New Mexico could not account for more than 12,000 students at the start of the school year, children who were enrolled before the pandemic but never showed up in the fall.
When and how to resume in-person learning has been a controversial question that the state left to individual school districts to decide over the summer.
A parent's request to keep their student in virtual learning should prompt the IEP team to review if the student has been meeting all his IEP goals and objectives.
Many states offer tuition-free virtual programs and they have satisfied the increasing need for a safe and reliable at-home option for students during the pandemic.
