{"data":{"id":"us-nm/22-8b-4.1","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"22-8B-4.1","heading":"Charter schools' enrollment procedures.","body":"A. Start-up schools and conversion schools are subject to the following enrollment procedures:\n(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\n(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.\nB. In subsequent years of its operation, a charter school shall give enrollment preference to:\n(1) students who have been admitted to the charter school through an appropriate admission process and remain in attendance through subsequent grades;\n(2) children of employees employed by the charter school; and\n(3) siblings of students already admitted to or attending the same charter school.","path":["Chapter 22 - Public Schools","ARTICLE 8B Charter Schools"],"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":"caef0c28c4e23540571bd63cd6f0cb716b50cb68f2cc4940363f90a1d1da77de","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/22-8b-4","next":"us-nm/22-8b-4.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}