A. The "community schools fund" is created as a nonreverting fund in the state treasury. The fund consists of appropriations, gifts, grants and donations. The department shall administer the fund, and money in the fund is appropriated to the department to distribute grant awards to support the development and implementation of community schools initiatives.
B. The department shall ensure that the money expended from the community schools fund is used for the purposes stated in the Community Schools Act and shall not be used to correct for previous reductions in program services.
History: Laws 2019, ch. 198, § 7.
Effective dates. — Laws 2019, ch. 198, § 8 made Laws 2019, ch. 198 effective July 1, 2019.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 32 - Community Schools
Section 22-32-1 - Short title.
Section 22-32-3 - Community schools initiatives; school improvement functions; requirements.
Section 22-32-5 - Definitions.
Section 22-32-6 - Community school framework; community school coordinator.
Section 22-32-7 - Coalition for community schools.
Section 22-32-8 - Community schools fund; created; accountability.