SCHOOL PERSONNEL REQUIRED TRAININGS

SB0054

SENATE BILL 54

57th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2026

INTRODUCED BY

Gabriel Ramos
and
Luis M. Terrazas

AN ACT

RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL PERSONNEL; REDUCING THE FREQUENCY OF
CERTAIN REQUIRED TRAININGS OR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR
PUBLIC SCHOOL PERSONNEL; MAKING CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

SECTION 1.
Section 22-10A-19.3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws
2021, Chapter 51, Section 9) is amended to read:

"22-10A-19.3. ANTI-RACISM AND RACIAL SENSITIVITY TRAINING
AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.--[
Each year
]
Within the first
year of employment
, all school personnel shall successfully
complete an online or in-person anti-racism, racial awareness
and sensitivity training or professional development approved
by the department that addresses race, racism and racialized
aggression and demonstrates how to create and foster an
equitable and culturally responsive learning environment for
racial minority students."

SECTION 2.
Section 22-10A-32 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1988,
Chapter 48, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:

"22-10A-32. SCHOOL DISTRICT PERSONNEL, SCHOOL EMPLOYEES,
SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS, CONTRACTORS AND CONTRACTORS' EMPLOYEES--REQUIRED TRAINING PROGRAM.--

A. All school district personnel, school employees,
school volunteers, contractors and contractors' employees shall
be required to complete
a
training in the detection and
reporting of child abuse and neglect, ethical misconduct,
professional responsibilities, sexual abuse and assault and
substance abuse. [
Except as otherwise provided in this
subsection
] This requirement shall be completed within the
school district employee's, school employee's, school
volunteer's, contractor's or contractor's employee's first year
of employment.

B. The department shall:

(1)
develop or adopt [
training programs,
including training
] materials [
and necessary training staff
] to
meet the requirements of Subsection A of this section [
to
];

(2)
make the training available in every
public school [
The department shall
];

(3)
promulgate rules for the administration of
the training [
programs. The department shall
];

(4)
coordinate the development of the
[
programs
]
training
with appropriate staff in school districts
and at public schools, the [
human services department
]
health
care authority
, the department of health, the early childhood
education and care department and the children, youth and
families department [
The department shall
];
and

(5)
consult with the federal centers for
disease control and prevention when developing or adopting the
evidence-based training component on child sexual abuse and
assault to include methods and materials that have proven to be
effective.

C.
At a minimum,
the
training required [
under
]
by

this section shall include:

(1) reporting requirements, including minimal
standards triggering reporting;

(2) trauma-informed instruction;

(3) identification of circumstances and
factors that are indicators of likely abuse or inappropriate
behaviors;

(4) ethical misconduct;

(5) professional responsibilities;

(6) investigations and procedures; and

(7) relevant legal and regulatory definitions.

[
C.
]
D.
The training [
programs
] developed or
adopted 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."

SECTION 3.
Section 22-34-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2019,
Chapter 22, Section 3) is amended to read:

"22-34-3. DIABETES CARE--DIABETES CARE PERSONNEL--
TRAINING--IMMUNITY.--

A. By December 31, 2019 and in consultation with
the American diabetes association, the department of health,
the New Mexico school nurse's association and the juvenile
diabetes research foundation, the secretary of public education
shall adopt and promulgate rules for the training of school
employees for the care of students with diabetes. These rules
shall require each governing body to ensure that [
annual
]
diabetes training programs are provided for all school nurses
and diabetes care personnel
within the first year of employment
and when circumstances at a public school require the provision
of diabetes training programs
. At a minimum, the training
guidelines shall address:

(1) recognition and treatment of hypoglycemia
and hyperglycemia;

(2) understanding the appropriate actions to
take when blood glucose levels are outside of the target ranges
indicated by a student's diabetes medical management plan;

(3) understanding health care practitioner
instructions regarding diabetes medication drug dosage,
frequency and manner of administration;

(4) performance of finger stick blood glucose
testing and ketone testing and recording of results;

(5) the administration of glucagon and insulin
and the recording of results;

(6) understanding how to administer glucagon
and insulin through the insulin delivery system;

(7) recognizing diabetes-related complications
that require emergency assistance; and

(8) as relates to students with diabetes,
understanding recommended schedules and food intake for meals
and snacks, the effect of physical activity upon blood glucose
levels and actions to be implemented in the case of schedule
disruption.

B. A governing body shall not require that diabetes
care personnel be health care practitioners.

C. Each governing body shall ensure that the
training established pursuant to Subsection A of this section
is provided to a minimum of two school employees at each school
attended by a student with diabetes. If at any time fewer than
two school employees are available to be trained at a school,
the principal or other school administrator shall distribute to
all staff a written notice stating that the school is seeking
volunteers to serve as diabetes care personnel. The notice
shall inform staff of the following:

(1) the school is required to provide diabetes
care to one or more students with diabetes and is seeking
personnel willing to be trained to provide that care;

(2) the tasks to be performed by diabetes care
personnel;

(3) that participation is voluntary and no
school, school district or governing body will take action
against any staff member who does not volunteer to be
designated;

(4) that training will be provided to
employees who volunteer to provide care; and

(5) the identity of the person whom staff
should contact in order to volunteer to be diabetes care
personnel.

D. The training required pursuant to Subsection A
of this section shall be provided by:

(1) a school nurse if the school has a school
nurse; or

(2) a health care practitioner with expertise
in diabetes.

E. Each governing body shall ensure that [
the
following training is provided on an annual basis to all
]
school personnel who have
a
primary responsibility for
supervising a student with diabetes during some portion of the
school day and [
to
] bus drivers responsible for the
transportation of a student with diabetes
have successfully
completed a training on the following
:

(1) recognition of hypoglycemia;

(2) recognition of hyperglycemia; and

(3) actions to take in response to diabetes
related emergency situations."

SECTION 4.
Section 22-35-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2019,
Chapter 181, Section 4) is amended to read:

"22-35-4. BULLYING PREVENTION PROGRAMS ESTABLISHMENT.--

A. Following adoption of a bullying prevention
policy, each public school shall:

(1) establish an annual bullying prevention
program for students included in New Mexico's health education
content standards with benchmarks and performance standards;

(2) provide [
annual
]
a
training on bullying
prevention to [
all
]
school
employees and volunteers who have
significant contact with students
within an employee's first
year of employment or before or at a reasonable time after a
volunteer's service is authorized
; and

(3) [
incorporate information on the bullying
prevention policy into new employee training
]
ensure that the
policy is developmentally, culturally and linguistically
appropriate
.

B. Each school district and public school shall
develop a plan for the way in which the policy is to be
publicized, including:

(1) making each school district's anti-bullying policy [
and developmentally, culturally and
linguistically appropriate variants of the policy
] available on
public websites;

(2) identifying a point of contact for
bullying-related concerns; and

(3) informing parents and students about the
policy at least annually through student handbooks and other
resources."

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