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NM Stat § 22-15A-7 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 22 - Public Schools|Article 15A - Technology for Education|Section 22-15A-7 - Council duties.

The council shall: A. advise the bureau on implementation of the provisions of the Technology for Education Act; B. work with the bureau to conduct periodic assessments of the need for educational technology in the public school system to support on-site and distance learning and make recommendations to the department on how to meet those needs; C. promote the collaborative development and implementation of educational technologies, projects and practices to enhance on-site and distance learning instruction capabilities; D. develop and recommend to the department a statewide plan to infuse educational technology into the public school system in support of state and national education goals, including a statewide cyber academy plan that states short- and long-range goals for distance learning; and E. provide assistance to the bureau in review of school district technology plans to support on-site and distance learning. History: Laws 1994, ch. 96, § 7; 2007, ch. 292, § 8. ANNOTATIONSThe 2007 amendment, effective June 15, 2007, required the council to support on-site and distance learning, and to develop and recommend a statewide cyber academy plan. Laws 2007, ch. 292, § 8 enacted identical amendments to this section. The section was set out as amended by Laws 2007, ch. 293, § 8. See 12-1-8 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 22-15A-8 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 22 - Public Schools|Article 15A - Technology for Education|Section 22-15A-8 - Educational technology fund; created.

The "educational technology fund" is created in the state treasury. Money in the fund is appropriated to the department of education [public education department] for the purpose of implementing the provisions of the Technology for Education Act. Money in the fund shall be distributed in the manner provided in the Technology for Education Act. Money in the fund shall only be expended pursuant to warrants issued by the department of finance and administration pursuant to vouchers signed by the chief or the state superintendent [secretary]. Money in the fund shall not revert at the end of the fiscal year but shall remain to the credit of the fund. History: Laws 1994, ch. 96, § 8. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Laws 2004, ch. 25, § 27, provided that all references to the superintendent of public instruction shall be deemed references to the secretary of public education and all references to the former state board of education or state department of education shall be deemed references to the public education department. See 9-24-15 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 22-15A-10 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 22 - Public Schools|Article 15A - Technology for Education|Section 22-15A-10 - Annual report.

Annually, at a time specified by the department of education [public education department], each school district receiving distributions from the educational technology fund shall file a report with the department of education [public education department] regarding distributions received, direct legislative appropriations for educational technology made and not rejected, expenditures made and educational technology obtained by the district and such other related information as may be required by the department of education [public education department]. History: Laws 1994, ch. 96, § 10; 2003, ch. 147, § 12. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Laws 2004, ch. 25, § 27, provided that all references to the superintendent of public instruction shall be deemed references to the secretary of public education and all references to the former state board of education or state department of education shall be deemed references to the public education department. See 9-24-15 NMSA 1978. The 2003 amendment, effective April 4, 2003, substituted "each school district" for "each local school district" and inserted "direct legislative appropriations for educational technology made and not rejected" following "distributions received".
NM Stat § 22-15A-12 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 22 - Public Schools|Article 15A - Technology for Education|Section 22-15A-12 - Educational technology deficiency correction fund.

The "educational technology deficiency correction fund" is created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of money appropriated, distributed or transferred to the fund by law. Earnings from investment of the fund shall be credited to the fund. Money in the fund is appropriated to the education technology bureau for the purpose of making allocations to correct educational technology deficiencies pursuant to Section 22-15A-11 NMSA 1978. Except as otherwise provided, any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert. Disbursements from the fund shall be made upon warrants drawn by the secretary of finance and administration pursuant to vouchers signed by the chief of the education technology bureau. History: Laws 2005, ch. 222, § 3. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2005, ch. 222 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 17, 2005, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.
NM Stat § 22-15A-13 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 22 - Public Schools|Article 15A - Technology for Education|Section 22-15A-13 - Obsolete computer replacement.

To the extent that money has been appropriated to replace functionally obsolete computers and network devices in public schools, including charter schools, on a five-year cycle, the bureau shall base allocations on a ratio of one computer to three students in each school. Prior to making allocations, the bureau shall compile and maintain an inventory of computer and network devices in public schools, including charter schools, and develop a methodology for prioritizing the replacement of computers and network devices to ensure that state money is expended in the most prudent manner possible consistent with the original purpose. History: Laws 2007, ch. 292, § 10; 2007, ch. 293, § 10. ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — Laws 2007, ch. 292, § 10 and Laws 2007, ch. 293, § 10 enacted identical new sections, effective June 15, 2007.
NM Stat § 22-15B-1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 22 - Public Schools|Article 15B - Educational Technology Opportunity Program|Section 22-15B-1 - Statewide educational technology opportunity program; findings and purpose.

