Section 20. Other Facility Areas

A. Administrative space. A school facility shall have administrative space, to include offices for school administrators, councilors, ancillary staff, and records. The space shall consist of a minimum of 150 net sf, plus 1.5 net sf/student of the planned school program capacity or current enrollment. B. Student health. A school facility shall have spaces for the delivery of student health. The student health or nurse’s suite shall have space to isolate any sick student(s) from the other students and perform necessary testing. It shall have a sink, refrigerator, and secure storage for records, medications, supplies. This space shall be a designated space consisting of at least 1 net sf/student of the planned school program capacity or current enrollment with a minimum of 200 net sf. The student health or nurse’s suite shall have a connected accessible restroom, not included in the minimum. C. Faculty workspace and break room. A school facility shall have workspace available to the faculty. This space is in addition to any workspace available in or near a classroom. The space shall consist of at least 1 net sf/student of the planned school program capacity or current enrollment with no less than 150 net sf. The space may consist of more than one room and may have more than one function. The break room shall include a kitchenette. D. Network distribution space. A school shall have at least 120 net sf of appropriately distributed, securable, well-ventilated, temperature controlled space to accommodate routers, switches, servers and other devices to support school technology operational needs. [6.27.30.20 NMAC - Rp, 6.27.30.18 NMAC, 1/14/2025] 6.27.30.21 GENERAL STORAGE (EXCLUDES LOCKERS, JANITORIAL, KITCHEN, GENERAL CLASSROOM, SPECIALTY CLASSROOMS, AND ADMINISTRATIVE STORAGE): For storage, at least 1.5 net sf/student of the planned school program capacity or current enrollment may be distributed in or throughout any type of room or space, but may not count toward required room square footages 0.20 NMAC - Rp, 6.27.30.18 NMAC, 1/14/2025] 6.27.30.21 GENERAL STORAGE (EXCLUDES LOCKERS, JANITORIAL, KITCHEN, GENERAL CLASSROOM, SPECIALTY CLASSROOMS, AND ADMINISTRATIVE STORAGE): For storage, at least 1.5 net sf/student of the planned school program capacity or current enrollment may be distributed in or throughout any type of room or space, but may not count toward required room square footages. General storage must be securable and include textbook storage.