2006 New Mexico Statutes - Section 22-8-9 — Budgets; minimum requirements.

22-8-9. Budgets; minimum requirements.

A.     A budget for a school district shall not be approved by the department that does not provide for:   

(1)     a school year consisting of at least one hundred eighty full instructional days or the equivalent thereof, exclusive of any release time for in-service training; or   

(2)     a variable school year consisting of a minimum number of instructional hours established by the state board [department] ; and   

(3)     a pupil-teacher ratio or class or teaching load as provided in Section 22-10A-20 NMSA 1978.   

B.     The state board [department] shall, by rule, establish the requirements for an instructional day, the standards for an instructional hour and the standards for a full-time teacher and for the equivalent thereof.