H 199 INCREASE SCHOOL AT-RISK INDEX

Rep Brian Baca

Actions: [2] HEC/HAFC-HEC [4] DP-HAFC [13] DP/a [14] PASSED/H (60-1) [12] SFC-SFC- DP [17] PASSED/S (40-0)

Scheduled: Not Scheduled

 House Bill 199 (HB 199) amends several Public Education codes to increase the at-risk  index and the fine arts factor. It also increases the responsibility factors for principals and assistant principals.
 

 House Bill 199 (HB 199) amends several Public Education codes to increase the at-risk  index and the fine arts factor. It also increases the responsibility factors for principals and assistant principals.
SECTION 1 amends Public Schools At-Risk Program Units in Section 22-8-23.3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1997, Chapter 40, Section 7, as amended) to increase the at-risk calculation from the Three-Year Average Total Rate X 0.30 to 0.35

SECTION 2 amends Public Schools Fine Arts Education Program Units Section 22-8-23.5 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2003, Chapter 144, Section 3 and Laws 2003, Chapter 152, Section 8) to increase the cost differential factor to 0.055 for Fiscal Year 2024 and succeeding fiscal years.

SECTION 3 amends Public Schools Definitions as used in the School Personnel Act, Section 22-10A-2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2019, Chapter 238, Section 1, as amended by Laws 2021, Chapter 92, Section 1 and by Laws 2021, Chapter 94, Section 4) in Subsection M to increase the “responsibility factor to 1.25 for an elementary school principal; 1.45 for a middle school or junior high school principal; 1.65 for a high school principal; 1.15 for an assistant elementary school principal; 1.20 for an assistant middle school or assistant junior high school principal; and 1.30 for an assistant high school principal.

SECTION 4 makes this provision applicable to 2023-2024 school year and subsequent school years. 

 House Bill 199 (HB 199) is amended by the House Appropriations and Finance Committee (HAFC) in Section 1, Subsection A to change the calculation of the at risk index from “0.35” to “0.33”.