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NM Stat § 22-4-17 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 22 - Public Schools|Article 4 - Creation, Consolidation and Annexation|Section 22-4-17 - Annexation of area for school district purposes; resolutions; approval; filing.

A. Whenever it becomes economically feasible for students residing in one school district to attend school in another school district, whether or not that school district is within the same county as the school district of residence, the local school boards of the school districts may provide for annexation of the appropriate area by resolution of each of the local school boards concerned. The resolutions shall be submitted to the state board [department] of education for its approval. B. Prior to adopting such resolution, the local school board proposing to annex the area within another school district shall furnish an accurate legal description of the area to be annexed and the net taxable value of the property within the area to the chief, public school finance division [secretary of public education]. The chief [secretary] shall furnish to each local school board concerned a statement of the financial implication of the annexation. C. After resolutions are adopted by each of the local school boards concerned and approved by the state board [department] of education, copies of the resolutions shall be filed with: (1) the county commission of the county where the principal office of each local school board is located and the county commissions of those other counties in which area is affected; (2) the county assessor of the county where the principal office of each local school board is located and the county assessors of those other counties in which area is affected; (3) state board of education; and (4) department of finance and administration. History: 1953 Comp., § 77-3-2.1, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 213, § 1. 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. Cross references. — The public school finance division of the department of finance and administration was abolished by Laws 1977, ch. 246, § 69. Laws 1977, ch. 246, § 3, established the public school finance division of the educational finance and cultural affairs department. Laws 1977, ch. 246, § 63, compiled as 22-8-3 NMSA 1978, designated the administrative and executive head of the public school finance division of the educational finance and cultural affairs department as the director of public school finance. See the Public Education Department Act, 9-24-1 NMSA 1978 and N.M. Const. art. XII, § 6 for current law governing the former powers of the chief of the public school finance division.
NM Stat § 22-4-18 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 22 - Public Schools|Article 4 - Creation, Consolidation and Annexation|Section 22-4-18 - Validation of previous annexation.

Every member of a local school board of a local school district which has been a party to an annexation similar to that authorized in Section 1 [22-4-17 NMSA 1978] of this act but occurring prior to the effective date of this act is determined to have been a legally authorized governing authority and such annexation is validated as of the date of the resolution adopting such action. History: 1953 Comp., § 77-3-2.2, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 213, § 2.
NM Stat § 22-4A-1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 22 - Public Schools|Article 4A - Advisory Referenda (Repealed.)|Section 22-4A-1 - Repealed.

History: Laws 1987, ch. 191, § 1; repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 212, § 284. ANNOTATIONSRepeals. — Laws 2019, ch. 212, § 284 repealed 22-4A-1 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1987, ch. 191, § 1, relating to short title, effective April 3, 2019. For provisions of former section, see the 2018 NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com.
NM Stat § 22-4A-2 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 22 - Public Schools|Article 4A - Advisory Referenda (Repealed.)|Section 22-4A-2 - Repealed.

History: Laws 1987, ch. 191, § 2; repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 212, § 284. ANNOTATIONSRepeals. — Laws 2019, ch. 212, § 284 repealed 22-4A-2 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1987, ch. 191, § 2, relating to purpose, effective April 3, 2019. For provisions of former section, see the 2018 NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com.
NM Stat § 22-4A-3 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 22 - Public Schools|Article 4A - Advisory Referenda (Repealed.)|Section 22-4A-3 - Repealed.

History: Laws 1987, ch. 191, § 3; ; repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 212, § 284. ANNOTATIONSRepeals. — Laws 2019, ch. 212, § 284 repealed 22-4A-3 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1987, ch. 191, § 3, relating to advisory referendum authorized, effect of referendum, effective April 3, 2019. For provisions of former section, see the 2018 NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com.
NM Stat § 22-5-1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 22 - Public Schools|Article 5 - Local School Boards|Section 22-5-1 - Local school boards; members.

A local school board shall be composed of five qualified electors of the state residing within the school district. History: 1953 Comp., § 77-4-1, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 16, § 27. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For recall of local school board members, see 22-7-1 NMSA 1978 et seq. For constitutional provision as to residence of public officers, see N.M. Const., art. V, § 13. For school district elections, see 1-22-1 NMSA 1978 et seq.
NM Stat § 22-5-1.1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 22 - Public Schools|Article 5 - Local School Boards|Section 22-5-1.1 - Local school board members; elected from districts.

