N.M. Code R. § 6.63.12.8 - REQUIREMENTS FOR RECEIVING THIS LICENSE
A. Any person serving or seeking to serve as
the school business official of a local school district, including charter
schools, and any person seeking to serve in a local school district, including
charter schools, in the capacity of a business manager, or any district
official charged with the direct management of the business of a school
district, excluding the superintendent, or a supervisor or director or manager
of accounting or bookkeeping shall be required to hold this license. A person
seeking this license shall have earned or completed one or more of the
following:
(1) a current certified public
accountant certificate; or
(2) a
bachelor's, master's, or doctorate degree in accounting, business, or a related
field with at least 24 semester hours in accounting or business coursework from
a regionally accredited or department approved college or university;
or
(3) an associate's degree in
accounting or a related field from a regionally accredited or department
approved college or university including at least 24 semester hours in
accounting or business courses from a regionally accredited or approved college
or university plus at least three years of verifiable, employment experience as
a school business official; or
(4)
a high school diploma or high school equivalency credential and at least five
years of verifiable employment experience working under the supervision of a
licensed school business official and 40 hours of licensure credit for school
business official license continuing education.
B. In addition to satisfying the requirements
contained in Subsection A of Section 8 of this rule, a person receiving an
initial school business license shall be issued a one-year conditional license
that shall convert automatically to a three-year level 1 license provided that
during this first year the person satisfactorily completes a training program
approved by the PED.
C. A business
manager of a school district with a membership in excess of 3,000 students must
hold or be eligible to hold a level 2 school business official
license.
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