A. The "teacher professional development fund" is created in the state treasury to provide funding for professional development programs and projects for public school teachers. The fund consists of appropriations, gifts, grants, donations and income from investment of the fund. Money in the fund shall not revert to any other fund at the end of a fiscal year. The fund shall be administered by the department of education [public education department] and money in the fund is appropriated to the department to carry out the purposes of the fund.
B. The department of education [public education department] shall evaluate the success of each professional development program or project funded and report its findings to the legislative education study committee each year.
History: Laws 2003, ch. 157, § 1.
ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Laws 2004, ch. 25, § 27, provided that all references to the superintendent of public instruction shall be deemed references to the secretary of public education and all references to the former state board of education or state department of education shall be deemed references to the public education department. See 9-24-15 NMSA 1978.
Cross references. — For the public education department, see 9-24-4 NMSA 1978.