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New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 5 - POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 7 - TUITION AND FINANCIAL AID › Part 36 - COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE ATTORNEY PROGRAM › Section 5.7.36.11 - RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT

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The department shall:
A. adopt rules as are necessary to carry out
				the provisions of the program; and
B. administer the program, including:
(1) consultation with the university of New
				Mexico school of law and the commission, to publicize the program to law
				students and prospective law students;
(2) coordination of a standard application
				process including preparation of application forms and facilitation of the
				application review by the commission;
(3) disbursement of funds;
(4) record keeping on participants including:
(a) participant's academic standing
				status;
(b) progress toward
				completion of final year of law school;
(c) loan contracts including contracts
				between the participant and the department and contracts between the commission
				and qualifying employers; and
(d)
				location and time employed as a community governance attorney;
(e) verification of qualification for
				forgiveness for service; and
(5) preparing annually a report that includes
				the following information:
(a) number of the
				participants employed as a community governance attorneys;
(b) number of participants who have not
				completed their course of study;
(c) names and addresses of participants;
				and
(d) names and locations of
				practice of participants employed as community governance attorneys.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 5 - POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 7 - TUITION AND FINANCIAL AID › Part 36 - COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE ATTORNEY PROGRAM › Section 5.7.36.12 - LOAN AWARDS

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The department may award a loan to one or two applicants
				  each year who will be entering their final year of law school under the
				  following conditions and limitations.
A. The department shall set the amount of the
				portion of the loan that will pay for an applicant's law school tuition, fees
				and a reasonable living stipend after consulting with the university of New
				Mexico school of law regarding tuition and average living stipend and
				considering the availability of funds.
B. Upon selection of an applicant to receive
				a loan, a contract shall be drawn between the applicant and the department. The
				signed contract indicates the applicant's acceptance into the
				program.
C. In its annual
				determination of the number of loan awards, the department shall consider
				funding availability for loans for current participants.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 5 - POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 7 - TUITION AND FINANCIAL AID › Part 36 - COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE ATTORNEY PROGRAM › Section 5.7.36.13 - LOAN REPAYMENT AND FORGIVENESS

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All loans shall be forgiven or repaid to the state together
				  with interest according to the following provisions:
A. The department shall forgive one hundred
				percent of the principal plus accrued interest for participants who after
				completion of their course of study, are employed for two consecutive years as
				a community governance attorney by a qualified employer.
B. The department shall forgive fifty percent
				of the principal plus accrued interest for participants who, after completion
				of their course of study, are employed for one year as a community governance
				attorney by a qualified employer.
C. Participants shall complete a full year of
				employment to receive credit for that year.
D. A participant who fails to carry out their
				employment obligations, in whole or in part, is subject to the following
				provisions:
(1) If a participant completes the
				participant's law school education and does not serve as a community governance
				attorney for a period of at least one year, the department shall assess a
				penalty of the principal due, plus eighteen percent interest, unless the
				department finds acceptable extenuating circumstances that prevent the
				participant's compliance with the employment obligations as provided in 5.7.36
				NMAC.
(2) The full penalty shall
				apply unless the circumstances reflect that the penalty should be reduced on a
				prorated basis reasonably reached based upon the degree of control which the
				recipient has over the failure to carry out their employment obligation. The
				recipient shall have the burden of proof.
(3) If the department does not find
				acceptable extenuating circumstances for the participant's failure to carry out
				their employment obligations, the department shall require immediate repayment
				of the unpaid principal amount of the waiver plus accrued interest owed the
				state plus the amount of any penalty assessed pursuant to 5.7.36
				NMAC.
(4) In all other cases, loans
				shall bear interest at seven percent per year.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 5 - POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 7 - TUITION AND FINANCIAL AID › Part 36 - COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE ATTORNEY PROGRAM › Section 5.7.36.14 - CONTRACTS

