HOUSE BILL 1041
48th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2007
INTRODUCED BY
Rick Miera
AN ACT
RELATING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION; PROVIDING ADDITIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES WHEN A PARENT OR GUARDIAN MAY BE REIMBURSED FOR TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM SCHOOL.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
Section 1. Section 22-16-6 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1967, Chapter 16, Section 224, as amended) is amended to read:
"22-16-6. REIMBURSEMENT OF PARENTS OR GUARDIANS.--A local school board may, subject to regulations adopted by the [state board] department, provide per capita or per mile reimbursement to a parent or guardian:
A. in cases where regular school bus transportation is impractical because of distance, road conditions or sparseness of population; [or]
B. in cases where the local school board has authorized a parent to receive reimbursement for travel costs incurred by having a child attend a school outside the child's attendance zone; or
C. in other cases where regular school bus transportation to and from the child's school is unavailable and the child is required to use alternative methods of transportation."
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