Statutes > New Mexico Statutes > Chapter 22 - Public Schools. > Article 8 - Public School Finance, 22-8-1 through 22-8-48. > Section 22-8-9 - Budgets; minimum requirements.

Section 22-8-9 - Budgets; minimum requirements.

22-8-9. Budgets; minimum requirements.

A.     A budget for a school district shall not be approved by the department that does not provide for:

(1)     a school year and school day 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.