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New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 6 - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 75 - INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY › Part 4 - RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BRAILLE ACCESS ACT › Section 6.75.4.9 - REQUIREMENTS: RESPONSIBILITIES OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

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A. An educational institution is not required
				to coordinate with the NIMAC. If the educational institution chooses to
				coordinate with the NIMAC, the educational institution shall acquire
				instructional materials in the same manner and subject to the same conditions
				as provided in 6.75.4.8 NMAC.
B. If
				an educational institution becomes a coordinating agency with NIMAC, it shall
				place its orders for instruction materials in alternate accessible or
				specialized formats through the persons responsible for coordinating services
				to students with disabilities with the central repository authorized by the
				department. The central repository shall serve as the authorized user and agent
				of the educational institution with NIMAC and it will have access to the NIMAC
				database and it may download NIMAS files in accordance with established
				agreements so that printed instructional materials can be efficiently converted
				to alternate accessible or specialized formats. The central repository will
				perform the conversion of the NIMAS files into the alternate accessible or
				specialized format and deliver it in a timely manner to the educational
				institution that ordered it.
C. If
				the educational institution chooses not to coordinate with the NIMAC, the
				educational institution shall provide a written assurance to the department in
				its annual local IDEA application that the educational institution shall
				provide instructional materials in an alternate accessible or specialized
				format to blind students or other students with print disabilities in a timely
				manner.
D. Educational
				institutions, through the persons responsible for coordinating services to
				students with disabilities, must certify in writing to the central repository
				authorized by the department that:
(1) the
				materials are deemed essential or required for student success;
(2) an electronic copy of the materials will
				be used solely for the student's educational purposes.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 6 - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 75 - INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY › Part 4 - RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BRAILLE ACCESS ACT › Section 6.75.4.10 - REQUIREMENTS: RESPONSIBILITIES OF PUBLISHERS

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A. All publishers submitting instructional
				materials for adoption on the department's multiple list must agree through a
				signed contract with the department to provide, at no additional cost,
				NIMAS-conformant files of any printed instructional materials, on or before
				delivery of the printed instructional materials to the publisher's New Mexico
				distribution point, to the NIMAC at the American printing house for the blind.
				The publisher must also agree that the NIMAS-conformant files provided to NIMAC
				include the latest corrections and revisions of the printed instructional
				materials.
B. Publishers may
				require written assurance from the educational institution that:
(1) the alternate accessible or specialized
				formats of the printed instructional materials will be used solely for the
				student's educational purposes; and
(2) the student or educational institution
				will not copy, publish or in any other way distribute the alternate accessible
				or specialized formats of printed instructional materials for use by anyone
				other than the original student, except that the educational institution may
				provide the instructional materials to another qualifying student who has
				signed a statement or, if a minor, whose parent on behalf of the student has
				signed a statement agreeing to the terms contained in this subsection and
				unless it is otherwise permitted by federal law.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 6 - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 75 - INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY › Part 4 - RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BRAILLE ACCESS ACT › Section 6.75.4.11 - COMPLAINTS AGAINST A PUBLISHER

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A.
				A student, parent, educational institution or organization on behalf of a
				student with a complaint against a publisher must submit the complaint in
				writing to the chief of the instructional materials bureau of the department if
				they believe that a publisher has failed to comply with a request under this
				rule.
B. The bureau chief shall
				investigate and provide the complainants and the publisher with notice of
				required compliance if warranted.
C. The publisher must respond in writing to
				the notice within ten (10) business days.
D. The department may terminate the contract
				of a publisher for failure to comply with its responsibilities under this rule
				as provided in the involuntary termination provisions of its instructional
				materials contract.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 6 - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 75 - INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY › Part 5 - RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SCHOOL LIBRARY MATERIAL ACT › Section 6.75.5.2 - SCOPE

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This rule governs the procedures for the allocation,
				  distribution and use of funds to purchase materials for school
				  libraries.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 6 - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 75 - INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY › Part 5 - RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SCHOOL LIBRARY MATERIAL ACT › Section 6.75.5.3 - STATUTORY AUTHORITY