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A contract shall be drawn between each participant and the
				  department on behalf of the state of New Mexico. The contract shall:
A. provide for the payment by the department
				of a specified sum as determined in 5.7.36.13 NMAC;
B. state that immediately upon completion or
				termination of the student's law school education, all interest then accrued
				shall be capitalized;
C. state the
				conditions of repayment or forgiveness as detailed in 5.7.36.13 NMAC;
D. state that the loan shall bear interest at
				the designated rate per annum from the date of disbursement until paid, make
				provision for conversion to a payout note as shown in 5.7.36 NMAC and state
				that interest will be charged on the unpaid balance of the principal;
E. state the legal responsibilities of the
				participant and that delinquent loans shall be referred to the department for
				appropriate action, which may include referral to the office of the attorney
				general;
F. state that the
				participant's obligations of the contract with the department shall be binding
				on participant's estate.
G. state
				that the department may cancel any contract after providing 30 days written
				notice to the participant for any reasonable and sufficient cause;
H. state that in the event a participant
				fails to make any payment when due, the entire indebtedness including interest
				due and accrued thereon shall, at the option of the department, become
				immediately due and payable; and
I.
				state that jurisdiction and venue shall be proper in Bernalillo County or Santa
				Fe County, New Mexico for purposes of any suit to enforce the
				contract.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 5 - POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 7 - TUITION AND FINANCIAL AID › Part 36 - COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE ATTORNEY PROGRAM › Section 5.7.36.15 - FUND FOR LEGAL SERVICES

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A. The
				commission shall solicit proposals from qualifying employers.
B. The commission shall enter into contracts
				with qualifying employers to provide community governance attorney services to
				acequias, land grants-mercedes and low-income residents of colonias on issues
				regarding the governance of colonias.
C. Each selected contractor shall demonstrate
				sufficient matching with non-state funding to provide a full-time community
				governance attorney position.
D.
				The contract shall provide no more than one-half of the funding for a full-time
				community governance attorney position. The maximum salary for such a position
				shall not exceed the salary provided in Section 21-21Q-3 NMSA 1978.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 5 - POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 7 - TUITION AND FINANCIAL AID › Part 36 - COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE ATTORNEY PROGRAM › Section 5.7.36.16 - REPORTS

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The department shall submit a report to the governor and the
				  legislature prior to each regular legislative session. The report shall
				  describe the activities during the previous years, including the statistics,
				  and analysis of the progress of the Community Governance Attorney
				  Act.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 5 - POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 7 - TUITION AND FINANCIAL AID › Part 37 - NEW MEXICO OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM › Section 5.7.37.2 - SCOPE

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Provisions of 5.7.37 NMAC apply to all public post-secondary
				  institutions and tribal colleges in the state of New Mexico.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 5 - POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 7 - TUITION AND FINANCIAL AID › Part 37 - NEW MEXICO OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM › Section 5.7.37.3 - STATUTORY AUTHORITY

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Section 9-25-1 et seq. NMSA 1978 and Section 21-21R-1 et seq.
				  NMSA 1978
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 5 - POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 7 - TUITION AND FINANCIAL AID › Part 37 - NEW MEXICO OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM › Section 5.7.37.5 - EFFECTIVE DATE

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June, 25, 2024, unless a later date is cited at the end of a
				  section.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 5 - POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 7 - TUITION AND FINANCIAL AID › Part 37 - NEW MEXICO OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM › Section 5.7.37.6 - OBJECTIVE

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The objective of 5.7.37 NMAC is to provide a level of
				  financial support to qualified students who are enrolled in a workforce
				  certificate program, or an associate or bachelor's degree program at an
				  eligible New Mexico public post-secondary educational institution or tribal
				  college. This level of financial support is intended to help defray the cost of
				  tuition and fees at the public post-secondary educational institution or tribal
				  college where the student is enrolled pursuant to
				  5.7.37.12 NMAC. Provided sufficient
				  funding exists in the Opportunity Scholarship Fund, the award may be used to
				  supplement, but not supplant, the New Mexico legislative lottery tuition
				  scholarship in an amount not to exceed the cost of tuition and fees for the
				  qualifying semester and summer semesters, and fees for other
				  semesters.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 5 - POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 7 - TUITION AND FINANCIAL AID › Part 37 - NEW MEXICO OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM › Section 5.7.37.7 - DEFINITIONS

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A.
"Community
				college"
means a branch community college of a four-year state
				educational institution, a two-year state educational institution or a
				community college or technical and vocational institute established pursuant to
				Chapter 21, Article 13 or 16 NMSA 1978.
B.
"Comprehensive institution"
means eastern New Mexico university, New Mexico highlands university, northern
				New Mexico college or western New Mexico university.
C.
"Cumulative grade point
				average"
includes grades received during fall, spring and summer
				semesters.
D.
"Department"
means the higher education department.
E.
"Eligible institution"
means
				a public post-secondary educational institution or a tribal college that has a
				current and valid memorandum of understanding as described in Subsection B of
				5.7.37.13 NMAC.
F.
"Fee"
or
"Fees"
means:
(1) mandatory non-tuition charges levied to
				all students as a condition of enrollment;
(2) course-specific fees levied in an amount
				not to exceed fifty dollars ($50) per credit hour or as otherwise approved by
				the department on a course-by-course basis; and
(3) shall not include charges levied for
				funding of capital projects or charges pledged for repayment of institutional
				bonds, loans or institutional debt of any type.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 5 - POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 7 - TUITION AND FINANCIAL AID › Part 37 - NEW MEXICO OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM › Section 5.7.37.9 - PROBATION

