2006 New Mexico Statutes - Section 22-8-13 — Reports.   (Effective July 1, 2007.)

22-8-13. Reports.   (Effective July 1, 2007.)

A.     Each public school in a school district and each state-chartered charter school shall keep accurate records concerning membership in the public school.  The superintendent of each school district or head administrator of a state-chartered charter school shall maintain the following reports for each twenty-day reporting period: 

(1)     the basic program MEM by grade in each public school; 

(2)     the early childhood education MEM; 

(3)     the special education MEM in each public school in class C and class D programs as defined in Section 22-8-21 NMSA 1978; 

(4)     the number of class A and class B programs as defined in Section 22-8-21 NMSA 1978; and 

(5)     the full-time-equivalent MEM for bilingual multicultural education programs.  

B.     The superintendent of each school district and the head administrator of each state-chartered charter school shall furnish to the department reports of the information required in Paragraphs (1) through (5) of Subsection A of this section for the first forty days of the school year.  The forty-day report and all other reports required by law or by the department shall be furnished within five days of the close of the reporting period.  

C.     All information required pursuant to this section shall be on forms prescribed and furnished by the department.  A copy of any report made pursuant to this section shall be kept as a permanent record of the school district or charter school and shall be subject to inspection and audit at any reasonable time.  

D.     The department shall withhold allotments of funds to any school district or state-chartered charter school where the superintendent or head administrator has failed to comply until the superintendent or head administrator complies with and agrees to continue complying with requirements of this section.  

E.     The provisions of this section may be modified or suspended by the department for any school district or school or state-chartered charter school operating under the Variable School Calendar Act [ 22-22-1 NMSA 1978].  The department shall require MEM reports consistent with the calendar of operations of such school district or school or state-chartered charter school and shall calculate an equivalent MEM for use in projecting school district revenue.