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This rule is promulgated pursuant to Sections
				  9-24-8
				  and
				  22-15C-1
				  et seq. NMSA 1978.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 6 - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 75 - INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY › Part 5 - RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SCHOOL LIBRARY MATERIAL ACT › Section 6.75.5.5 - EFFECTIVE DATE

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May 15, 2006, unless a later effective date is cited at the
				  end of a section.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 6 - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 75 - INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY › Part 5 - RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SCHOOL LIBRARY MATERIAL ACT › Section 6.75.5.6 - OBJECTIVE

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This rule is designed to facilitate the allocation,
				  distribution and use of funds to purchase materials for school
				  libraries.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 6 - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 75 - INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY › Part 5 - RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SCHOOL LIBRARY MATERIAL ACT › Section 6.75.5.7 - DEFINITIONS

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A. "Additional
				student" means a student in the certified forty-day membership of the current
				year for a school district, charter school or state institution above the
				number certified in the forty-day membership of the prior year for the school
				district, charter school or state institution.
B. "Bureau" means the instructional material
				bureau of the department of education.
C. "Chief" means the chief of the state
				instructional material bureau.
D.
				"Department" means the public education department.
E. "Fund" means the school library material
				fund.
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 classifications 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. "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.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 6 - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 75 - INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY › Part 5 - RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SCHOOL LIBRARY MATERIAL ACT › Section 6.75.5.8 - REQUIREMENTS: RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT

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A. The department will administer the
				provision of the School Library Material Act [22-15C-1 to
				22-15C-10 NMSA
				1978] as follows:
(1) allocate and distribute
				money to school districts, charter schools and state institutions from the fund
				to pay for the cost of purchasing school library material; the cost of
				purchasing school library materials may include shipping and handling charges
				for the delivery of school library material;
(2) enforce rules for the handling,
				safekeeping and distribution of school library material and money from the
				fund; and
(3) 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
				this rule.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 6 - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 75 - INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY › Part 5 - RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SCHOOL LIBRARY MATERIAL ACT › Section 6.75.5.9 - REQUIREMENTS: RESPONSIBILITIES OF LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS OR GOVERNING AUTHORITIES

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A. A
				school district, charter school or state institution shall purchase school
				library material as an agent for the benefit of students entitled to the free
				use of school library material.
B.
				A school district, charter school or state institution is responsible for
				circulation of the school library material for use by eligible students and for
				the safekeeping of the school library material.
C. With the approval of the bureau, school
				library material may be sold at a price determined by officials of the school
				district, charter school or state institution. The selling price may not exceed
				the cost of the material.
D. A
				school district, charter school or state institution may hold a parent,
				guardian or student responsible for loss, damage or destruction of school
				library material while it is in the possession of a student. A school district
				or charter 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 or charter
				school shall work with the parent, guardian or student to develop and
				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.
E. A school district, charter school or state
				institution shall keep an accurate record of school library material that
				includes a cost record. A school district or state institution shall comply
				with record-keeping procedures prescribed by the bureau.
F. Annually, at a time specified by the
				department, each local school district and state institution acquiring school
				library material shall file a report with the department.
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 6.80.4.2 - SCOPE

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This rule shall apply to applicants and operators of start-up
				  charter schools and previously authorized conversion schools.
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 6.80.4.3 - STATUTORY AUTHORITY

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Sections
				  9-24-8,
				  22-2-1,
				  22-2-2,
				  22-8-1 et
				  seq., and 22-8B-1 et seq. NMSA 1978.
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 6.80.4.5 - EFFECTIVE DATE

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June 29, 2007, unless a later date is cited at the end of a
				  section.
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 6.80.4.6 - OBJECTIVE

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To establish the initial application and renewal process for
				  charter schools, whether locally or state chartered, the appeal process of
				  charter schools to the secretary of education and the secretary of education's
				  review process.
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 6.80.4.8 - NOTICE OF INTENT TO ESTABLISH A CHARTER SCHOOL