Members of local school boards in districts having a population in excess of sixteen thousand shall reside in and be elected from single-member districts. Once, following every federal decennial census, the local school board shall divide the school district into a number of election districts equal in number to the number of members on the school board. Such election districts shall be contiguous and compact and as equal in population as is practicable; provided that the local school board of any district having a population of sixteen thousand or less may provide for single-member districts as provided in this section. History: 1978 Comp., § 22-5-1.1, enacted by Laws 1985, ch. 202, § 1; 1993, ch. 226, § 10. ANNOTATIONSThe 1993 amendment, effective July 1, 1993, deleted "Notwithstanding any other provision of the Public School Code" at the beginning of the first sentence.
NM Stat § 22-5-2 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 22 - Public Schools|Article 5 - Local School Boards|Section 22-5-2 - Repealed.

ANNOTATIONSRepeals. — Laws 1993, ch. 226, § 54 repealed 22-5-2 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 103, § 1, containing the purpose of the act, effective July 1, 1993. For provisions of former section, see the 1992 NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com.
NM Stat § 22-5-3.1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 22 - Public Schools|Article 5 - Local School Boards|Section 22-5-3.1 - Local school boards; reversion to five members.

A. Any seven-member local school board of a school district in the state may by resolution provide for the local school board of that school district to be composed of five qualified electors of the state who reside within the school district. B. If the resolution specified in Subsection A of this section is adopted, the existing local school board at the first election at which the terms of three members expire shall by lot: (1) eliminate two positions if the next succeeding election is one at which the terms of two members expire; (2) eliminate two positions if the next succeeding election is one at which the term of one member expires, and at the next election at which the terms of three members expire designate one position for a two-year term; provided that thereafter all terms shall be four-year terms; or (3) eliminate two positions if the next succeeding election is one at which the terms of three members expire, and at the succeeding election designate one position for a two-year term; provided that thereafter all terms shall be four-year terms. C. Any resolution adopted pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be effective thirty days after its adoption unless a petition signed by the qualified electors of the school district in a number equal to at least twenty percent of all voters in the school district voting at the last regular school board election is presented to the local school board on or before the thirtieth day asking that an election be held on the question of decreasing the membership of the local school board to five members. D. Upon receipt and verification of the petition, the local school board shall within thirty days call a special election to vote upon the question of decreasing the membership of the local school board in that school district to five members. E. If the voters of the school district approve the decrease in the local school board's membership to five members, the resolution shall be in effect, and the elimination of two members at subsequent elections as provided in Subsection B of this section shall be valid. History: 1978 Comp., § 22-5-3.1, enacted by Laws 1981, ch. 302, § 1; 2015, ch. 145, § 96. ANNOTATIONSThe 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, amended terms for certain school board positions; in Subsection A, after "local", added "school", after "board of that", added "school", and after "reside within the", added "school"; in Paragraph (2) of Subsection B, after "all terms shall be", deleted "six-year" and added "four-year"; in Paragraph (3) of Subsection B, after "all terms shall be", deleted "six-year" and added "four-year"; in Subsection C, after "all voters in the", added "school", and after "membership in the local", added "school"; and in Subsection D, after "call a special", deleted "school", and after "school board in that", added "school".
NM Stat § 22-5-4.1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 22 - Public Schools|Article 5 - Local School Boards|Section 22-5-4.1 - Repealed.

ANNOTATIONSRepeals. — Laws 1993, ch. 226, § 54 repealed 22-5-4.1 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1981, ch. 296, § 1, allowing local school boards to authorize a period of silence at the beginning of the school day, effective July 1, 1993. For provisions of former section, see the 1992 NMSA 978 on NMOneSource.com.
NM Stat § 22-5-4.2 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 22 - Public Schools|Article 5 - Local School Boards|Section 22-5-4.2 - Child abuse; report coordination; confirmation.

A. A local school board shall adopt policies providing for the coordination and internal tracking of reports made pursuant to Section 32A-4-3 NMSA 1978. Such policies, however, shall not require any notification to school district personnel before the report is made to the offices listed in Subsection A of Section 32A-4-3 NMSA 1978. Such policies shall include measures to protect the identity of any alleged victims. No policy shall purport to relieve any person having a duty to report under Section 32A-4-3 NMSA 1978 from that duty.B. After a report is made pursuant to Section 32A-4-3 NMSA 1978, the office receiving the notification shall notify the person making the report within five days after the report was made that the office is investigating the matter. Mailing a notice within five days shall constitute compliance with this subsection. History: Laws 1985, ch. 94, § 1; 2021, ch. 94, § 3. ANNOTATIONSThe 2021 amendment, effective June 18, 2021, removed discretionary language, and added mandatory language, related to a local school board adopting policies providing for the coordination and internal tracking of reports of child abuse or child neglect, added a confidentiality provision for alleged victims, and required the office receiving the report of child abuse or child neglect to notify the person making the report that the office is investigating the matter; in Subsection A, after "local school board", changed "may" to "shall", after "tracking of reports made", deleted "by school district personnel", after the first occurrence of "Section", changed "32-1-15" to "32A-4-3", after the second occurrence of "Section", added "32A-4-3 NMSA 1978. Such policies shall include measures to protect the identity of any alleged victims", after the third occurrence of "Section", added "32A-4-3 NMSA 1978"; and in Subsection B, after "report is made", deleted "to a county social services office of the human services department", after "Section", deleted "32-1-15" and added "32A-4-3", after "NMSA 1978", deleted "by any school district personnel that the", and after "office", added "receiving the notification".
NM Stat § 22-5-4.4 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 22 - Public Schools|Article 5 - Local School Boards|Section 22-5-4.4 - School employees; reporting drug and alcohol use; release from liability.