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Students who have been determined to be eligible and
				  subsequently have exceptional mitigating circumstances as determined by the
				  institution's lead financial aid officer may be placed on a probationary status
				  under the following conditions:
A. the
				student shall provide documents certifying the nature of their exceptional
				mitigating circumstance to the lead financial aid officer at the post-secondary
				institution at which the student is enrolling or will enroll;
B. the lead financial aid officer shall
				exercise professional judgment to determine whether the exceptional mitigating
				circumstance is beyond the student's control and precludes the student from
				meeting the requirements specified in Subsection A and Subsection C of
				5.7.37.8 NMAC; and
C. a student may receive scholarship funding
				while on probationary status, however under no circumstances shall the student
				receive program awards in excess of those prescribed in Subsections A through F
				of 5.7.37.11 NMAC.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 5 - POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 7 - TUITION AND FINANCIAL AID › Part 37 - NEW MEXICO OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM › Section 5.7.37.10 - PETITION FOR REINSTATMENT

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A recent graduate learner who loses eligibility for the
				  opportunity scholarship or legislative lottery scholarship pursuant to
				  5.7.37.14 NMAC or 5.7.20.14 NMAC and has not been approved for a probationary
				  semester may petition for reinstatement of eligibility for the opportunity
				  scholarship as a returning student learner no sooner than two years following
				  the end of the semester when eligibility was lost. A returning student learner
				  who loses eligibility for the opportunity scholarship pursuant to 5.7.20.14
				  NMAC and has not been approved for a probationary semester may petition for
				  reinstatement of eligibility for the opportunity scholarship as a returning
				  student learner no sooner than two years following the end of the semester when
				  eligibility was lost.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 5 - POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 7 - TUITION AND FINANCIAL AID › Part 37 - NEW MEXICO OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM › Section 5.7.37.11 - DURATION OF SCHOLARSHIP

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A. Upon
				qualification, the student's initial scholarship shall begin with enrollment at
				a public post-secondary educational institution or tribal college. Thereafter,
				each scholarship is for a period of one semester subject to revocation for
				failure to maintain eligibility. The scholarship may be renewed on a per
				semester basis.
B. Scholarships may
				be provided to a qualified student seeking one or more credit-bearing workforce
				certificates. A scholarship for a credit-bearing workforce certificate may only
				be awarded where data indicates that the certificate is in high demand by New
				Mexico employers as determined by the department in consultation with the New
				Mexico workforce solutions department.
C. A scholarship may be awarded for one or
				more workforce certificates, only one associate degree and only one bachelor's
				degree per student.
D. Scholarships
				may continue for a qualified student for up to 90 attempted credit hours for
				the completion of one associate degree.
E. Scholarships may continue for a qualified
				student for up to 160 attempted credit hours for the completion of one
				bachelor's degree.
F. In no case
				shall the scholarship fund more than 160 attempted credit hours; provided that
				dual credit courses that a qualified student previously completed shall not
				count toward the credit-hour cap.
G. The student's institutional lead financial
				aid officer may approve a leave of absence for a period of up to one year if in
				the lead financial aid officer's professional judgment the student has provided
				sufficient documentation to justify the leave of absence. Subsequent requests
				for an additional leave of absence by a student may be considered by the
				institution's lead financial aid officer in increments not to exceed one
				year.
H. The lead financial aid
				officer shall, in turn, ensure that the student does not receive scholarship
				awards in excess of those prescribed in Subsections A through F of
				5.7.37.11 NMAC and shall exclude
				the semesters of "non-enrollment" from the determination of eligible award
				semesters.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 5 - POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 7 - TUITION AND FINANCIAL AID › Part 37 - NEW MEXICO OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM › Section 5.7.37.12 - AMOUNT OF SCHOLARSHIP