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A. The organizers of a proposed charter
				school shall provide a signed written notification to the commission and the
				school district in which the charter school is to be located of the organizers'
				intent to establish a charter school. The date for submitting a notice shall be
				no later than the second Tuesday of January of the year in which the
				prospective applicant plans to submit an application.
B. Written notification to the commission
				shall be made to the division written notification to a local school board
				shall be made to the superintendent of that school district who shall provide
				copies of the written notification to the local school board during a duly
				noticed board meeting.
C. If the
				second Tuesday of January falls on a legal holiday, the written notification
				shall be timely if personally delivered on the first day following the legal
				holiday that the division or office of the pertinent superintendent is open for
				business. Notice will also be considered timely if it is postmarked four
				calendar days prior to the second Tuesday of January, regardless of the date on
				which it is received. Failure to provide timely written notification may result
				in an application being rejected unless the organizers can demonstrate good
				cause why timely written notification was not given.
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 6.80.4.9 - CONTENTS OF APPLICATION FOR START-UP CHARTER SCHOOL

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A charter school application shall be a proposed agreement
				  between the chartering authority and the charter school and shall include the
				  following:
A. The mission statement of
				the charter school;
B. The goals,
				objectives, and student performance outcomes to be achieved by the charter
				school;
C. A description of the
				charter school's educational program, student performance standards, and
				curriculum that meets or exceeds the department's educational standards and
				shall be designed to enable each student to achieve those standards.
D. A description of the way a charter
				school's educational program will meet the individual needs of students,
				particularly those students determined to be at risk, including Native American
				students, economically disadvantaged students, students with disabilities, and
				English learners, and which will include the following:
(1) suggested modifications to the proposed
				educational program to meet individual student needs, such as bilingual,
				limited English proficient, and special education;
(2) an outline of a special education plan,
				the final plan of which shall be completed and submitted to the charter
				authorizer by the end of the planning year;
(3) how the charter school will provide
				access to other services including but not limited to counseling and
				health;
(4) assurances that the
				charter school will establish an executive director's equity council with
				members selected from the charter school community in an open and transparent
				process; and
(5) assurances the
				charter school head administrator and governing body, in consultation with the
				school equity council, will develop a culturally and linguistically relevant
				framework to help prepare students for college, career, and civic life through
				support of students' identities, and holistic development, including social,
				emotional, and physical wellness.
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 6.80.4.10 - TERM OF A CHARTER

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A. A charter
				may be approved for an initial term of six (6) years, provided that the first
				year shall be used exclusively for planning and not for completing the
				application. The planning year shall be the fiscal year in which the charter is
				authorized, beginning on the July 1 date on which applications were due and
				ending on June 30, regardless of the number of months that may be available to
				a charter school for planning activities.
B. A charter may be renewed for successive
				periods of five (5) years each unless a lesser period is agreed to in writing
				by the charter school and its authorizer. The five (5) years of the charter
				will commence on July 1 of the fiscal year after the charter was approved by
				its authorizer and shall align with the dates of the fiscal year.
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 6.80.4.11 - REQUIREMENTS DURING THE PLANNING YEAR

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A. For charter schools approved prior to July
				1, 2010, prior to the end of its planning year, a newly authorized charter
				school shall demonstrate to the authorizer that its facilities meet the
				educational occupancy standards required by applicable New Mexico construction
				codes. For charters approved on or after July 1, 2015, prior to the end of its
				planning year, the charter school shall demonstrate to its authorizer that its
				facilities meet the relevant requirements for schools as set forth in Section
				22-8B-4.2C,
				NMSA 1978.
B. A charter school
				shall simultaneously notify the public school capital outlay council and its
				authorizer in writing of its readiness to demonstrate that its facilities meet
				the referenced educational occupancy standards.
C. The public school capital outlay council
				shall determine whether a charter school's facilities meet established
				educational occupancy standards, and if not, whether specific requirements are
				inappropriate or unreasonable for a charter school. If the public school
				capital outlay council determines that specific requirements of the referenced
				educational occupancy standards are inappropriate or unreasonable for a charter
				school, it may grant a variance. The public school capital outlay council shall
				provide written notification of its decision and the reasons thereto
				simultaneously to the charter school and its authorizer.
D. Prior to the end of its planning year, a
				state chartered charter school shall demonstrate that it has qualified as a
				board of finance and that it has satisfied any conditions imposed by the
				commission before commencing full operation for the remainder of its charter
				term.
E. Prior to the end of its
				planning year, the state-chartered charter schools shall apply to the
				commission for authorization to commence full operations. If the commission
				refuses to issue the authorization to commence full operation, it shall provide
				its reasons in writing which shall be limited to the reasons set forth in
				Subsection D of 6.80.4.11 NMAC.
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 6.80.4.12 - INITIAL REQUIREMENTS AND REVIEW PROCESS FOR START-UP CHARTER SCHOOLS

