Chapter 22, Chapter 22

A. Remediation programs, academic improvement programs and promotion policies shall be aligned with school-district-determined assessment results and requirements of the state assessment and accountability program. B. Local school boards shall approve school-district-developed re…

The department may institute a "state improving schools program" that measures public school improvement through school safety, dropout rate, parent and community involvement and graduation and attendance rates. Those indicators may be weighed against socioeconomic variables such…

distributions. A. The "incentives for school improvement fund" is created in the state treasury. The fund includes appropriations, federal allocations for the purposes of the fund, income from investment of the fund, gifts, grants and donations. Balances in the fund shall not rev…

Sections 64 through 68 [22-2D-1 to 22-2D-5 NMSA 1978] of this act may be cited as the "Family and Youth Resource Act". History: Laws 2003, ch. 153, § 64.

A. The "family and youth resource advisory committee" is created. Members of the committee are: (1) the state superintendent [secretary] or his designee; (2) the secretary of health or his designee; (3) the secretary of human services or his designee; (4) the secretary of childre…

A. A "family and youth resources program" may be created in any public school in the state. Except as provided in Subsection D of this section, the department shall accept applications for grants from public schools in which eighty percent of the students are eligible for the fre…

duties. A. Subject to the availability of funding, grants are available to a public school or group of public schools that meets department eligibility requirements. B. Applications for grants shall be in the form prescribed by the department and shall include the following infor…

The "family and youth resource fund" is created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of appropriations, gifts, grants, donations and earnings from investment of the fund. The fund shall not be transferred to any other fund at the end of a fiscal year. The fund shall be a…

This act [22-2F-1 to 22-2F-3 NMSA 1978] may be cited as the "School Support and Accountability Act". History: Laws 2019, ch. 249, § 1.

As used in the School Support and Accountability Act: A. "adjusted cohort graduation rate" means the graduation rate of first-time ninth grade students with a diploma of excellence in a particular school year adjusted by adding any students who transfer into the cohort after the …

establishing a school dashboard; prioritizing resources for schools receiving additional support. A. The "school support and accountability system" is created in the department. The department, in consultation with school districts, charter schools, school personnel, tribal natio…

ANNOTATIONS Compiler's notes. — This section was copied from House Voters and Elections Substitute for House Bill 10, 45th Legislature, 1st Special Session, which was adopted by reference in the final judgment and order in Sanchez v. Vigil-Giron, D-0101-CV- 2001-02250 (1st Dist. …

This act [22-3B-1 to 22-3B-16 NMSA 1978] may be cited as the "2021 Educational Redistricting Act". History: Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 3, § 1.

Public education commission district five is composed of Bernalillo county precinct 31; Cibola county precincts 2 through 6, 8 through 14 and 16 through 30; McKinley county; Sandoval county precincts 24 through 26; San Juan county precincts 1 through 59, 70, 71, 75, 77 through 83…

Public education commission district six is composed of Bernalillo county precincts 58, 88, 92, 93, 96, 97, 99, 213, 250, 270, 288, 551, 552, 582 and 630; Catron county; Cibola county precincts 1, 7 and 15; Dona Ana county precincts 1 through 4, 21, 60, 63, 64, 95, 100, 105, 107,…

Public education commission district seven is composed of Dona Ana county precincts 5 through 20, 22 through 59, 61, 62, 65 through 94, 96 through 99, 101 through 104, 106, 108 through 110, 112 through 114, 116 through 120, 122, 124 through 170, 173 through 181, 183, 184 and 186 …

Public education commission district eight is composed of Chaves county precincts 1 through 18, 20 through 25, 31 through 36, 40 through 46, 51, 52, 61 through 64, 71 through 73, 81 through 85, 90 through 93 and 95; Colfax county; Curry county; De Baca county; Guadalupe county; H…

Public education commission district nine is composed of Chaves county precincts 47, 74, 94 and 101 through 106; Eddy county; Lea county; and Otero county precincts 2 through 40 and 47 through 65. History: Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 3, § 14.

Public education commission district ten is composed of Rio Arriba county; San Juan county precincts 60 through 69, 72 through 74, 76 and 90; Santa Fe county precincts 1 through 10, 13, 14, 20 through 62, 64 through 71, 74 through 79, 81, 83, 86 through 89, 91, 94 through 113, 11…

A. A public education commissioner who is serving on the public education commission as of the effective date of this section shall serve the remainder of the term for which the commissioner was elected or appointed. B. The governor shall by appointment fill a vacancy on the publ…

The public education commission is composed of ten members to be elected from districts established by law. History: Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 3, § 2.

