New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 6 - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 30 - EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS › Part 7 - DUAL CREDIT › Section 6.30.7.7 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. "ACT high school
				code" is the unique code provided to each high school by ACT, Inc., a 501(c)(3)
				not-for-profit organization.
B.
				"Agreement" is the dual credit master agreement.
C. "Classification of instructional program"
				or "CIP" is a taxonomic coding scheme that contains titles and descriptions of
				instructional programs, primarily at the postsecondary level. The CIP was
				originally developed to facilitate the United States department of education
				national center for education statistics' collection and reporting of
				postsecondary degree completions, by major field of study, using standard
				classifications that capture the majority of program activity.
D. "Common core" means the common general
				education core of lower division college-level courses for which, pursuant to
				Subsection D of Section
				21-1B-3
				NMSA 1978 and 5.55.3.9 NMAC credit is eligible for transfer from one public
				postsecondary institution to another and is applied toward requirements for
				postsecondary graduation and receipt of a degree.
E. "Concurrent enrollment" refers to
				enrollment of high school students in courses at the postsecondary level that
				are not designated as dual credit. This includes courses not listed within the
				dual credit master agreement between the eligible LEAs and postsecondary
				institution. Students who are concurrently enrolled may also be enrolled in the
				dual credit program if they meet eligibility requirements as specified in
				6.30.7 NMAC.
F. "Core course" means
				courses required for high school graduation as defined in
				22-13-1.1
				NMSA, 1978, excluding physical education activity courses and
				electives.
G. "Developmental
				course" refers to courses with CIP codes of 32.0101, 32.0107 or 32.0199 that
				fall within the basic skills or career exploration/awareness skills
				categories.
H. "Dual credit
				council" is an advisory group consisting of staff of the public education
				department and higher education department that issues recommendations to the
				cabinet secretaries of the public education and higher education departments
				regarding dual credit issues outside of the scope of the agreement.
I. "Dual credit program" means a program that
				allows high school students to enroll in college-level courses offered by a
				postsecondary institution that may be academic or career technical but not
				remedial or developmental, and simultaneously to earn credit toward high school
				graduation and a postsecondary degree or certificate.
J. "Elective course" means courses defined
				and approved as such by local school boards.
K. "FERPA" is the Family Educational Rights
				and Privacy Act [20 U.S. Code 1232g].
L. "Form" is the dual credit request
				form.
M. "General fees" as defined
				in 5.7.18 NMAC and Subsection B of Section
				21-1-4
				-NMSA 1978 means a fixed sum charged to students for items not covered by
				tuition and required of such a proportion of all students that the student who
				does not pay the charge is an exception. General fees include fees for
				matriculation, library services, student activities, student union services,
				student health services, debt service and athletics. An institution may charge
				fees in addition to general fees that are course-specific or that pertain to a
				smaller proportion of students.
N.
				"Individualized education program" or "IEP" means a written statement for a
				child with a disability that is developed, reviewed, and revised in accordance
				with 34 CFR Secs. 300.320 through 300.324.
O. "Local educational agency (LEA)" is a
				district as defined in 6.29.1.7 NMAC (a public school district, a
				state-chartered charter school or a state educational institution),or a bureau
				of Indian education-funded high school.
P. "Physical education activity course"
				refers to courses with CIP code of 36.0108.
Q. "Postsecondary institution" refers to a
				public postsecondary educational institution operating in the state, including
				a community college, branch community college, technical vocational institute,
				four-year educational institution, and tribal colleges.
R. "Remedial course" refers to courses with
				CIP codes of 32.0104 or 32.0108 that fall within the numeracy and computational
				skills, precollegiate mathematics skills, precollegiate reading skills,
				precollegiate writing skills, or communications skills categories.
S. "Tribal college" means a tribally,
				federally or congressionally chartered post-secondary educational institution
				located in New Mexico that is accredited by the north central association of
				colleges and schools.