The state board [department] shall prescribe standards for all public schools in the state. A copy of these standards shall be furnished by the department to each local school board, local superintendent and school principal. The standards shall include standards for the following areas:

A. curriculum, including academic content and performance standards;

B. organization and administration of education;

C. the keeping of records, including financial records prescribed by the department;

D. membership accounting;

E. teacher preparation;

F. the physical condition of public school buildings and grounds; and

G. educational facilities of public schools, including laboratories and libraries.

History: 1953 Comp., § 77-2-8, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 16, § 11; 2003, ch. 143, § 2; 2003, ch. 153, § 7.

Repeals. — Laws 2004, ch. 27, § 29, effective May 19, 2004, repealed Laws 2003, ch. 143, § 3, which would have repealed this section.

Cross references. — For student achievement, see 22-2C-1 NMSA 1978.

For references to the former board of public education, see 9-24-15 NMSA 1978.

The 2003 amendment, effective April 4, 2003, substituted "School" for "Educational" at the beginning of the section heading; inserted "local superintendent and school principal" following "local school board" near the middle of the first paragraph; added "including academic content and performance standards" at the end of Subsection A; and in Subsection C substituted "including" for "other than" near the middle and substituted "department" for "chief" at the end.

School board may allocate attendance within district. — So long as the statutory and constitutional minimum educational standards are satisfied, the local school board may allocate attendance within the district. 1979 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 79-36.