A. A school district or charter school may prepare and submit to the department a fine arts education program plan in accordance with guidelines issued by the department.
B. At a minimum, the plan shall include the fine arts education programs being taught, the ways in which the fine arts are being integrated into the curriculum and an evaluation component.
C. At yearly intervals, the school district or charter school, the department and a parent advisory committee from the school district or charter school shall review the goals and priorities of the plan and make appropriate recommendations to the secretary.
History: Laws 2003, ch. 152, § 5; 2006, ch. 94, § 53; 2015, ch. 108, § 13.
ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For the transfer of powers and duties of the former state board of education and the former department of education, see 9-24-15 NMSA 1978.
The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, removed "state-chartered" from each reference to "charter school" regarding fine arts education programs; in Subsection A, after "school district or", deleted "state-chartered", and in Subsection C, after "school district or", deleted "state-chartered".
The 2006 amendment, effective July 1, 2007, changed "local school boards" to "school district or state-chartered charter school" in Subsections A and C; changed "state board" to "department" in Subsection A; and in Subsection C, changed "state board" to "secretary" and provided for parent advisory committees from charter schools.