Chapter 21, Chapter 21

balances. With the approval of the commission on higher education [higher education department], the board of regents of New Mexico military institute may, each fiscal year, transfer up to five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) of the institute's budget balances to the legislat…

A. The board of regents of the New Mexico military institute may establish a public safety officer education program for students interested in careers in public safety. B. Subject to available funding, the board of regents of the New Mexico military institute may offer public sa…

A. The board of regents of the New Mexico military institute may establish a corrections education program for students interested in careers in corrections. B. Subject to available funding, the board of regents may offer corrections education scholarships to New Mexico residents…

purpose. The Luciano "Lucky" Varela opportunity scholarship is created at the New Mexico military institute. The purpose of the scholarship is to increase the number of New Mexico high school students attending the New Mexico military institute who meet need- based requirements a…

A. The Luciano "Lucky" Varela opportunity scholarship shall be administered by the board of regents of the New Mexico military institute. The board of regents shall annually establish a number of Luciano "Lucky" Varela opportunity scholarships available to New Mexico high school …

The said board of regents shall organize and elect from their number, a president, a vice president, and a secretary and treasurer, who shall do and perform all of the duties that shall be incumbent upon them as such officers. The secretary and treasurer shall, before entering up…

A. Subject to available funding, the "Luciano "Lucky" Varela opportunity scholarship fund" is created. Money appropriated to the fund or accruing to it through gifts, grants or bequests shall not be transferred to another fund. The fund shall not revert at the end of a fiscal yea…

balances. With the approval of the higher education department, the board of regents of the New Mexico military institute may, each fiscal year, transfer up to five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) of the institute's budget balances, including existing scholarship endowments, …

It shall be the duty of the board of regents to maintain and control, at Roswell, a military institute for the education and training of the youth of this country, of as high a standard as like institutions in other states and territories. History: Laws 1893, ch. 41, § 4; C.L. 18…

improvements.] The said board shall have full power and authority to make such rules and regulations concerning the government and course of said institute as they [it] may deem proper; to make contracts with teachers; to erect buildings and make such other improvements as the in…

With the exception of the forty-acre tract upon which the main portion of the buildings of the New Mexico military institute are now situated and excepting lands granted by acts of congress, the board of regents of the New Mexico military institute shall have authority and the po…

That all deeds for the sale of lands and all contracts made by the said board shall be signed by the president. History: Laws 1893, ch. 41, § 7; C.L. 1897, § 3666; Code 1915, § 4993; C.S. 1929, § 120-2006; 1941 Comp., § 66-1306; 1953 Comp., § 73-28-6.

The regents of the New Mexico military institute may charge a larger tuition fee than provided in Section 5164 if it is deemed necessary to do so to maintain said institute. History: Laws 1895, ch. 2, § 6; C.L. 1897, § 3671; Code 1915, § 4994; C.S. 1929, § 120-2007; 1941 Comp., §…

For the better government and enforcement of discipline in the New Mexico military institute, the superintendent, commandant of cadets, instructors and others designated by the board of regents as officers in the New Mexico military institute, shall be commissioned as aides-de-ca…

superintendent. The superintendent of the New Mexico military institute shall have power to organize the cadets of the New Mexico military institute into military units and to appoint cadet officers and noncommissioned officers who shall hold their offices at the pleasure of the …

Chapter 21, Article 13 NMSA 1978 shall be known as the "Community College Act". History: 1953 Comp., § 73-33-1, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 17, § 1; 1985, ch. 238, § 1.

A. It is the duty of the community college board to determine financial and educational policies of the community college. The community college board shall provide for the management of the community college and execution of these policies by selecting a competent president for …

A. The community college board shall prescribe the course of study for the community college and shall define, in conjunction with the higher education department, official standards of excellence in all matters relating to the administration, course of study and quality of instr…

A. The community college board of a community college may award the appropriate degree upon the completion of a curriculum organized for that purpose and approved by the commission on higher education [higher education department]. An associate degree or certificate may be awarde…

Members of the community college board shall, for attendance at meetings of the board, receive traveling expenses to and from meetings at the rate set by law for state employees, for each mile traveled by the shortest usually traveled route from their homes to the place of the me…

A. For those students in community colleges taking college-level courses, full-time- equivalent students shall be defined and computed by the higher education department in the same manner in which it defines and computes full-time-equivalent students for all other college-level …

As used in the Community College Act: A. "community college" means a public educational institution that provides not to exceed two years of training in the arts, sciences and humanities beyond the twelfth grade of the public high school curriculum or, in lieu of that training or…

Community college districts may contract for the use or sharing of facilities with any school. Any agreement entered into between the community college board and a school board shall provide that each district using the facilities shall bear an appropriate and equitable share of …

districts. A. The school board of a school district, group of school districts within a county or school districts in an adjoining county, not included in the community college district as originally formed, may by resolution petition the higher education department to be added t…

