New Mexico Administrative Code

The New Mexico public school statewide adequacy standards establish the acceptable levels for the physical condition and capacity of school buildings, the educational suitability of those facilities and the need for technological infrastructure at those facilities. The standards …

Unless otherwise specified, the following definitions apply: A. "ancillary space" means any subordinate space necessary to support an activity or function of main programmatic space(s); B. "current enrollment" means the current number of students enrolled at an existing school; C…

These standards are not intended to supersede or omit, compliance with applicable building and fire code or any other code, regulation, law or standard that has been adopted by state agencies. A. Building condition. A school facility must be safe and capable of being maintained.(…

The classifications for public schools, including charter schools, under these standards are: A. Early childhood: A school with only pre-kindergarten. B. Elementary school: A school with a combination of grades pre-kindergarten through 6th. C. Middle school/junior high school: A …

Public School Capital Outlay Council

A special purpose school site shall be of sufficient size to accommodate safe access, parking, drainage and security. Additionally, the site shall be provided with an adequate source of water and appropriate means of effluent disposal. A. Safe access. A special purpose school sit…

A special purpose school facility shall have area, space and fixtures, in accordance with the equipment necessary to meet the educational requirements of the public education department, for physical education activity and shall be provided based on the planned school program cap…

All classroom space shall meet or exceed the requirements listed below: A. Classroom space. Classroom space shall be sufficient for appropriate educational programs for the class level needs. B. Classroom fixtures and equipment(1) Each general and specialty classroom shall contai…

A. Cumulative classroom net square foot (sf) requirements, including in-classroom storage space, shall be at least: (1) NMSD preschool 110 net sf/student, but not less than 450 net sf. (2) NMSD elementary 80 net sf/student, but not less than 450 net sf. (3) NMSD middle/high schoo…

A. Science: (1) For elementary schools, no additional space is required beyond the classroom requirement. This space is included in the academic classroom requirement and may be used for other instruction. (2) For middle school and high school: (a) NMSD science classroom. At leas…

A. General requirements. A special purpose school facility shall have an area, space and fixtures for physical education activity. This space may have more than one function and may fulfill more than one standard requirement. (1) Elementary school. Provide an indoor physical educ…

A. A special purpose school facility shall have space for students to access research materials, literature, non-text reading materials, books and technology. This shall include space for reading, listening and viewing materials. (1) Elementary school. The area for stacks and sea…

A. Cafeterias - general requirements (1) Serving and dining. A special purpose school facility shall have a covered area or space, or combination, to permit students to eat within the school site, outside of general classrooms. This space may have more than one function and may f…

A. Dormitory suites. Special purpose schools that provide residential housing shall have space for students to sleep, perform personal hygiene activities, study, socialize, engage in structured and unstructured recreational activities, and to participate in other activities in wh…

A. Parent workspace. A school facility shall include a workspace for use by parents. If this space is provided, it shall consist of at least .5 net sf/student of the planned school program capacity but no less than 150 net sf. The space may consist of more than one room and may h…

The purpose of this rule is to provide statewide adequacy standards for special purpose school buildings and grounds. The application of these standards shall be limited to space and attributes needed to support educational and technology programs and curricula, including the exp…

For storage, at least 4 net sf/student of the planned school program capacity may be distributed in or throughout any type of room or space, but may not count toward required room square footages. General storage must be securable and include textbook storage.

Each special purpose school shall designate 2 net sf/student of the planned school program capacity for maintenance or janitorial space. Janitorial space shall include a janitorial sink.

A. The council may grant a variance from any of the adequacy standards. The council shall grant a variance if it determines that the intent of the standard can be met by the special purpose school in an alternate manner, or if a variance is required for appropriate programmatic n…

The Public School Capital Outlay Act, Section 22-24-5 NMSA 1978.

Permanent

September 14, 2012

The New Mexico special purpose school adequacy standards establish the acceptable levels for the physical condition and capacity of school buildings, the educational suitability of those facilities and the need for technological infrastructure at those facilities. The standards a…

Unless otherwise specified, the following definitions apply: A. "art education program" includes visual and performing arts programs; B. "combination school" means a school that contains the elementary, middle school/junior high school and high school or any combination thereof; …

These standards are not intended to supersede or omit compliance with applicable building and fire code or any other code, regulation, law or standard that has been adopted by state agencies. A. Building condition. A special purpose school facility must be safe and capable of bei…

The classifications for special purpose schools school grade levels under these standards are: A. Preschool B. Elementary school: kindergarten - grade 6 C. Middle school/junior high school: grades 7 - 8 D. High school: grades 9 - 12 E. Combination school: includes some or all of …

Public School Capital Outlay Council

Public school capital outlay council, public school facilities authority and public school districts

The Public School Capital Outlay Act, Section 22-24-5 NMSA 1978.

Permanent

June 15, 2004, unless a later date is cited at the end of a section.

The objective of the rule is to establish the post-award grant assistance procedures for grants made by the public school capital outlay council.

[RESERVED]

The authority will notify school districts of grant assistance by a certified letter, return receipt requested. The notification will include: A. the amount allocated for a specific project; B. any contingencies upon or conditions for the award established by the council; and C. …

Public Education Department, hereinafter the department.

A. To obtain a waiver from the department for procedural or program requirements, a district superintendent or the administrator of a state-chartered charter school shall submit a request to the secretary, in the manner required by the department, with justification for the chang…

A. Curriculum. (1) Local curricula shall be aligned with the applicable New Mexico content standards with benchmarks and performance standards. In accordance with Section 22-13-1.6 NMSA 1978, each school district shall align its curricula to meet the state standards for each grad…

If any part or application of this rule is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder or its application to other situations shall not be affected.

This rule will be periodically amended to reflect changes in law or laws that were enacted with delayed effect provisions.

All public schools, state educational institutions and educational programs conducted in state institutions other than New Mexico military institute.

This rule is being promulgated pursuant to Sections 9-24-8, 22-2-1, 22-2-2, 22-2-2.1, 22-2C-3, 22-2C-4, 22-5-13, 22-2-8.13, 22-13-1, 22-13-1.1, and 22-13-14 NMSA 1978.

Permanent.

June 30, 2009, unless a later date is cited at the end of a section.

This rule provides for the implementation of educational standards and expectations for all students who attend public schools in the state.

A. "Accreditation" means the official recognition that a school or school district meets required standards. Schools are accredited by voluntary regional accrediting associations or by state government. Accreditation also refers to the process of certifying that institutions of h…

This regulation shall assist in the implementation of standards for excellence through the use of the Education Plan for all school districts and charter schools. At the school site level this regulation shall assist in the implementation of standards for excellence through the u…

A. Duties and powers of the local school board. The local school board shall: (1) review, approve, and support each school site-level department-approved NM School DASH and MLSS Self-assessment for each school site in improvement status; (2) employ and evaluate the local superint…

Public Education Department, hereinafter the department.