The state board [department] may order consolidation according to the recommendations contained in a final report and recommendations of the school district survey committee approved by each local school board of each school district affected by the survey only if it determines that such consolidation:
A. will help to equalize the educational opportunities for public school students in each school district affected by the consolidation;
B. will make the most advantageous and economical use of public school facilities;
C. takes into consideration the convenience and welfare of the public school students in each school district affected by the survey; and
D. is in the best interest of public education in each school district affected by the consolidation and in the best interest of public education in the state.
History: 1953 Comp., § 77-3-8, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 16, § 21.
ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Laws 2004, ch. 25, § 27, provided that all references to the superintendent of public instruction shall be deemed references to the secretary of public education and all references to the former state board of education or state department of education shall be deemed references to the public education department. See 9-24-15 NMSA 1978.
Cross references. — For standards for consolidation generally, see 22-4-3 NMSA 1978.
For contents and publication of order consolidating school districts, see 22-4-10 and 22-4-11 NMSA 1978.
Applicability of section to consolidation under Subsection B of Section 22-4-3 NMSA 1978. — Where school consolidation was ordered pursuant to Subsection B of Section 22-4-3 NMSA 1978, the provisions of Section 22-4-4 NMSA 1978 were controlling as to the board which should govern the consolidated district, and the provisions of this section and Sections 22-4-10 to 22-4-14 NMSA 1978 were inapplicable. State ex rel. Apodaca v. N.M. State Bd. of Educ., 1971-NMSC-058, 82 N.M. 558, 484 P.2d 1268.