Section 22-30-5 – Statewide cyber academy; duties.
The statewide cyber academy shall: A. establish a distance learning course delivery system that is efficient and cost-effective and that uses a statewide service center and regional hosts to provide approved distance learning courses; B. select regional hosts based on pre-existing experience and capacity to facilitate the delivery of distance educational programs, including public post-secondary […]
Section 22-30-6 – Distance learning students.
A. A student must be enrolled in a public school or a state-supported school and must have the permission of the student’s local distance education learning site to enroll in a distance learning course. A distance learning student shall only be counted in the student’s primary enrolling district for the purpose of determining the membership […]
Section 22-30-7 – Distance learning and computer-based courses.
Public schools that offer distance learning and computer-based courses of study shall provide accompanying electronic formats that are usable by a person with a disability using assistive technology, and those formats shall be based on the American standard code for information interchange, hypertext markup language and extensible markup language. History: Laws 2003, ch. 162, § […]
Section 22-29-4 – Authority created.
There is created the “public school insurance authority”, which is established to provide for group health insurance, other risk-related coverage and due process reimbursement with the exception of the mandatory coverage provided by the risk management division on the effective date of the Public School Insurance Authority Act. History: 1978 Comp., § 22-2-6.4, enacted by […]
Section 22-29-5 – Board created; membership; duties.
A. There is created the “board of directors of the public school insurance authority”. The board shall be composed of nine members, consisting of the following: (1) one member to be selected by the state board [department] of education; (2) one school business official to be selected by the New Mexico school administrators; (3) one […]
Section 22-29-6 – Fund created; budget review; premiums.
A. There is created the “public school insurance fund”. All income earned on the fund shall be credited to the fund. The fund is appropriated to the authority to carry out the provisions of the Public School Insurance Authority Act. Any money remaining in the fund at the end of each fiscal year shall not […]
Section 22-29-7 – Authority; duties.
In order to effectuate the purposes of the Public School Insurance Authority Act, the authority has the power to: A. enter into professional services and consulting contracts or agreements as necessary; B. collect money and provide for the investment of the fund; C. collect all current and historical claims and financial information necessary for effective […]
Section 22-29-8 – Receipts and disbursements; issuance of warrants, purchase orders and contracts; deposit of funds.
A. All premiums and other money collected by the authority shall be deposited in the fund. Except as provided in Subsection F of Section 22-2-6.6 NMSA 1978 [22-29-6 NMSA 1978], funds shall be disbursed directly by the authority, but receipts and disbursements are subject to audit by the state auditor. Except as provided in that […]
Section 22-29-9 – Participation; waivers.
A. School districts and charter schools shall participate in the authority, unless the school district or charter school is granted a waiver by the board. B. In determining whether a waiver should be granted, the board shall establish minimum benefit and financial standards for the desired line of coverage. These minimum benefit and financial standards […]
Section 22-29-10 – Group insurance contributions.
A. Group insurance contributions for school districts, charter schools and participating entities in the authority shall be made as follows: (1) at least seventy-five percent of the cost of the insurance of an employee whose annual salary is less than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000); (2) at least seventy percent of the cost of the insurance […]