A. Except as provided in Subsection E of this section, for each year that a capital improvements tax is imposed by a school district, the secretary shall distribute from the public school capital improvements fund to the school district an amount equal to the greater of:

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(1)     the difference between:

(a) the product of: 1) the school district’s program units; 2) multiplied by the tax rate imposed by the school district; and 3) multiplied further by the sum calculated pursuant to Subsection B of this section; and

(b) the school district’s estimated tax revenue; or

(2)     the product of:

(a) five dollars ($5.00) for fiscal year 2023; and in each subsequent fiscal year, the amount for the previous fiscal year adjusted by the percentage increase between the next preceding calendar year and the preceding calendar year of the consumer price index for the United States, all items, as published by the United States department of labor;

(b) multiplied by the school district’s program units; and

(c) multiplied further by the tax rate imposed by the school district.

B. The amount in Item 3) of Subparagraph (a) of Paragraph (1) of Subsection A of this section shall be equal to the sum of:

(1)     for fiscal year 2023, eighty-nine dollars twenty-five cents ($89.25); and in each subsequent fiscal year, the amount for the previous fiscal year adjusted by the percentage increase between the next preceding calendar year and the preceding calendar year of the consumer price index for the United States, all items, as published by the United States department of labor; plus (2)     an additional amount certified to the secretary by the public school capital outlay council. No later than June 1 of each year, the council shall determine the amount needed in the next fiscal year for public school capital outlay projects pursuant to the Public School Capital Outlay Act and the amount of revenue, from all sources, available for the projects. If, in the sole discretion of the council, the amount available exceeds the amount needed, the council may certify an additional amount pursuant to this paragraph; provided that the sum of the amount calculated pursuant to this paragraph plus the amount in Paragraph (1) of this subsection shall not result in a total statewide distribution that, in the opinion of the council, exceeds one-half of the total revenue estimated to be received from taxes imposed pursuant to the Public School Capital Improvements Act.

C. If a distribution is made to a school district pursuant to Subsection A of this section, the secretary shall make an additional distribution from the public school capital improvements fund to the school district in an amount equal to the product of:

(1)     fifty-three dollars ($53.00);

(2)     multiplied by the sum of the school district’s program units;

(3)     multiplied further by the greater of six percent or the percentage calculated pursuant to Paragraph (5) of Subsection B of Section 22-24-5 N.M. Stat. Ann.; and

(4)     multiplied further by the tax rate imposed by the school district.

D. In expending distributions made pursuant to this section, school districts and charter schools shall give priority to maintenance projects, including payments under contracts with regional education cooperatives for maintenance support services. In addition, distributions made pursuant to this section may be expended by school districts and charter schools as follows, but no distribution from the public school capital improvements fund may be used for capital improvements to any administration building of a school district:

(1)     for the school district portion of the total project cost for roof repair or replacement required by Section 22-24-4.3 N.M. Stat. Ann.; or

(2)     for the school district portion of payments made under a financing agreement entered into by a school district or a charter school for the leasing of a building or other real property with an option to purchase for a price that is reduced according to the payments made, if the school district has received a grant for the state share of the payments pursuant to Subsection D of Section 22-24-5 N.M. Stat. Ann..

E. In the event that sufficient funds are not available in the public school capital improvements fund to make the distributions pursuant to this section, the dollar per program unit figure shall be reduced as necessary.

F. A portion of each distribution made by the state pursuant to this section shall be further distributed by the school district to each locally chartered or state-chartered charter school located within the school district. The amount to be distributed to each charter school shall be in the same proportion as the average full-time-equivalent enrollment of the charter school on the second and third reporting dates of the prior school year is to the total such enrollment in the school district; provided that, in determining the school district’s total enrollment, charter school students located within the school district shall be included; and provided further that no distribution shall be made to an approved charter school that had not commenced classroom instruction in the prior school year. Each year, the department shall certify to the school district the amount to be distributed to each charter school. Distributions received by a charter school pursuant to this subsection shall be expended pursuant to the provisions of the Public School Capital Improvements Act; except that if capital improvements for the charter school were not identified in a resolution approved by the electors, the charter school may expend the distribution for any capital improvements, including those specified in Subsection D of this section.

G. In making distributions pursuant to this section, the secretary shall include such reporting requirements and conditions as are required by rule of the public school capital outlay council. The council shall adopt such requirements and conditions as are necessary to ensure that the distributions are expended in the most prudent manner possible and are consistent with the original purpose as specified in the authorizing resolution. Copies of reports or other information received by the secretary in response to the requirements and conditions shall be forwarded to the council.

H. As used in this section:

(1)     “capital improvements tax” means the tax authorized pursuant to the Public School Capital Improvements Act;

(2)     “estimated tax revenue” means the revenue estimated to be received by a school district from the capital improvements tax, using prior year valuations and assuming a one hundred percent collection rate;

(3)     “program units” means a school district’s final program units determined pursuant to Sections 22-8-19, 22-8-20 through 22-8-23.1 and 22-8-23.3 N.M. Stat. Ann. generated in the previous fiscal year, including such program units generated by a charter school located within the school district; and

(4)     “tax rate” means the rate approved by the qualified electors in the most recent election on the question of imposing a tax pursuant to the Public School Capital Improvements Act.