New Mexico § 22-8B-4.1 Charter schools' enrollment procedures

New Mexico Statutes

§ 22-8B-4.1 — Charter schools' enrollment procedures

New Mexico § 22-8B-4.1

Ch. 22Public Schools

Art. 8BCharter Schools

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Bluebook

N.M. Stat. Ann. § 22-8B-4.1 (2026).

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A. Start-up schools and conversion schools are subject to the following enrollment procedures:

(1)a start-up school may either enroll students on a first-come, first-served basis or through a lottery selection process if the total number of applicants exceeds the number of spaces available at the start-up school; and (2) a conversion school shall give enrollment preference to students who are enrolled in the public school at the time it is converted into a charter school and to siblings of students admitted to or attending the charter school. The conversion school may either enroll all other students on a first-come, first-served basis or through a lottery selection process if the total number of applicants exceeds the number of spaces available at the conversion school. B. In subsequent

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A. Start-up schools and conversion schools are subject to the following enrollment procedures: (1) a start-up school may either enroll students on a first-come, first-served basis or through a lottery selection process if the total number of applicants exceeds the number of spaces available at the start-up school; and (2) a conversion school shall give enrollment preference to students who are enrolled in the public school at the time it is converted into a charter school and to siblings of students admitted to or attending the charter school. The conversion school may either enroll all other students on a first-come, first-served basis or through a lottery selection process if the total number of applicants exceeds the number of spaces available at the conversion school. B. In subsequent years of its operation, a charter school shall give enrollment preference to: (1) students who have been admitted to the charter school through an appropriate admission process and remain in attendance through subsequent grades; (2) children of employees employed by the charter school; and (3) siblings of students already admitted to or attending the same charter school.