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A. To the
				extent that funds are made available from the fund, the board of regents or
				governing bodies of public post-secondary educational institutions and tribal
				colleges shall award tuition scholarships in department approved amounts as
				follows:
(1) for returning student learners
				an amount not to exceed the cost of tuition and fees for enrollment in at least
				six credit hours, but not more than 18 credit hours in the fall or spring
				semester and optional enrollment in no less than three credit hours, but not
				more than nine credit hours during a summer semester.
(2) A scholarship may be awarded to a
				qualified student for the summer semester enrolled in at least three and no
				more than nine credit hours; provided that the summer semester is not required
				to maintain eligibility; and further provided that during a summer semester the
				student may enroll in more than nine credit hours but the scholarship shall be
				capped at the tuition charged for nine credit hours; and
(3) for recent graduate learners an amount
				not to exceed the cost of tuition and fees during a qualifying semester after
				any available state and institutional aid has been awarded. Provided sufficient
				funding exists in the Opportunity Scholarship Fund the award may be used to
				supplement, but not supplant the New Mexico legislative lottery tuition
				scholarship in an amount not to exceed the cost of tuition and fees for the
				qualifying semester and summer semesters, and fees for other
				semesters.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 5 - POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 7 - TUITION AND FINANCIAL AID › Part 37 - NEW MEXICO OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM › Section 5.7.37.13 - ADMINISTRATION OF THE OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP

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A. Eligible public post-secondary educational
				institutions and tribal colleges shall:
(1)
				notify students of their possible eligibility, during their first regular
				semester of enrollment including transfer students who had the opportunity
				scholarship at previous institutions;
(2) designate their institution's lead
				financial aid officer to be responsible for determining initial and continuing
				student eligibility for the opportunity scholarship under the terms of these
				rules and regulations;
(3) maintain
				a listing of each participating student to include, but not be limited to:
(a) social security number as
				appropriate;
(b) cumulative grade
				point average and completed enrollment hours in prior semesters;
(c) proof of initial and continuing
				enrollment;
(d) award semester;
				and
(e) other data fields deemed
				important by the department;
(4) draw-down files should be submitted to
				the department for qualified students as each semester; all fiscal year
				draw-downs shall be for qualified students enrolled during the same fiscal
				year;
(5) for students that
				satisfied the first semester eligibility requirements and seek continuing
				eligibility consideration, use professional judgment to determine that
				exceptional mitigating circumstances beyond the students control, for which
				documentation exists in the student's file; the institutions shall defer to
				their institutional satisfactory academic progress policy when considering
				circumstances which include, but are not limited to, consideration for falling
				below the cumulative grade point average requirement or successfully
				maintaining enrollment as defined in Paragraphs (2) through (3) of Subsection A
				of 5.7.37.8 NMAC;
(6) provide to the department by April 15
				each year the projected enrollment and tuition rates for the following academic
				year for their institution;
(7)
				publish the probation policy as defined in
				5.7.37.9 NMAC;
(8) encourage consortium agreements, as
				defined in the code of federal regulations, 34 CFR 6685, in order to facilitate
				the enrollment of students and to facilitate the student's participation in
				this program; and
(9) each
				semester, ensure that all available merit-based aid packages, three percent
				scholarships, institutional award packages, and state aid other than the New
				Mexico opportunity scholarship and New Mexico legislative lottery scholarships
				are awarded first before granting the New Mexico opportunity scholarship for
				tuition and fee costs.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 5 - POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 7 - TUITION AND FINANCIAL AID › Part 37 - NEW MEXICO OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM › Section 5.7.37.14 - TERMINATION OF SCHOLARSHIPS

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A scholarship is terminated upon noncompliance by the award
				  recipient with the opportunity scholarship rules, regulations or procedures as
				  promulgated by the department.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 5 - POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 55 - PUBLIC POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 2 - TRIBAL COLLEGE DUAL CREDIT PROGRAM › Section 5.55.2.2 - SCOPE

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This rule applies to dual credit programs at Diné
				  College, the Institute of American Indian Art, Navajo Technical University and
				  Southwest Indian Polytechnic Institute.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 5 - POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 55 - PUBLIC POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 2 - TRIBAL COLLEGE DUAL CREDIT PROGRAM › Section 5.55.2.3 - STATUTORY AUTHORITY

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Section
				  9-25-8;
				  21-1-1.2
				  NMSA 1978.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 5 - POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 55 - PUBLIC POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 2 - TRIBAL COLLEGE DUAL CREDIT PROGRAM › Section 5.55.2.5 - EFFECTIVE DATE

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November 13, 2014, unless a later date is cited at the end of
				  a section.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 5 - POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 55 - PUBLIC POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 2 - TRIBAL COLLEGE DUAL CREDIT PROGRAM › Section 5.55.2.6 - OBJECTIVE

