A. The council shall develop guidelines for a pre-kindergarten classroom facilities initiative in accordance with this section, including establishing and adopting pre-kindergarten classroom standards.
B. The authority shall rank all applications it receives for the pre-kindergarten classroom facilities initiative according to the methodology adopted by the council for that purpose.
C. After a public hearing, and to the extent that money is available in the fund for that purpose, the council may make pre-kindergarten classroom facilities initiative grants to school districts that the council determines are willing and able to pay for the portion of the total cost not funded with grant assistance from the fund according to those applicants' rankings.
D. The state share of the cost of an approved pre-kindergarten classroom facilities initiative shall be calculated according to the methodology outlined in Subsection B of Section 22-24-5 NMSA 1978.
E. A school district that receives a grant in accordance with this section shall expend the money within three years after the grant allocation, or the money shall revert to the fund.
History: Laws 2019, ch. 179, § 1.
Effective dates. — Laws 2019, ch. 179 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 14, 2019, 90 days after the adjournment of the legislature.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 24 - Public School Capital Outlay
Section 22-24-1 - Short title.
Section 22-24-2 - Purpose of act.
Section 22-24-3 - Definitions.
Section 22-24-4 - Public school capital outlay fund created; use.
Section 22-24-4.1 - Outstanding deficiencies; assessment; correction.
Section 22-24-4.3 - Roof repair and replacement initiative.
Section 22-24-4.4 - Serious roof deficiencies; correction.
Section 22-24-4.5 - Education technology infrastructure deficiency corrections.
Section 22-24-4.6 - Building system repair, renovation or replacement.
Section 22-24-4.7 - School security system projects.
Section 22-24-5 - Public school capital outlay projects; application; grant assistance.
Section 22-24-5.1 - Council assistance and oversight.
Section 22-24-5.3 - Preventive maintenance plans; guidelines; approval.
Section 22-24-5.6 - Outstanding deficiencies at certain state educational institutions.
Section 22-24-5.7 - Local match provisions for qualified high priority projects.
Section 22-24-5.8 - Adequacy standards; constitutional special schools.
Section 22-24-6 - Council created; organization; duties.
Section 22-24-6.1 - Procedures for a state-chartered charter school.
Section 22-24-7 - Public school capital outlay oversight task force; creation; staff.
Section 22-24-8 - Public school capital outlay oversight task force; duties.
Section 22-24-9 - Public school facilities authority; creation; powers and duties.
Section 22-24-10 - Public facilities to be used by charter schools; assessment.
Section 22-24-11 - Recompiled.
Section 22-24-12 - Pre-kindergarten classroom facilities initiative.