0001| SENATE BILL 31 | 0002| 42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, | 0003| 1996 | 0004| INTRODUCED BY | 0005| MICHAEL S. SANCHEZ | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| AN ACT | 0012| RELATING TO EDUCATION; AUTHORIZING TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS AT | 0013| CERTAIN POST-SECONDARY STATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS; | 0014| AMENDING AND ENACTING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE NMSA 1978. | 0015| | 0016| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW | 0017| MEXICO: | 0018| Section 1. Section 21-1-2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws | 0019| 1970, Chapter 9, Section 1, as amended by Laws 1989, | 0020| Chapter 44, Section 3 and by Laws 1989, Chapter 45, | 0021| Section 3 and also by Laws 1989, Chapter 68, Section 1) is | 0022| amended to read: | 0023| "21-1-2. MATRICULATION AND TUITION FEES.-- | 0024| A. Except as otherwise provided in this section | 0025| and in Section 21-1-4.3 NMSA 1978, the boards of regents | 0001| of the university of New Mexico, New Mexico state univer- | 0002| sity, New Mexico highlands university, western New Mexico | 0003| university, eastern New Mexico university, New Mexico | 0004| military institute, New Mexico institute of mining and | 0005| technology and New Mexico junior college shall establish | 0006| and charge matriculation fees and tuition fees as follows: | 0007| (1) each student shall be charged a | 0008| matriculation fee of not less than five dollars ($5.00) | 0009| upon enrolling in each institution; | 0010| (2) each student who is a resident of New | 0011| Mexico shall be charged a tuition fee of not less than | 0012| twenty dollars ($20.00) a year; | 0013| (3) each student who is not a resident of | 0014| New Mexico shall be charged a tuition fee of not less than | 0015| fifty dollars ($50.00) a year; | 0016| (4) each student shall be charged a | 0017| tuition fee of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) for each | 0018| summer session; and | 0019| (5) each student may be charged a tuition | 0020| fee for extension courses. | 0021| B. Except as otherwise provided in this section | 0022| and in Section 21-1-4.3 NMSA 1978, the board of regents | 0023| of northern New Mexico state school shall establish and | 0024| charge each student a matriculation fee and a tuition fee. | 0025| C. The board of regents of each institution may | 0001| establish and grant gratis scholarships to students who | 0002| are residents of New Mexico ~~[by waiving]~~ in an amount | 0003| not to exceed the matriculation fee or tuition and fees, | 0004| or both. Except as provided in Section 21-1-4.3 NMSA | 0005| 1978, the number of scholarships established and granted | 0006| shall not exceed three percent of the preceding fall | 0007| semester enrollment in each institution and shall not be | 0008| established and granted for summer sessions. The | 0009| president of each institution shall select and recommend | 0010| to the board of regents of his institution, as recipients | 0011| of scholarships, students who possess good moral character | 0012| and satisfactory initiative, scholastic standing and | 0013| personality. At least thirty-three and one-third percent | 0014| of the gratis scholarships established and granted by each | 0015| board of regents each year shall be granted on the basis | 0016| of financial need. | 0017| D. The board of regents of each institution set | 0018| out in this subsection may establish and grant, in | 0019| addition to those scholarships provided for in Subsection | 0020| C of this section, athletic scholarships ~~[by waiving]~~ | 0021| for tuition and fees. In no event shall the board of | 0022| regents of any institution be allowed to ~~[waive the]~~ | 0023| award scholarships for tuition and fees for more than | 0024| the number of athletic scholarships set out in this | 0025| subsection and in no event shall more than seventy-five | 0001| percent of the ~~[waivers]~~ scholarships granted be for | 0002| out-of-state residents: | 0003| (1) the board of regents of the university | 0004| of New Mexico may grant up to two hundred ninety-three | 0005| athletic scholarships; | 0006| (2) the board of regents of New Mexico | 0007| state university may grant up to two hundred seventy | 0008| athletic scholarships; | 0009| (3) the boards of regents of New Mexico | 0010| highlands university, eastern New Mexico university and | 0011| western New Mexico university may each grant up to one | 0012| hundred forty athletic scholarships; and | 0013| (4) the board of regents of New Mexico | 0014| junior college ~~[board]~~ may grant up to fifty-two | 0015| athletic scholarships. | 0016| E. