§ 22-8-9 — Budgets; minimum requirements

A. An operating budget for a school district shall not be approved by the department if the educational plan does not provide for: (1) a school year and school day that includes instructional hours and professional work hours as provided in Section 22-2-8.1 NMSA 1978; and (2) a pupil-teacher ratio or class or teaching load as provided in Section 22- 10A-20 NMSA 1978. B. The department shall, by rule, establish the requirements for an instructional day, the standards for an instructional hour and the standards for a full-time teacher and for the equivalent thereof.

Legislative History

1953 Comp., § 77-6-9, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 16, § 63; 1969, ch. 180, § 6;