Sections 1 through 12 [9-29-1 to 9-29-12 NMSA 1978] of this act may be cited as the “Early Childhood Education and Care Department Act”. History: Laws 2019, ch. 48, § 1. ANNOTATIONS Effective dates. — Laws 2019, ch. 48, § 38 made Laws 2019, ch. 48, § 1 effective July 1, 2019. Temporary provisions. — […]
A. As used in this section: (1) “early intervention programs” means programs, including physical development, communications development, adaptive development, social and emotional development and sensory development programs, designed to meet the developmental needs of eligible children; (2) “eligible child” means a child from birth to age thirty-six months with developmental delay or who, according to […]
A. The department shall convene an advisory council consisting primarily of eligible providers, community organizations, employees who reflect the demographics of the current early childhood workforce throughout the state, employee representatives and representatives of the legislative finance committee and the department of finance and administration to: (1) develop an outcomes measurement plan to monitor outcomes […]
A. The department shall prepare and update a four-year early childhood education and care finance plan to provide the legislature and the governor with demographic information on at-risk children, data on the efficacy of early childhood education and care programs and recommendations for financing the early childhood education and care system. B. The department shall […]
As used in the Early Childhood Education and Care Department Act: A. “child” means a person from birth to age five or, where the context otherwise provides, to age eight or thirteen; B. “department” means the early childhood education and care department; and C. “secretary” means the secretary of early childhood education and care. History: […]
A. The “early childhood education and care department” is created as a cabinet department and consists of the: (1) administrative services division; (2) office of the secretary; (3) child care licensing and services division; (4) early childhood education division; and (5) early intervention services division, which consists of the: (a) home visitation bureau; and (b) […]
The chief executive and administrative officer of the department is the “secretary of early childhood education and care”. The governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint a person who has experience in early childhood education or care programs to serve as secretary. The secretary shall serve in and have the duties, […]
A. The secretary may reorganize the department. If the secretary does so, the secretary shall report on the reorganization to the legislature. B. The secretary shall, with the approval of the governor, appoint directors of the department’s divisions. C. The secretary may establish within each of the department’s divisions additional bureaus as necessary to implement […]
A. The secretary is responsible to the governor for the operation of the department. The secretary shall manage the department’s operations and ensure compliance with laws applicable to the department. B. To perform the secretary’s duties, and except as otherwise provided by law, the secretary may exercise powers granted to the department. C. The secretary […]
A. The secretary shall, with the consent of the governor, appoint an assistant secretary for Native American early education and care. B. The assistant secretary shall: (1) be responsible to the secretary for the administration, coordination and oversight of Indian early childhood education and care programs; (2) the assistant secretary shall, in cooperation with the […]
The department shall: A. develop priorities for department programs and the use of department resources based on state policy, national best-practice standards, evidence-based interventions and practices and local considerations and priorities; B. coordinate and align an early childhood education and care system to: (1) include child care, pre-kindergarten, early pre-kindergarten, home visitation, early head start, […]
The department may access records and data of other state agencies that are not made expressly confidential by law. The department shall enter into agreements with the children, youth and families department and the public education department to share and maintain confidential information in accordance with federal and state confidentiality laws. History: Laws 2019, ch. […]
