A. An educational assistant who wants to become a teacher may petition the public school in which the educational assistant is employed to grant professional leave for college classes, examinations and practice teaching, as needed. The public school shall grant professional leave if the educational assistant is a recipient of a scholarship pursuant to the Grow Your Own Teachers Act.
B. If an educational assistant who is accepted into or enrolled in a teacher preparation program offered by a regionally accredited public post-secondary educational institution in New Mexico does not live within a reasonable distance of the public post-secondary educational institution's campus, the public school shall allow the educational assistant to use the distance education resources of the school district to take classes.
History: Laws 2019, ch. 230, § 4.
Effective dates. — Laws 2019, ch. 230 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 14, 2019, 90 days after the adjournment of the legislature.