HOUSE BILL 46

53rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2017

INTRODUCED BY

Christine Trujillo

AN ACT

RELATING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION; ENACTING A NEW SECTION OF THE CHARTER SCHOOLS ACT TO ESTABLISH A MORATORIUM ON THE AUTHORIZATION OF NEW CHARTER SCHOOLS.

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

     SECTION 1. A new section of the Charter Schools Act is enacted to read: 

     "[NEW MATERIAL] CHARTER SCHOOL MORATORIUM.--From June 1, 2017 through January 1, 2020, no new initial applications for charter schools shall be accepted or approved by a chartering authority."

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