New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 6 - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Chapter 19 - PUBLIC SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY
Part 3 - UNSAFE SCHOOL CHOICE OPTION
Section 6.19.3.8 - IMPLEMENTATION

(1) The district shall send the department the persistently dangerous school corrective action plan (s) for approval within twenty (20) school days from the date that the district has been notified by the department that the school has been designated as persistently dangerous.

(2) The district shall identify appropriate state and local funds to be used to help implement corrective action plans.

(3) The department shall annually review relevant data and corrective action plans that have been approved to reassess the status of public schools identified as persistently dangerous.

(1) Within ten (10) school days from the date that the district has been notified by the department that the school has been designated as persistently dangerous, notify the parents or guardians of each student attending the school that the school has been identified as persistently dangerous and simultaneously offer all students the opportunity to transfer to a safe public school, including a safe public charter school, within the school district that is making adequate yearly progress (AYP) and that has not been identified as being in school improvement, corrective action, or restructuring. A student who seeks to transfer to a charter school within the district may do so, subject to the Charter Schools Act, the department's rules, and/or federal guidelines and restrictions.

(2) Complete the transfer (s) within thirty (30) school days after the district is notified that the school has been designated as persistently dangerous for the student (s) who accept the offer. Transfers may be temporary or permanent, but will be in effect as long as the student's original school is identified as persistently dangerous.

(3) Develop and implement a corrective action plan within twenty (20) school days from the time that the department has notified the district that the school has been designated as persistently dangerous.

(1) Within ten (10) school days from the date a student has become the victim of a violent criminal offense while in or on the grounds of a public school that the student attends, offer a student the opportunity to transfer to a safe public school, including a safe public charter school, within the school district that is making adequate yearly progress (AYP) and that has not been identified as being in school improvement, corrective action, or restructuring. A student who seeks to transfer to a charter school within the district may do so, subject to the Charter Schools Act, the department's rules, and/or federal guidelines and restrictions.

(2) Complete the transfer within thirty (30) school days of the criminal incident. Transfers may be temporary or permanent, but will be in effect until such time as the parents of the victim and the school determine a permanent placement of the student.