A. A school employee who knows or in good faith suspects any student of using or abusing alcohol or drugs shall report such use or abuse pursuant to procedures established by the local school board. B. No school employee who in good faith reports any known or suspected instances of alcohol or drug use or abuse shall be held liable for any civil damages as a result of such report or his efforts to enforce any school policies or regulations regarding drug or alcohol use or abuse. History: 1978 Comp., § 22-1-5, enacted by Laws 1985, ch. 180, § 1; recompiled as § 22-5-4.4 by Laws 1986, ch. 33, § 10.
NM Stat § 22-5-4.5 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 22 - Public Schools|Article 5 - Local School Boards|Section 22-5-4.5 - Pledge of allegiance.

Local school boards shall provide that the pledge of allegiance shall be recited daily in each public school in the school district according to regulations adopted by the state board [department]. History: 1978 Comp., § 22-5-4.5, enacted by Laws 1986, ch. 33, § 11.
NM Stat § 22-5-4.6 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 22 - Public Schools|Article 5 - Local School Boards|Section 22-5-4.6 - Recompiled.

ANNOTATIONSRecompilations. — Laws 2003, ch. 153, § 26 recompiled and amended former 22-5-4.6 NMSA 1978, relating to collaborative school improvement programs, as 22-5-15 NMSA 1978, effective April 4, 2003.
NM Stat § 22-5-4.7 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 22 - Public Schools|Article 5 - Local School Boards|Section 22-5-4.7 - Additional student discipline policies; weapon-free schools.

A. In addition to other student discipline policies, each school district shall adopt a policy providing for the expulsion from school, for a period of not less than one year, of any student who is determined to have knowingly brought a weapon to a school under the jurisdiction of the local board. The local school board or the superintendent of the school district may modify the expulsion requirement on a case-by-case basis. B. Student discipline policies shall also provide for placement in an alternative educational setting, for not more than forty-five days, of any student with a disability who is determined to have knowingly brought a weapon to a school under the jurisdiction of the local board. If a parent or guardian of the student requests a due process hearing, then the student shall remain in the alternative educational setting during the pendency of any proceeding, unless the parent or guardian and the school district agree otherwise. C. For the purposes of this section, "weapon" means: (1) any firearm that is designed to, may readily be converted to or will expel a projectile by the action of an explosion; and (2) any destructive device that is an explosive or incendiary device, bomb, grenade, rocket having a propellent charge of more than four ounces, missile having an explosive or incendiary charge of more than one-quarter-ounce, mine or similar device. History: 1978 Comp., § 22-5-4.7, enacted by Laws 1995, ch. 47, § 1. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For unlawful carrying of deadly weapon on school premises, see 30-7-2.1 NMSA 1978. Suspension constitutional. — A school's decision to suspend a student who "should have known" he was bringing a weapon onto school property does not violate the student's substantive due process right to a public education, if any such right exists. Butler v. Rio Rancho Pub. Sch. Bd. of Educ., 341 F.3d 1197 (10th Cir. 2003).
NM Stat § 22-5-4.8 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 22 - Public Schools|Article 5 - Local School Boards|Section 22-5-4.8 - Area vocational high schools.

