As used in the Grow Your Own Teachers Act:
A. "department" means the higher education department;
B. "public school" includes constitutional special schools and state institutions and state agencies that educate children;
C. "school employee" means a resident of New Mexico who is authorized to work in the United States and who has been employed by a public school in a position that works directly with students for at least two years and is in good standing with the school district and who is enrolled in or accepted by an undergraduate teacher preparation program at a regionally accredited public post-secondary educational institution in New Mexico; and
D. "teacher preparation program" means a program that has been formally approved as meeting the requirements of the public education department and that leads to level one teacher licensure, including a program in a two-year post-secondary educational institution that meets the requirements for a teacher education transfer module established pursuant to Subsection C of Section 21-1B-4 NMSA 1978.
History: Laws 2019, ch. 230, § 2; 2021, ch. 11, § 1.
The 2021 amendment, effective July 1, 2021, defined "school employee", removed the definition of "educational assistant", and revised the definition of "public school" as used in the Grow Your Own Teachers Act; deleted former Subsection B, which defined "educational assistant", and redesignated former Subsection C as new Subsection B; in Subsection B, after "educate children", deleted "and employ educational assistants"; and added a new Subsection C.
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 21 - State and Private Education Institutions
Article 21P - Grow Your Own Teachers
Section 21-21P-1 - Short title.
Section 21-21P-2 - Definitions.
Section 21-21P-3 - Fund created; method of payment.
Section 21-21P-4 - School employees; teacher preparation; professional leave.
Section 21-21P-5 - Conditions for eligibility.
Section 21-21P-6 - Scholarship authorized; administration; preference in scholarship awards.