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The purposes of the tribal college dual credit program
				  are:
A. to provide high school
				students the opportunity to enroll in college-level academic or
				career-technical courses offered by the four tribal post-secondary
				institutions;
B. to permit those
				enrolled students to simultaneously earn credit toward high school graduation
				and a post-secondary degree or certificate; and
C. to provide for reimbursement of dual
				credit tuition and fees for the four tribal colleges.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 5 - POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 55 - PUBLIC POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 2 - TRIBAL COLLEGE DUAL CREDIT PROGRAM › Section 5.55.2.7 - DEFINITIONS

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A.
"Appropriation"
means the legislative financial allocation granted to
				reimburse the tribal colleges for dual credit tuition and fees.
B.
"Classification of instructional
				program (CIP)"
is a coding system that contains titles and descriptions
				of instructional programs.
C.
"Dual Credit Council"
is an advisory group consisting of staff of
				the higher education department and the public education department that issues
				recommendations to the cabinet secretaries of the public education and higher
				education departs regarding dual credit issues.
D.
"Dual Credit Program"
means
				a program offered by the tribal colleges and secondary schools that permits
				high school students to enroll in college-level courses offered by the tribal
				colleges that may be academic or career-technical, but not remedial or
				developmental. Dual credit students will simultaneously earn credit toward high
				school graduation and a postsecondary degree or certificate.
E.
"Department"
means the New
				Mexico higher education department.
F.
"Inadequate Appropriation"
means a legislative financial allocation that does not fully compensate all of
				the tribal colleges for the dual credit tuition and fees.
G.
"Local Educational Agency
				(LEA)"
is a public school district, a state-chartered school or a bureau
				of Indian education-funded high school.
H.
"Tribal College"
means
				diné college, the institute of American Indian arts, the Navajo
				technical university, southwest Indian polytechnic institute and any other
				post-secondary educational institutions that are tribally, federally or
				congressionally chartered in the state of New Mexico and accredited by the
				north central association of colleges and schools.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 5 - POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 55 - PUBLIC POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 2 - TRIBAL COLLEGE DUAL CREDIT PROGRAM › Section 5.55.2.8 - REIMBURSEMENT OF TUITION AND FEES

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A. If
				sufficient appropriations are received, the tribal colleges will be fully
				reimbursed for all dual credit tuition and fees. The date of reimbursements is
				dependent upon receiving accurate and timely data from each tribal college in
				order to accurately calculate the amount due to each college. If final and
				accurate data is received in a timely manner, the reimbursements for fall
				semester will be distributed on or about March 31 of each year. If final and
				accurate data is received in a timely manner, the reimbursements for the spring
				semester will be made on or about August 31 of each year.
B. If the legislative appropriation is
				inadequate to fully reimburse each of the tribal colleges for the full amount
				of the tuition and fees expended to provide dual credit, the department will
				offer the presidents of the tribal colleges or their designees the opportunity
				to select another method of reimbursement.
C. In the event of an inadequate
				appropriation, the department will honor a fair and equitable alternative
				method of distribution of the reimbursement only if the method is agreed upon
				by all the tribal colleges pursuant to a memorandum of agreement.
D. If the tribal colleges cannot agree
				unanimously upon a fair and equitable distribution of an inadequate
				appropriation for dual credit tuition and fees, the department will develop a
				formula that fairly distributes the appropriation. The department's formula
				will be distributed to the colleges for review and comment before any
				distribution is made. However, in the event of disagreement, the department's
				determination of a distribution method is the final determination.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 5 - POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 55 - PUBLIC POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 2 - TRIBAL COLLEGE DUAL CREDIT PROGRAM › Section 5.55.2.9 - ELIGIBLE COURSES

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A.
Types
				of courses:
(1) College courses that
				are academic or career-technical may simultaneously earn credit toward high
				school graduation and a postsecondary degree or certificate and shall be
				eligible for dual credit. Remedial, developmental and physical education
				activity courses are not eligible for dual credit.
(2) Courses taken for audit are not eligible
				for dual credit.
(3) Dual credit
				courses may be taken as electives or core courses (except physical education
				activity course) high school credits.
(4) Dual credit courses must meet the public
				education department standards and benchmarks.
(5) College courses eligible for dual credit
				shall meet the rigor for postsecondary institution credit and be congruent with
				the postsecondary institution's academic standards.
(6) Dual credit courses offered in high
				school settings shall conform to college academic standards.
(7) Course requirements for high school
				students enrolled in dual credit courses shall be equal to those of regular
				college students.
(8) Dual credit
				courses that are part of the general education common core for postsecondary
				institutions are eligible for transfer among New Mexico postsecondary
				institutions pursuant to Subsection D of
				21-1B-3
				NMSA 1978.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 5 - POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 55 - PUBLIC POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 3 - TRANSFER AND ARTICULATION (REPEALED) › Section 5.55.3.9 - LOWER-DIVISION GENERAL EDUCATION COMMON CORE (REPEALED)

