New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 5 - POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION
Chapter 7 - TUITION AND FINANCIAL AID
Part 20 - LEGISLATIVE LOTTERY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Section 5.7.20.6 - OBJECTIVE
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. The objective of 5.7.20 NMAC is to provide a level of financial support to qualified New Mexico students who are enrolled full-time 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 at the public post-secondary educational institution or tribal college where the student is enrolled.
B. A further purpose of 5.7.20 NMAC is to encourage New Mexico high school students who pursue a post-secondary education in New Mexico to complete a first four-year degree within a maximum of eight semesters or two-year degree within a maximum of four semesters (the number of semesters is so determined as the initial award is not made until the second semester of college enrollment and shall not include summer semesters; provided that in no case shall the award fund more than three summer semesters).
C. As it applies to students with disabilities who may require special accommodations, the department, in consultation with the student and the office at the public post-secondary educational institution that serves students with disabilities, shall review both the definition of "full-time" and the maximum number of consecutive semesters of eligibility and adjust either or both as deemed reasonable and appropriate, based on the student's disability needs. In no case shall "full-time" mean fewer than six credit hours per semester during the fall and spring semesters or three credit hours per summer semester, if attending, and in no case shall eligibility extend beyond 14 consecutive program semesters at a four-year institution and seven consecutive program semesters at a two-year institution. If a New Mexico resident had to leave the state to receive an education pursuant to the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act the student shall be eligible for the scholarship if they graduated from an accredited high school in another state and otherwise met the qualifications for a legislative lottery scholarship pursuant to the definition of a qualified student in Subsection N of 5.7.20.7 NMAC.
