New Mexico Statutes
Article 5 - New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Section 21-5-6 - [Transportation of children.]

That the superintendent of such institute [New Mexico school for the blind and visually impaired], out of the appropriation made for said institute [school], shall pay for the transportation of such children, to and from such institution whenever the parents, guardian or person having control or custody of any such child shall be unable to pay for same: provided, that said board of regents shall prescribe what portion of said appropriation shall be used for said transportation purposes.
History: Laws 1915, ch. 33, § 2; C.S. 1929, § 120-2202; 1941 Comp., § 55-2204; 1953 Comp., § 73-23-4.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Laws 1903, ch. 2, § 3 established the New Mexico institute for the blind. Laws 1947, ch. 183, § 1, amended this section so that it referred to the New Mexico school for the blind.
The repeal and reenactment on November 8, 1960, of N.M. Const., art. XII, § 11, changed the name of the New Mexico institute for the blind to the New Mexico school for the visually handicapped.
An amendment to N.M. Const., art. XII, § 11, adopted at a general election held November 2, 2004, changed the name of the New Mexico school for the visually handicapped to the New Mexico school for the blind and visually impaired.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 68 Am. Jur. 2d Schools §§ 240 to 251.
Transportation of school pupils at expense of public, 63 A.L.R. 413, 118 A.L.R. 806, 146 A.L.R. 625.
79 C.J.S. Schools and School Districts § 475.

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