Senate Passes Bill to give Schools More Flexibility on how to spend limited dollars without affecting student instruction
SB 97- School District Budget Flexibility- Senator Verson Asbill, Passes Senate 31 to 8.
Santa Fe--The New Mexico State Senate passed a bill today to make budget cuts to school districts more palatable by giving districts more flexibility on how they spend their limited dollars. The sponsor of SB 97 says if his bill becomes law school districts, over the next three years of anticipated budget constraints, would be able to make adjustments to class loads, length of school days, class materials and other operating expenses and operate in exemption to the public school code.
“The school districts will not have a free for all, they would not be able to affect adversely classroom instruction,” Senator Vernon Asbill said. “They would be given the flexibility that our charter schools now have.”
Schools would apply to the Secretary of Education to temporarily waive rules pertaining some items covered in the public school code.
Senator Asbill said his SB 97 would help address the state’s budget crisis and how it could impact New Mexico school districts. The bill will give school superintendents and school principals more flexibility in operating their schools as they face possibly having to adjust their budgets to live within the reality and means of fewer tax dollars going into the state coffers.
The bill requires the Public Education Department to monitor the waivers and report to the Legislative Education Study Committee and Legislative Finance Committee any adverse affects the waives could have on student learning.
SB 97- School District Budget Flexibility- Senator Verson Asbill, Passes Senate 31 to 8.
Santa Fe--The New Mexico State Senate passed a bill today to make budget cuts to school districts more palatable by giving districts more flexibility on how they spend their limited dollars. The sponsor of SB 97 says if his bill becomes law school districts, over the next three years of anticipated budget constraints, would be able to make adjustments to class loads, length of school days, class materials and other operating expenses and operate in exemption to the public school code.
“The school districts will not have a free for all, they would not be able to affect adversely classroom instruction,” Senator Vernon Asbill said. “They would be given the flexibility that our charter schools now have.”
Schools would apply to the Secretary of Education to temporarily waive rules pertaining some items covered in the public school code.
Senator Asbill said his SB 97 would help address the state’s budget crisis and how it could impact New Mexico school districts. The bill will give school superintendents and school principals more flexibility in operating their schools as they face possibly having to adjust their budgets to live within the reality and means of fewer tax dollars going into the state coffers.
The bill requires the Public Education Department to monitor the waivers and report to the Legislative Education Study Committee and Legislative Finance Committee any adverse affects the waives could have on student learning.
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