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A. Local school
				boards may approve the establishment of charter schools to be located in their
				respective school districts. The commission may approve the establishment of a
				charter school to be located anywhere in the state.
B. An applicant shall apply to only one
				chartering authority at a time. An applicant whose application has been denied
				by a chartering authority or approved with amendments unacceptable to the
				applicant may file the same application the following fiscal year with a
				different chartering authority.
C.
				Applications for start-up charter schools shall be submitted between June 1 and
				July 1 to be eligible for consideration for the following fiscal year If July 1
				falls on a Saturday or a Sunday, the deadline for fling applications shall be
				extended to the close of business of the next Monday, even in the case of a
				school district closed for summer break. Applications will also be considered
				timely if they are postmarked four calendar days prior to July 1, regardless of
				the date on which they are received. Failure to submit a timely application
				shall result in an application being rejected by the authorizer, unless the
				parties agree to waive the fling deadline in accordance with Section
				22-8B-6
				NMSA 1978. Any such waiver shall be in writing and signed by persons authorized
				to take such action by the applicant and the chartering authority.
D. Enrollment in a start-up charter school
				shall be guided by the following.
(1) A
				charter applicant shall 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.
(2)
				A charter applicant shall advertise its enrollment process using newspapers,
				bulletin boards, and other methods designed to disseminate its availability to
				seek student enrollment and to ensure that there is equal opportunity for all
				parents and students to learn about the school and apply.
(3) A charter school shall not charge tuition
				or have admission requirements, except as otherwise provided in the Public
				School Code, Sections
				22-1-1 et
				seq., NMSA 1978.
(4) In subsequent
				years of its operation, a charter school will give enrollment preference to
				previously properly admitted students who remain in attendance and siblings of
				students already admitted to or attending the school.
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 6.80.4.14 - APPEALS TO THE SECRETARY

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A.
				Right of appeal. A charter applicant may appeal to the secretary from any
				chartering authority decision denying a charter school application, revoking or
				refusing to renew a previously approved charter, or imposing conditions for
				approval or renewal that are unacceptable to the applicant. Appeals from
				suspension of governing bodies and head administrators by the secretary shall
				be governed by the procedures set forth in 6.30.6 NMAC.
B. Notice of appeal and appellant's argument
				in support of appeal.
(1) Filing and service
				of notice and argument in support of appeal. A charter applicant or governing
				body of a charter school that wishes to appeal a decision of a chartering
				authority concerning the denial, nonrenewal, or revocation of a charter, or the
				imposition of conditions for approval or renewal that are unacceptable to the
				charter school or charter school applicant shall file and serve a written
				notice of appeal and its argument in support of appeal within 30 days after
				service of the chartering authority's decision. One original copy plus four
				copies of the notice of appeal and argument in support of appeal together with
				the required attachments shall be fled with the secretary at the department's
				main office in Santa Fe. No notice of appeal or argument in support of appeal,
				including exhibits or required attachments, shall be fled using compact disks,
				floppy disks, or email; instead, paper documents shall be fled with the
				department.
(2) Appellant's
				argument in support of appeal. The appellant's argument in support of appeal
				shall include a statement of the reasons and argument in support of why the
				appellant contends the chartering authority's decision was in error with
				reference to the standards set forth in Subsection B of Section
				22-8B-7
				NMSA 1978 that the authorizer acted arbitrarily or capriciously, rendered a
				decision not supported by substantial evidence, or did not act in accordance
				with law. The appellant shall limit the grounds of its appeal to the
				authorizer's written reasons for denial, nonrenewal, revocation, or imposition
				of conditions.
(3) Required
				attachments. The appellant shall attach to each copy of the notice of appeal:
(a) a copy of the chartering authority's
				written decision, together with a copy of the authorizer's minutes or draft
				minutes of the meeting if available; and
(b) a copy of the charter or proposed charter
				in question.
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 6.80.4.15 - REVIEW ON THE SECRETARY'S OWN MOTION