A. The legislature finds that: (1) local school districts need increased access to information technologies, extensive professional development and sustained network support to use technology effectively; (2) the technological needs of New Mexico's individual school children and classrooms are best defined by the teachers and principals who work with them on a day-to-day basis; (3) New Mexico is fortunate to have high technology laboratories and corporations that have programs to supply low-cost, state-of-the-art central processing units for use in New Mexico classrooms; and (4) there are large nonprofit programs in place to build and rehabilitate computers for New Mexico classrooms using a combination of donated, surplus and purchased equipment. B. The purpose of this act is to establish a statewide educational technology opportunity program for New Mexico's teachers and students by creating a partnership between private industry, state government and local school districts that will build, distribute and install low-cost, network-ready computers in New Mexico classrooms over the next three years. History: Laws 1999, ch. 234, § 1. ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — The phrase "this act", referred to in Subsection B, means Laws 1999, ch. 234, which enacted 22-15B-1 and 22-15B-2 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 22-15B-2 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 22 - Public Schools|Article 15B - Educational Technology Opportunity Program|Section 22-15B-2 - Educational technology opportunity program; duties of the state department of public education [public education department].

A. The state department of public education [public education department] shall contract with a nonprofit corporation to administer the statewide educational technology opportunity program. The department shall select a contractor that has a program in place to build and rehabilitate computers for New Mexico classrooms using a combination of donated, surplus and purchased equipment. In administering the statewide educational technology opportunity program, the contractor, in coordination with the department, shall: (1) solicit and accept applications for computer assistance from local school teachers through the local school principals; (2) establish criteria for evaluating applications for computer assistance. The criteria shall include requirements for an established technology plan and an established network infrastructure; (3) establish a review process involving public and private entities to evaluate each application, determine the amount of computer assistance needed and allocate the available computers to ensure that computer assistance is distributed equitably; and (4) submit an annual report to the state board [department] of education, the governor and the legislature on the progress of the program, showing the regional distribution of the program, the number of computers distributed and the cost of each computer. B. Upon the approval of an application for computer assistance, the contractor shall distribute the allocated computers directly to the classroom and teacher. Pursuant to the contract and upon the receipt of an invoice, the state department of public education shall reimburse the contractor for the state portion of the cost of the computer assistance granted. C. The state department of public education [public education department], after consulting with private industry, local school districts and other interested parties, shall promulgate such rules as are necessary to implement the statewide educational technology opportunity program. History: Laws 1999, ch. 234, § 2. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Laws 2004, ch. 25, § 27, provided that all references to the superintendent of public instruction shall be deemed references to the secretary of public education and all references to the former state board of education or state department of education shall be deemed references to the public education department. See 9-24-15 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 22-15C-1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 22 - Public Schools|Article 15C - School Library Materials|Section 22-15C-1 - Short title.

Chapter 22, Article 15C NMSA 1978 may be cited as the "School Library Material Act". History: Laws 2003, ch. 149, § 1; 2006, ch. 94, § 48. ANNOTATIONSThe 2006 amendment, effective July 1, 2007, added the statutory reference.
NM Stat § 22-15C-2 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 22 - Public Schools|Article 15C - School Library Materials|Section 22-15C-2 - Definitions.

