2019 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 22 - Public Schools
Article 1 - General Provisions
Section 22-1-2.1 - Home school; requirements.

Any person operating or intending to operate a home school shall:

A. submit a home school registration form made available by the department and posted on the department's web site to notify the department within thirty days of the establishment of the home school and to notify the department on or before August 1 of each subsequent year of operation of the home school;

B. maintain records of student disease immunization or a waiver of that requirement; and

C. provide instruction by a person possessing at least a high school diploma or its equivalent.

History: 1978 Comp., § 22-1-2.1, enacted by Laws 1985, ch. 21, § 2; 1993, ch. 62, § 2; 1993, ch. 226, § 1; 2001, ch. 62, § 1; 2014, ch. 12, § 3.

The 2014 amendment, effective July 1, 2014, required that home school registration forms be submitted on or before August 1; and in Subsection A, deleted "within thirty days of its establishment" and added "submit a home school registration form made available by the department and posted on the department's web site to", after "web site to notify the", deleted "state superintendent" and added "department within thirty days", after "establishment of the home school", deleted "within thirty days of its establishment", after "home school and", added "to", after "and to notify the", deleted "state superintendent in writing" and added "department", after "on or before", deleted "April 1" and added "August 1", after "year of operation of the", added "home", and after "operation of the home school", deleted "district from which the home school is drawing students".

The 2001 amendment, effective June 15, 2001, in Subsection A, inserted "within thirty days of its establishment" at the beginning of the section, inserted "state" preceding both instances of "superintendent", deleted "of schools of the school district in which the person is a resident" preceding "of the establishment of a home school", inserted "in writing" following the second instance of "superintendent", inserted "of the school district from which the home school is drawing students" at the end of the subsection; in Subsection B, deleted the requirement to maintain records of student attendance, deleted the requirement that records be given to the superintendent, and inserted "or a waiver of that requirement"; and deleted Subsection D, concerning achievement test requirements.

The 1993 amendment, rewrote Subsection C.