TITLE
6 PRIMARY
AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
CHAPTER
30 EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS - GENERAL
REQUIREMENTS
PART
16 EXTENDED LEARNING TIME
PROGRAM
6.30.16.1 ISSUING AGENCY: Public Education
Department, hereinafter the department.
[6.30.16.1 NMAC – N, 5/5/2020]
6.30.16.2 SCOPE: This rule applies to
all school districts and state-chartered charter schools.
[6.30.16.2 NMAC – N, 5/5/2020]
6.30.16.3 STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Sections 9-24-8, 22-1-2, 22-2-2, and 22-8-23.10 NMSA 1978.
[6.30.16.3 NMAC – N, 5/5/2020]
6.30.16.4 DURATION: Permanent.
[6.30.16.4 NMAC – N, 5/5/2020]
6.30.16.5 EFFECTIVE DATE: May 5, 2020, unless a later date is cited at the end of a
section.
[6.30.16.5 NMAC – N, 5/5/2020]
6.30.16.6 OBJECTIVE: This rule provides
criteria for the development and implementation of the extended learning time
program to maximize successful outcomes for students. Development and implementation includes assisting school districts and state-chartered charter schools as they
build capacity to offer extended learning time programs, and operating, assessing, and evaluating extended
learning time programs.
[6.30.16.6 NMAC – N, 5/5/2020]
6.30.16.7 DEFINITIONS:
A. “Extended learning time program” means
a voluntary program that adds at least 10 additional instructional days per
school year and includes opportunities for afterschool or extracurricular
enrichment and professional development.
B. “Extended
learning time program units” means the number of students in an approved
extended learning time program on a date determined by the department.
C. “Extended learning time program
verification form” means the department-prescribed form, with supporting
documentation, submitted by school districts or state-chartered charter schools
to the department for extended learning time program approval.
D. “High-poverty public schools” means for the purpose of the extended learning time
program, a public school in which eighty percent or more of the students are
eligible for free or reduced-fee lunch.
E. “MEM” means membership.
[6.30.16.7 NMAC – N, 5/5/2020]
6.30.16.8 PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND
IMPLEMENTATION:
The department shall support school districts and state-chartered
charter schools in their capacity-building to increase participation in the
extended learning time program.
Capacity-building includes professional development, curriculum
development, teacher recruitment, parent and family outreach, assessment, and
program design and evaluation.
[6.30.16.8 NMAC – N, 5/5/2020]
6.30.16.9 PROGRAM ELEMENTS:
A. An
extended learning time program shall include:
(1) 190
total days;
(2) for
a new program, 10 additional instructional days, with at least five and
one-half instructional hours per instructional day for kindergarten through
sixth grade and at least six instructional hours per day for seventh through
12th grade; or
(3) for an existing department-approved program, maintaining
prior additional instructional days.
B. An extended
learning time program shall also include:
(1) after-school
program opportunities for academic learning or extracurricular enrichment that
do not supplant federally funded programs; and
(2) a minimum of 80 non-instructional hours per school year for
professional development for instructional staff.
C. An
extended learning time program in school districts or state-chartered charter
schools operating a four-day school week or in school districts or
state-chartered charter schools with fewer than 1,000 MEM operating a four-day
school week shall include:
(1) a
minimum of 160 days per school year with at least six and one-half hours per
instructional day for kindergarten through sixth grade and at least seven
instructional hours per instructional day for seventh through 12th grade;
(2) after-school program opportunities for academic learning or
extracurricular enrichment that do not supplant federally funded programs; and
(3) a minimum of 80 non-instructional hours per school year for
professional development for instructional staff.
D. With
department approval, an elementary school that has an extended learning time
program that qualifies for extended learning time program units that also has a
qualifying K-5 plus program may structure the school year to provide the
required additional instructional time by extending existing instructional
days.
[6.30.16.9 NMAC – N, 5/5/2020]
6.30.16.10 APPLICATION AND REVIEW PROCESS:
A. School districts
and state-chartered charter schools seeking approval for an extended learning
time plus program for schools shall request department approval through
completion and submission of an extended learning time program verification
form.
B. Pursuant to Section 22-8-23.10 NMSA 1978, the department
shall review all submitted extended learning time program verification forms
for approval.
C. No
later than October 15 of each year, school districts or state-chartered charter
schools that seek approval for an extended learning time program for the next
fiscal year shall submit to the department the actual number of students who
participated in the extended learning time program in the current calendar year
and an estimate of the number of students the school district or
state-chartered charter school expects will participate in the extended
learning time program in the next calendar year. The department may not approve an extended
learning time program unless the school district or charter school notifies the
department of their intent to start a program.
[6.30.16.10 NMAC – N, 5/5/2020]
6.30.16.11 FUNDING MECHANISMS: Funding for
individual extended learning time programs shall be calculated based on the
approved number of extended learning time program units.
[6.30.16.11
NMAC – N, 5/5/2020]
6.30.16.12 EVALUATION AND REPORTING:
A. Schools
shall comply with department reporting requirements for student and program
assessments.
B. All
students participating in extended learning time programs shall be reported to
the department through the department’s data collection and reporting
system. Required fields of information
include the following:
(1) demographic information;
(2) assigned teacher; and
(3) number of years the student has participated in the extended
learning time program.
C. The
department may request reporting of additional information regarding staffing,
endorsements, licensure levels, program elements, class roster reports,
professional development activities, parent involvement activities,
implementation successes and challenges, suggested modifications, or other
information the department deems relevant.
D. Site-monitoring
visits by the department or by evaluators designated by the department shall be
conducted.
[6.30.16.12 NMAC – N, 5/5/2020]
HISTORY
OF 6.30.16 NMAC: [RESERVED]