2016 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 22 - Public Schools
Article 8B - Charter Schools
Section 22-8B-3 - Purpose.

NM Stat § 22-8B-3 (2016) What's This?

22-8B-3. Purpose.

The Charter Schools Act is enacted to enable individual schools to structure their educational curriculum to encourage the use of different and innovative teaching methods that are based on reliable research and effective practices or have been replicated successfully in schools with diverse characteristics; to allow the development of different and innovative forms of measuring student learning and achievement; to address the needs of all students, including those determined to be at risk; to create new professional opportunities for teachers, including the opportunity to be responsible for the learning program at the school site; to improve student achievement; to provide parents and students with an educational alternative to create new, innovative and more flexible ways of educating children within the public school system; to encourage parental and community involvement in the public school system; to develop and use site-based budgeting; and to hold charter schools accountable for meeting the department's educational standards and fiscal requirements.

History: Laws 1999, ch. 281, 3; 2006, ch. 94, 28.

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