New Mexico legislation · 2026 Regular Session
New Mexico HB218: ATTENDANCE FOR SUCCESS ACT ENFORCEMENT
Status: Failed, January 29, 2026
What the bill says
An act relating to schools; amending the attendance for success act; enhancing and expanding enforcement provisions to reduce excessive absenteeism; making it a crime for a parent of an excessively absent student to cause or allow the student to continue to be absent from school after a report is made to the juvenile probation services office; prescribing penalties; making conforming amendments.
From the introduced text, January 29, 2026:
AN ACT RELATING TO SCHOOLS; AMENDING THE ATTENDANCE FOR SUCCESS ACT; ENHANCING AND EXPANDING ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS TO REDUCE EXCESSIVE ABSENTEEISM; MAKING IT A CRIME FOR A PARENT OF AN EXCESSIVELY ABSENT STUDENT TO CAUSE OR ALLOW THE STUDENT TO CONTINUE TO BE ABSENT FROM SCHOOL AFTER A REPORT IS MADE TO THE JUVENILE PROBATION SERVICES OFFICE; PRESCRIBING PENALTIES; MAKING CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: SECTION 1. Section 22-12A-12 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2019, Chapter 223, Section 12) is amended to read: "22-12A-12. EXCESSIVE ABSENTEEISM--ENFORCEMENT.-- A. Each local school board and each governing body of a charter school or private school shall initiate the enforcement of the provisions of the Attendance for Success Act .232830.1 wen = lairetam derocsrednu eteled = ]lairetam detekcarb[ for excessively absent students. B. If [unexcused] absences continue after written notice of excessive absenteeism as provided in Section [11 of the Attendance for Success Act] 22-12A-11 NMSA 1978, the local school board or governing body of a charter school or private school, after consultation with the local superintendent or head administrator of a charter school or private school, shall report the excessively absent student to the juvenile probation services office of the judicial district in which the student resides. [for an investigation as to] Upon receiving a report, …
Sponsors
- Luis M. Terrazas (R, HD-039) · primary sponsor
- Gabriel Ramos (R, SD-028)
Latest actions
- : Not Printed
- : Action Postponed Indefinitely
Subjects: EDUCATION, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, CRIMES & PENALTIES, CHILDREN & FAMILIES
Common questions
- What is HB218?
- HB218 is a bill in the New Mexico Legislature (2026 Regular Session): ATTENDANCE FOR SUCCESS ACT ENFORCEMENT.
- What does HB218 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to schools; amending the attendance for success act; enhancing and expanding enforcement provisions to reduce excessive absenteeism; making it a crime for a parent of an excessively absent student to cause or allow the student to continue to be absent from school after a report is made to the juvenile probation services office; prescribing penalties; making conforming amendments.
- What is the status of HB218?
- Failed as of January 29, 2026. Latest action: Not Printed (January 29, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB218?
- Luis M. Terrazas (R, HD-039), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB218?
- On the New Mexico Legislature website: https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=218&year=26
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