A. Prior to June 20 of each year, each local school board and each governing board of a charter school shall, at a public hearing of which notice has been published by the local school board or governing board of a charter school, fix the operating budget for the school district or charter school for the ensuing fiscal year. At the discretion of the secretary or the local school board or governing body of a charter school, the department may participate in the public hearing.

B. Prior to the public hearing held to fix the operating budget for the school district or charter school, the local school board or governing body of a charter school shall give notice to parents explaining the budget process and inviting parental involvement and input in that process prior to the date for the public hearing. The educational plan submitted by the local school board or the governing body of a charter school to the department shall include information on parental involvement and input.

History: 1953 Comp., § 77-6-11, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 16, § 65; 1988, ch. 64, § 20; 1989, ch. 225, § 1; 1993, ch. 41, § 1; 1999, ch. 291, § 4; 2019, ch. 206, § 11; 2019, ch. 207, § 11.

The 2019 amendment, effective June 14, 2019, provided that the educational plan submitted to the public education department by the local school board or the governing body of a charter school shall include information on parental involvement and input, and made certain technical amendments; in Subsection A, after "each local school board", added "and each governing board of a charter school", after "by the local school board", added "or governing board of a charter school", after "school district", added "or charter school", and after "or the local school board", added "or governing body of a charter school"; and in Subsection B, after "school district", added "or charter school", after "local school board", added "or governing body of a charter school", and added the last sentence.

Laws 2019, ch. 206, § 11, and Laws 2019, ch. 207, § 11, both effective June 14, 2019, enacted identical amendments to this section. The section was set out as amended by Laws 2019, ch. 207, § 11. 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.

The 1999 amendment, effective April 8, 1999, substituted "operating budget" for "estimated budget" throughout the section.

The 1993 amendment, effective March 17, 1993, designated the formerly undesignated provisions as Subsection A and added Subsection B.

The 1989 amendment, effective June 16, 1989, deleted "and the department" preceding "shall" in the first sentence, and added the second sentence.

The 1988 amendment, effective May 18, 1988, substituted "department" for "chief".