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A. The secretary, on the secretary's own
				motion, may review a chartering authority's decision to grant a
				charter.
B. Within ten (10) days
				after the secretary moves to review, the secretary shall issue an appropriate
				order establishing procedures for the chartering authority and the charter
				applicant to submit information and arguments for review by the secretary and
				division staff.
C. Within sixty
				(60) days after the secretary moves to review, the secretary, at a public
				hearing that may be held in Santa Fe or in the district in which the proposed
				charter school applied for a charter, shall review the decision of the
				chartering authority and determine whether the decision was arbitrary and
				capricious or whether the establishment or operation of the proposed charter
				school would violate any standard in Subsection C of Section
				22-8B-7
				NMSA 1978.
D. If the secretary
				determines that the charter would violate any standard in Subsection C of
				Section
				22-8B-7
				NMSA 1978, the secretary shall reverse the chartering authority's decision and
				remand the decision to the chartering authority with instructions to deny the
				charter application, suspend or revoke the charter.
E. The timelines in 6.80.4.15 NMAC may be
				extended by the secretary for good cause. Good cause may include but shall not
				be limited to an agreement between the parties, a reasonable request from
				either party or reasonable consideration of the secretary's previously
				established meeting schedule.
F. A
				person aggrieved by a final decision of the secretary may appeal the decision
				to the district court pursuant to the provisions of Section
				39-3-1.1
				NMSA 1978.
G. The secretary shall
				promptly serve a copy of the decision on the parties to the
				proceeding.
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 6.80.4.16 - QUALIFICATION FOR BOARD OF FINANCE DESIGNATION

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A. Within ninety (90) days of approval of its
				charter application, the governing body of a state-chartered charter school
				shall file a separate application with the commission seeking approval as a
				board of finance. This deadline may be extended by the commission for good
				cause shown.
B. The application
				shall include:
(1) an affidavit or
				affidavits, signed by the personnel who will be given the responsibility of
				keeping the financial records of the charter school, describing the training
				completed, professional licensure held and degrees earned by them;
(2) a statement signed by every member of the
				governing body that the governing body agrees to consult with the department on
				any matter not covered by the manual of accounting and budgeting before taking
				any action relating to funds held as a board of finance;
(3) a copy of a certificate of insurance that
				indicates that the person who will be entrusted with handling the funds of the
				charter school is adequately bonded;
(4) a signed affidavit from each governing
				body member declaring that the member is not a governing body member of any
				other charter school and that the member was not a governing body member of
				another charter school that was suspended or failed to receive or maintain
				their board of finance designation.
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 6.80.4.17 - NEW MEXICO SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS

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A.
				Upon approval by the commission, a state-chartered charter school may operate
				as the New Mexico school for the arts ("the school"), which shall be a
				statewide residential charter school for grades nine through 12 offering
				intensive preprofessional instruction in the performing and visual arts
				combined with a strong academic program that leads to a New Mexico diploma of
				excellence.
B. An application to
				the commission for approval of a charter shall contain assurances of compliance
				together with a plan for how the school will accomplish the following
				requirements contained in the New Mexico School for the Arts Act, Sections
				22-15F-1
				et seq. NMSA 1978:
(1) paying for all expenses
				associated with outreach activities and for room and board costs for students
				unable to pay all or part of the cost of room and board from a foundation or
				other private funding sources;
(2)
				working with a foundation or soliciting other private funding sources to obtain
				gifts, grants, and donations to ensure that the school has adequate revenue to
				make the payments described in Paragraph (1) of Subsection B of 6.80.4.17
				NMAC;
(3) not using money received
				from the state other than charter school stimulus funds to make the payments
				described in Paragraph (1) of Subsection B of 6.80.4.17 NMAC;
(4) admitting an equal number of students
				from each of the state's congressional districts, to the greatest extent
				possible and without jeopardizing admissions standards;
(5) conducting its admissions process in a
				way that provides equal opportunity regardless of a student's prior exposure to
				artistic training and to the student's ability to pay for room and board;
				and
(6) conducting admissions
				criteria-free outreach activities throughout the state each year that acquaint
				potential students with the programs at the school, to include programs
				specifically for middle school students and workshops for teachers.
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 6.80.4.18 - DISTANCE LEARNING

