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 22-26A-20 – Liberal interpretation.
The Public School Lease Purchase Act, being necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes. History: Laws 2007, ch. 173, § 20. ANNOTATIONS Effective dates. — Laws 2007, ch. 173 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was […]
Section 22-27-1 – Short title.
This act [22-27-1 to 22-27-3 NMSA 1978] may be cited as the “Meditation in Public School Act”. History: Laws 1995, ch. 72, § 1.
Section 22-27-2 – Findings; purpose.
A. The legislature finds that: (1) the first amendment of the United States constitution protects religious freedom and freedom of speech; (2) the constitution of New Mexico protects each citizen’s rights to worship God according to the dictates of the citizen’s conscience; and (3) the constitution of New Mexico prohibits public schools from requiring attendance […]
Section 22-27-3 – Moment of silent meditation.
Students in the public schools may voluntarily engage in student-initiated moments of silent meditation. History: Laws 1995, ch. 72, § 3. ANNOTATIONS Severability. — Laws 1995, ch. 72, § 4 provided that if any part or application of the Meditation in Public School Act is held invalid, the remainder or its application to other situations […]
Section 22-28-1 – Bus advertisements authorized; limitations and restrictions.
A. The state transportation division of the department of education [public education department] shall authorize local school boards to sell advertising space on the interior and exterior of school buses. The local school board shall develop guidelines for the type of advertisements that will be permitted. There shall be no advertisements that involve: (1) obscenity, […]
Section 22-28-2 – School bus title; leasing space.
A. All school bus private owners that have legal title to school buses used and operated pursuant to an existing bus service contract with a school district may lease space on their buses to the school district for the purpose of selling commercial advertisements. In exchange for leasing the space, the school bus private owners […]
Section 22-28-3 – Solicitation; lease; rent payment.
A. A school district shall be permitted to solicit offers from commercial advertisers for the use of space on the school buses that service their school district. The school district may enter into a lease agreement with a commercial advertiser for the use of any designated advertising space on a school bus that services the […]