the history note at the end of the section.

This rule establishes requirements for the payment of fees that apply to initial and renewal applications for educational licensure and additional endorsements.

A. "Applicant" means a person who has submitted or intends to submit an application to the department. B. "Application" means a formal written or online request, on a department-approved form, to the department for issuance of a department license, license renewal, license contin…

A. An applicant shall remit an application fee to the department for each application submitted unless multiple licensure applications are submitted simultaneously. B. Should multiple licensure applications be submitted simultaneously, the following shall apply: (1) only a single…

A. Initial licensure applications. Applicants for initial licensure shall pay an application fee of one hundred fifty dollars ($150) unless another application fee is specified below: (1) applicants for initial licensure as an educational assistant shall pay an application fee of…

Public Education Department

All persons applying for initial standard, alternative or substitute licensure.

Sections 22-2-1, 22-2-2, 22-10A-5 NMSA 1978.

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June 15, 1998, unless a later date is cited in the history note at the end of a section.

This rule establishes the requirements for background checks on all initial applicants for licensure and for sharing information from employment background checks between school districts and the New Mexico public education department ("PED").

"Criminal history" means convictions of felonies or misdemeanors of moral turpitude, or other information concerning a person's arrests, indictments, other formal criminal charges and any dispositions arising therefrom, including convictions, dismissals, acquittals, sentencing, a…

A. An applicant for initial educator licensure shall be fingerprinted using fingerprint cards supplied by the PED or the equivalent electronic fingerprints. The applicant will submit the two completed fingerprint cards or equivalent electronic fingerprints to the PED either prior…

A. The PED will not issue an educator license until the applicant's background check has been successfully completed. B. An applicant will be notified of any information in the background check reports that could result in licensure denial, suspension, or revocation prior to the …

Public Education Department

The PED finds that adherence to this code of ethical responsibility has a significant bearing on licensed personnel's competence, turpitude or the proper performance of their duties. It makes the same finding for any other person providing instructional or education-related servi…

The PED shall adopt measures to ensure that this code of ethical responsibility receives the widest possible dissemination to all persons falling within its scope. Such measures include but are not limited to: A. providing information about the code of ethical responsibility dire…

It is the duty of each school superintendent or charter school administrator to provide prompt written notification to the director of the educator ethics bureau after taking final action to discharge or terminate the employment, based in whole or in part on a violation of the st…

All licensed personnel. The New Mexico public education department (PED) hereby sets minimal standards of accepted ethical behavior and professional conduct in education that are applicable to all licensed school personnel, instructional personnel under contract, including any ot…

Sections 22-2-1 B, 22-2-2 J and 22-10A-31 NMSA 1978.

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April 30, 2001, unless a later date is specified at the end of a section.

The PED seeks to make ethical values and ethical leadership an integral part of the day to day activities of schools, and holds all persons within the scope of this rule accountable for adhering to minimal standards of accepted professional conduct and ethical behavior. The PED a…

"Ethical misconduct' means behavior or conduct engaged in by a licensed or certified school employee that violates the minimal standards of accepted ethical behavior and professional conduct listed in the standards of professional conduct section of this rule, or that constitutes…

We, professional educators of New Mexico, affirm our belief in the worth and dignity of humanity. We recognize the supreme importance of the pursuit of truth, the encouragement of scholarship, and the promotion of democratic citizenship. We regard as essential to these goals the …

A. Preamble (1) We, licensed New Mexico educators acknowledge that ethical values in our schools cannot exist without ethical leadership. It is our ultimate goal to educate children so that they may become productive citizens; we understand that our guidance and ability to provid…