Chapter 21 — Chapter 21

by boards of regents. A. The respective boards of regents of New Mexico state university, New Mexico institute of mining and technology, the university of New Mexico and the New Mexico military institute at Roswell shall determine and fix the standard of requirements for admissio…

post-secondary educational institutions. In determining the standard of requirements for admission to any public post- secondary educational institution, the board of regents, governing board or community college board shall not require a student who has completed the requirement…

A. As used in this section: (1) "bureau of Indian education school" means a school located in New Mexico that is under the control of the bureau of Indian education of the United States department of the interior; (2) "dual credit course" means a post-secondary course that may be…

Mexico residents. The higher education department shall provide free high school equivalency credential tests to New Mexico residents who: A. are at least sixteen years of age; B. are not currently enrolled in secondary school; C. have not graduated from an accredited high school…

The boards of regents of state educational institutions may delegate authority or functions to officers or subordinate bodies within the state educational institutions as the boards deem proper for the efficient functioning of their respective educational institutions. History: L…

Whenever there shall be any money in the hands of the state treasurer to the credit of any of the specific funds set apart for said institutions deemed sufficient by such board to commence the erection of any of the necessary buildings or improvements or pay the running or other …

All of the managing boards of the said institutions shall annually, on or before the first day of December, make a full and true report in detail under oath, of all their acts and doings during the previous year, their receipts and expenditures, the exact status of their institut…

superintendent of public instruction.] The governor of the state and the superintendent of public instruction, if there be one, shall ex officio be advisory members of all boards of the said institutions, but shall not have the right to vote or be eligible to office therein. Hist…

The regular meeting of all said boards shall be held quarterly: provided, that they may hold as many special sessions as they shall deem necessary. History: Laws 1889, ch. 138, § 64; C.L. 1897, § 3641; Code 1915, § 5171; C.S. 1929, § 130-1406; 1941 Comp., § 55-2816; 1953 Comp., §…

At least one member of the said several boards shall be a resident of the town or city at or near which the institution is located. History: Laws 1889, ch. 138, § 66; C.L. 1897, § 3643; Code 1915, § 5172; C.S. 1929, § 130-1407; 1941 Comp., § 55-2817; 1953 Comp., § 73-30-11.

The records of the said boards shall be open at all reasonable times for the inspection of any citizen. History: Laws 1889, ch. 138, § 67; C.L. 1897, § 3644; Code 1915, § 5173; C.S. 1929, § 130-1408; 1941 Comp., § 55-2818; 1953 Comp., § 73-30-12.

searches. A. Public records containing the identity of or identifying information relating to an applicant or nominee for the position of president of a public institution of higher education are exempt from inspection under the Inspection of Public Records Act [Chapter 14, Artic…

prohibited. No employee or member of a board of regents of a state educational institution shall have direct or indirect financial interest in any contract for building or improving any of that state educational institution or for the furnishing of supplies or services to that in…

Members of the boards of regents of the educational institutions of the state shall not be held personally liable in any action at law based upon a claim for damages arising out of any act or failure to act of that board of regents. History: 1953 Comp., § 73-30-13.1, enacted by L…

Each and every member of the said boards shall, before entering upon their respective duties, take and subscribe an oath to faithfully and honestly discharge their duties in the premises and strictly and impartially perform the same to the best of their several abilities. Said oa…

A. Except as otherwise provided in this section and in Section 21-1-4.3 NMSA 1978 [repealed], the boards of regents of the university of New Mexico, New Mexico state university, New Mexico highlands university, western New Mexico university, eastern New Mexico university, New Mex…

A. The department of military affairs shall establish a scholarship program for students who are in the New Mexico national guard. The adjutant general of the department of military affairs shall provide for the administration of the scholarship program and shall establish criter…

All of the said institutions, including the New Mexico military institute, shall be entitled to receive all the benefits and donations made and given to similar institutions of learning and charity in other states and territories of the United States, by the legislation of the co…

No expenditure shall be made by any state educational institution confirmed by Article 12, Section 11 of the state constitution for the purchase of real property or the construction of buildings or other major structures or for major remodeling projects without prior approval of …

The staff architect of a university, or the commission on higher education [higher education department] in the case of state educational facilities that do not employ a staff architect, shall review all plans for the construction or major enlargement of a state educational facil…

All the said institutions shall forever remain strictly nonsectarian in character, and no creed or system of religion shall be taught in any of them. History: Laws 1889, ch. 138, § 71; C.L. 1897, § 3648; Code 1915, § 5177; C.S. 1929, § 130-1412; 1941 Comp., § 55-2822; 1953 Comp.,…

limitation upon payment for certain purposes. Public funds shall not be expended for the purpose of paying compensation to any faculty member or employee of a state higher educational institution for any period of absence from his assigned duties with such state higher educationa…

None of the funds appropriated in the general appropriations act to the state educational institutions confirmed by Article 12, Section 11 of the state constitution may be used for the support of any program or programs of graduate study beyond the level of the bachelor's degree …

ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 1979, ch. 273, § 7, repealed 21-1-25 NMSA 1978, relating to out-of- state travel by personnel of state educational institutions.

