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AN ACT

RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL FINANCE; ESTABLISHING A HOME SCHOOL

STUDENT ACTIVITIES PROGRAM UNIT.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

Section 1. Section 22-8-18 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1974,

Chapter 8, Section 8, as amended) is amended to read:

"22-8-18. PROGRAM COST CALCULATION--LOCAL

RESPONSIBILITY.--

A. The total program units for the purpose of

computing the program cost shall be calculated by multiplying

the sum of the program units itemized as Paragraphs (1)

through (5) in this subsection by the instructional staff

training and experience index and adding the program units

itemized as Paragraphs (6) through (11) in this subsection.

The itemized program units are as follows:

(1) early childhood education;

(2) basic education;

(3) special education, adjusted by

subtracting the units derived from membership in class D

special education programs in private, nonsectarian,

nonprofit training centers;

(4) bilingual multicultural education;

(5) fine arts education;

(6) size adjustment;

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(7) at-risk program;

(8) enrollment growth or new district

adjustment;

(9) special education units derived from

membership in class D special education programs in private,

nonsectarian, nonprofit training centers;

(10) national board for professional

teaching standards certification; and

(11) home school student activities.

B. The total program cost calculated as prescribed

in Subsection A of this section includes the cost of early

childhood, special, bilingual multicultural, fine arts and

vocational education and other remedial or enrichment

programs. It is the responsibility of the local school board

or governing body of a charter school to determine its

priorities in terms of the needs of the community served by

that board. Funds generated under the Public School Finance

Act are discretionary to local school boards and governing

bodies of charter schools, provided that the special program

needs as enumerated in this section are met."

Section 2. A new section of the Public School Finance

Act is enacted to read:

"HOME SCHOOL STUDENT ACTIVITIES PROGRAM UNIT.--The home

school student activities program unit for a school district

is determined by multiplying the number of home school

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students who are participating in school district activities

governed by the New Mexico activities association by the cost

differential factor of 0.1. The home school student

activities program unit shall be paid to the school district

in which it is generated. A home school student is eligible

to participate in one school district athletic activity at the

public school in the attendance zone in which the student

resides, according to the New Mexico activities association

guidelines. The school district shall verify each home school

student's academic eligibility to participate in school

district athletic activities."