2020 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 22 - Public Schools
Article 15 - Instructional Material
Section 22-15-4 - Bureau; duties.

Subject to the policies and rules of the department, the bureau shall:

A. administer the provisions of the Instructional Material Law [22-15-1 to 22-15-14 NMSA 1978];

B. enforce rules for the handling, safekeeping and distribution of instructional material and instructional material funds and for inventory and accounting procedures to be followed by school districts, state institutions and private schools pursuant to the Instructional Material Law;

C. withdraw or withhold the privilege of participating in the free use of instructional material in case of any violation of or noncompliance with the provisions of the Instructional Material Law or any rules adopted pursuant to that law;

D. enforce rules relating to the use and operation of instructional material depositories in the instructional material distribution process; and

E. enforce rules that require local school boards to implement a process that ensures that parents and other community members are involved in the instructional material review process.

History: 1953 Comp., § 77-13-4, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 16, § 208; 1975, ch. 270, § 4; 1993, ch. 226, § 37; 1997, ch. 100, § 1; 2005, ch. 80, § 3; 2009, ch. 221, § 3.

The 2009 amendment, effective July 1, 2010, in Subsection B, after "and private schools", deleted "and adult basic education centers".

The 2005 amendment, effective April 4, 2005, added Subsection E to require the bureau to enforce rules that require local school boards to implement a process that ensures parents and community members are involved in the instructional material review process.

The 1997 amendment, effective July 1, 1998, inserted "and instructional material funds" in Subsection B.

The 1993 amendment, effective July 1, 1993, substituted "Bureau" and "bureau" for "Division" and "division" in the catchline and introductory paragraph; inserted "and regulations" in the introductory paragraph; deleted "adopt and" at the beginning of Subsection B; and added Subsection D, making related grammatical changes.