New Mexico Statutes Chapter 22. Public Schools § 22-8B-4.1. Charter schools' enrollment procedures

(1) a start-up school may either enroll students on a first-come, first-served basis or through a lottery selection process if the total number of applicants exceeds the number of spaces available at the start-up school; and

(2) a conversion school shall give enrollment preference to students who are enrolled in the public school at the time it is converted into a charter school and to siblings of students admitted to or attending the charter school. The conversion school may either enroll all other students on a first-come, first-served basis or through a lottery selection process if the total number of applicants exceeds the number of spaces available at the conversion school.

(1) students who have been admitted to the charter school through an appropriate admission process and remain in attendance through subsequent grades;

(2) children of employees employed by the charter school; and

(3) siblings of students already admitted to or attending the same charter school.