A. Members of the public education commission shall be elected for staggered terms of four years. B. Members shall be elected at the general election for terms commencing on January 1 next succeeding their election. C. Members from districts two, three, five, six and seven shall …

A candidate for the office of public education commissioner shall reside in the district for which the candidate files a declaration of candidacy at the time of such filing. A public education commissioner shall reside in the district from which the commissioner was elected or ap…

A. Precinct designations and boundaries used in the 2021 Educational Redistricting Act are those precinct designations and boundaries established pursuant to the Precinct Boundary Adjustment Act [1-3-10 to 1-3-14 NMSA 1978] as revised and approved pursuant to that act by the secr…

Public education commission district one is composed of Bernalillo county precincts 20 through 30, 32 through 57, 59 through 67, 70 through 77, 80 through 83, 90, 91, 94, 95, 98, 100, 109 through 115, 117 through 120, 127, 128, 130, 134, 136 through 149, 156 through 160, 167 thro…

Public education commission district two is composed of Bernalillo county precincts 289 through 302, 304 through 310, 316 through 325, 328 through 336, 339, 348 through 350, 360 through 362, 364 through 366, 368, 376, 380, 388 through 393, 395 through 398, 407, 413 through 419, 4…

Public education commission district three is composed of Bernalillo county precincts 2 through 19, 68, 69, 78, 79, 84 through 86, 89, 101 through 108, 116, 121 through 126, 131 through 133, 135, 150 through 155, 161 through 166, 171 through 175, 177, 179 through 188, 191 through…

Public education commission district four is composed of Bernalillo county precincts 1, 87, 129, 170, 176, 217, 261, 303, 553 through 559, 570 through 573, 575 through 580, 595 through 597, 641 and 643; Los Alamos county; Sandoval county precincts 1 through 23 and 27 through 157;…

A. Every public school in the state shall be located within the geographical boundaries of a school district. B. A school district shall be created, exist or be consolidated only pursuant to the provisions of law. C. The geographical boundaries of a school district shall not coin…

A. Any order of the state board [department] for creation of a new school district or for consolidation shall contain the following: (1) an accurate description of the geographical boundaries of all school districts affected by the order; (2) the disposition of all property affec…

After adoption of an order of the state board [department] for creation of a new school district or for consolidation of school districts, the state superintendent [secretary] of public instruction shall forthwith cause a copy of such order to be published in a newspaper of gener…

A. The interim local school board of a newly created or consolidated school district has all the powers and duties of a local school board. The interim local school board shall hold office only until the local school board is elected and qualified. B. For the purpose of electing …

The term of office of members of a local school board elected at a special school district election for a newly created or consolidated school district shall be as follows: A. three members shall be elected for terms expiring at the next regular school district election; and B. t…

If the interim local school board calls for the election of members to the local school board of a newly created or consolidated school district at a regular school district election, the terms of office of the members elected shall be as follows: A. three members shall be electe…

indebtedness. A. All contracts entered into by a local school board of a school district prior to consolidation shall be honored by the consolidated school district. The acquiring of tenure rights and tenure rights that have been obtained shall not be affected by consolidation. B…

That the organization, existence or consolidation of all school districts heretofore ordered by the state board [department] of education of the state of New Mexico are hereby validated and their existence as ordered by the state board of education is hereby validated and confirm…

resolutions; approval; filing. A. Whenever it becomes economically feasible for students residing in one school district to attend school in another school district, whether or not that school district is within the same county as the school district of residence, the local schoo…

Every member of a local school board of a local school district which has been a party to an annexation similar to that authorized in Section 1 [22-4-17 NMSA 1978] of this act but occurring prior to the effective date of this act is determined to have been a legally authorized go…

A. The state board [department] may order the creation of a new school district: (1) upon receipt of and according to a resolution requesting the creation of the new school district by the local school board of the existing school district; (2) after review by the local school bo…

high schools; standards. A. The state board [department] may order consolidation of school districts upon receipt of and according to identical resolutions requesting consolidation from each local school board of each school district affected by the consolidation only if it deter…

schools; governing board.] Where consolidation is ordered under Subsection B hereof [22-4-3B NMSA 1978], the governing board of the district maintaining the junior and senior high school programs shall become the governing board of the consolidated district, the board of the dist…

Sections 22-4-6 through 22-4-9 NMSA 1978 shall be an alternative method of consolidation to that provided in Section 22-4-3 NMSA 1978. History: 1953 Comp., § 77-3-4, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 16, § 17.

board [department]. A. Upon receipt of a request from a local school board, the state board [department] shall cause a school district survey to be made to study the feasibility of a consolidation. B. A school district survey shall be made by a school district survey committee. T…

To make a school district survey to determine the feasibility of a consolidation, the school district survey committee shall consist of the following members: A. one person designated by the state transportation director from the state transportation division; B. one person appoi…

Members of a school district survey committee shall serve without compensation but shall be entitled to reimbursement of expenses incurred in the performance of committee duties out of funds of the department of education [public education department]. History: 1953 Comp., § 77-3…

The state board [department] may order consolidation according to the recommendations contained in a final report and recommendations of the school district survey committee approved by each local school board of each school district affected by the survey only if it determines t…

A local school board shall be composed of five qualified electors of the state residing within the school district. History: 1953 Comp., § 77-4-1, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 16, § 27.

Members of local school boards in districts having a population in excess of sixteen thousand shall reside in and be elected from single-member districts. Once, following every federal decennial census, the local school board shall divide the school district into a number of elec…

Except where otherwise specifically provided, whenever a local school board is required by law to make a publication or advertisement, the publication or advertisement shall be published in English in any newspaper published in the school district having general circulation withi…

A. Prior to the beginning of each school year, each local superintendent shall file with the department the school district salary system, which salary system shall incorporate any salary increases or compensation measures specifically mandated by the legislature. Salaries for te…