A. In addition to other student discipline policies, each school district shall adopt a policy providing for the expulsion from school, for a period of not less than one year, of any student who is determined to have knowingly brought a weapon to a school under the jurisdiction of the local board. The local school board or the superintendent of the school district may modify the expulsion requirement on a case-by-case basis.
New Mexico School Discipline Laws & Regulations: Limitations or Conditions on Exclusionary Discipline
New Mexico School Discipline Laws & Regulations: Limitations or Conditions on Exclusionary Discipline
Category: Exclusionary Discipline: Suspension, Expulsion, and Alternative Placement
Subcategory: Limitations or Conditions on Exclusionary Discipline
State: New Mexico
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LAWS
22-5-4.7. Additional student discipline policies; weapon-free schools.
22-12A-6. Public school attendance policies; reporting.
A. A public school shall maintain an attendance policy that:
(3) employs an attendance improvement plan that focuses on:
(b) prohibiting out-of-school suspension or expulsion as the punishment for absences.
22-33-5. Medical cannabis; possession; storage; administration; restriction; exemptions.
D. A public school, charter school or school district shall not:
(1) discipline a student who is a qualified student on the basis that the student requires medical cannabis as a reasonable accommodation necessary for the student to attend school.
REGULATIONS
6.10.8.8. Requirements.
B. Each local school board and charter school shall develop a written attendance policy that:
(4) prohibits out-of-school suspension and expulsion as a punishment for unexcused absences and habitual truancy.
6.12.10.11. Students.
A. Each school district and charter school shall ban a student's possession, use, distribution, sale, or being under the influence of a cannabis product in a manner inconsistent with provisions of the Lynn and Erin Compassionate Use Act.
B. No school shall discipline a student who is a qualified student on the basis that the student requires medical cannabis as necessary for the student to attend school.
C. No school shall deny eligibility to attend school to a qualified student on the basis that the qualified student requires medical cannabis as a reasonable accommodation necessary for the student to attend school or an in-state school-sponsored activity.