Section 22-8-48 - New school development fund; distribution. - New Mexico Statutes

22-8-48. New school development fund; distribution.

A.     The "new school development fund" is created in the state treasury.  The fund shall consist of appropriations, gifts, grants, donations and bequests made to the fund.  Income from the fund shall be credited to the fund, and money in the fund shall not revert or be transferred to any other fund at the end of a fiscal year.  Money in the fund is appropriated to the department for the purposes of making distributions pursuant to Subsection B of this section.  Expenditures from the fund shall be made on warrant of the secretary of finance and administration pursuant to vouchers signed by the secretary.

B.     Upon application to the department by a school district and subject to the availability of funds, the department may approve a distribution to the school district from the new school development fund to supplement district funds needed to pay for supplies, equipment and operating costs unique to the first year of operation of a new school, provided that the department shall not approve a distribution unless it determines that there are no other reasonably available federal, private or other public sources for the needed funding.