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New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 5 - POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 55 - PUBLIC POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 5 - COMMON COURSE NUMBERING › Section 5.55.5.1 - ISSUING AGENCY

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State of New Mexico Higher Education Department, 2044
				  Galisteo Street, Suite 4, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505, (505)
				  476-8400.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 5 - POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 55 - PUBLIC POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 5 - COMMON COURSE NUMBERING › Section 5.55.5.2 - SCOPE

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The provisions of 5.55.5 NMAC apply to all public higher
				  education institutions operating within and receiving financial support from
				  the state of New Mexico.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 5 - POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 55 - PUBLIC POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 5 - COMMON COURSE NUMBERING › Section 5.55.5.3 - STATUTORY AUTHORITY

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Section
				  9-25-8
				  NMSA 1978 and Section
				  21-1B-1 et
				  seq. NMSA 1978.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 5 - POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 55 - PUBLIC POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 5 - COMMON COURSE NUMBERING › Section 5.55.5.5 - EFFECTIVE DATE

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June 12, 2018, unless a later date is cited at the end of a
				  section.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 5 - POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 55 - PUBLIC POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 5 - COMMON COURSE NUMBERING › Section 5.55.5.6 - OBJECTIVE

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A. Establish and
				maintain a statewide common course numbering system for all lower division
				courses.
B. Establish a process by
				which courses are added, deleted, or reclassified within the common course
				numbering system.
C. Establish a
				process by which approved common course descriptions and student learning
				outcomes are revised.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 5 - POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 55 - PUBLIC POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 5 - COMMON COURSE NUMBERING › Section 5.55.5.7 - DEFINITIONS

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A.
"Crosswalk"
means a table or database that shows an inventory of
				equivalent courses offered at multiple institutions.
B.
"Department"
means the New
				Mexico higher education department.
C.
"Discipline"
or
"disciplines"
means areas of study that have been included within
				the common course numbering system.
D.
"Equivalent course"
means a
				set of lower division courses offered at multiple institutions that have been
				identified as sharing at least eighty percent of their student learning
				outcomes and the institutions offering those courses have agreed to adopt the
				same four letter and four number designation, course title, and course
				description.
E.
"Faculty"
means the current members of the faculty at the public
				higher education institutions operating within and receiving financial support
				from the state of New Mexico.
F.
"Institution"
means a public higher education institution
				operating within and receiving financial support from the state of New
				Mexico.
G.
"Institutional
				review"
means the process by which an institution conducts internal
				evaluation and approval of new courses, programs or any other matter related to
				curriculum. The required review process may differ between institutions and is
				set by each individual institution.
H.
"New Mexico common course numbering
				system"
or
"common course numbering system"
or
"NMCCNS"
means a statewide numbering system for all lower division
				college-level courses offered at public higher education institutions in New
				Mexico.
I.
"Unique
				course"
means a lower division course that does not meet the criteria of
				an equivalent course and is only offered at a single institution.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 5 - POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 55 - PUBLIC POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 5 - COMMON COURSE NUMBERING › Section 5.55.5.8 - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

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A. All
				lower division academic courses offered by institutions shall be part of the
				New Mexico common course numbering system and shall be labeled as either
				equivalent courses or unique courses. New disciplines, including career
				technical disciplines, may be added to the common course numbering system after
				convening of discipline specific faculty to review and identify equivalent
				courses.
B. The NMCCNS will be
				available to students as an online crosswalk and each institution shall have a
				link to the crosswalk on its website beginning August 30, 2018.
C. Beginning August 1, 2019, each lower
				division course shall adopt a NMCCNS four letter and four number designation.
				For each commonly numbered course offered by an institution, the common course
				designation, course description, and course student learning outcomes shall be
				implemented. Common courses shall be made available to students through course
				catalogs, student information systems, and websites by August 1,
				2019.
D. Identified equivalent
				courses shall share the following:
(1) a four
				letter and four number designation;
(2) course title;
(3) course description; and
(4) agreed upon student learning
				outcomes.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 5 - POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 55 - PUBLIC POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 5 - COMMON COURSE NUMBERING › Section 5.55.5.9 - NEW MEXICO CURRICULUM AND ARTICULATION COMMITTEE

