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

Universal Citation: 5 NM Admin Code 5.7.37.6

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 6, March 26, 2024

A. The objective of 5.7.37 NMAC is to provide a level of financial support to returning student learners 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.

B. The objective of 5.7.37 NMAC is to provide a level of financial support to recent graduate learners. This level of financial support is intended to defray the cost of tuition and fees during a qualifying semester and summer semesters 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.

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 the circumstances affecting student eligibility and make accommodations as deemed reasonable and appropriate, based on the student's disability needs. 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 tuition scholarship pursuant to the definition of a qualified student.

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