Section 22-35-3 – Bullying prevention policies; adoption and enforcement.
A. By January 1, 2020, each local school board shall adopt and enforce policies to: (1) prevent bullying: (a) on its property, including electronic communication on or with the use of its property; (b) at sponsored functions; and (c) on its to-and-from-school transportation or any school-sponsored transportation; and (2) prohibit electronic communication directed at a […]
Section 22-35-4 – Bullying prevention programs establishment.
A. Following adoption of a bullying prevention policy, each public school shall: (1) establish an annual bullying prevention program for students included in New Mexico’s health education content standards with benchmarks and performance standards; (2) provide annual training on bullying prevention to all employees and volunteers who have significant contact with students; and (3) incorporate […]
Section 22-35-5 – Department duties; school district and charter school report cards.
A. The department shall: (1) issue guidance for bullying prevention programs and policies in accordance with the Safe Schools for All Students Act; and (2) within one hundred twenty days of the effective date of the Safe Schools for All Students Act: (a) promulgate rules for a model policy for local school boards on bullying […]
Section 22-34-6 – Application of other laws.
A. The provisions of Subsection A of Section 5 [22-34-5 NMSA 1978] of the Student Diabetes Management Act shall not constitute the practice of nursing and shall be exempted from all applicable statutory or regulatory provisions that restrict what activities can be delegated to or performed by a person who is not a health care […]
Section 22-34-7 – School assignment; diabetes care provision.
A. Students with diabetes shall attend the school they would otherwise attend if they did not have diabetes, and the diabetes care specified in Subsection A of Section 5 [22-34-5 NMSA 1978] of the Student Diabetes Management Act shall be provided at the student’s school. A governing body shall not restrict a student who has […]
Section 22-34-8 – Diabetes self-management.
Upon the written request of a parent or guardian of a student with diabetes and authorization by the student’s diabetes medical management plan, a student with diabetes shall be permitted to perform blood glucose checks, administer insulin through the insulin delivery system that the student uses, treat hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia and otherwise attend to the […]
Section 22-34-9 – Enforcement.
A. Governing bodies shall provide a report to the public education department by October 15, 2020 and by each October 15 thereafter. The report shall: (1) state how many students with diabetes are attending schools in each school district; and (2) provide documentation regarding the compliance of the school district with the provisions of the […]
Section 22-35-1 – Short title.
This act [22-35-1 to 22-35-5 NMSA 1978] may be cited as the “Safe Schools for All Students Act”. History: Laws 2019, ch. 181, § 1. ANNOTATIONS Effective dates. — Laws 2019, ch. 181, § 7 made Laws 2019, ch. 181 effective July 1, 2019.
Section 22-35-2 – Definitions.
As used in the Safe Schools for All Students Act: A. “bullying” means any severe, pervasive or persistent act or conduct that targets a student, whether physically, electronically or verbally, and that: (1) may be based on a student’s actual or perceived race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, spousal affiliation, […]
Section 22-34-2 – Definitions.
As used in the Student Diabetes Management Act: A. “diabetes” means type one or type two diabetes mellitus; complications related to diabetes mellitus; or prediabetes; B. “diabetes care personnel” means a school employee who volunteers to be trained and is trained in accordance with Section 3 of the Student Diabetes Management Act; C. “diabetes medical […]