Misson Statement
The Digital Strategies Division is the enterprise technology partner serving and supporting PSFA with innovative solutions to advance the delivery of the agencies core mission.
The CTO/CIO reports directly to the Executive Director and is charged with providing information technology services supporting the mission and strategic objectives of the agency as defined and described by the Executive Director and as may be amended from time to time.
Operational Authority (References by Justia)
PSFA (Public School Facilities Authority) is an adjunct agency of the State of New Mexico, created in 2004 under Section NMSA 22-24-9. Adjunct agencies are defined per Universal Citation: NM Stat § 9-1-6 (2020): "Adjunct agencies" are those agencies, boards, commissions, offices or other instrumentalities of the executive branch, not assigned to the elected constitutional officers, which are excluded from any direct or administrative attachment to a department, which retain policymaking and administrative autonomy separate from any other instrumentality of state government. (History: 1953 Comp., § 4-29B-6, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 248, § 6)
2021 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 22 - Public Schools
Article 24 - Public School Capital Outlay
Section 22-24-9 - Public school facilities authority; creation; powers and duties.
Universal Citation: NM Stat § 22-24-9 (2021)
A. The "public school facilities authority" is created under the [PSCOC] council. The authority shall be headed by a director, selected by the council, who shall be versed in construction, architecture or project management. The director may hire no more than two deputies with the approval of the council, and, subject to budgetary constraints set out in Subsection G of Section 22-24-4 NMSA 1978, shall employ or contract with such technical and administrative personnel as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. The director, deputies and all other employees of the authority shall be exempt from the provisions of the Personnel Act [Chapter 10, Article 9 NMSA 1978].
The Personnel Act [Chapter 10, Article 9 NMSA 1978]
The act applies to all state positions except . . . heads of agencies appointed by boards or commissions.