New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 6 - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Chapter 30 - EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Part 13 - EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL
Section 6.30.13.7 - DEFINITIONS

A. "Career and technical education standards" means the content standards with benchmarks and performance standards defined in 6.29.3 NMAC for students in grades seven through twelve enrolled in career and technical education coursework.

B. "Career technical education" or "CTE" means a sequence of courses directly related to the preparation of individuals for employment in current or emerging occupations requiring an industry-recognized credential, certificate or degree. This phrase is also referred to as "vocational education" in 22-14-1 NMSA 1978.

C. "Dual credit" means high school student enrollment in college-level courses offered by a postsecondary institution that allows students to earn credit toward high school graduation and a postsecondary degree or certificate simultaneously.

D. "Early college high school" or "ECHS" means a four-year high school that meets the qualifications outlined in 6.30.13.9 NMAC.

E. "Meta major" means a collection of majors with shared or similar coursework in alignment with a career field.

F. "Postsecondary partner" means a postsecondary educational institution that has an agreement or memorandum of understanding with an ECHS.

G. "Pathway" means a sequence of classes at the ECHS in partnership with the postsecondary partner that leads to a certification, associate's degree, or bachelor's degree.

H. "Work-based learning" means activities that develop work place skills such as tours, job shadowing, work experience rotations, mentoring, entrepreneurships, service learning, internships, co-ops, or youth pre-apprenticeships aligned with a registered apprenticeship program under the New Mexico department of workforce solutions.

I. "Workforce recognized credential" means industry-recognized workforce credentials, certificates, associate's degrees, or bachelor's degrees from a postsecondary partner.

J. "Workforce partner" means a local business, regional workforce investment board, workforce connection, one stop shop, chamber of commerce, economic development corporation, council of government, tribal council, or other industry representative that provides ongoing mentoring and on-the-job experience that connects ECHS students to employment settings and helps them to develop employability skills.