New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 6 - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Chapter 61 - SCHOOL PERSONNEL - SPECIFIC LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR INSTRUCTORS
Part 6 - LICENSURE IN SPECIAL EDUCATION PRE K-12
Section 6.61.6.8 - REQUIREMENTS

(1) bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or university and including, for those licensees or applicants first entering a college or university beginning in the fall of 2017, the following:

(2) credits from a regionally accredited college or university which include: 30 semester hours of professional education in a special education program approved by the public education department ("PED") ("department"), including completion of the department's approved functional areas and related competencies; and including

(3) a mandatory student teaching component and at the option of the college or university, a practicum component; and

(4) 24 semester hours in one of the following teaching fields: mathematics, science(s), language arts, reading, and social studies (or other content related areas); and

(5) in addition to the requirements specified in Subsection A of this section, six hours of reading in subject matter content for those licensees or applicants who first entered any college or university on or after August 1, 2001 regardless of when they graduate or earn their degree; and

(6) passage of all required portions of the current New Mexico teacher test or any successor teacher test adopted by the department; and

(7) satisfy the requirements of a highly qualified beginning pre K-12 special education teacher; or