The purpose of K–5 Plus is to demonstrate that increased time in kindergarten and the early grades narrows the achievement gap between at-risk students and other students, increases cognitive skills and leads to higher test scores for all participants.
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The program extends the school year for K–5 by 25 instructional days beginning before school starts. The K–5 Plus program provides funding for additional educational time for students in kindergarten through third grade in eligible schools. K–5 Plus eligibility includes public schools in which eighty percent or more of the students are eligible for free or reduced-fee lunch at the time the public school applies for the program or an elementary school with a D or F grade the previous year.
Guidance is provided on how to complete the K-5 Plus application.
Downloads
- Memorandum to Superintendents and Charter School Directors, March 11, 2019 (PDF)
- K-3 Plus Annual Report, 2016-2017 (PDF)
- K-5 Plus Statute (PDF)
- New Mexico Administrative Code 6.30.12 (PDF)
- K-5 Plus Technical Assistance Guide & Assurances (PDF)
- K-3 Plus Application Narrative (PDF)
- K-3 Plus 4&5 Application Narrative (PDF)
- K-3 Plus Summer 2019 School Application (Excel)
- K-3 Plus Summer 2019 School Application (Excel 97-2003)
- K-3 Plus 4&5 Summer 2019 School Application (Excel)
- K-3 Plus 4&5 Summer 2019 School Application (Excel 97-2003)
- K-3 Plus District Budget Summary (Excel)
- K-3 Plus District Budget Summary (Excel 97-2003)
- K-3 Plus 4&5 District Budget Summary (Excel)
- K-3 Plus 4&5 District Budget Summary (Excel 97-2003)