A. The commission shall authorize the approval of start-up charter schools.
B. No more than fifteen start-up schools may be established per year statewide. The number of charter school slots remaining in that year shall be transferred to succeeding years up to a maximum of seventy-five start-up schools in any five-year period.
History: Laws 1999, ch. 281, § 11; 2006, ch. 94, § 38.
Cross references. — For transfer of powers and duties of former state board of education, see 9-24-15 NMSA 1978.
The 2006 amendment, effective July 1, 2007, in Subsection A, changed "local school boards" to "commission" and in Subsection B, deleted the references to conversion schools and the provision that the state board notify the local school board when the limits set in this section are reached.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Section 22-8B-1 - Short title.
Section 22-8B-2 - Definitions.
Section 22-8B-4 - Charter schools' rights and responsibilities; operation.
Section 22-8B-4.1 - Charter schools' enrollment procedures.
Section 22-8B-4.2 - Charter school facilities; standards.
Section 22-8B-5 - Charter schools; status; local school board authority.
Section 22-8B-5.1 - Governing body training.
Section 22-8B-5.2 - Governing body conflicts of interest.
Section 22-8B-5.3 - Chartering authority; powers; duties; liability.
Section 22-8B-7 - Appeal of denial, nonrenewal, suspension or revocation; procedures.
Section 22-8B-8 - Charter application; contents.
Section 22-8B-9 - Charter school contract; contents; rules.
Section 22-8B-9.1 - Performance framework.
Section 22-8B-10 - Charter schools; employees.
Section 22-8B-11 - Charter schools; maximum number established.
Section 22-8B-13 - Charter school financing.
Section 22-8B-14 - Charter schools stimulus fund created.
Section 22-8B-14.1 - Repealed.
Section 22-8B-16 - Public education commission; powers and duties.