New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 6 - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Chapter 22 - PUBLIC SCHOOL FINANCE - ALLOCATION AND DISTRIBUTION
Part 3 - CHARTER SCHOOL STIMULUS FUND
Section 6.22.3.7 - DEFINITIONS
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. "Authorizer" means either a local school board or the commission that permits the operation of a charter school.
B. "Charter school" means a conversion school or start-up school authorized by a chartering authority to operate as a charter school.
C. "Chartering authority" means either a local school board or the commission.
D. "Commission" means the public education commission.
E. "Conversion school" means an existing public school within a school district that was authorized by a local school board to become a charter school.
F. "Department" means the public education department.
G. "Division" means the charter school division of the department.
H. "Governing body" means the governing body of a charter school as set forth in the school's charter.
I. "Secretary" means the New Mexico secretary of public education.
J. "Start-up cost" means the initial costs associated with opening a start-up school.
K. "Start-up school" means a public school developed by one or more parents, teachers or community members authorized by a chartering authority to become a charter school.