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28+SENATE BILL 280
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30+TH LEGISLATURE
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35+OF
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37+NEW
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39+MEXICO
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42+ FIRST SESSION
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45+2025
46+INTRODUCED BY
47+Candy Spence Ezzell and James G. Townsend and Jay C. Block
48+and Larry R. Scott and Joshua N. Hernandez
2849 AN ACT
29-RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS; ADDING THE
30-NEW MEXICO MILITARY INSTITUTE TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CAPITAL
31-OUTLAY ACT AS ONE OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL SPECIAL SCHOOLS.
50+RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS; ADDING THE NEW
51+MEXICO MILITARY INSTITUTE TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CAPITAL OUTLAY
52+ACT AS ONE OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL SPECIAL SCHOOLS.
3253 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
3354 SECTION 1. Section 22-24-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1975,
3455 Chapter 235, Section 3, as amended) is amended to read:
3556 "22-24-3. DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Public School
3657 Capital Outlay Act:
3758 A. "authority" means the public school facilities
3859 authority;
3960 B. "building system" means a set of interacting
40-parts that makes up a single, nonportable or fixed component
41-of a facility and that, together with other building systems,
61+parts that makes up a single, nonportable or fixed component of
62+a facility and that, together with other building systems,
4263 makes up an entire integrated facility or property, including
43-roofing, electrical distribution, electronic communication,
44-plumbing, lighting, mechanical, fire prevention, facility
45-shell, interior finishes, heating, ventilation and air
46-conditioning systems and school security systems, as defined
47-by the council;
48-C. "constitutional special schools" means the
49-New Mexico school for the blind and visually impaired, the
50-New Mexico school for the deaf and the New Mexico military
51-institute; SB 280
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91+roofing, electrical distribution, electronic communication,
92+plumbing, lighting, mechanical, fire prevention, facility
93+shell, interior finishes, heating, ventilation and air
94+conditioning systems and school security systems, as defined by
95+the council;
96+C. "constitutional special schools" means the New
97+Mexico school for the blind and visually impaired, [and ] the
98+New Mexico school for the deaf and the New Mexico military
99+institute;
78100 D. "constitutional special schools support spaces"
79101 means all facilities necessary to support the constitutional
80102 special schools' educational mission that are not included in
81103 the constitutional special schools' educational adequacy
82104 standards, including performing arts centers, facilities for
83105 athletic competition, school district administration and
84106 facility and vehicle maintenance;
85-E. "council" means the public school capital
86-outlay council;
107+E. "council" means the public school capital outlay
108+council;
87109 F. "education technology infrastructure" means the
88110 physical hardware and services used to interconnect students,
89111 teachers, school districts and school buildings necessary to
90112 support broadband connectivity and remote learning as
91113 determined by the council;
92114 G. "fund" means the public school capital outlay
93115 fund;
94-H. "maximum allowable gross square foot per
95-student" means a determination made by applying the
96-established maximum allowable square foot guidelines for
97-educational facilities based on type of school and number of
98-students in the current published New Mexico public school
99-adequacy planning guide to the department's current year
100-certified first reporting date membership;
101-I. "replacement cost per square foot" means the
102-statewide cost per square foot as established by the council; SB 280
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144+H. "maximum allowable gross square foot per
145+student" means a determination made by applying the established
146+maximum allowable square foot guidelines for educational
147+facilities based on type of school and number of students in
148+the current published New Mexico public school adequacy
149+planning guide to the department's current year certified first
150+reporting date membership;
151+I. "replacement cost per square foot" means the
152+statewide cost per square foot as established by the council;
129153 J. "school district" includes state-chartered
130154 charter schools and the constitutional special schools;
131155 K. "school district population density" means the
132156 population density on a per square mile basis of a school
133157 district as estimated by the authority based on the most
134158 current tract level population estimates published by the
135159 United States census bureau; and
136160 L. "school district population density factor"
137161 means zero when the school district population density is
138-greater than fifty people per square mile, six-hundredths
139-when the school district population density is greater than
140-fifteen but less than fifty-one persons per square mile and
141-twelve-hundredths when the school district population density
142-is less than sixteen persons per square mile.”
162+greater than fifty people per square mile, six-hundredths when
163+the school district population density is greater than fifteen
164+but less than fifty-one persons per square mile and twelve-
165+hundredths when the school district population density is less
166+than sixteen persons per square mile."
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