New Mexico Statutes
Article 10A - School Personnel
Section 22-10A-14 - Certificates of waiver.

A. If a local superintendent or governing authority of a state agency certifies to the department that an emergency exists in the hiring of a qualified person, the department may issue a certificate of teaching waiver or assignment waiver.
B. The department may issue a certificate of teaching waiver to a person who holds a baccalaureate degree but does not meet other requirements for licensure as a level one teacher. Certificates of teaching waivers are one-year waivers and may be renewed only if the holder provides satisfactory evidence of continued progress toward a level one license.
C. At the request of a local superintendent, the department may issue a certificate of assignment waiver to a licensed teacher who is assigned to teach outside the teacher's teaching endorsement area. A certificate of assignment waiver may be renewed each school year if the teacher provides satisfactory evidence of continued progress toward meeting the requirements for endorsement.
History: 1978 Comp., § 22-10A-14, enacted by Laws 2003, ch. 153, § 45; 2015, ch. 58, § 13.
The 2015 amendment, effective June 19, 2015, removed a provision relating to adequate yearly progress; in Subsection C, after "teach outside", deleted "his" and added "the teacher's"; and deleted Subsection D, which prohibited certain teachers from being assigned to schools that have not made adequate yearly progress for two consecutive years.

Structure New Mexico Statutes

New Mexico Statutes

Chapter 22 - Public Schools

Article 10A - School Personnel

Section 22-10A-1 - Short title.

Section 22-10A-2 - Definitions.

Section 22-10A-3 - License or certificate required; application fee; general duties.

Section 22-10A-4 - Teachers and school administrators; professional status; licensure levels; salary alignment.

Section 22-10A-5 - Background checks; known convictions; alleged ethical misconduct; reporting required; penalty for failure to report.

Section 22-10A-5.1 - Duty to report ethical misconduct; responsibility to investigate ethical misconduct; ethical misconduct report coordination.

Section 22-10A-5.2 - Applicants for school employment, contracts or volunteer positions; requirements for work history and other information.

Section 22-10A-6 - Educational requirements for licensure.

Section 22-10A-7 - Level one licensure.

Section 22-10A-8 - Alternative level one license.

Section 22-10A-8 - Alternative level one license. (Effective July 1, 2022.)

Section 22-10A-8.1 - Saving clause. (Effective July 1, 2022.)

Section 22-10A-9 - Teacher mentorship program for beginning teachers; purpose; department duties.

Section 22-10A-10 - Level two licensure.

Section 22-10A-11 - Level three licensure; tracks for teachers.

Section 22-10A-11.1 - Alternative level two or level three license.

Section 22-10A-11.2 - Deaf and hard-of-hearing teachers; alternative licensure assessment; saving provision.

Section 22-10A-11.3 - Level three-B provisional licensure for school principals.

Section 22-10A-11.4 - Level three-B administrator's license; tracks for school administrator licensure.

Section 22-10A-12 - Limited reciprocity.

Section 22-10A-12.1 - Expedited licensure; military service members, spouses and dependents; waiver of fees; veterans.

Section 22-10A-13 - Native American language and culture certificates.

Section 22-10A-14 - Certificates of waiver.

Section 22-10A-15 - Substitute teacher certificate.

Section 22-10A-16 - Parental notification.

Section 22-10A-17 - Instructional support provider licenses.

Section 22-10A-17.1 - Educational assistants; licensing framework; qualifications; minimum salaries.

Section 22-10A-17.2 - Alternative level three-B licensure; track for instructional support providers.

Section 22-10A-18 - School principals; duties.

Section 22-10A-19 - Teachers and school principals; accountability; evaluations; sick leave; professional development; peer intervention; mentoring.

Section 22-10A-19.1 - Professional development; systemic framework; requirements; department duties.

Section 22-10A-19.2 - Educator accountability report.

Section 22-10A-19.3 - Anti-racism and racial sensitivity training and professional development.

Section 22-10A-20 - Staffing patterns; class load; teaching load.

Section 22-10A-20.1 - Repealed.

Section 22-10A-21 - Licensed school employees; employment contracts; duration.

Section 22-10A-22 - Licensed school employees; notice of reemployment; termination.

Section 22-10A-23 - Licensed school employees; reemployment; acceptance; rejection; binding contract.

Section 22-10A-24 - Termination decisions; local school board; governing authority of a state agency; procedures.

Section 22-10A-25 - Appeals; independent arbitrator; qualifications; procedure; binding decision.

Section 22-10A-26 - Excepted from provisions.

Section 22-10A-27 - Discharge hearing; licensed school employees; procedures.

Section 22-10A-28 - Discharge appeals; licensed school employees; independent arbitrator; qualifications; procedure; binding decision.

Section 22-10A-29 - Compensation payments to discharged personnel.

Section 22-10A-30 - Supervision and correction procedures.

Section 22-10A-31 - Denial, suspension and revocation of licenses.

Section 22-10A-32 - School district personnel, school employees, school volunteers, contractors and contractors' employees; required training program.

Section 22-10A-33 - Repealed.

Section 22-10A-34 - Repealed.

Section 22-10A-35 - Local sabbatical leave program authorized.

Section 22-10A-36 - Approved program required for sabbatical leave.

Section 22-10A-37 - Minimum conditions for sabbatical leave.

Section 22-10A-38 - Pay for sabbatical leave.

Section 22-10A-39 - Noncertified school personnel; salaries.

Section 22-10A-40 - School security personnel; definitions; required training.

Section 22-10A-40.1 - Construction.