RELATING TO EDUCATION; CHANGING HOME SCHOOL REQUIREMENTS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: Section 1. Section 22-1-2.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1985, Chapter 21, Section 2, as amended by Laws 1993, Chapter 62, Section 2 and also by Laws 1993, Chapter 226, Section 1) is amended to read:

"22-1-2.1. HOME SCHOOL--REQUIREMENTS.--Any person operating or intending to operate a home school shall:

A. within thirty days of its establishment, notify the state superintendent of the establishment of a home school within thirty days of its establishment and notify the state superintendent in writing on or before April 1 of each subsequent year of operation of the school district from which the home school is drawing students;

B. maintain records of student disease immunization or a waiver of that requirement; and

C. provide instruction by a person possessing at least a high school diploma or its equivalent."