A. The higher education department shall be concerned with the problems of finance of those educational institutions designated in Article 12, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico and other public post-secondary educational institutions in the state. The department shall:…

In addition to the duties imposed upon the higher education department in Chapter 21 NMSA 1978, the department shall perform the same planning and budgeting functions for the university of New Mexico hospital as it performs for other post- secondary educational institutions. Hist…

significant post-secondary educational infrastructure needs. The higher education department, in conjunction with the governing bodies of the post-secondary educational institutions and other state educational institutions confirmed in Article 12, Section 11 of the constitution o…

In addition to the duties imposed upon the higher education department by the Post- Secondary Educational Planning Act [Chapter 21, Article 2 NMSA 1978], the department shall plan and budget for the statewide adult basic education program and shall adopt and promulgate rules for …

reports. A. The higher education department shall, through consultation with all public post- secondary educational institutions, develop and publish a statement of statewide educational needs and guidelines to assist the institutions in the development or modification of institu…

Upon approval by the corrections department in consultation with the higher education department, state-supported post-secondary educational institutions shall receive credit on a full-time equivalency basis for students enrolled in their respective programs within adult correcti…

The higher education department shall annually conduct special verifications of the institutions of higher education. The verifications shall include enrollments, fund balances, compliance with legislation, comparison of expenditures to budgets and other areas to be determined by…

ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 1999, ch. 173, § 3 repealed 21-1-26.6 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1990 (1st S.S.), ch. 4, § 1, relating to indicators of performance of educational institutions in the state, effective June 18, 1999. For provisions of former section, see the 1998 NMS…

A. The higher education department shall submit an annual accountability report to the governor and to the legislature by December 31. Prior to publication, the department shall distribute a draft of the accountability report to all public post-secondary educational institutions …

History: Laws 1995, ch. 144, § 1; repealed by Laws 2005, ch. 321, § 14.

proposed campuses. Effective January 1, 1998, no new public post-secondary educational institution, branch campus or off-campus instructional center shall be created except as specifically created by the legislature. The higher education department shall review any proposal for t…

funds. In its distribution of available funds and its adjustment and approval of budgets, the higher education department shall not, in any event or in any manner, substitute for public funds any gift, donation, private endowment, patent income or other gratuity received or enjoy…

A. The "higher education endowment fund" is created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of appropriations, income from investment of the fund, gifts, grants, donations and bequests. B. The higher education endowment fund shall be administered by the higher education dep…

administration. A. The "tribal college dual credit program fund" is created in the state treasury. The fund shall be administered by the higher education department. Money in the fund is appropriated to the higher education department to be used only to compensate tribal colleges…

A. A "center of excellence" is established at the following higher education institutions: (1) the New Mexico institute of mining and technology to work toward developing and promoting innovation in and expanding cybersecurity industries; (2) New Mexico state university to work t…

uses; match requirements. A. As used in this section: (1) "department" means the higher education department; (2) "four-year educational institution" means a university enumerated in Article 12, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico; (3) "student life projects" means major…

application review panels. A. The "technology enhancement fund" is created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of appropriations, income from investment of the fund, gifts, grants, donations and bequests. Money in the fund shall not revert at the end of any fiscal year.…

administration; distributions. A. The "higher education performance fund" is created in the state treasury. The fund consists of appropriations, gifts, grants, donations and income from investment of the fund. Money in the fund shall not revert to any other fund. The fund shall b…

fund; purpose. A. The "higher education program development enhancement fund" is created in the state treasury. All income earned on investment of the fund shall be credited to the fund and money in the fund shall not revert to any other fund at the end of a fiscal year. The fund…

The "adult basic education fund" is created in the state treasury. Money in the fund is appropriated to the commission on higher education [higher education department] for the purpose of funding adult basic education programs for educationally disadvantaged adults. Money in the …

formula; higher education department; adoption of formula. The higher education department in consultation with representatives of adult basic education administrative sites shall create an equitable formula for the distribution of money in the adult basic education fund, includi…

A. There is created in the state treasury the "nurse educators fund". The state treasurer shall deposit in the fund all amounts appropriated or credited to the fund. The fund shall be administered by the higher education department, which shall charge not more than a five percent…

The higher education department shall promulgate rules on the purchase and provision of instructional materials for the free use of adult basic education students. The rules shall include: A. the responsibilities of adult basic education administrative units as agents for the ben…

created; awards; criteria. A. The "higher education new energy development fund" is created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of appropriations, gifts, grants, donations and bequests made to the fund and federal grants or distributions made to the fund or to the highe…

History: 1953 Comp., § 73-29-15.2, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 246, § 49; 1980, ch. 151, § 44; repealed by Laws 2005, ch. 289, § 30.

History: 1978 Comp., § 21-1-29, enacted by Laws 1971, ch. 224, § 1; 1990, ch. 77, § 1; 1991, ch. 241, §§ 1, 2; repealed by Laws 2005, ch. 289, § 30.