Chapter 9, Article 24 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Public Education Department Act”. History: Laws 2004, ch. 27, § 1; 2005, ch. 286, § 1. ANNOTATIONS The 2005 amendment, effective June 17, 2005, added the statutory reference to the act.
Those organizational units of the department and the officers of those units specified by law shall have all of the powers and duties enumerated in the specific laws involved. However, the carrying out of those powers and duties shall be subject to the direction and supervision of the secretary, who shall retain the final decision-making […]
A. Advisory committees may be created. “Advisory” means furnishing advice, gathering information, making recommendations and performing such other activities as may be instructed or delegated and as may be necessary to fulfill advisory functions or to comply with federal or private funding requirements and does not extend to administering a program or function or setting […]
A. The department is authorized to cooperate with the federal government in the administration of education programs in which financial or other participation by the federal government is authorized or mandated under state or federal laws, rules or orders. The secretary may enter into agreements with agencies of the federal government to implement education programs […]
The public education department shall appoint the secretary of public education or the secretary’s designee to serve as a member of the interagency behavioral health purchasing collaborative and shall ensure that any behavioral health services, including mental health and substance abuse services funded, provided, contracted for or approved, are in compliance with the requirements of […]
On July 1, 2003: A. all personnel of the deficiencies correction unit of the public school capital outlay council and up to four full-time employees of the capital outlay unit of the state department of public education are transferred to the public school facilities authority. The superintendent of public instruction and the public school capital […]
A. All appropriations, money, personnel, records, files, furniture, equipment, supplies and other property of the state department of public education are transferred to the public education department. B. All contractual obligations of the state department of public education shall be binding on the public education department. C. All references in law to the state board […]
The purpose of the Public Education Department Act is to establish a single, unified department to administer laws and exercise functions formerly administered and exercised by the state board of education and the state department of public education. History: Laws 2004, ch. 27, § 2. ANNOTATIONS Effective dates. — Laws 2004, ch. 27 contained no […]
As used in the Public Education Department Act: A. “commission” means the public education commission; B. “department” means the public education department; and C. “secretary” means the secretary of public education. History: Laws 2004, ch. 27, § 3. ANNOTATIONS Effective dates. — Laws 2004, ch. 27 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. […]
A. The “public education department” is created in the executive branch. The department is a cabinet department and includes the following divisions: (1) the administrative services division; (2) the assessment and accountability division; (3) the charter schools division; (4) the educator quality division; (5) the Indian education division; (6) the information technology division; (7) the […]
A. The administrative head of the department is the “secretary of public education”, who shall be appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate and who shall serve in the executive cabinet. B. An appointed secretary shall serve and have all of the duties, responsibilities and authority of that office during the period […]
The secretary shall appoint, with the approval of the governor, directors of the divisions established within the department. Division directors are exempt from the Personnel Act [Chapter 10, Article 9 NMSA 1978]. History: Laws 2004, ch. 27, § 6. ANNOTATIONS Effective dates. — Laws 2004, ch. 27 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to […]
The secretary may establish within each division of the department such bureaus as he deems necessary to carry out the provisions of the Public Education Department Act. He shall employ a chief to be the administrative head of each bureau. The chiefs and all subsidiary employees of the department shall be covered by the Personnel […]
A. The secretary is responsible to the governor for the operation of the department. It is the secretary’s duty to manage all operations of the department and to administer and enforce the laws with which he or the department is charged. B. To perform his duties, the secretary has every power expressly enumerated in the […]
A. The “public education commission” is created pursuant to Article 12, Section 6 of the constitution of New Mexico. The commission shall be administratively attached to the department, with administrative staff provided by the department. Additional requests for staff services shall be made through the secretary. The commission shall advise the department on policy matters […]
