A. School districts and charter schools that wish to participate in the K-5 plus program shall apply to participate in their annual educational plans submitted to the department pursuant to the Public School Finance Act [Chapter 22, Article 8 NMSA 1978].

B. No later than October 15 of each year, a school district or charter school that wishes to apply for a new K-5 plus program for the next fiscal year shall submit to the department the actual number of students participating in its K-5 plus programs in the current year and an estimate of the number of students the school district or charter school expects will participate in K-5 plus programs in the next year. The department shall not approve a new K-5 plus program unless the school district or charter school notifies the department of its intent to start a new program as required by this section.

C. No later than November 15 of each year, the department shall notify the legislature of the number of students participating in K-5 plus programs in the current school year and of the number of students projected to participate in K-5 plus programs in the next school year.

History: Laws 2019, ch. 206, § 5 and Laws 2019, ch. 207, § 5.

Duplicate laws. — Laws 2019, ch. 206, § 5 and Laws 2019, ch. 207, § 5, both effective June 14, 2019, enacted identical new sections. The section was set out as enacted by Laws 2019, ch. 207, § 5. See Section 12-1-8 NMSA 1978.

Applicability. — Laws 2019, ch. 206, § 29 and Laws 2019, ch. 207, § 29, provided that the provisions of §§ 2 through 19 apply to the program cost calculation in fiscal year 2020 and subsequent fiscal years.