New Mexico Statutes
Article 8B - Charter Schools
Section 22-8B-4.1 - Charter schools' enrollment procedures.

A. Start-up schools and conversion schools are subject to the following enrollment procedures:
(1) a start-up school may either enroll students on a first-come, first-served basis or through a lottery selection process if the total number of applicants exceeds the number of spaces available at the start-up school; and
(2) a conversion school shall give enrollment preference to students who are enrolled in the public school at the time it is converted into a charter school and to siblings of students admitted to or attending the charter school. The conversion school may either enroll all other students on a first-come, first-served basis or through a lottery selection process if the total number of applicants exceeds the number of spaces available at the conversion school.
B. In subsequent years of its operation, a charter school shall give enrollment preference to:
(1) students who have been admitted to the charter school through an appropriate admission process and remain in attendance through subsequent grades;
(2) children of employees employed by the charter school; and
(3) siblings of students already admitted to or attending the same charter school.
History: 1978 Comp., § 22-8B-4.1, enacted by Laws 2000, ch. 82, § 3; 2021, ch. 28, § 1.
The 2021 amendment, effective July 1, 2021, provided an enrollment preference for students whose parents are employees of the charter school; and in Subsection B, added new Paragraph B(2) and redesignated former Paragraph B(2) as Paragraph B(3).
Applicability. — Laws 2021, ch. 28, § 2 provided that the provisions of Laws 2021, ch. 28, § 1 apply to the 2021-2022 school year and subsequent school years.

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