A. A local school board, alone or in cooperation with other local school boards, may develop a plan for the establishment of an area vocational high school. The plan shall be submitted to the department for its approval.B. The department may approve a plan for an area vocational high school if the plan adequately provides for:(1) sufficient financing for the operation of the school, which may include an election for a special levy not to exceed one dollar ($1.00) for each one thousand dollars ($1,000) of net taxable value, and that may be in addition to levies authorized by the College District Tax Act;(2) a broad vocational and technical education program serving a sufficient number of students to achieve economic viability; and(3)compliance with the state plan for vocational education. History: Laws 1999, ch. 219, § 19; 2019, ch. 59, § 1. ANNOTATIONSThe 2019 amendment, effective June 14, 2019, removed a provision requiring area vocational high schools be located on the campus of a post-secondary educational institution, and required school boards to submit plans to develop vocational high schools to the public education department for approval; in Subsection A, deleted "on the campus of a post-secondary educational institution to facilitate sharing of facilities", and deleted "state board of education and the commission on higher education for their" and added "department for its"; and in Subsection B, deleted "state board of education and the commission on higher education" and added "department".
NM Stat § 22-5-4.9 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 22 - Public Schools|Article 5 - Local School Boards|Section 22-5-4.9 - High school diplomas; World War II veterans.

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Public School Code, a local school board may issue a high school diploma to a World War II veteran who: (1) is an honorably discharged member of the armed forces of the United States; (2) was scheduled to graduate from high school after 1940 and before 1951; (3) was a resident of New Mexico and attended a high school in the locality of the current school district; and (4) left high school before graduation to serve in World War II. B. A local school board may issue a high school diploma to a qualifying World War II veteran regardless of whether the veteran holds a high school equivalency credential or is deceased. C. The department shall adopt and promulgate rules to carry out the provisions of this section, including: (1) an application form to be submitted by the World War II veteran or a person acting on behalf of the veteran if the veteran is incapacitated or deceased; and (2) what constitutes acceptable evidence of eligibility for a diploma. History: Laws 2003, ch. 113, § 1; 2015, ch. 122, § 11. ANNOTATIONSThe 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, replaced the term "state board" with the public education department" and "high school equivalency diploma" with "high school equivalency credential" in the provision relating to providing high school diplomas to World War II veterans; in Subsection B, after "equivalency", deleted "diploma" and added "credential"; and in Subsection C, after "The", deleted "state board" and added "department".
NM Stat § 22-5-4.10 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 22 - Public Schools|Article 5 - Local School Boards|Section 22-5-4.10 - High school diplomas; Korean conflict veterans.

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Public School Code, a local school board may issue a high school diploma to a Korean conflict veteran who: (1) is an honorably discharged member of the armed forces of the United States; (2) was scheduled to graduate from high school after June 27, 1950 and before January 31, 1955; (3) was a resident of New Mexico and attended a high school in the locality of the current school district; and (4) left high school before graduation to serve in the Korean conflict. B. A local school board may issue a high school diploma to a qualifying Korean conflict veteran regardless of whether the veteran holds a high school equivalency credential or is deceased. C. The department shall adopt and promulgate rules to carry out the provisions of this section, including: (1) an application form to be submitted to the local school board by the Korean conflict veteran or a person acting on behalf of the veteran if the veteran is incapacitated or deceased; and (2) what constitutes acceptable evidence of eligibility for a diploma. History: Laws 2005, ch. 11, § 1; 2015, ch. 122, § 12. ANNOTATIONSThe 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, replaced the term "high school equivalency diploma" with "high school equivalency credential" in the provision relating to providing high school diplomas to veterans of the Korean conflict; and in Subsection B, after "equivalency", deleted "diploma" and added "credential".
NM Stat § 22-5-4.11 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 22 - Public Schools|Article 5 - Local School Boards|Section 22-5-4.11 - Psychotropic medication; prohibition on compulsion.

A. Each local school board or governing body shall develop and promulgate policies that prohibit school personnel from denying any student access to programs or services because the parent or guardian of the student has refused to place the student on psychotropic medication. B. School personnel may share school-based observations of a student's academic, functional and behavioral performance with the student's parent or guardian and offer program options and other forms of assistance that are available to the parent or guardian and the student based on those observations. However, an employee or agent of a school district or governing body shall not compel or attempt to compel any specific actions by the parent or guardian or require that a student take a psychotropic medication. C. School personnel shall not require a student to undergo psychological screening unless the parent or guardian of that student gives prior written consent before each instance of psychological screening. D. Nothing in this act shall be construed to create a prohibition against a teacher or other school personnel from consulting or sharing a classroom-based observation with a parent or guardian regarding: (1) a student's academic and functional performance; (2) a student's behavior in the classroom or school; or (3) the need for evaluation for special education or related services. E. As used in this section: (1) "psychotropic medication" means a drug that shall not be dispensed or administered without a prescription, whose primary indication for use has been approved by the federal food and drug administration for the treatment of mental disorders and that is listed as a psychotherapeutic agent in drug facts and comparisons or in the American hospital formulary service; and (2) "school personnel" means school personnel that the department has licensed. History: Laws 2015, ch. 51, § 1. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2015, ch. 51 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 19, 2015, 90 days after the adjournment of the legislature.