Chapter 22, Article 10A NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “School Personnel Act”.
HISTORY:
1953 77-8-1, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 306, § 1; 1991, ch. 187, § 2; 1978 22-10-1, recompiled and amended as 1978 22-10A-1 by Laws 2003, ch. 153, § 33.
Editor’s notes.
Laws 2003, ch. 153, § 33 recompiles and amends former 22-10-1 NMSA 1978, as 22-10A-1 NMSA 1978, effective April 4, 2003.
Notes to Decisions
Purpose.
The purpose of the former Certified School Personnel Act is to promote a sound public policy of retaining in the public school system teachers who have become increasingly valuable by reason of their experience, and by statute these public servants are assured an indefinite tenure of position during satisfactory performance of their duties. Atencio v. Board of Educ., 1982-NMSC-140, 99 N.M. 168, 655 P.2d 1012, 1982 N.M. LEXIS 2972 (N.M. 1982), superseded by statute as stated in Naranjo v. Board of Educ. of the Espanola Pub. Sch., 1995-NMSC-015, 119 N.M. 401, 891 P.2d 542, 1995 N.M. LEXIS 79 (N.M. 1995).
The purposes of the former Certified School Personnel Act are to protect the public against incompetent teachers and to insure proper educational qualifications, personal fitness, and a high standard of teaching performance. New Mexico State Bd. of Educ. v. Stoudt, 1977-NMSC-099, 91 N.M. 183, 571 P.2d 1186, 1977 N.M. LEXIS 1106 (N.M. 1977).