The purpose of the Public School Capital Outlay Act is to ensure that, through a standards-based process for all school districts, the physical condition and capacity, educational suitability and technology infrastructure of all public school facilities in New Mexico meet an adequate level statewide and the design, construction and maintenance of school sites and facilities encourage, promote and maximize safe, functional and durable learning environments in order for the state to meet its educational responsibilities and for New Mexico's students to have the opportunity to achieve success. History: 1953 Comp., § 77-24-10, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 235, § 2; 1978, ch. 152, § 2; 1994, ch. 88, § 1; 2004, ch. 125, § 6. ANNOTATIONSThe 2004 amendment, effective May 19, 2004, replaced the previous purpose to 'meet critical school district capital outlay which cannot be met by the school district after it has exhausted available resources' with the purpose that follows 'is to' at the beginning of the section. The 1994 amendment, effective May 18, 1994 deleted 'all' preceding 'available' near the end of the section.
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