HB 205

                                1  HOUSE BILL 205
                                2      57TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 2026
                                3  INTRODUCED BY
                                4  Anita Gonzales
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                                10  AN ACT
                                11   RELATING TO SCHOOL PERSONNEL; CREATING A CAREER TECHNICAL
                                12   EXTERNSHIP PROGRAM IN THE WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS DEPARTMENT TO
                                13   PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS AND
                                14   PUBLIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE FACULTY; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.
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                                16   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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                                17        SECTION 1.   [NEW MATERIAL] CAREER TECHNICAL EXTERNSHIP
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                                18   PROGRAM--CREATED.--The "career technical externship program" is
                                19   created as a professional development program in the workforce
                                20   solutions department.   The program shall pair career technical
                                21   teachers in public schools and career technical faculty at
                                22   public community colleges with various industry representatives
                                23   of high-skill, in-demand and emerging professions and
                                24   occupations to enhance teachers' technical skills and their
                                25   understanding of changing standards, procedures and workforce
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                                1    needs in traditional or rapidly advancing career technical
                                2    fields.   The workforce solutions department shall collaborate
                                3    with the public education department and career technical
                                4    faculty at public community colleges to design the externship
                                5    program and the process for applying for an externship,
                                6    including qualifications, review and selection of extern
                                7    candidates.
                                8  SECTION 2.   APPROPRIATION.--Two hundred fifty thousand
                                9    dollars ($250,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the
                                10   workforce solutions department for expenditure in fiscal year
                                11   2027 to implement and administer the career technical
                                12   externship program.   Any unexpended balance remaining at the
                                13   end of fiscal year 2027 shall revert to the general fund.
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