New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 5 - POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 55 - PUBLIC POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 8 - STATEWIDE ADVANCED PLACEMENT POLICY › Section 5.55.8.9 - MAINTENANCE OF STATEWIDE ADVANCED PLACEMENT EXAM POLICY

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. The department shall create and make
				available a form to be used by institutions to request changes to the statewide
				advanced placement exam policy.
B.
				Completed forms shall be submitted to the department by the institution's chief
				academic officer or designee only after receiving approval by the chief
				academic officer.
C. If the form is
				submitted on or before the deadline published by the department, consideration
				of the form shall be placed on the next committee meeting agenda. If the
				institution submits the form after the published deadline, consideration of the
				form shall be postponed until the subsequent committee meeting.
D. The department shall conduct an initial
				review of the form to determine whether it has been correctly and fully
				completed. The department may request additional information from the
				institution for use in its initial review. If the department determines that
				the form has met the initial review criteria, the department shall submit the
				form and all supporting material to the committee and require that the form be
				considered by the committee. If the department determines that a form is not
				correctly and fully completed, the department shall return the form to the
				institution with recommendations as to how deficiencies may be remedied. A form
				shall not be presented to the committee until the department has completed
				initial review and determines that the form is correctly and fully
				completed.
E. In reviewing the form
				and supporting materials, the committee may request more information from the
				institution. If additional information is requested, the institution shall
				submit the additional information by the deadline set by the department. If the
				additional information is not received by the deadline, consideration of the
				form shall be postponed to the subsequent committee meeting.
F. The department shall have a representative
				present during the advisory committee meeting to present the form. The
				department shall not make any recommendation to committee regarding the
				advanced placement exam policy.
G.
				A representative from the applicant institution shall be present during the
				committee meeting and shall be prepared to respond to questions presented by
				committee members.
H. The committee
				shall consider the form, any supporting materials, and information presented
				during its meeting. The chair shall conduct a vote. Each institution shall cast
				a single vote. Based on the majority vote, the committee may approve, deny,
				table, or send the request to a subcommittee for further review. The vote shall
				be certified by the committee chair and the department shall issue official
				notice of the committee decision to the institution.
I. An institution shall not publish and makes
				available to students the courses it offers that fulfill the statewide advanced
				placement exam policy prior the institution's receipt of notice of the
				committee decision from the department.
J. Institutions shall notify the department
				if any courses that are part of the statewide advanced placement exam policy
				will no longer be offered at least 90 days prior to the time the course will no
				longer be offered.
K. The
				department shall update the statewide advanced placement exam policy to reflect
				all changes to institution's curriculum.