HOUSE BILL 470

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

INTRODUCED BY

Linda M. Trujillo

AN ACT

RELATING TO THE NEW MEXICO SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS; EXEMPTING THE NEW MEXICO SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CAPITAL OUTLAY ACT; SETTING THE LOCAL MATCH FOR FUNDING FROM THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CAPITAL OUTLAY COUNCIL.

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

     SECTION 1. Section 22-15F-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2008, Chapter 15, Section 4) is amended to read:

     "22-15F-4. PURPOSE OF SCHOOL--SCHOOL EXEMPT FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE CHARTER SCHOOLS ACT AND PUBLIC SCHOOL CAPITAL OUTLAY ACT.--

          A. The commission may charter a "New Mexico school for the arts" as a statewide residential state-chartered charter school for grades nine through twelve to offer 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. The school and the board are subject to all the provisions of the Charter Schools Act, except Subsection K of Section 22-8B-4 NMSA 1978 and Section 22-8B-4.1 NMSA 1978. The school shall not charge tuition, except as otherwise provided in the Public School Code. The school shall be supported by state funds in the same manner as other charter high schools authorized by the commission.

          C. The school and the board are subject to the provisions of the Public School Capital Outlay Act, except:

                (1) Item 3) of Subparagraph (q) of Paragraph (5) of Subsection B of Section 22-24-5 NMSA 1978; and

                (2) Subsection A of Section 22-24-6.1 NMSA 1978.

          D. Rather than calculating the local match for the New Mexico school for the arts, a statewide residential public school, pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph (5) of Subsection B of Section 22-24-5 NMSA 1978, the local match for the New Mexico school for the arts is fifty percent for projects that qualify under the educational adequacy category, subject to the reductions provided in Paragraph (6) of Subsection B of Section 22-24-5 NMSA 1978; provided that the council may adjust or waive the amount of any direct appropriation offset to or local share required for the school if the school has insufficient or no local resources available."

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