School Advisory Committee at CIS

The Role of the School Advisory Committee...

1. All New Mexico schools are required to have participatory Advisory

School Committees that include parents and community members. NM

Statutes Annotated (NMSA) 22-5-16; (HB 212, Section 27).

2. An Advisory School Committee must be created in every public school

to assist the school principal/director with school-based decision making;

3. The purpose of the Advisory School Committee is to address issues of

budget, student assessment, data, policy relating to instructional

issues and curricula, parent and community involvement, and

business partnerships. (NMSA 22-5-16, HB 212)

4. The Committee shall give advice, consistent with state and school

district rules and policies, on policies relating to instructional issues

and curricula and on proposed and actual budgets;

5. The Committee shall have membership equitably balanced among

school employees, parents, and community members, including the

business community;

6. The Committee shall be created and elected in accordance with local

governing board rule;

7. The Committee shall develop and implement creative ways to involve

parents in schools;

8. The Committee shall coordinate, where appropriate, existing work

force development boards or career technical education advisory

councils to connect students and academic programs to business;

and  (Section 8 is not applicable to SAC.)