Chapter 22, Chapter 22

injuries received by students in school athletic activities; training of coaches and student athletes; information to be provided to coaches, student athletes and student athletes' parents or guardians; requiring acknowledgment of training and information; nonscholastic youth ath…

education. A. A coach shall not allow a youth athlete to participate in a youth athletic activity on the same day that the youth athlete: (1) exhibits signs, symptoms or behaviors consistent with a brain injury after a coach, a league official or a youth athlete reports, observes…

coaches. A. All licensed coaches employed by school districts shall have current certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The department shall promulgate rules regarding the implementation of this section. The certification program shall include training regarding the use …

A. As used in this section: (1) "foster care" means twenty-four-hour substitute care for a student placed away from the student's parents or guardians and for whom the children, youth and families department has placement and care responsibility, including placements in foster fa…

A. The department shall develop a "purple star public schools program" that provides a mechanism for public schools to ease the transition of students of military families into new schools by providing academic, social and emotional support to those students or, for public school…

School districts shall provide special education and related services appropriate to meet the needs of students requiring special education and related services. Rules and standards shall be developed and established by the department for the provision of special education in the…

A. The department shall adopt standards pertaining to the determination of who is a gifted child and shall publish those standards as part of the educational standards for New Mexico schools. B. In adopting standards to determine who is a gifted child, the department shall provid…

Chapter 22, Article 13C NMSA 1978 [except 22-13C-8 NMSA 1978] may be cited as the "Healthy Hunger-Free Students' Bill of Rights Act". History: Laws 2017, ch. 117, § 1; 2023, ch. 30, § 1.

By no later than July 1, 2025, a school food authority shall seek to achieve the lowest level of food waste, which shall include all of the following: A. students in grades kindergarten through five shall be allowed to have up to twenty minutes of seated lunch time each school da…

As used in the Healthy Hunger-Free Students' Bill of Rights Act: A. "community eligibility provision" means the federal provision created pursuant to Subparagraph (F) of Paragraph (1) of Subsection (a) of 42 U.S.C. Section 1759a that allows school districts to choose to receive f…

A. A school shall provide: (1) a free, printed meal application in every school enrollment packet, or if the school chooses to use an electronic meal application, provide in school enrollment packets an explanation of the electronic meal application process and instructions for h…

A. Public school districts and charter schools operating the national school lunch program and the school breakfast program shall establish a program to offer high- quality meals at no charge to all students. Bureau of Indian education schools, tribally controlled schools and pri…

A. A school shall not: (1) publicly identify or stigmatize a student who cannot pay for a meal or who owes a meal debt by, for example, requiring that a student wear a wristband or hand stamp; or (2) require a student who cannot pay for a meal or who owes a meal debt to do chores…

A school shall not require a parent or guardian to pay fees or costs from collection agencies hired to collect a meal debt. History: Laws 2017, ch. 117, § 6.

The Hunger-Free Students' Bill of Rights Act [Healthy Hunger-Free Students' Bill of Rights Act] applies to a public school district, a public school, a private school or a religious school that participates in the national school lunch program or school breakfast program. History…

A. As used in this section: (1) "reduced-price copayment" means the amount a reduced-price-eligible student would be charged for a reduced-price meal; and (2) "reduced-price-eligible student" means a student who meets the federal income eligibility guidelines for family-size inco…

A. School food authorities are eligible to receive an incentive grant pursuant to this section to purchase New Mexico-grown, -raised or -processed products. A participating school food authority may use the amount received pursuant to this section to support implementation of pro…

As used in Sections 22-14-2 through 22-14-16 NMSA 1978: A. "vocational education" means vocational or technical training or retraining conducted as part of a program designed to enable an individual to engage in a remunerative occupation. Vocational education may provide but is n…

Vocational rehabilitation shall be provided to any person who: A. is a resident of the state at the time of filing an application for vocational rehabilitation; and B. qualifies for eligibility under a vocational rehabilitation program established by the state; or C. qualifies fo…

A. The vocational rehabilitation division shall make reasonable efforts to ascertain any legal liability of third parties who are or may be liable to pay all or part of the cost of rehabilitation services of an applicant or client of vocational rehabilitation. B. When the divisio…

A. A fair hearing shall be provided for any individual applying for or receiving vocational rehabilitation aggrieved by any action or inaction of the vocational rehabilitation division or of the director of vocational rehabilitation. B. The state board [department] shall adopt re…

The rights of any individual under the provisions of any state law relating to vocational rehabilitation are not transferable or assignable in law or in equity. History: 1953 Comp., § 77-12-11, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 16, § 201.

