For purposes of receiving federal grants pursuant to Section 842 of Public Law 93-380, Assistance to States for State Equalization Plans, the state department of public education [department] is designated the state agency and is authorized to submit a state plan to the United States secretary of education.
History: 1953 Comp., § 77-7-6, enacted by Laws 1976, ch. 21, § 1; 1977, ch. 246, § 64; 1980, ch. 151, § 50; 1988, ch. 64, § 39.
ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For references to the former state department of public education, see 9-24-15 NMSA 1978.
For state equalization guarantee distributions generally, see 22-8-25 NMSA 1978.
For Section 842 of Public Law 93-380, see 20 U.S.C. § 246.
The 1988 amendment, effective May 18, 1988, substituted "state department of public education" for "public school finance division of the department of finance and administration".