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The department will convene and chair, as a non-voting
				  member, a statewide committee of faculty to advise the department on issues
				  related to articulation and curriculum, such as common course numbering,
				  general education curriculum, meta-majors, transfer modules, or any other
				  matters related to curriculum.
A. The
				New Mexico curriculum and articulation committee (NMCAC) shall consist of at
				least one representative from each institution. The representative should also
				be a member of the institution's curriculum committee.
(1) Each institution will have one vote on
				matters brought before the committee. In case of a tie vote, the committee
				chair shall cast the tie-breaking vote.
(2) The NMCAC may form subcommittees upon the
				request of any committee member. Subcommittees may seek subject matter experts
				to review or study a specific matter. Subcommittees shall report findings and
				make recommendations to the NMCAC membership.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 5 - POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 55 - PUBLIC POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 5 - COMMON COURSE NUMBERING › Section 5.55.5.10 - CHANGES WITHIN THE NEW MEXICO COMMON COURSE NUMBERING SYSTEM

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A. The department shall create and make
				available change forms to be used by institutions to request the following
				changes within the common course numbering system:
(1) addition of a course;
(2) removal of a course;
(3) reclassification of a course;
(4) change to course description;
				and
(5) change to student learning
				outcomes.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 5 - POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 55 - PUBLIC POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 5 - COMMON COURSE NUMBERING › Section 5.55.5.11 - MAINTENANCE OF THE COMMON COURSE NUMBERING SYSTEM

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A. The department shall be responsible for
				regular updates to the common course numbering system. The department shall
				conduct regular maintenance and upkeep of the common course numbering system to
				ensure the system accurately reflects course offerings.
B. The department shall convene committees of
				discipline specific faculty to review all of the lower division courses in the
				discipline on a rotating basis and based on a schedule set by the department,
				at least every five years. Each discipline committee shall review all of the
				lower division courses in the discipline and make recommendations to add new
				courses, remove old courses, reclassify existing courses, and revise the course
				descriptions and student learning outcomes.
C. Each discipline committee's
				recommendations will be sent to the NMCAC and chief academic officers with a
				request for comment from the appropriate faculty. Faculty comments will be
				forwarded to the committee to be considered. After the comments have been
				considered, revised discipline documents will be presented to the NMCAC for
				approval and sent to the chief academic officers for implementation.
D. Revised course descriptions and student
				learning outcomes shall be adopted by all institutions by the next publication
				of the institution's academic catalog.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 5 - POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 55 - PUBLIC POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 5 - COMMON COURSE NUMBERING › Section 5.55.5.12 - TRANSFER OF COMMONLY NUMBERED COURSES BETWEEN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN NEW MEXICO

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A. If a student
				completes a commonly numbered course at an institution and transfers to another
				institution, the receiving institution shall accept the course as equivalent to
				the course with the same number that is offered at the receiving
				institution.
B. Unique courses that
				have been assigned a number consistent with the NMCCNS are subject to the
				transfer policies of the receiving institution.
C. A commonly numbered course shall fulfill
				degree requirements when it is accepted as an equivalent course that is part of
				the degree requirements at the receiving institution. A student who has
				completed commonly numbered courses that are not part of their chosen degree
				requirements is not exempted from courses requirements for their chosen
				degree.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 5 - POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 55 - PUBLIC POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 5 - COMMON COURSE NUMBERING › Section 5.55.5.13 - COMPLAINTS RELATED TO THE TRANSFER OF COMMONLY NUMBERED COURSES

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A. Institutions
				shall establish appropriate policies and practices for receiving and resolving
				complaints from students or other complainants regarding the transfer of
				commonly numbered courses. Such policies shall include at least the following
				components:
(1) Complainants shall be required
				to first seek resolution of their complaint directly within the
				institution.
(2) A time frame
				within which the institution will investigate the complaint and respond to the
				complainant shall be specified.
(3)
				The institution shall assure that an impartial party will be involved in
				consideration of the complaint.
(4)
				The institution shall assure that no adverse action will be taken against the
				student or complainant as a result of registering the complaint.
(5) The institution shall identify the
				department as the agency to be contacted in cases where the complaint remains
				unresolved.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 5 - POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 55 - PUBLIC POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 5 - COMMON COURSE NUMBERING › Section 5.55.5.14 - REPORTING

