2021 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 22 - Public Schools
Article 10A - School Personnel
Section 22-10A-14 - Certificates of waiver.
A. If a local superintendent or governing authority of a state agency certifies to the department that an emergency exists in the hiring of a qualified person, the department may issue a certificate of teaching waiver or assignment waiver.
B. The department may issue a certificate of teaching waiver to a person who holds a baccalaureate degree but does not meet other requirements for licensure as a level one teacher. Certificates of teaching waivers are one-year waivers and may be renewed only if the holder provides satisfactory evidence of continued progress toward a level one license.
C. At the request of a local superintendent, the department may issue a certificate of assignment waiver to a licensed teacher who is assigned to teach outside the teacher's teaching endorsement area. A certificate of assignment waiver may be renewed each school year if the teacher provides satisfactory evidence of continued progress toward meeting the requirements for endorsement.
History: 1978 Comp., § 22-10A-14, enacted by Laws 2003, ch. 153, § 45; 2015, ch. 58, § 13.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2015 amendment, effective June 19, 2015, removed a provision relating to adequate yearly progress; in Subsection C, after "teach outside", deleted "his" and added "the teacher's"; and deleted Subsection D, which prohibited certain teachers from being assigned to schools that have not made adequate yearly progress for two consecutive years.
