HOUSE BILL 704

49th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2009

INTRODUCED BY

James R.J. Strickler

AN ACT

RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL FINANCE; INCREASING THE NUMBER OF SCHOOL DISTRICT ACTIVITIES IN WHICH A HOME SCHOOL STUDENT MAY PARTICIPATE.

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

     Section 1. Section 22-8-23.8 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2007, Chapter 365, Section 2) is amended to read:

     "22-8-23.8. 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 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] up to three school district [athletic activity] activities 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."

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