Out-of-School Time

Julie Brenning, Senior Manager, Community Schools and Extended Learning Bureau
julie.brenning@ped.nm.gov
(505) 795-5526

Dr. Nicole O’Shea, CSEL Burea Programs and Grant Manager
nicole.oshea@ped.nm.gov

Yolanda Tafoya, Out-Of-School Time (OST) and 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) Team Lead
yolanda.tafoya@ped.nm.gov

Program Overview

The New Mexico Public Education Department (NMPED) Out-of-School Time (OST) programs, including 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) and state-funded initiatives, provide students with safe, engaging learning opportunities beyond the regular school day and year. Operated in partnership with Local Education Agencies (LEAs) and Community-Based Organizations (CBOs), these programs foster academic growth, enrichment, and social-emotional development, with a focus on students with the greatest needs. OST programs implement the six key practices of community schools: powerful student and family engagement; collaborative leadership; shared power and voice; culturally enriched learning opportunities; rigorous, community-connected instruction; a culture of belonging, safety, and care; and integrated systems of support. Programs are held accountable through reporting, attendance tracking, outcomes measurement, and monitoring. By combining high-quality programming, essential supports such as meals and safe facilities, and strong school-community partnerships, OST programs ensure that all New Mexico students have opportunities to thrive.

Participating Local Education Agencies (LEAs) and Community Based Organizations (CBOs) are aimed at providing quality programming backed by evidence-based practices to impact all students with an emphasis on underserved student groups.

LEAs and CBOs receiving the School Year 2024-25 HB2 Out-of-School Time and Summer Enrichment Grant may provide programming before and after school and during the summer. Funds may be used to support programming, staffing, and transportation for student access. Programming may include supplemental academic supports, Career Technical Education, STEM activities, exposure to the arts, educational field trips, supplies, technology, and more.

LEAs and CBOs are required to report participating students, student program attendance, tutoring subject (if applicable), and interim assessment scores (if applicable). They are also required to complete a beginning-, middle-, and end-of-year general survey to report participating school sites, program plan, interim assessment type (if applicable), and overall program quality and effectiveness.

Impact Evaluation

The State of New Mexico Public Education Department (PED) is partnered with the New Mexico State University Southwest Outreach Academic Research (NMSU SOAR) Evaluation and Policy Center to analyze meaningful student data and produce a preliminary evaluation report to show impact of the School Year 2024-25 HB2 Out-of-School Time Grant Program.

Data collected for the School Year 2024-25 evaluation will include participating students, program type, program attendance, school attendance, state standardized test scores, and student demographics. This evaluation is contracted to be complete June of 2025.

Resources

Fiscal Resources

School Year 2025-26 LEA Award List:

1. Alamogordo Public Schools
2. Albuquerque Public Schools
3. ACE Leadership High School (APS Local Charter)
4. Christine Duncan Heritage Academy (APS Local Charter)
5. East Mountain High School (APS Local Charter)
6. Gilbert L. Sena Charter High School (APS Local Charter)
7. Gordon Bernell Charter School (APS Local Charter)
8. Health Leadership High School (APS Local Charter)
9. Mountain Mahogany Community School (APS Local Charter)
10. Native American Community Academy (APS Local Charter)
11. Mark Armijo Academy (APS Local Charter)
12. Robert F. Kennedy Charter School (APS Local Charter)
13. Siembra Leadership High School (APS Local Charter)
14. Voz Collegiate Preparatory (APS Local Charter)
15. Mosaic Academy Charter (AMS Local Charter)
16. Bernalillo Public Schools
17. Central Consolidated Schools
18. Dream Diné Charter School (State Charter)
19. Chama Valley Independent Schools
20. Cobre Consolidated Schools
21. Cuba Independent Schools
22. Deming Public Schools
23. Fort Sumner Municipal Schools
24. Gallup-McKinley County Schools
25. Grants/Cibola County Schools
26. Hagerman Municipal Schools
27. Hobbs Municipal Schools
28. Jamez Mountain Public Schools
29. San Diego Riverside Charter School (State Charter)
30. Las Cruces Public Schools
31. Las Vegas City Public Schools
32. Los Lunas Public Schools
33. Peñasco Independent Schools
34. Pojoaque Valley Public Schools
35. Raton Public Schools
36. Ruidoso Municipal Schools
37. Santa Fe Public Schools
38. Academy for Technology and the Classics (SFPS Local Charter)
39. Santa Rosa Consolidated Schools
40. Taos Municipal Schools
41. Anansi Charter School (TMS Local Charter)
42. Taos Municipal Charter School (TMS Local Charter)
43. Rio Gallinas School for Ecology and the Arts (WLV Local Charter)
44. ACES Technical Charter School (State Charter)
45. Albuquerque Bilingual Academy (State Charter)
46. Albuquerque School of Excellence (State Charter)
47. Albuquerque Sign Language Academy (The) (State Charter)
48. Aldo Leopold High School (State Charter)
49. Cottonwood Classical Preparatory School (State Charter)
50. Dzit Dit Lool School of Empowerment, Action and Perseverance (State Charter)
51. Hózhó Academy (State Charter)
52. MASTERS Program (The) (State Charter)
53. Mission Achievement and Success Charter School (State Charter)
54. Monte del Sol Charter School (State Charter)
55. North Valley Academy (State Charter)
56. Pecos Cyber Academy (State Charter)
57. Raices del Saber Xinachtli Community School (State Charter)
58. Sacramento School of Engineering and Science (State Charter)
59. Sandoval Academy of Bilingual Education (State Charter)
60. Six Directions Indigenous Charter School (State Charter)
61. Solare Collegiate Charter School (State Charter)
62. South Valley Preparatory School (State Charter)
63. Sun Mountain Charter School (State Charter)
64. Taos Academy (State Charter)
65. Taos Integrated School of the Arts (State Charter)
66. THRIVE Community School (State Charter)
67. Vista Grande High School (State Charter)
68. Walatowa High Charter School (State Charter)
69. Eastern NM University Ruidoso (Postsecondary)
70. NMSU Main Campus (Postsecondary)
71. REC 1-Four Corners (REC)

School Year 2025-26 CBO Award List 

1. Borderland Family Ties
2. National Dance Institute of NM
3. Santa Fe Boys and Girls Club
4. Southwest Educational Partners for Training (SWEPT)
5. STEAMing Ahead
6. Grant County Kids Space (WNMU)
7. Film Prize, Jr.

Grant Availability

The State of New Mexico Public Education Department (PED) opened a competitive application for HB2 Out-of-School Time grant funding in 2023. PED awarded three-year grants to eligible LEA and CBO applicants to receive funds in School Year 2023-24 through School Year 2025-26.

The next competitive grant application cycle is anticipated to open in Spring of 2026. This second three-year grant award opportunity will offer potential funding for School Year 2026-27 through School Year 2028-29.

Grant funding availability is dependent on the annual appropriation of House Bill 2 Out-of-School Time funds designated by the New Mexico Legislature.

Please advocate to your local legislator about the necessity and impact of the PED Out-of-School Time Grant Program for our New Mexico students. Thank you!