Outline of the state of New Mexico
State
New Mexico
Addressed

Category
Health Education K-12 Curriculum—Violence Prevention—MS

Category
Health Education K-12 Curriculum—Violence Prevention—MS

State law addresses violence prevention

New Mexico Administrative Code 6.29.6.9 Content Standard with Benchmarks and Performance Standard for Health Education Grades 5-8

B. Content standard 2: Students will demonstrate the ability to access valid health information and health-promoting products and services. Students will:

  • (6) grades 5-8 benchmark 6: describe situations requiring professional health services;
  • (b) grades 7-8 performance Standard:
  • (i) analyze risk behaviors in situations that may lead to negative physical, social or emotional health consequences (i.e., abuse, bullying, sexual assault, mental health, depression, suicide, domestic violence, STI/HIV and other risky behavior, etc.);
  • (ii) role play and discuss situations related to a health crisis and formulate solutions to intervene or prevent the crisis (i.e., a friend tells you he is thinking about suicide; a friend tells you she may be pregnant, etc.);
  • (iii) recognize and identify professional health services in the community.
Policy Type
Regulation

New Mexico Statutes 22-13-1. Subject areas; minimum instructional areas required; accreditation.

H. All health education courses shall include:

  • (1) age-appropriate sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention training that meets department Standard developed in consultation with the federal centers for disease control and prevention that are based on evidence-based methods that have proven to be effective; and
  • (2) lifesaving skills training that follows nationally recognized guidelines for hands-on psychomotor skills cardiopulmonary resuscitation training. Students shall be trained to recognize the signs of a heart attack, use an automated external defibrillator and perform the Heimlich maneuver for choking victims. The secretary shall promulgate rules to provide for the:
  • (a) use of the following instructors for the training provided pursuant to this paragraph: 1) school nurses, health teachers and athletic department personnel as instructors; and 2) any qualified persons volunteering to provide training at no cost to the school district that the school district determines to be eligible to offer instruction pursuant to this paragraph; and
  • (b) approval of training and instructional materials related to the training established pursuant to this paragraph in both English and Spanish.
Policy Type
Statute

New Mexico Statutes 22-13-1.1. Graduation requirements.

K. For students entering the eighth grade in the 2012-2013 school year, a course in health education is required prior to graduation. Health education may be required in either middle school or high school, as determined by the school district. Each school district shall submit to the department by the beginning of the 2011-2012 school year a health education implementation plan for the 2012-2013 and subsequent school years, including in which grade health education will be required and how the course aligns with department content and performance Standard. Health education courses shall include:

  • (1) age-appropriate sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention training that meets department Standard developed in consultation with the federal centers for disease control and prevention that are based on evidence-based methods that have proven to be effective; and
  • (2) lifesaving skills training that follows nationally recognized guidelines for hands-on psychomotor skills cardiopulmonary resuscitation training. Students shall be trained to recognize the signs of a heart attack, use an automated external defibrillator and perform the Heimlich maneuver for choking victims. The secretary shall promulgate rules to provide for the:
  • (a) use of the following instructors for the training provided pursuant to this paragraph:
  • 1) school nurses, health teachers and athletic department personnel as instructors; and
  • 2) any qualified persons volunteering to provide training at no cost to the school district that the school district determines to be eligible to offer instruction pursuant to this paragraph; and
  • (b) approval of training and instructional materials related to the training established pursuant to this paragraph in both English and Spanish.
Policy Type
Statute