RELATING TO EDUCATION; PROVIDING FOR A MIDDLE SCHOOL CLASSIFICATION IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CODE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
Section 1. Section 22-1-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1967, Chapter 16, Section 3, as amended) is amended to read:
"22-1-3. DEFINITIONS--PUBLIC SCHOOLS--
CLASSIFICATIONS.--As used in the Public School Code:
A. "elementary school" means a public school providing instruction for grades kindergarten through eight, unless there is a junior high school program approved by the state board, in which case it means a public school providing instruction for grades kindergarten through six;
B. "secondary school" means a public school providing instruction for grades nine through twelve, unless there is a junior high school program approved by the state board, in which case it means a public school providing instruction for grades seven through twelve;
C. "junior high school" means a public school providing a junior high school program approved by the state board for grades seven through nine, or for grades seven and eight;
D. "high school" means a public school providing instruction for any of the grades nine through twelve, unless there is a junior high school program approved by the state
board for grades seven through nine, in which case it means a
public school providing instruction for any of the grades ten
through twelve; and
E. "middle school" means a public school providing a middle school program approved by the state board for
grades six through eight."