2021 New Mexico Statutes
Article 21N - Legislative Lottery Tuition Scholarship
Section 21-21N-6 - Department rulemaking and reporting.

A. The department shall promulgate rules setting forth explicit criteria in accordance with the Legislative Lottery Tuition Scholarship Act for:
(1) student qualification and continuing eligibility; and
(2) calculating the tuition scholarship award amount pursuant to Section 4 [21-21N-4 NMSA 1978] of the Legislative Lottery Tuition Scholarship Act and guidelines for the administration of the tuition scholarship program.
B. The department shall report by November 1 of each year to the legislative finance committee and the department of finance and administration on:
(1) the status of the fund;
(2) tuition scholarship program participation data aggregated for each public post-secondary educational institution to show:
(a) the number of qualified students and the number of legacy students who received tuition scholarships in the prior twelve-month period;
(b) the total number of students, including qualified students and legacy students, enrolled in the prior twelve-month period;
(c) for each semester, the amount of tuition scholarships funded and the amount of tuition costs that were not offset by the tuition scholarship; and
(d) the number of qualified students and the number of legacy students who graduated with a degree and, for each qualified student, the number of consecutive semesters and nonconsecutive semesters attended prior to graduation; and
(3) any additional information required or requested by the legislative finance committee or the department of finance and administration.
History: Laws 2014, ch. 80, § 6.
Emergency clauses. — Laws 2014, ch. 80, § 11, contained an emergency clause and was approved March 12, 2014.

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