Constituent Services Resources

K12+ Program Guidelines Manual

Introduction

In the 2023 Legislative Session, the New Mexico Legislature passed and Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed into law House Bill 130. This bill:

• increases the minimum instructional hours requirement to 1,140 hours for all grade levels;
• allows for up to 60 hours of professional work hours for elementary educators and up to 30 professional work hours for secondary educators to count toward the 1,140 instructional hours requirement; and
• repealed the K5+, Extended Learning Time Program (ELTP) and the K12+ grant programs and replaced them with the new K12+ Program. K12+ will now be funded through the State Equalization Guarantee (SEG), eliminating the need for an application and approval process.

What follows is a guide for implementation of the new instructional hours requirements and the K12+ Program.