A. The "public education department" is created in the executive branch. The department is a cabinet department and includes the following divisions:

(1) the administrative services division;

(2) the assessment and accountability division;

(3) the charter schools division;

(4) the educator quality division;

(5) the Indian education division;

(6) the information technology division;

(7) the instructional support and vocational education division;

(8) the program support and student transportation division;

(9) the quality assurance and systems integration division;

(10) the rural education division; and

(11) the vocational rehabilitation division.

B. The secretary may organize the department and divisions of the department and may transfer or merge functions between divisions and bureaus in the interest of efficiency and economy.

History: Laws 2004, ch. 27, § 4; 2005, ch. 286, § 2; 2006, ch. 94, § 1.

Cross references. — For the Public School Code, see 22-1-1 NMSA 1978.

For the public education department, see N.M. Const., art. XII, § 6 and 9-24-15 NMSA 1978.

The 2006 amendment, effective July 1, 2007, added Paragraph (3) of Subsection A to include the charter schools division.

The 2005 amendment, effective June 17, 2005, added the enumeration of divisions in Subsections A(1) through (10); deleted the former provision of Subsection B, which provided that the secretary make recommendations to the legislature on the statutory organization of the department and provides for the divisions of the department until it was statutorily organized.