Section 7. Definitions

A. “Applicant” means a source, individual, or entity that has submitted an application to the department for approval to provide governing body training. B. “Approved provider” means a source, individual, or entity approved by the department to provide governing body training that consists of a designated curriculum provided by a designated facilitator. C. “Department-assigned training course code” means the code assigned to an application package that meets the substantive review requirements. D. “Designated curriculum” means the curriculum that was provided in the application submitted to the department for the purpose of receiving approval to provide training to governing bodies. E. “Designated facilitator” means the individual identified in the application submitted to the department for the purpose of receiving approval to provide training to governing bodies. F. “Eligible facilitator” means a proposed facilitator who is not disqualified for any of the reasons identified in Subparagraphs (b) and (c) of Paragraph (2) of Subsection E of 6.80.5.11 NMAC. G. “Governing body member” means a member of a governing body of a charter school who will be a voting member upon completion of the initial seven-hour training provided by the department or who has completed the initial seven-hour training and is a voting member. H. “School specific onboarding” means the action or process of integrating a new governing body member into the school by familiarizing the new governing body member with the school’s governance structure and requirements, other governing body members, financial status (including budget), history, contract, goals, model, staff, strengths, and challenges, and current academic, financial, and organizational performance. [6.80.5.7 NMAC - N, 7/25/2017; A, 7/14/2020] 6.80.5.8 MANDATORY GOVERNING BODY TRAINING COURSE - NEW GOVERNING BODY MEMBERS: A rning body member with the school’s governance structure and requirements, other governing body members, financial status (including budget), history, contract, goals, model, staff, strengths, and challenges, and current academic, financial, and organizational performance. [6.80.5.7 NMAC - N, 7/25/2017; A, 7/14/2020] 6.80.5.8 MANDATORY GOVERNING BODY TRAINING COURSE - NEW GOVERNING BODY MEMBERS: A. Within the first fiscal year of service, each new governing body member shall complete a governing body training course that consists of, at a minimum, 10 hours of governing body training provided by approved providers. B. The department shall provide guidance that identifies specific standards within each area; however, applicants may identify additional standards within each area to address the needs of individual governing bodies and governing body members. The new governing body training shall include: (1) two hours of training on public official/charter school governing body ethics and responsibilities; (2) two hours of training on charter school fiscal requirements; 6.80.5 NMAC 2 (3) one hour of training on understanding and evaluating academic data; (4) one hour of training on open government, legal, and organizational performance requirements; (5) one hour of training on equity and culturally and linguistically responsive practices; and (6) three hours of additional training standards identified by the individual governing bodies and governing body members. C. If a governing body member resigns his or her term prior to the end of the first fiscal year of service, the additional training hours required for that fiscal year shall be prorated based on the number of full and partial months during which the governing body member served and rounded to the nearest full hour. [6.80.5.8 NMAC - N, 7/25/2017; A, 7/14/2020] 6.80.5.9 MANDATORY GOVERNING BODY TRAINING COURSE CONTINUING GOVERNING BODY MEMBERS: A term prior to the end of the first fiscal year of service, the additional training hours required for that fiscal year shall be prorated based on the number of full and partial months during which the governing body member served and rounded to the nearest full hour. [6.80.5.8 NMAC - N, 7/25/2017; A, 7/14/2020] 6.80.5.9 MANDATORY GOVERNING BODY TRAINING COURSE CONTINUING GOVERNING BODY MEMBERS: A. Unless exempted from specific hourly training requirements as described below, each governing body member continuing to serve on a governing body beyond the end of their first fiscal year of service shall annually complete a governing body training course that consists of, at a minimum, eight hours of governing body training provided by approved providers. The department shall provide guidance that identifies specific standards within each area; however, applicants may identify additional standards within each area to address the needs of individual governing bodies and governing body members. The continuing governing body training shall include: (1) one hour of training on public official/charter school governing body ethics and responsibilities; (2) three hours of training on charter school fiscal requirements; (3) two hours of training on understanding and evaluating academic data; (4) one hour of training on open government, legal, and organizational performance requirements; and (5) one hour of training on equity and culturally and linguistically responsive practices. B. Governing body members who have served on a governing body beyond the end of their first fiscal year of their service may be exempted from specific hourly training requirements based on the school’s fiscal performance of training on open government, legal, and organizational performance requirements; and (5) one hour of training on equity and culturally and linguistically responsive practices. B. Governing body members who have served on a governing body beyond the end of their first fiscal year of their service may be exempted from specific hourly training requirements based on the school’s fiscal performance. (1) For any school that has received an unmodified annual audit in each of the past three years with no material weaknesses, no multi-year repeat findings, no significant deficiencies, and that has received no more than two compliance findings in the current year, the school’s governing body member shall be exempted from one of the two hours of required training relating to charter school fiscal requirements. (2) The department shall annually identify the schools that are eligible, under the criteria established above, to claim an exemption for their governing body members. C. The mandatory governing body training course shall be completed in one or multiple sessions during the fiscal year. D. The mandatory governing body training course may not consist of any of the same governing body training that was completed by the governing body member in any of the prior years of the same contract term as long as additional governing body training is available. E. Annually, the governing body training in each of the areas identified above shall be related to specific areas of growth within each area for individual governing bodies or governing body members based on the annual governing body evaluation. F. If a governing body member who is no longer in the first fiscal year of his or her service on the governing body resigns his or her term prior to the end of the fiscal year, the hours required for that fiscal year shall be prorated based on the number of full and partial months during which the governing body member served and rounded to the nearest full hour.