Each scholarship is for a period of one semester. A scholarship may be renewed, as long as the school employee continues to meet the conditions of eligibility, until the school employee graduates from a public post-secondary educational institution.
History: Laws 2019, ch. 230, § 7; 2021, ch. 11, § 6.
The 2021 amendment, effective July 1, 2021, applied the provisions of the section to "school employees" as newly defined in the Grow Your Own Teachers Act; and replaced "educational assistant" with "school employee" throughout the section.
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 21 - State and Private Education Institutions
Article 21P - Grow Your Own Teachers
Section 21-21P-1 - Short title.
Section 21-21P-2 - Definitions.
Section 21-21P-3 - Fund created; method of payment.
Section 21-21P-4 - School employees; teacher preparation; professional leave.
Section 21-21P-5 - Conditions for eligibility.
Section 21-21P-6 - Scholarship authorized; administration; preference in scholarship awards.