No person engaged in administering any vocational education or vocational rehabilitation program pursuant to Sections 22-14-1 through 22-14-16 NMSA 1978 shall use his official authority or influence to permit the use of the vocational education or vocational rehabilitation progra…

from certain fees. Upon written request of the department, all state educational institutions shall accept for admission, without any charge for any fees except tuition charges, a person with a disability meeting the standards of the institution. History: 1953 Comp., § 77-12-14, …

A. The commission is the governing authority and shall establish policies for the conduct of all programs of the state and state plans established relating to vocational education unless otherwise provided by law. B. The commission is the sole agency of the state for the administ…

A. The department is the governing authority and shall establish policies for the conduct of all programs of the state and state plans established relating to vocational rehabilitation, unless otherwise provided by law. B. The department is the sole agency of the state for the ad…

functions transferred. There is transferred to the services for the blind administrative unit of the vocational rehabilitation division of the department of education [public education department] those powers, fiscal responsibilities, duties, records, equipment, lands, buildings…

purchasing agent to determine value. It is the duty of the state purchasing agent to determine the fair market value of all products manufactured by clients of the commission for the blind and offered for sale to the state, or any other governmental agency or political subdivisio…

Except as hereinafter provided, all products thereafter procured by or for the state, or any governmental agency or political subdivision thereof having its own purchasing agency, shall be procured in accordance with applicable specifications of the state purchasing agent from th…

All money received by the commission for the blind or any duly established agency or branch thereof from the sale of products manufactured by clients of the commission for the blind to the state, any subdivision thereof or any other purchaser shall be placed in a special fund, wh…

The purpose of Sections 22-14-24 through 22-14-29 NMSA 1978 is to provide blind persons with remunerative employment, to enlarge the economic opportunities for the blind and to stimulate them to greater efforts in striving to make themselves self- supporting, by authorizing blind…

For the purposes of Sections 22-14-24 through 22-14-29 NMSA 1978: A. "blind person" means a person having not more than ten percent visual acuity in the better eye with correction. This means a person who has: (1) not more than 20/200 central visual acuity in the better eye after…

The head or governing body of each department or agency and of each county or municipality or other local governmental entity having control of state property shall: A. adopt policies and take action as may be necessary to assure that blind persons licensed by the commission will…

vending stand program. In carrying out the provisions of Sections 22-14-24 through 22-14-29 NMSA 1978, the commission: A. shall prescribe regulations governing: (1) personnel standards; (2) the protection of records and confidential information; (3) eligibility for licensing of b…

The commission shall provide an opportunity for a fair hearing to any licensed vending stand operator dissatisfied with any action arising from the operation or administration of the vending stand program. History: 1953 Comp., § 59-12-5, enacted by Laws 1957, ch. 180, § 5; 1978 C…

The commission is the sole agency of the state for the supervision of the administration of federal aid funds relating to vocational education. The commission may: A. enter into an agreement with the appropriate federal agency to procure for the state the benefits of the federal …

The department is the sole agency of the state for the administration or the supervision of the administration of any federal aid funds pertaining to vocational rehabilitation. The department may: A. enter into an agreement with the appropriate federal agency to procure for the s…

federal funds. The vocational rehabilitation division of the department of education [public education department] is designated the sole state agency to administer and receive any federal funds relating to vocational rehabilitation of the blind. History: 1953 Comp., § 77-12-8.1,…

A. As used in this section: (1) "apprenticeable trade" means a skilled trade that possesses the following characteristics: (a) it is customarily learned in a practical way through a structured, systematic program of on-the-job supervised training; (b) it is clearly identified and…

sponsored activity and volunteers. A. The provisions of the School Personnel Act [Chapter 22, Article 10A NMSA 1978], including licensure requirements, shall not apply to industry instructors, except that they shall be required to undergo a background check as provided for licens…

powers; duties. Subject to the policies of the commission, the instructional support and vocational education division of the department shall: A. provide vocational education to qualified persons; B. act as the representative of the commission in administering any state plan or …

A. The "vocational rehabilitation division" is created within the department. B. The secretary shall appoint a director of the vocational rehabilitation division to be known as the "director of vocational rehabilitation". History: 1953 Comp., § 77-12-6, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. …

The vocational rehabilitation division of the public education department shall: A. provide vocational rehabilitation to qualified individuals; B. administer any state plan or federal aid funds relating to vocational rehabilitation; C. cooperate and make agreements with public or…

A. The state treasurer shall be the custodian of all federal aid funds. The state treasurer shall hold these funds in separate accounts according to the purposes of the funds. B. All state funds, federal aid funds or grants to the state relating to vocational education shall be b…

Sections 22-15-1 through 22-15-14 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the "Instructional Material Law". History: 1953 Comp., § 77-13-1, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 16, § 205; 1975, ch. 270, § 1; 2005, ch. 80, § 1.

A. With the approval of the chief, instructional material acquired by a school district, state institution or private school pursuant to the Instructional Material Law [22-15-1 to 22-15-14 NMSA 1978] may be sold at a price determined by officials of the school district, state ins…

Each school district, state institution or private school shall keep accurate records of all instructional material, including cost records, on forms and by procedures prescribed by the bureau. History: 1953 Comp., § 77-13-11, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 16, § 215; 1975, ch. 270, §…

A. The department may enter into a contract with a publisher or a publisher's authorized agent for the purchase and delivery of instructional material selected from the multiple list adopted by the department. B. Payment for instructional material purchased by the department shal…

A. Annually, the department of education [public education department] shall submit a budget for the ensuing fiscal year to the department of finance and administration showing the expenditures for instructional material to be paid out of the instructional material fund, includin…

This act [22-15-15 to 22-15-20 NMSA 1978] may be cited as the "Historical Codes Act". History: Laws 1981, ch. 29, § 1.