Sections 1 through 8 [21-21P-1 to 21-21P-8 NMSA 1978] of this act may be cited as the “Grow Your Own Teachers Act”. History: Laws 2019, ch. 230, § 1. ANNOTATIONS Effective dates. — Laws 2019, ch. 230 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 14, […]
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 […]
The “grow your own teachers fund” is created in the state treasury. The fund consists of money appropriated for scholarships pursuant to the Grow Your Own Teachers Act, earnings from investment of the fund, gifts, grants and donations to the fund. Money in the fund shall not revert at the end of a fiscal year. […]
A. A school employee who wants to become a teacher may petition the public school in which the school employee is employed to grant professional leave for college classes, examinations and practice teaching, as needed. The public school shall grant professional leave if the school employee is a recipient of a scholarship pursuant to the […]
A scholarship may be awarded to a school employee who: A. has not earned appropriate educational credentials to be licensed as a teacher by the public education department; B. has demonstrated financial need consistent with the criteria promulgated by the department; and C. has complied with other rules promulgated by the department to carry out […]
A. The department shall administer the Grow Your Own Teachers Act and shall promulgate rules to carry out the provisions of that act. The department shall consult the public education department any time the department promulgates rules relating to the Grow Your Own Teachers Act. B. Scholarships shall be awarded to qualified school employees. Qualifications […]
Each scholarship is for a period of one semester. A scholarship may be renewed, as long as the school employee continues to meet the conditions of eligibility, until the school employee graduates from a public post-secondary educational institution. History: Laws 2019, ch. 230, § 7; 2021, ch. 11, § 6. ANNOTATIONS The 2021 amendment, effective […]
A scholarship is terminated upon occurrence of one or more of the following: A. the school employee withdraws from the public post-secondary educational institution or from the teacher preparation program, or the school employee fails to remain at least a half-time student; B. the school employee fails to achieve satisfactory academic progress; or C. the […]
