Section 22-2C-8 - Adequate yearly progress; supplemental incentive funding; state program for other achievement. - New Mexico Statutes

22-2C-8. Adequate yearly progress; supplemental incentive funding; state program for other achievement.

A.     The state board [department] shall institute an "adequate yearly progress program" that measures public schools' improvements in adequate yearly progress. The public schools that show the greatest improvement in adequate yearly progress shall be eligible for supplemental funding from the incentives for school improvement fund, including allowable federal funds.   

B.     The state board [department] may institute a "state improving schools program" that measures public school improvement by adequate yearly progress and other indicators, including school safety; dropout rate; parent and community involvement; and, if not used to determine adequate yearly progress, graduation and attendance rates. Those indicators may be weighed against socioeconomic variables such as the percentage of student mobility rates, the percentage of limited English proficient students using criteria established by the federal office of civil rights and the percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-fee lunches and other factors determined by the state board. Public schools that show the greatest improvement through the use of additional indicators may be eligible for supplemental funding from the incentives for school improvement fund. Funding for the state improving schools program shall include federal funds only if allowed by federal law or rule.