1. A. Each school district or charter school with board-approved and PED-approved calendars longer than 180 school days for five-day school calendars and longer than 155 school days for four-day school calendars shall be eligible to receive K-12 plus program units for students in kindergarten through twelfth grade.

2. B. The number of K-12 plus program units for five-day calendars is determined by multiplying the membership in each eligible school by:

   1. (1) the cost differential factor of 0.012 and then by the number of K-12 plus days between 181 and 190 days; and
   2. (2) the cost differential factor of 0.016 and then by the number of K-12 plus days between 191 and 205 days.

3. C. The number of K-12 plus program units for four-day calendars is determined by multiplying the membership in each eligible school by:

   1. (1) the cost differential factor of 0.012 and then by the number of K-12 plus days between 156 and 165 days; and
   2. (2) the cost differential factor of 0.016 and then by the number of K-12 plus days between 166 and 175 days.

4. D. No later than October 15 of each year, a school district or charter school that wishes to adopt K-12 plus days for the next fiscal year shall submit to the department the actual number of students enrolled in each of its schools in the current year and an estimate of the number of students that the school district or charter school expects to be enrolled in each school in the next year.

   HISTORY OF 6.10.5 NMAC:

   Pre-NMAC History: The material in this regulation was derived from that previously filed with the State Records Center and Archives under State Board of Education Regulation 93-24, Variable School Calendar Application, Review and Reporting Process, filed March 3, 1994; and State Board of Education Regulation 92-3, Variable School Calendar Application, Review and Reporting Process, filed April 3, 1992.

   Other History of 6.10.5 NMAC:

   6.10.5 NMAC – School Calendar Requirements, filed 12/31/1998 was repealed and replaced by 6.10.5 NMAC – School Instructional Time Requirements, effective 7/1/2024.

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