N.M. Stat. § 22-24-10
Public facilities to be used by charter schools;
assessment.
A. Prior to the occupancy of a public facility by a charter school, the charter school
shall notify the council of the intended use, together with such other information as
required by rule of the council.
B. Within sixty days of the notification to the council, the public school facilities
authority shall assess the public facility in order to determine the extent of compliance
with the statewide adequacy standards and the amount of outstanding deviation from
those standards. The results of the assessment shall be submitted to the charter school,
the school district in which the charter school is located and the council.
C. Once assessed pursuant to Subsection B of this section, the public facility shall
be prioritized and eligible for grants pursuant to the Public School Capital Outlay Act in
the same manner as all other public schools in the state.
D. As used in this section, "public facility" means a building owned by the charter
school, the school district, the state, an institution of the state, another political
subdivision of the state, the federal government or a tribal government.