N.M. Admin. Code § 6.27.3.17 - ASSISTANCE FOR FACILITY MASTER PLANNING

A. All facility master plans are required to meet the requirements and guidelines of the authority's school district facilities master plan components and guidelines.

B. Council assistance will be granted only to create a new facility master plan and upon expiration of a current plan, except in cases of high growth within a school district which may warrant modification of the plan prior to expiration of its five-year term. Annual updates to existing master plans are the responsibility of the school district.

C. The school district shall not be under current contract with a facilities master plan contractor prior to award by the council to be eligible for funding in the award cycle.

D. The facilities master plan shall be completed and reviewed by the authority within one year of the grant award or awarded funds may revert.

E. Except as provided in Paragraph (1) below, no grant for facilities master planning shall be made unless the council determines that the school district is willing and able to pay the local portion of the total cost of developing or updating the facility master plan. The local portion shall be determined pursuant to 6.27.3.9 NMAC.

(1) An allocation from the fund may be used to pay the total cost of developing or updating the facility master plan if;

(a) the school district has fewer that an average of six hundred full-time-equivalent students on the eightieth and one hundred twentieth days of the prior school year; or

(b) the school district meets all of the following requirements;

(i) the school district has fewer than an average of one thousand full-time equivalent students on the eightieth and one hundred twentieth days of the prior school year;

(ii) the school district has at least seventy percent of its students eligible for free or reduced-fee lunch;

(iii) the state share of the total cost, if calculated pursuant to the methodology in Paragraph (5) of Subsection B of Section 22-24-5 NMSA 1978, would be less than fifty percent; and

(iv) for all educational purposes, the school district has a residential property tax rate of at least seven dollars on each one thousand dollars ($1,000) of taxable value, as measured by the sum of all rates imposed by resolution of the local school board plus rates set to pay interest and principal on outstanding school district general obligation bonds.

(2) If reduction/waiver or advance of local match is being requested, a school district must submit an application on the current, approved, and designated form and certify that no other funds are available.

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N.M. Admin. Code § 6.27.3.17

6.27.3.17 NMAC - N, 08/31/05; 6.27.3.17 NMAC - N, 07/15/10