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A. A
				charter school offering or seeking to offer distance learning courses to
				students shall comply with 6.30.8 NMAC.
B. Any charter school offering or seeking to
				offer distance learning courses in New Mexico pursuant to the Charter Schools
				Act, Sections
				22-8B-1 et
				seq. NMSA 1978, shall be physically located in the state of New
				Mexico.
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 6.80.4.19 - LOTTERY WHEN CHARTER SCHOOL CAP IS EXCEEDED

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A. For purposes of compliance with Section
				22-8B-11
				NMSA 1978, the first five-year period shall be deemed to have ended in 2003 and
				the successive five-year periods begin in 2003.
B. If by October 1, the chartering
				authorities have authorized more charter schools than permitted by Section
				22-8B-11
NMSA 1978, the department shall notify all chartering
				  authorities with newly authorized charter schools that those charter schools
				  may not be established for operations until a lottery is held.
C. Within 45 days after
				determining that the cap for charter schools has been exceeded, the department
				shall conduct a lottery at a publicly noticed meeting to determine the
				available slots for charter schools. The department shall randomly draw the
				names of charter schools from the available pool of all charter schools that
				were authorized by October 1. The charter schools whose names were drawn shall
				be given the available charter school slots until the maximum numbers of slots
				have been selected. The charter schools that are selected shall be approved for
				operation in the first fiscal year after the lottery. The charter schools whose
				names were not drawn shall be approved for operation in the second fiscal year
				after the lottery.
D. A charter
				school that was approved for operation in the second fiscal year after
				participation in a lottery shall not be subject to a second lottery in the
				event that in the second fiscal year more charter schools are authorized than
				permitted by Section
				22-8B-11
				NMSA 1978.
E. Any charter school
				authorized after October 1 in a year in which the department conducts a lottery
				pursuant to this rule, shall be approved for operation no earlier than the
				second fiscal year after the school was authorized.
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 6.80.4.21 - SEVERABILITY

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Any part of this rule found by adjudication before a
				  competent tribunal to be contrary to law shall be stricken without affect to
				  the remainder.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 6 - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 80 - ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION - CHARTER SCHOOLS › Part 5 - CHARTER SCHOOL GOVERNING BODY TRAINING REQUIREMENTS › Section 6.80.5.1 - ISSUING AGENCY

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Public Education Department, hereinafter the
				  department.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 6 - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 80 - ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION - CHARTER SCHOOLS › Part 5 - CHARTER SCHOOL GOVERNING BODY TRAINING REQUIREMENTS › Section 6.80.5.3 - STATUTORY AUTHORITY

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Section
				  22-8B-5.1,
				  NMSA, 1978
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 6 - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 80 - ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION - CHARTER SCHOOLS › Part 5 - CHARTER SCHOOL GOVERNING BODY TRAINING REQUIREMENTS › Section 6.80.5.5 - EFFECTIVE DATE

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July 25, 2017 unless a later date is cited at the end of a
				  section.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 6 - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 80 - ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION - CHARTER SCHOOLS › Part 5 - CHARTER SCHOOL GOVERNING BODY TRAINING REQUIREMENTS › Section 6.80.5.6 - OBJECTIVE

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To establish the mandatory training course requirements for
				  all governing body members.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 6 - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 80 - ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION - CHARTER SCHOOLS › Part 5 - CHARTER SCHOOL GOVERNING BODY TRAINING REQUIREMENTS › Section 6.80.5.7 - DEFINITIONS