When in the judgment of the community college board of an established community college the educational services of the community college can be extended to a number of students who should be served by the community college by the establishment of a transportation system, the com…

Community college districts may be dissolved in the following manner: A. submission of a plan for the dissolution of the community college district to the executive director [secretary] of the commission on higher education [higher education department] by a petition signed by te…

tuition; appropriation; local support level; outstanding indebtedness. Any institution established in accordance with Chapter 21, Article 14 or 16 NMSA 1978 that desires to become an independent institution pursuant to the Community College Act and to receive more than three hund…

The Community College Act, being necessary to secure the public health, safety, convenience and welfare, shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes. History: 1953 Comp., § 73-33-20, enacted by Laws 1964 (1st S.S.), ch. 16, § 15; 1985, ch. 238, § 26.

governing board. A New Mexico state university Carlsbad shall be made into an independent community college known as "southeast New Mexico college" and shall be organized as provided in Chapter 21, Article 13 NMSA 1978. B. The governing board of southeast New Mexico college shall…

There shall be no new community college, branch campus or off-campus instructional center created after January 1, 1998 unless specifically created by the legislature. History: Laws 1998, ch. 61, § 5.

A. Luna vocational-technical institute shall be known as "Luna community college", and Mesa technical college shall be known as "Mesalands community college" and shall be organized as provided in Chapter 21, Article 13 NMSA 1978. B. The governing board of the Luna vocational-tech…

A. Community college board members shall be qualified electors and residents of the community college district. B. Community college board members shall be elected for staggered terms of six years. Elections shall be held pursuant to the Local Election Act [Chapter 1, Article 22 …

The community college board of any community college organized pursuant to the Community College Act may, by adoption of a resolution to that effect, establish a governing board composed of five or seven members elected from single-member districts for staggered terms. The single…

Regular meetings of the community college board shall be held not less than quarterly each calendar year. Special meetings may be held upon call of the chairman or a majority of the board. The secretary of the board shall notify members of the time and place of each meeting, and …

This act [21-13A-1 to 21-13A-5 NMSA 1978] may be cited as the "Workforce Training Act". History: Laws 2003, ch. 30, § 1.

The purposes of the Workforce Training Act are to: A. provide funding for non-credit customized training at community colleges; B. establish the workforce training program to deliver customized training for members of the workforce who require specialized training to obtain or ad…

As used in the Workforce Training Act: A. "commission" means the commission on higher education [higher education department]; B. "community college" means a public post-secondary educational institution located in New Mexico offering technical or vocational training or two-year …

A. Beginning in the budget cycle following the effective date of the Workforce Training Act, the commission [department] shall include in its annual budget an amount calculated to be necessary to implement a workforce training program in the state. B. During the first year of fun…

A. To be eligible to receive funding pursuant to the Workforce Training Act, a community college shall provide customized training for at least one business each year. B. To remain eligible to receive funding to participate in the workforce training program following the first ye…

application review panels. A. The "work force skills development 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 fisca…

enrollment defined. A. "Branch community college educational program", for the purposes of Chapter 21, Article 14 NMSA 1978, includes either the first two years of college education or organized vocational and technical curricula of not more than two years' duration designed to f…

coursework. The branch community college board may award an appropriate certificate upon completion of an education curriculum and program leading to alternative certification for degreed individuals pursuant to Section 22-10-3.5 NMSA 1978 [repealed] or certification of education…

Any law concerning public schools and any law concerning the higher education institution shall, when applicable, govern the operation and conduct of the branch community college. History: 1953 Comp., § 73-30-24, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 162, § 8.

All property acquired from the proceeds of a bond issue shall be taken in the name of the board of education or the board of regents of the parent institution. In the event an independent public college entity evolves from the branch community college, the property so held by the…

The Ruidoso branch community college may be created as provided in Chapter 21, Article 14 NMSA 1978. History: Laws 2005, ch. 40, §1.

for technical and vocational courses. A. The board of regents of northern New Mexico college may choose to partner with one or more area school districts to be the parent institution of a branch community college established by the school districts to provide technical and vocati…

elections. A. As used in Chapter 21, Article 14 NMSA 1978, "board" means either the local school board or the combined local school boards acting as a single board of the school district or the board of the branch community college elected pursuant to Section 21-14- 2.1 NMSA 1978…

A. A majority of the local board of education or the combined boards of education acting as a single board may cease to operate as the branch community college board and provide for an elected branch community college board. In that event, the majority of the local board of educa…

There shall be no new branch community college or off-campus instructional center created after January 1, 1998 unless specifically created by the legislature. History: Laws 1998, ch. 61, § 7.

A. The branch community college board of a branch community college may, by adoption of a resolution, establish a board composed of five members elected from single-member districts within the branch community college district for staggered terms. The single-member districts shal…