New Mexico Register / Volume XXX, Issue
21 / November 12, 2019
NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING
Public
Hearing. The New
Mexico Public Education Department (PED) gives notice that it will conduct a
public hearing on Monday, December 16, 2019 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. (MDT) in
Mabry Hall, located in the Jerry Apodaca Education Building, 300 Don Gaspar
Ave., Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501. The
purpose of the public hearing is to receive public input on the proposed repeal
of 6.12.9 NMAC, Elementary School Free Breakfast Program During Instructional
Time to be replaced with 6.12.9 NMAC, Breakfast Program, and the proposed repeal
of 6.30.3 NMAC, Eligibility for the General Educational Development Tests (GED
Tests) and Diploma in NM to be replaced with 6.30.3 NMAC, Eligibility for the
High School Equivalency Assessment or Programs and Diploma in NM. At the hearing, the PED will provide a verbal
summary statement on record. Attendees
who wish to provide public comment on record will be given three (3) minutes to
make a statement concerning the rule changes.
Written comment will also be accepted at the hearing.
Explanation
of Purpose and Summary of Text
The
purpose of the proposed repeal of 6.12.9
NMAC, Elementary School Free Breakfast Program During
Instructional Time, to be
replaced with 6.12.9 NMAC, Breakfast
Program is to establish the standards, procedures for waiver requests and
the award of waivers, and procedures for funding necessary to implement the
breakfast program established by Section 22-13-13.2 NMSA 1978.
The
purpose of the proposed repeal of 6.30.3
NMAC, Eligibility for the General Education Development Tests (GED TESTS) and
Diploma in NM, to be replaced with 6.30.3
NMAC, Eligibility for the High School Equivalency Assessment or Programs and
Diploma in NM is to give individuals who have not graduated from high
school the opportunity to earn a high school equivalency credential or
department-issued New Mexico high school diploma, and to establish criteria for
a high school equivalency publisher or program provider to become qualified to
administer a high school equivalency credential assessment or program in the
state of New Mexico.
Statutory
Authorization(s):
Sections 9-24-8, 22-1-9.2, 22-2-1,
22-2-2, 22-2-8.8, 22-2-8.14, 22-12A-4, 22-13-1.1, 22-13-13.2, and 43-1-3 NMSA
1978.
No
technical information served as a basis for this proposed rule change.
Public
Comment. Interested parties may provide comment at the
public hearing or may submit written comments by
mail to John Sena, Policy Division, New Mexico Public Education Department, 300
Don Gaspar Avenue, Room 101, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501, by electronic mail to rule.feedback@state.nm.us,
or by fax to (505) 827-6520. All written
comments must be received no later than 5 p.m. (MDT) on Monday, December 16,
2019. The PED encourages the early
submission of written comments. The
public comment period is from November 12, 2019 to December 16, 2019 at 5:00
p.m. (MDT).
The
PED will review all feedback received during the public comment period and
issue communication regarding a final decision at a later date.
Copies
of the proposed rules may be accessed through the page titled, “Rule
Notification,” on the PED's website at http://webnew.ped.state.nm.us/bureaus/policy-innovation-measurement/rule-notification/,
or may be obtained from John Sena at (505) 570-7816 during regular business
hours.
Individuals
with disabilities who require the above information in an alternative format or
need any form of auxiliary aid to attend or participate in the public hearing
are asked to contact John Sena at (505) 570-7816 as soon as possible before the
date set for the public hearing. The PED
requires at least 10 calendar days advance notice to provide any special
accommodations requested.