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A.
"Applicant"
means a source, individual, or entity that has
				submitted an application to the department for approval to provide governing
				body training.
B.
"Approved
				provider"
means a source, individual, or entity approved by the
				department to provide governing body training that consists of a designated
				curriculum provided by a designated facilitator.
C.
"Department-assigned training course
				code"
means the code assigned to an application package that meets the
				substantive review requirements.
D.
"Designated curriculum"
means the curriculum that was provided in
				the application submitted to the department for the purpose of receiving
				approval to provide training to governing bodies.
E.
"Designated facilitator"
means the individual identified in the application submitted to the department
				for the purpose of receiving approval to provide training to governing
				bodies.
F.
"Eligible
				facilitator"
means a proposed facilitator who is not disqualified for
				any of the reasons identified in Subparagraphs (b) and (c) of Paragraph (2) of
				Subsection E of
				6.80.5.11
				NMAC.
G.
"Governing body
				member"
means a member of a governing body of a charter school who will
				be a voting member upon completion of the initial seven-hour training provided
				by the department or who has completed the initial seven-hour training and is a
				voting member.
H.
"School
				specific onboarding"
means the action or process of integrating a new
				governing body member into the school by familiarizing the new governing body
				member with the school's governance structure and requirements, other governing
				body members, financial status (including budget), history, contract, goals,
				model, staff, strengths, and challenges, and current academic, financial, and
				organizational performance.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 6 - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 80 - ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION - CHARTER SCHOOLS › Part 5 - CHARTER SCHOOL GOVERNING BODY TRAINING REQUIREMENTS › Section 6.80.5.8 - MANDATORY GOVERNING BODY TRAINING COURSE - NEW GOVERNING BODY MEMBERS

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A. Within the first
				fiscal year of service, each new governing body member shall complete a
				governing body training course that consists of, at a minimum, 10 hours of
				governing body training provided by approved providers.
B. The department shall provide guidance that
				identifies specific standards within each area; however, applicants may
				identify additional standards within each area to address the needs of
				individual governing bodies and governing body members. The new governing body
				training shall include:
(1) two hours of
				training on public official/charter school governing body ethics and
				responsibilities;
(2) two hours of
				training on charter school fiscal requirements;
(3) one hour of training on understanding and
				evaluating academic data;
(4) one
				hour of training on open government, legal, and organizational performance
				requirements;
(5) one hour of
				training on equity and culturally and linguistically responsive practices;
				and
(6) three hours of additional
				training standards identified by the individual governing bodies and governing
				body members.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 6 - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 80 - ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION - CHARTER SCHOOLS › Part 5 - CHARTER SCHOOL GOVERNING BODY TRAINING REQUIREMENTS › Section 6.80.5.9 - MANDATORY GOVERNING BODY TRAINING COURSE CONTINUING GOVERNING BODY MEMBERS

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A. Unless
				exempted from specific hourly training requirements as described below, each
				governing body member continuing to serve on a governing body beyond the end of
				their first fiscal year of service shall annually complete a governing body
				training course that consists of, at a minimum, eight hours of governing body
				training provided by approved providers. The department shall provide guidance
				that identifies specific standards within each area; however, applicants may
				identify additional standards within each area to address the needs of
				individual governing bodies and governing body members. The continuing
				governing body training shall include:
(1) one
				hour of training on public official/charter school governing body ethics and
				responsibilities;
(2) three hours
				of training on charter school fiscal requirements;
(3) two hours of training on understanding
				and evaluating academic data;
(4)
				one hour of training on open government, legal, and organizational performance
				requirements and
(5) one hour of
				training on equity and culturally and linguistically responsive
				practices.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 6 - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 80 - ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION - CHARTER SCHOOLS › Part 5 - CHARTER SCHOOL GOVERNING BODY TRAINING REQUIREMENTS › Section 6.80.5.10 - GOVERNING BODY TRAINING REPORTING AND COMPLIANCE