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection | 0017| D of this section, in computing tuition credits the | 0018| commission on higher education shall accept the value of | 0019| ~~[waivers of]~~ scholarships for tuition and fees | 0020| established by the boards of regents of the university of | 0021| New Mexico, New Mexico state university, eastern New | 0022| Mexico university, western New Mexico university and New | 0023| Mexico highlands university for athletes for the seventy-eighth fiscal year and all fiscal years thereafter. In no | 0024| event shall the board of regents of any such institution | 0025| be allowed to ~~[waive the]~~ establish scholarships for | 0001| tuition and fees for more than the number of athletic | 0002| scholarships permitted that institution by regulations and | 0003| bylaws of the national collegiate athletic association or | 0004| the national association of intercollegiate athletics of | 0005| which that institution is a member. | 0006| F. Matriculation fees and tuition fees shall be | 0007| fixed and made payable as directed by the board of regents | 0008| of each institution, collected by the officers of each | 0009| institution and accounted for as are other funds of the | 0010| institutions. Matriculation fees shall be charged only | 0011| once for each institution in which a student enrolls." | 0012| Section 2. Section 21-1-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws | 0013| 1971, Chapter 235, Section 1) is amended to read: | 0014| "21-1-4. TUITION CHARGES--DEFINITIONS.-- | 0015| A. Except as provided in Section 21-1-4.3 NMSA | 0016| 1978, the state educational institutions set forth in | 0017| Article 12, Section 11 of the ~~[state]~~ constitution of | 0018| New Mexico shall charge tuition, which is in addition to | 0019| earmarked fees, at rates provided by law. | 0020| B. During the regular academic year, "full-time | 0021| student" means a student who is taking twelve or more | 0022| credit-hours in one semester or quarter. Full-time | 0023| students during the academic year shall be charged tuition | 0024| at rates provided by law. | 0025| C. During the summer session, "full-time | 0001| student" means a student who is taking at least a minimum | 0002| number of credit-hours, which minimum is in the same | 0003| proportion to twelve credit-hours as the duration and | 0004| normal credit-hour load of the summer session in the | 0005| particular institution is to the duration and normal | 0006| credit-hour load of the institution's regular semester or | 0007| quarter. Full-time students in the summer session shall | 0008| be charged tuition at resident and nonresident rates in | 0009| each institution, which rates shall be in the same | 0010| proportion to the full-time resident and nonresident rates | 0011| of that institution for the regular semester or quarter as | 0012| the minimum number of credit-hours is to twelve hours. | 0013| D. "Part-time student" means a student who is | 0014| taking less than the minimum number of credit-hours in a | 0015| semester, quarter or summer session than that required for | 0016| full-time student status. Part-time students shall be | 0017| charged tuition at rates per semester- or quarter-credit-hour as provided by law. | 0018| E. The ~~[board of educational finance]~~ | 0019| commission on higher education shall define resident and | 0020| nonresident students for the purpose of administering | 0021| tuition charges in accordance with the constitution and | 0022| statutes of the state and after consultation with the | 0023| appropriate officials of the institutions concerned. Each | 0024| institution shall use the uniform definitions so | 0025| established in assessing and collecting tuition charges | 0001| from students." | 0002| Section 3. A new Section 21-1-4.3 NMSA 1978 is | 0003| enacted to read: | 0004| "21-1-4.3. [NEW MATERIAL] TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS | 0005| AUTHORIZED--CERTAIN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.-- | 0006| A. To the extent that funds are made available | 0007| by the legislature from the lottery tuition fund, the | 0008| boards of regents of New Mexico state university, New | 0009| Mexico institute of mining and technology, eastern New | 0010| Mexico university, western New Mexico university, the | 0011| university of New Mexico, New Mexico highlands university | 0012| and northern New Mexico state school shall award tuition | 0013| scholarships for qualified resident students attending | 0014| their respective institutions and branches of those | 0015| institutions. | 0016| B. Except as authorized in Subsection C of this | 0017| section, the tuition scholarships authorized in this | 0018| section shall apply only to full-time resident students | 0019| who, immediately upon completion of a high school | 0020| curriculum at a public or accredited private New Mexico | 0021| high school, are accepted for entrance to and attend one | 0022| of the state educational institutions set forth in this | 0023| section or one of the branches of those institutions. | 0024| Each tuition scholarship shall be awarded for up to four | 0025| consecutive years beginning the second semester of the | 0001| recipient's first year of enrollment, provided that the | 0002| recipient has maintained residency in New Mexico and | 0003| maintained a grade point average of 2.5 or higher on a 4.0 | 0004| scale during his first semester of full-time enrollment. | 0005| C. The tuition scholarships authorized in this | 0006| section shall also apply to full-time resident students | 0007| who, immediately upon completion of a high school | 0008| curriculum at a public or accredited private New Mexico | 0009| high school, attend a two-year public post-secondary | 0010| educational institution in New Mexico and who, upon the | 0011| completion of that curriculum or at the end of two years, | 0012| whichever is sooner, transfer to one of the post-secondary | 0013| state educational institutions set forth in this section. | 0014| Those students shall be eligible for a tuition scholarship | 0015| for two consecutive years, provided that those students | 0016| maintain residency in New Mexico, maintain a grade-point | 0017| average of 2.