Section 22-8-13.1 - School district and charter school audits; sanctions for not submitting timely audit reports. - New Mexico Statutes

22-8-13.1. School district and charter school audits; sanctions for not submitting timely audit reports. 

A.     Each school district and charter school shall have an annual audit as required by the Audit Act [12-6-1 NMSA 1978] and rules of the state auditor that shall be completed and submitted to the state auditor by the date specified in rules of the state auditor.  At the completion of the annual or any special audit, the school district or charter school shall submit a copy of the audit report to the department. 

B.     School districts and charter schools shall comply with due dates for annual audits specified by rule of the state auditor.  Failure to submit a timely audit report shall subject a school district or charter school to progressive sanctions.  A school district or charter school that does not submit an annual audit report: 

(1)     within ninety days from the due date, shall be required to submit monthly financial reports to the department until the department is satisfied that the school district or charter school is in compliance with all financial and audit requirements;

(2)     after ninety days but within one hundred eighty days from the due date, may be withheld temporarily in an amount up to five percent of its current-year state equalization guarantee distribution;

(3)     after one hundred eighty days but within two hundred seventy days, may be withheld temporarily in an amount up to seven percent of its current-year state equalization guarantee distribution and may be required to submit a corrective action plan to the secretary; and

(4)     after two hundred seventy days, may be withheld temporarily in an amount up to seven percent of its current-year state equalization guarantee distribution and may be subject to the secretary's suspension of the local school board or governing body acting as a board of finance.