HOUSE BILL 434

54th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2019

INTRODUCED BY

Christine Trujillo and Karen C. Bash and Debra M. Sariñana and Joy Garratt and Elizabeth "Liz" Thomson

AN ACT

RELATING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION; ENACTING A NEW SECTION OF THE CHARTER SCHOOLS ACT TO ESTABLISH A MORATORIUM ON THE AUTHORIZATION OF NEW CHARTER SCHOOLS.

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

     SECTION 1. A new section of the Charter Schools Act is enacted to read:

     "[NEW MATERIAL] CHARTER SCHOOL MORATORIUM.--From June 14, 2019 through January 1, 2022, no new initial applications for charter schools shall be accepted or approved by a chartering authority."

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