As used in the School Library Material Act: A. "additional student" means a student in the certified forty-day membership of the current year for a school district or state institution above the number certified in the forty-day membership of the prior year for the school district or state institution; B. "bureau" means the instructional material bureau of the department; C. "bureau of Indian education" means the bureau of Indian education of the United States department of the interior; D. "fund" means the school library material fund; E. "governmentally controlled school" means a bureau of Indian education school that is governmentally owned and controlled, is located in New Mexico, provides instruction for first through twelfth grades and is not sectarian or denominational; F. "library material processing" means cataloging of school library material, including in electronic format, according to nationally accepted standards, and the application of bar code labels and call-number classification labels to the material; G. "membership" means the total enrollment of qualified students on the fortieth day of the school year entitled to the free use of school library material pursuant to the School Library Material Act; H. "qualified student" means a public school or governmentally controlled school student who: (1) has not graduated from high school; (2) is regularly enrolled in one-half or more of the minimum course requirements approved by the department for public school students or by the bureau of Indian education for students enrolled in a governmentally controlled school; and (3) in terms of age: (a) is at least five years of age prior to 12:01 a.m. on September 1 of the school year; or (b) is at least three years of age at any time during the school year and is receiving special education services pursuant to regulation of the department; I. "school library material" means books and other educational media, including online reference and periodical databases, that are made available in a school library to students for circulation and use in the library; and J. "school district" includes state-chartered charter schools. History: Laws 2003, ch. 149, § 2; 2006, ch. 94, § 49; 2009, ch. 134, § 1. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For the transfer of powers and duties of the former department of education, see 9-24-15 NMSA 1978. The 2009 amendment, effective June 19, 2009, added Subsection C; added Subsection E; in Subsection H, after "public school", added "or governmentally controlled school"; in Paragraph (2) of Subsection H, after "public school students", added "or by the bureau of Indian education for students enrolled in a governmentally controlled school"; and in Paragraph (3) of Subsection H, at the beginning of the sentence, added "in terms of age:". The 2006 amendment, effective July 1, 2007, in Paragraphs (2) and (4) of Subsection F, changed "state board" to "department" and added Subsection H to define school district.
NM Stat § 22-15C-3 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 22 - Public Schools|Article 15C - School Library Materials|Section 22-15C-3 - School library material fund; creation.

The "school library material fund" is created in the state treasury. The purpose of the fund is to provide an account from which the department may distribute money to school districts, state institutions and governmentally controlled schools to pay for the cost of purchasing school library material. The cost of purchasing school library material may include shipping and handling charges for the delivery of school library material. The fund shall consist of appropriations, gifts, grants, donations and bequests. Money in the fund is appropriated to the department to pay for the cost of purchasing school library material. Disbursements from the fund shall be by warrant of the secretary of finance and administration upon vouchers signed by the secretary or the secretary's designated representative. Money in the fund shall not revert to the general fund at the end of a fiscal year. History: Laws 2003, ch. 149, § 3; 2009, ch. 134, § 2. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For the transfer of powers and duties of the former department of education and former state superintendent, see 9-24-15 NMSA 1978. The 2009 amendment, effective June 19, 2009, after "state institutions", added "and governmentally controlled schools".
NM Stat § 22-15C-4 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 22 - Public Schools|Article 15C - School Library Materials|Section 22-15C-4 - Administration of the school library material fund; bureau; duties.

Subject to the policies and rules of the department, the bureau shall: A. administer the provisions of the School Library Material Act; B. enforce rules for the handling, safekeeping and distribution of school library material and money from the fund; C. enforce inventory and accounting procedures to be followed by school districts, state institutions and governmentally controlled schools; and D. withdraw or withhold the privilege of participating in the free use of school library material in case of noncompliance with the provisions of the School Library Material Act or rules adopted pursuant to that act. History: Laws 2003, ch. 149, § 4; 2009, ch. 134, § 3. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For the transfer of powers and duties of the former state board of education, see 9-24-15 NMSA 1978. The 2009 amendment, effective June 19, 2009, in Subsection C, after "state institutions", added "and governmentally controlled schools".
NM Stat § 22-15C-5 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 22 - Public Schools|Article 15C - School Library Materials|Section 22-15C-5 - Students eligible; distribution.

A. A qualified student or person eligible to become a qualified student attending a public school, a state institution or a governmentally controlled school in a grade from the first through the twelfth grade of instruction is entitled to the free use of school library material. A student enrolled in an early childhood education program as defined in Section 22-13-3 NMSA 1978 is also entitled to the free use of school library material. B. A school district, a state institution or a governmentally controlled school shall purchase school library material as an agent for the benefit of students entitled to the free use of school library material. C. A school district, a state institution or a governmentally controlled school receiving school library material pursuant to the School Library Material Act is responsible for circulation of the school library material for use by eligible students and for the safekeeping of the school library material. History: Laws 2003, ch. 149, § 5; 2009, ch. 134, § 4. ANNOTATIONSThe 2009 amendment, effective June 19, 2009, in Subsection A, after "state institution", added "or a governmentally controlled school"; in Subsection B, after "state institution", added "or a governmentally controlled school"; and in Subsection C, after "state institution", added "or a governmentally controlled school".
NM Stat § 22-15C-6 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 22 - Public Schools|Article 15C - School Library Materials|Section 22-15C-6 - Distribution of money for school library material.

