New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 6 - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 27 - PUBLIC SCHOOL CAPITAL OUTLAY COUNCIL › Part 30 - STATEWIDE ADEQUACY STANDARDS › Section 6.27.30.7 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
Unless otherwise specified, the following definitions
				  apply:
A.
"ancillary
				space"
means any subordinate space necessary to support an activity or
				function of main programmatic space(s);
B.
"art education program"
includes visual and performing arts programs;
C.
"average enrollment"
means
				the average number of students enrolled at an existing school over a period
				consisting of the past 5 years;
D.
"combination school"
means a school that contains the elementary
				school, middle school/junior high school and high school or any combination
				thereof;
E.
"council"
means the public school capital outlay council;
F.
"d-level"
means class d
				programs in which department certified individuals provide services to children
				whose individualized education programs require a maximum amount of special
				education;
G.
"equipment"
means a specified item not affixed to the real
				property of a school facility;
H.
"exterior envelope"
means the exterior walls, roof, doors,
				windows, and structural system of a building;
I.
"fixture"
means a specified
				item that is affixed to the real property of a school facility;
J.
"general use classroom"
means
				a classroom space that is or can be appropriately configured for instruction in
				at least the areas of language arts (including bi-lingual), mathematics and
				social studies;
K.
"infrastructure"
means the on-site physical support systems needed
				for the operation of the school, including internal roads, utilities, drainage
				systems, and building subsystems such as structure, mechanical, electrical,
				data, telecommunications, and technology;
L.
"interior finish"
means an
				aesthetic or protective final coating or fabric applied to an exposed surface
				inside the building;
M.
"interior surface"
means any exposed area of the interior
				enclosure for an interior space, finished or unfinished;
N.
"kitchenette"
means a small
				food storage and warming area, which usually has a refrigerator, sink, and a
				microwave, but may have other appliances;
O.
"net sf"
means a measurement
				from interior face of wall to interior face of wall and calculated to obtain
				the net square footage of a space;
P.
"network distribution space"
means space dedicated to securely house all devices and cabling necessary to
				cross-connect any outside line(s) with the school internal distribution frame
				up to, but not including, end-user devices;
Q.
"occupiable space"
means
				enclosed space within the school facility and serving a classroom,
				administrative, or support purpose and is occupied by staff, students, or
				public on a regular or flexibly assigned basis; this shall not include space
				exclusively used for storage or to house mechanical, electrical, or other
				equipment;
R.
"planned school
				program capacity"
means the planned number of students in a new or
				replacement facility, or in an existing school facility to be modified in
				capacity, and shall be accommodated in the entire facility when all phases of
				construction are fully completed; these shall include students in regular
				education classes in combination with special education students requiring
				special education classrooms in compliance with public education department
				requirements;
S.
"school
				facility"
means a building or group of buildings and outdoor area that
				are administered together to comprise a school;
T.
"school site or school
				campus"
means one or more parcels of land where a school facility is
				located; more than one school facility may be located on a school site or
				school campus;
U.
"space"
means the net square footage located within the interior
				of a building;
V.
"specialty
				classroom"
means a classroom space that is or can be appropriately
				configured for instruction in a specific subject such as science, physical
				education, special education, career education, or art;
W.
"specialty program capacity"
means the planned number of students or the five-year average to be
				accommodated in a specialty program area in compliance with public education
				department requirements;
X.
"student"
means "qualified student or MEM" as defined in Section
				22-8-2
				NMSA 1978;
Y.
"teacherage"
means a residence that houses a teacher or
				administrator on site;
Z.
"technology infrastructure"
means facilities including network,
				hardware, software, maintenance and other activities required to support
				information technology services; and
AA.
"technology support space"
means spaces dedicated to diagnose and repair hardware and software necessary
				for instructional delivery process (computers, tablets, projectors, displays
				etc.).