2020 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 22 - Public Schools
Article 8 - Public School Finance
Section 22-8-4 - Department; duties.
In addition to other duties provided by law, the department shall:
A. prescribe the forms for and supervise and control the preparation of all budgets of all public schools and school districts; and
B. compile accurate information concerning public school finance and administration.
History: 1953 Comp., § 77-6-4, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 16, § 58; 1969, ch. 180, § 4; 1974, ch. 8, § 2; 1978, ch. 127, § 2; 1979, ch. 305, § 1; 1988, ch. 64, § 15.
ANNOTATIONSThe 1988 amendment, effective May 18, 1988, substituted "Department" for "Public school finance division" in the catchline; substituted "department" for "division" in the introductory paragraph; deleted Subsection C, regarding advising and consulting with the state superintendent in regard to financial matters, and made a related change.
Discretionary substantive line item allocations. — Supervision or control does not include grant of power to division or chief (now director) to make discretionary substantive line item allocations in estimated budgets. 1975 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 75-30.
