A. A level three-B administrator's license is a five-year license granted to an applicant who meets the qualifications for that license. Licenses may be renewed upon satisfactory annual demonstration of instructional leader and administrative competency.

B. The department shall grant a level three-B administrator's license to an applicant who:

(1) has completed a department-approved administrator preparation program;

(2) holds a current level two or level three teacher's license; and

(3) holds a post-baccalaureate degree or national board for professional teaching standards certification.

C. The minimum annual salary for a licensed school principal or assistant school principal is the minimum salary for a level three-A teacher multiplied by the applicable responsibility factor.

D. The department shall adopt a highly objective uniform statewide standard of evaluation, including data sources linked to student achievement and an educational plan for student success progress, for school principals and assistant school principals and rules for the implementation of that evaluation system linked to the level of responsibility at each school level.

E. As used in this section, "level three-B administrator's license" means a five-year license granted to an applicant who meets the qualifications pursuant to this section and department rules.

History: Laws 2015, ch. 74, § 2; 2019, ch. 206, § 24; 2019, ch. 207, § 24.

The 2019 amendment, effective June 14, 2019, increased minimum salary levels for a licensed school principal or assistant school principal; and in Subsection C, after "school principal", deleted "shall be fifty thousand dollars ($50,000)" and added "is the minimum salary for a level three-A teacher".

Laws 2019, ch. 206, § 24 and Laws 2019, ch. 207, § 24, both effective June 14, 2019, enacted identical amendments to this section. The section was set out as amended by Laws 2019, ch. 207, § 24. See 12-1-8 NMSA 1978.

Applicability. — Laws 2019, ch. 206, § 29 and Laws 2019, ch. 207, § 29 provided that the provisions of Sections 21 through 24 apply to school personnel contracted to provide services for summer 2019 K-5 plus programs in fiscal year 2019 and to all school personnel in fiscal year 2020 and subsequent fiscal years.