N.M. Code R. § 6.81.2.8 - [Repealed]
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A. Pursuant to the requirement of 22-2-2(I), NMSA 1978, all nonpublic schools shall make attendance reports as required by the department, and shall comply with the requirements of 24-5-4, NMSA 1978, (Reports on Immunization Status), 22-13-14, NMSA 1978 (Emergency Drills), 22-2-8.1, NMSA 1978 (Length of School Day), 22-12-2, NMSA 1978 (Compulsory School Attendance) and 22-12-7, NMSA 1978 (Enforcement of Attendance Law).
B. Nonpublic schools accredited by the AAASCU, ACSI, ACTS, CSI, ICAA, ISAS, NAEYC, NLSA, NECPA, NMNCA or NNCA shall be deemed to be accredited by the department unless the accrediting entity's accreditation status is later suspended, limited, or terminated by the department or unless the schools' accreditation status is suspended, limited, or terminated by its own accrediting entity.
C. The department shall have the authority to observe the operation of a nonpublic or BIE school in the state seeking or holding department accreditation.
D. The division shall maintain and keep current a list of all nonpublic schools accredited by the department. The list shall contain the name of the school, its mailing and email addresses, the name of its head administrator, its telephone number and its accrediting entity or entities.
E. Nonpublic or BIE schools seeking accreditation in New Mexico shall obtain and maintain accreditation from one of the 11 accrediting entities listed in the definition section of this rule or any other entity approved by the department as an accrediting entity.
F. Any accrediting entity seeking acknowledgement by the department of their accrediting status in New Mexico shall contact the division by written inquiry and provide information requested by the division that demonstrates the accrediting entity's:
(1) ability to evaluate a school under set, rigorous standards;
(2) accreditation standards are based primarily on research and factors that facilitate student academic achievement;
(3) experience outside the state of New Mexico, if any, in accrediting nonpublic schools;
(4) willingness to share its research data, academic standards and school-specific accreditation reports with the division;
(5) use of peer evaluation and periodic site visits to assess whether a nonpublic school meets that entity's standards and continues to meet those standards;
(6) collection of documentation to verify that a nonpublic school meets and continues to meet that entity's standards; and
(7) authority to suspend, limit or terminate its accreditation of a nonpublic school.
G. The charter schools division of the department may limit, suspend or terminate the accrediting status of an accrediting entity listed in the definition section of this rule for failure to apply its own set accrediting standards on schools it accredits.
H. The division may deny accrediting status of an accrediting entity for failure to apply its own accrediting standards to schools it accredits or for failure to provide the information or make the demonstrations enumerated in Subsection F of 6.81.2.8 NMAC.
I. Any accrediting entity aggrieved by a decision of the division may, within 30 days of the decision, appeal in writing to the secretary. The secretary or the secretary's designee shall issue a final written decision within 90 days of the appeal. At the time of its filing an appeal, the aggrieved accrediting entity shall include its justification as to why the decision should be reversed or altered and shall attach all supporting documentation including the decision it is appealing. No further documentation shall be filed by the accrediting entity unless leave of the secretary is requested and granted. A decision from the secretary or the secretary's designee shall be made on the basis of the documentation submitted and input from the division, unless oral argument is requested by the accrediting entity and granted by the secretary or secretary's designee.