New Mexico Statutes Chapter 22. Public Schools § 22-8-15. Allocation limitation

A. The department shall determine the allocations to each school district and charter school from each of the distributions of the public school fund, subject to the limits established by law.

B. The local school board in each school district with locally chartered charter schools shall allocate the appropriate distributions of the public school fund to individual locally chartered charter schools pursuant to each locally chartered charter school's school-based budget approved by the local school board and the department. The appropriate distribution of the public school fund shall flow to the locally chartered charter school within five days after the school district's receipt of the state equalization guarantee for that month.