New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 6 - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 80 - ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION - CHARTER SCHOOLS › Part 4 - CHARTER SCHOOL APPLICATION AND APPEAL REQUIREMENTS › Section 6.80.4.13 - CHARTER SCHOOL RENEWAL PROCESS AND RENEWAL APPLICATIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. The governing
				body of a charter school seeking to renew its charter shall file its renewal
				application with a chartering authority no earlier than 270 days prior to the
				date the charter expires. Commencing with any charters that are due to expire
				at any time after January 1, 2008, all applications for renewal shall be
				submitted no later than October 1 of the fiscal year prior to the expiration of
				the school's charter The chartering authority shall rule in a public meeting on
				the renewal application no later than January 1 of the fiscal year in which the
				charter expires.
B. The governing
				body may submit its charter renewal application to either the commission or to
				the local school board of the school district in which the charter school is
				located, but may not submit the renewal application to both authorizers
				simultaneously.
C. The application
				shall contain:
(1) a report on the progress of
				the charter school in achieving the goals, objectives, student performance
				standards, state minimum educational standards, and other terms of the initial
				approved charter application, including the accountability requirements set
				forth in the Assessment and Accountability Act (Sections
				22-2C-1 et
				seq., NMSA, 1978);
(2) a financial
				statement that discloses the costs of administration, instruction, and other
				spending categories for the charter school that is understandable to the
				general public, that will allow comparison of costs to other schools or
				comparable organizations and that is in a format required by the
				department;
(3) any changes to the
				original charter the governing board is requesting and any amendment to the
				initial charter, which were previously approved;
(4) a certified petition in support of the
				charter school renewing its charter status signed by not less than sixty-five
				percent of the employees in the charter school;
(5) a certified petition in support of the
				charter school renewing its charter status signed by at least seventy-five
				percent of the households whose children are enrolled in the charter school as
				identified in the school's 120-day report of the fiscal year prior to the
				expiration of the charter;
(6) a
				description of the charter school facilities and assurances that the facilities
				are in compliance with the requirements of Section
				22-8B-4.2
				NMSA 1978;
(7) a statement of the
				term of the renewal requested, if less than five years; if a charter school
				renewal application does not include a statement of the term of the renewal, it
				will be assumed that renewal is sought for a term of five years; and
(8) for charter schools located on tribal
				land, documentation of ongoing tribal consultation pursuant to Section
				22-8B-12.2
				NMSA 1978 and applicable federal laws and rules.