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A. An institution
				shall report annually to the department by August 31.
B. An institution shall report on a form
				provided by the department.
C. The
				department shall use the information and data provided by the institutions to
				prepare its annual report to the legislative finance committee and the governor
				regarding the status of articulation and transfer, which includes common course
				numbering, general education, meta-majors, and transfer modules.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 5 - POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 55 - PUBLIC POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 6 - GENERAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM › Section 5.55.6.2 - STATUTORY AUTHORITY

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Section
				  9-25-8
				  NMSA 1978 and Section
				  21-1B-1 et
				  seq. NMSA 1978.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 5 - POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 55 - PUBLIC POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 6 - GENERAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM › Section 5.55.6.3 - SCOPE

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The provisions of 5.55.6 NMAC apply to all public higher
				  education institutions operating within and receiving financial support from
				  the state of New Mexico.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 5 - POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 55 - PUBLIC POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 6 - GENERAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM › Section 5.55.6.5 - EFFECTIVE DATE

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June 12, 2018, unless a later date is cited at the end of a
				  section.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 5 - POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 55 - PUBLIC POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 6 - GENERAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM › Section 5.55.6.6 - OBJECTIVE

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A. Establish and
				maintain a statewide general education curriculum that includes a comprehensive
				array of lower-division college-level courses designed to provide a foundation
				for a well-rounded education.
B.
				Establish a process by which courses are submitted, reviewed and approved by
				the department to be included within the general education
				curriculum.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 5 - POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 55 - PUBLIC POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 6 - GENERAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM › Section 5.55.6.7 - DEFINITIONS

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A.
"Department"
means the New Mexico higher education
				department.
B.
"Essential
				skills"
means the transferable skills set by the department, in
				consultation with faculty, that are essential to success in education and the
				workforce.
C.
"Faculty"
means the current members of the faculty at the public
				post-secondary institutions operating within and receiving financial support
				from the state of New Mexico.
D.
"Flexible nine"
means the nine credit hours set by each public
				post-secondary institution to be included within the institution's general
				education requirements for all bachelor's degrees and all associate's degrees,
				other than associate's of applied science.
E.
"Flexible three"
means the
				three credit hours set by each public post-secondary institution to be included
				within the institution's general education requirements for all associate's of
				applied science degrees.
F.
"General education course"
means a course that has been approved
				by the New Mexico curriculum and articulation committee as fulfilling the
				requirements of a content area that is part of the general education
				curriculum.
G.
"General
				education curriculum"
or
"general education"
means a
				program that imparts knowledge to students and develops essential skills
				necessary for success in education and the workforce.
H.
"Institution"
means a public
				higher education institution operating within and receiving financial support
				from the state of New Mexico.
I.
"New general education course"
means a course that differs from
				currently approved courses at the proposing institution.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 5 - POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 55 - PUBLIC POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 6 - GENERAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM › Section 5.55.6.9 - NEW MEXICO CURRICULUM AND ARTICULATION COMMITTEE

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The department will convene and chair, as a non-voting
				  member, a statewide committee of faculty to advise the department on issues
				  related to articulation and curriculum, such as common course numbering,
				  general education curriculum, meta-majors, transfer modules, or any other
				  matters related to curriculum.
A. The
				New Mexico curriculum and articulation committee (NMCAC) shall consist of at
				least one representative from each institution. The representative should also
				be a member of the institution's curriculum committee.
(1) Each institution will have one vote on
				matters brought before the committee. In case of a tie vote, the committee
				chair shall cast the tie-breaking vote.
(2) The NMCAC may form subcommittees upon the
				request of any committee member. Subcommittees may seek subject matter experts
				to review or study a specific matter. Subcommittees shall report findings and
				make recommendations to the NMCAC membership.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 5 - POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 55 - PUBLIC POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 6 - GENERAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM › Section 5.55.6.10 - GENERAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM

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A.
				By August 1, 2019, each institution shall adopt the following 31 credit hour
				statewide general education curriculum for all bachelor's degrees and all
				associate's degrees, other than associate's of applied science:
(1) Fixed 22. At least 22 credit hours of
				courses in the following six content areas:
(a) communications;
(b) mathematics;
(c) science;
(d) social and behavioral science;
(e) humanities; and
(f) creative and fine arts.