N.M. Admin. Code § 6.63.9.8

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 22, November 19, 2024

Section 6.63.9.8 - LEVEL 1 AND LEVEL 2 REQUIREMENTS

All persons who perform services as educational assistants ("EAs") in public schools, in those special state-supported schools within state agencies, must hold valid, educational assistants licensure issued by the ("PED"). EAs shall be assigned, and serve as assistants, to school staff duly licensed by the PED. While there may be brief periods when EAs are alone with and in control of a classroom of students, their primary use shall be to work alongside or under the direct supervision of duly licensed staff.

A. Persons seeking licensure in level 1 educational assistance pursuant to the provisions of this rule shall meet the following requirements:

(1) high school diploma or equivalency; and

(2) eighteen years of age; and

(3) certification by the public school superintendent, state-supported school superintendent, charter school administrator, private school official that the educational assistant has satisfactorily completed an orientation session pertinent to the assignment.

B. Persons seeking licensure in level 2 educational assistance pursuant to the provisions of this rule shall meet the following requirements:

(1) high school diploma or equivalency; and

(2) eighteen years of age; and

(3) certification by the public school superintendent, state-supported school superintendent, charter school administrator or private school official that the educational assistant has satisfactorily completed an orientation session pertinent to the assignment; and

(4) certification by the public school superintendent, state-supported school superintendent, charter school administrator, private school official that the educational assistant has satisfactorily demonstrated the PED's educational assistant competencies.

N.M. Admin. Code § 6.63.9.8

11-14-98; 6.63.9.8 NMAC - Rn, 6 NMAC 4.2.3.15.8, 03-31-01; A, 06-30-03; A, 06-30-06; A, 10-31-07