As used in the Public School Insurance Authority Act:

A. "authority" means the public school insurance authority;

B. "board" means the board of directors of the authority;

C. "charter school" means a school organized as a charter school pursuant to the provisions of the Charter Schools Act [Chapter 22, Article 8B NMSA 1978];

D. "director" means the director of the authority;

E. "due process reimbursement" means the reimbursement of a school district's or charter school's expenses for attorney fees, hearing officer fees and other reasonable expenses incurred as a result of a due process hearing conducted pursuant to the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act;

F. "educational entities" means state educational institutions as enumerated in Article 12, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico and other state diploma, degree-granting and certificate-granting post-secondary educational institutions, regional education cooperatives and nonprofit organizations dedicated to the improvement of public education and whose membership is composed exclusively of public school employees, public schools or school districts;

G. "fund" means the public school insurance fund;

H. "group health insurance" means coverage that includes life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment, medical care and treatment, dental care, eye care and other coverages as determined by the authority;

I. "risk-related coverage" means coverage that includes property and casualty, general liability, auto and fleet, workers' compensation and other casualty insurance; and

J. "school district" means a school district as defined in Subsection R of Section 22-1-2 NMSA 1978, excluding any school district with a student enrollment in excess of sixty thousand students.

History: 1978 Comp., § 22-2-6.3, enacted by Laws 1986, ch. 94, § 3; 1991, ch. 142, § 1; 1999, ch. 281, § 17; 2001, ch. 293, § 2; 1978 Comp., § 22-2-6.3, recompiled as § 22-29-3 by Laws 2003, ch. 153, § 72; 2007, ch. 41, § 1; 2007, ch. 236, § 1.

Cross references. — For the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act, see 20 U.S.C., § 1400.

2007 Multiple Amendments. — Laws 2007, ch. 41, § 1 and Laws 2007, ch. 236, § 1 enacted different amendments to this section that can be reconciled. Pursuant to 12-1-8 NMSA 1978, Laws 2007, ch. 236, § 1, as the last act signed by the governor, is set out above and incorporates both amendments. The amendments enacted by Laws 2007, ch. 41, § 1 and Laws 2007, ch. 236, § 1 are described below. To view the session laws in their entirety, see the 2007 session laws on NMOneSource.com.

Laws 2007, ch. 236, § 1, effective July 1, 2008, added Subsection E defining "due process reimbursement".

Laws 2007, ch. 41, § 1, effective July 1, 2007, amended the definition of "educational entities" to include nonprofit organizations dedicated to the improvement of public education and whose membership is composed exclusively of public school employees, public schools or school districts.

The 2001 amendment, effective June 15, 2001, added "and regional education cooperatives" to the end of Subsection E and made stylistic changes throughout.

The 1999 amendment, effective June 18, 1999, added Subsection C, redesignated former Subsections C to H as Subsections D to I, in Subsection H, substituted "workers' compensation" for "workmen's compensation", and substituted "Subsection K" for "Subsection J" in Subsection I.

The 1991 amendment, effective June 14, 1991, added present Subsection C; redesignated former Subsections C to G as Subsections D to H; and inserted "state" preceding "diploma" in Subsection D.