A. All licensed school employees shall be required to complete training in the detection and reporting of child abuse and neglect, including sexual abuse and assault, and substance abuse. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, this requirement shall be completed within the licensed school employee's first year of employment by a school district. Licensed school employees hired prior to the 2014-2015 school year shall complete the sexual abuse and assault component of the required training during the 2014-2015 school year.

B. The department shall develop a training program, including training materials and necessary training staff, to meet the requirement of Subsection A of this section to make the training available in every school district. The department shall coordinate the development of the program with appropriate staff in school districts and at the human services department, the department of health and the children, youth and families department. The department shall consult with the federal centers for disease control and prevention when developing the evidence-based training component on child sexual abuse and assault to include methods and materials that have proven to be effective.

C. The training program developed pursuant to this section shall be made available by the department to the deans of every college of education in New Mexico for use in providing such training to students seeking elementary and secondary education licensure.

History: Laws 1988, ch. 48, § 1; 1993, ch. 226, § 25; 1978 Comp., § 22-10-3.2, recompiled and amended as § 22-10A-32 by Laws 2003, ch. 153, § 53; 2014, ch. 9, § 1.

Recompilations. — Laws 2003, ch. 153, § 53 recompiled and amended former 22-10-3.2 NMSA 1978 as 22-10A-32 NMSA 1978, effective April 4, 2003.

Cross references. — For references to the former state board of education, see 9-24-15 NMSA 1978.

The 2014 amendment, effective May 21, 2014, required licensed school employees to be trained in detecting and reporting child sexual abuse and assault; in Subsection A, in the first sentence, after "neglect", added "including sexual abuse and assault", in the second sentence, added "Except as otherwise provided in this subsection", and added the third sentence; and in Subsection B, in the first sentence, deleted "Pursuant to the policy and rules adopted by the state board", in the second sentence, after "appropriate staff", added "in school districts and", after "human services department" deleted "and", and after "department of health", added "and the children youth and families department", and added the third sentence.

Applicability. — Laws 2014, ch. 9, § 4 provided that the provisions of Laws 2014, ch. 9, §§ 1 through 3 apply to the 2014-2015 school year and subsequent school years.

The 2003 amendment, effective April 4, 2003, deleted "of education" following "the department" throughout the section; substituted "Licensed school employees" for "Certified school personnel and school nurses" in the section heading; in Subsection A, substituted "licensed school employees" for "certified school personnel and school nurses" following "All" at the beginning, substituted "licensed school employees" for "person's" near the end and deleted "in the state" at the end; in Subsection B, substituted "rules" for "regulations" following "the policy" near the beginning of the first sentence, deleted "in the state" at the end of the first sentence; and substituted "licensure" for "certification" at the end of Subsection C.

The 1993 amendment, effective July 1, 1993, deleted "by July 1, 1991 or, after that date" following "completed" in the second sentence of Subsection A and substituted "department of health" for "health and environment department" at the end of Subsection B.