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AN ACT

RELATING TO SCHOOLS; PROVIDING CRITERIA FOR ALLOCATIONS FROM

THE EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY DEFICIENCY CORRECTION FUND.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

Section 1. Section 22-15A-11 NMSA 1978 (being Laws

2005, Chapter 222, Section 2) is amended to read:

"22-15A-11. EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY DEFICIENCIES--

CORRECTION.--

A. No later than September 1, 2005, the bureau,

with the advice of the council and the office of the chief

information officer, shall define and develop minimum

educational technology adequacy standards to supplement the

adequacy standards developed by the public school capital

outlay council for school districts to use to identify

outstanding serious deficiencies in educational technology

infrastructure.

B. A school district shall use the standards to

complete a self-assessment of the outstanding educational

technology deficiencies within the school district and

provide cost projections to correct the outstanding

deficiencies.

C. The bureau shall develop a methodology for

prioritizing projects that will correct the deficiencies.

D. After a public hearing and to the extent that

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money is available in the educational technology deficiency

correction fund, the bureau shall approve allocations from

the fund on the established priority basis and, working with

the school district and pursuant to the Procurement Code,

enter into contracts to correct the deficiencies.

E. No allocation shall be made pursuant to this

section unless:

(1) the method for prioritizing projects

developed by the bureau has been reviewed and approved by the

council;

(2) the school district has agreed to

consult and coordinate with the public school facilities

authority before installing any educational technology

infrastructure;

(3) the council has approved the proposed

allocation; and

(4) for the 2009 and subsequent fiscal

years, the initial assessment required in the Technology for

Education Act has been verified by an independent third party

as determined in consultation with the public school capital

outlay council.

F. In entering into contracts to correct

deficiencies pursuant to this section, the bureau shall

include such terms and conditions as necessary to ensure that

the state money is expended in the most prudent manner

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possible consistent with the original purpose."