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A. Annually no later than July 1, each
				charter school shall ensure the department receives a record of attendance and
				completion for all governing body members who served on the governing body in
				the prior fiscal year. The record of attendance and completion may be provided
				either by the charter school or by the approved provider that provided the
				governing body training. Records are subject to verification by the
				department.
B. Records of
				attendance and completion shall include:
(1)
				the name of the governing body member;
(2) the name of the school for which the
				identified governing body member serves on the governing body; and
(3) the governing body training's
				department-assigned training course code.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 6 - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 80 - ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION - CHARTER SCHOOLS › Part 5 - CHARTER SCHOOL GOVERNING BODY TRAINING REQUIREMENTS › Section 6.80.5.11 - GOVERNING BODY TRAINING PROVIDER APPROVAL

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A. No source, individual, or entity may
				provide governing body training, as defined in the charter schools act, unless
				it is an approved provider providing a designated curriculum with a designated
				facilitator. The approved provider may provide, as governing body training,
				only those designated curricula with the designated facilitators for which it
				has received approval from the department. Department approvals are valid for a
				term of 36 months, but may be revoked at any time.
B. The department shall, at a minimum, accept
				application packages on a biannual basis from applicants seeking to be approved
				providers. The department shall publish the application and application
				deadlines on its website annually no later than January 1. The department may
				approve trainings provided by the department or other state agencies on its own
				review without requiring the department or another state agency to apply for
				approval of the training; this review may also occur upon request from a
				governing body member.
C. Review
				timeframes. The timeframes for approving or disapproving an application package
				are:
(1) administrative completeness review:
				25 days;
(2) substantive review: 75
				days; and
(3) overall: 100
				days.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 6 - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 80 - ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION - CHARTER SCHOOLS › Part 5 - CHARTER SCHOOL GOVERNING BODY TRAINING REQUIREMENTS › Section 6.80.5.12 - APPROVED GOVERNING BODY TRAINING REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

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A. Annually no later than July 1, each
				approved provider shall submit a report to the department on all trainings
				provided during the prior fiscal year and all planned or proposed dates to
				provide training in the upcoming year.
(1) For
				each training provided in the prior fiscal year, the report shall include:
(a) the date;
(b) the training's department-assigned
				training course code;
(c) the name
				of each governing body member attendee and the charter school on whose
				governing body they serve;
(d) sign
				in and sign out sheets for all attendees;
(e) for virtual trainings, the score on each
				assessment taken and the summary of participant engagement; and
(f) copies of a summary of the attendees' end
				of training evaluations.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 6 - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 80 - ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION - CHARTER SCHOOLS › Part 5 - CHARTER SCHOOL GOVERNING BODY TRAINING REQUIREMENTS › Section 6.80.5.13 - SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF APPROVAL OF GOVERNING BODY TRAINING

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A. Any approved
				provider may have that approval suspended or revoked for the following reasons:
(1) Failure to timely provide the reporting
				identified in
				6.80.5.12
				NMAC, including:
(a) annual reports;
				or
(b) reports of trainings that
				will be provided that were not identified in the annual reports.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 6 - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 100 - VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION - CLIENT SERVICES › Part 2 - DIRECT CLIENT SERVICES › Section 6.100.2.2 - SCOPE

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The provisions of this regulation apply to: persons served by
				  DVR; commercial and non-profit organizations that are either certified by DVR
				  to provide vocational rehabilitation services or employed as its contractual
				  agent; and those state and local governmental agencies which have entered into
				  cooperative arrangements with DVR.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 6 - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 100 - VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION - CLIENT SERVICES › Part 2 - DIRECT CLIENT SERVICES › Section 6.100.2.3 - STATUTORY AUTHORITY

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This regulation is adopted pursuant to Section
				  22-14-8
				  NMSA 1978.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 6 - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 100 - VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION - CLIENT SERVICES › Part 2 - DIRECT CLIENT SERVICES › Section 6.100.2.6 - OBJECTIVE

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This regulation governs the administration of laws relating
				  to vocational rehabilitation services. The purpose of DVR is to empower
				  individuals with disabilities to maximize their employment, economic
				  self-sufficiency, independence, and inclusion and integration into society; and
				  to play a leadership role in promoting the meaningful and gainful employment
				  and the independent living of individuals with disabilities, and assist
				  providers of services in their efforts in this regard.