A. Each council shall oversee the function and operation of a cooperative. At the direction of the council, the cooperative shall provide:
(1) education-related services to members of the cooperative;
(2) technical assistance and staff development opportunities to members of the cooperative;
(3) cooperative purchasing capabilities and fiscal management opportunities to members of the cooperative;
(4) such additional services to members of the cooperative as may be determined by the council to be appropriate; and
(5) revenue-generating education-related services to nonmembers when the council determines that the provision of such services will not interfere with the cooperative's ability to fulfill its responsibilities to its members.
B. Pursuant to rule of the department, each council shall:
(1) adopt a budget and administrative guidelines as necessary to carry out the purposes of the cooperative; and
(2) hire an executive director and necessary additional staff.
History: Laws 1993, ch. 232, § 5; 2009, ch. 64, § 2.
Cross references. — For references to the former state board, see 9-24-15 NMSA 1978.
The 2009 amendment, effective July 1, 2009, in Subsection A, changed "all entities participating in" to "members of"; added Paragraph (5) of Subsection A; and in Subsection B, changed "regulation" and added "rule", and changed "state board" to "department".
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