A. On or before July 1 of each year, the department shall allocate from the fund at least ninety percent of the estimated entitlement for each school district, state institution or governmentally controlled school as determined from the estimated forty-day membership for the next school year to each school district, state institution and governmentally controlled school. The entitlement of a school district, a state institution or a governmentally controlled school is the portion of the total amount of the annual appropriation less a deduction for a reasonable reserve for emergency expenses that its forty-day membership bears to the forty-day membership of the entire state. Additional students shall be counted as six students for the purpose of the allocation. B. On or before January 15 of each year, the department shall recompute each entitlement using the forty-day membership for that year and shall allocate the balance of the annual appropriation adjusting for any over- or under-estimation made in the first allocation. C. The department shall establish procedures to distribute funds directly to school districts, state institutions and governmentally controlled schools. D. A school district, a state institution or a governmentally controlled school that has funds remaining for the purchase of school library material at the end of a fiscal year shall retain those funds for expenditure in subsequent years. History: Laws 2003, ch. 149, § 6; 2005, ch. 213, § 1; 2009, ch. 134, § 5. ANNOTATIONSThe 2009 amendment, effective June 19, 2009, in Subsection A, after the first occurrence of "state institution", added "or governmentally controlled school"; after the second occurrence of "state institution", added "and governmentally controlled school"; and after the third occurrence of "state institution", added "or a governmentally controlled school"; in Subsection C, after "state institution", added "or a governmentally controlled school"; and in Subsection D, after "state institution", added "or a governmentally controlled school". The 2005 amendment, effective June 17, 2005, changed "distribute" to "allocate" in Subsection A.
NM Stat § 22-15C-7 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 22 - Public Schools|Article 15C - School Library Materials|Section 22-15C-7 - Sale or loss or return of school library material.

A. With the approval of the bureau, school library material acquired by a school district, a state institution or a governmentally controlled school pursuant to the School Library Material Act may be sold at a price determined by officials of the school district, state institution or governmentally controlled school. The selling price shall not exceed the cost of school library material to the state. B. A school district, a state institution or a governmentally controlled school may hold a parent, guardian or student responsible for loss, damage or destruction of school library material while the school library material is in the possession of a student. A school district or a governmentally controlled school may withhold the grades, diploma and transcripts of a student responsible for damage or loss of school library material until the parent, guardian or student has paid for the damage or loss. When a parent, guardian or student is unable to pay for the damage or loss, the school district shall work with the parent, guardian or student to develop an alternative program in lieu of payment. Where a parent or guardian is determined to be indigent according to guidelines established by the department, the school district shall bear the cost. C. A school district, a state institution or a governmentally controlled school that has funds remaining for the purchase of school library material at the end of a fiscal year shall retain the funds for expenditure in subsequent years. History: Laws 2003, ch. 149, § 7; 2009, ch. 134, § 6. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For transfer of powers and duties of the state board of education to the public education department, see 9-24-15 NMSA 1978. The 2009 amendment, effective June 19, 2009, in Subsection A, after the first occurrence of "state institution", added "or a governmentally controlled school" and after the second occurrence of "state institution", added "or governmentally controlled school"; in Subsection B, after "state institution" added "or a governmentally controlled school" and after "school district", added "or a governmentally controlled school"; in Subsection C, after "state institution", added "or a governmentally controlled school".
NM Stat § 22-15C-8 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 22 - Public Schools|Article 15C - School Library Materials|Section 22-15C-8 - Record of school library material.

A school district, a state institution or a governmentally controlled school shall keep an accurate record of school library material that includes a cost record. A school district, a state institution or a governmentally controlled school shall comply with record-keeping procedures prescribed by the bureau. History: Laws 2003, ch. 149, § 8; 2009, ch. 134, § 7. ANNOTATIONSThe 2009 amendment, effective June 19, 2009, after the first occurrence of "state institution", added "or a governmentally controlled school" and after the second occurrence of "state institution", added "or governmentally controlled school".