New Mexico OKs rule on suspending boards of school districts

SANTA FE N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico Public Training Division has permitted a brand new rule permitting the state to droop a college district board due to fraud or different critical issues that severely impair the district.

The rule permitted final week permits each emergency and nonemergency suspensions of total boards however not particular person members, the Santa Fe New Mexican reported.

The rule features a requirement that the state present discover to the district and replaces a rule adopted in 2005 that utilized to superintendents, principals and constitution faculty governing boards.

The state in 2021 suspended the Los Lunas and Floyd faculty boards however division spokeswoman Judy Robinson stated the revised rule was “an try and make clear the suspension course of relatively than a response to a specific incident.”

The New Mexico College Boards Affiliation supported the ultimate model of the brand new rule.

“The primary factor we have been pushing for was to make sure the suspension of board members was the final step in a course of,” Affiliation Government Director Joe Guillen stated Wednesday. “We obtained that dedication, and also you’ll see in a few locations it does point out prior discover and alternatives for the board to deal with issues and endure trainings.