{"data":{"id":"us-nm/22-12a-3","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"22-12A-3","heading":"Right to education.","body":"A school-age person in the state shall have a right to a free public education as follows:\nA. except for a school-age person who is detained in a state or local detention center or enrolled or residing in a state institution, other than a school-age person provided for in Subsection C of this section, a school-age person has a right to attend public school within the school district in which the school-age person resides;\nB. except as provided in Subsection C of this section, a state or local detention center or state institution in which a school-age person is detained, enrolled or residing shall be responsible for providing educational services for the school-age person; and\nC. a school-age person who is a client as defined in Section 43-1-3 NMSA 1978 in a state institution under the authority of the secretary of human services shall have a right to attend public school in the school district in which the institution in which the school-age person is a client is located if the school-age person has been recommended for placement in a public school:\n(1) by the educational appraisal and review committee of the school district in which the institution is located; or\n(2) as a result of the appeal process as provided in the special education rules of the department.","path":["Chapter 22 - Public Schools","ARTICLE 12A Attendance for Success"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18522/index.do","current_through":"2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"557a1f2728d1a4ce3d81aad628338d54153c3065f88814487d518622bed4d99f","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/22-12a-2","next":"us-nm/22-12a-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}