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale and attend the | 0018| institution full time during the regular academic year. | 0019| D. The commission on higher education shall | 0020| prepare guidelines setting forth explicit student | 0021| continuing eligibility criteria and guidelines for | 0022| administration of the tuition scholarship program. | 0023| Guidelines shall be distributed to the board of regents of | 0024| each institution to enable a uniform availability of the | 0025| resident student tuition scholarships." | 0001| Section 4. A new Section 21-1-4.4 NMSA 1978 is | 0002| enacted to read: | 0003| "21-1-4.4. [NEW MATERIAL] COMMISSION ON HIGHER | 0004| EDUCATION--DETERMINATION OF TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS--USE OF | 0005| LOTTERY TUITION FUND.--Prior to June 1 of each year, the | 0006| commission on higher education shall determine the amount | 0007| of money available for tuition scholarships at state | 0008| public post-secondary educational institutions. Based on | 0009| the amount appropriated by the legislature from the | 0010| lottery tuition fund and on the projected enrollment at | 0011| all public post-secondary educational institutions, the | 0012| commission on higher education shall establish the | 0013| percentage of tuition that shall be awarded for qualified | 0014| resident students attending New Mexico public post-secondary educational institutions. The percentage of | 0015| tuition awarded shall be the same for each institution, | 0016| regardless of the actual cost of tuition at each | 0017| institution." | 0018| Section 5. Section 21-13-10 NMSA 1978 (being Laws | 0019| 1963, Chapter 17, Section 9, as amended) is amended to | 0020| read: | 0021| "21-13-10. BOARD DUTIES.-- | 0022| A. It shall be the duty of the community | 0023| college board to determine financial and educational | 0024| policies of the community college. The community college | 0025| board shall provide for the management of the community | 0001| college and execution of these policies by selecting a | 0002| competent president for the | 0003| community college, and, upon the president's recommenda- | 0004| tion, the board shall employ other administrative | 0005| personnel, instructional staff or other personnel as may | 0006| be needed for the operation, maintenance and | 0007| administration of the community college. | 0008| B. The community college board shall have the | 0009| power to fix tuition and fee rates for resident and | 0010| nonresident students of the district, to accept gifts, to | 0011| accept federal aid, to purchase, hold, sell and rent | 0012| property and equipment and to promote the general welfare | 0013| of the institution for the best interest of educational | 0014| service to the people of the community college district. | 0015| C. To the extent that funds are made available | 0016| by the legislature from the lottery tuition fund, the | 0017| community college board shall award tuition scholarships | 0018| for qualified resident students attending their respective | 0019| institutions. | 0020| D. The tuition scholarships authorized in this | 0021| section shall apply only to full-time resident students | 0022| who, immediately upon completion of a high school | 0023| curriculum at a public or accredited private New Mexico | 0024| high school, are accepted for entrance to and attend a | 0025| community college. Each tuition scholarship shall be | 0001| awarded for up to two consecutive years beginning the | 0002| second semester of the recipient's first year of | 0003| enrollment, provided that the recipient has maintained | 0004| residency in New Mexico and maintained a grade-point | 0005| average of 2.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale during his first | 0006| semester of full-time enrollment. | 0007| E. The commission on higher education shall | 0008| prepare guidelines setting forth explicit student | 0009| continuing eligibility criteria and guidelines for | 0010| administration of the tuition scholarship program. | 0011| Guidelines shall be distributed to community college | 0012| boards to enable a uniform availability of the resident | 0013| student tuition scholarship." | 0014| Section 6. A new section of the Technical and | 0015| Vocational Institute Act is enacted to read: | 0016| "[NEW MATERIAL] TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS AUTHORIZED.-- | 0017| A. To the extent that funds are made available | 0018| by the legislature from the lottery tuition fund, the | 0019| board of a technical and vocational institute shall award | 0020| tuition scholarships for qualified resident students | 0021| attending a technical and vocational institute. | 0022| B. The tuition scholarships authorized in this | 0023| section shall apply only to full-time resident students | 0024| who, immediately upon completion of a high school | 0025| curriculum at a public or accredited private New Mexico | 0001| high school, are accepted for entrance to and attend a | 0002| technical and vocational institute. Each tuition | 0003| scholarship shall be awarded for up to two consecutive | 0004| years beginning the second semester of the recipient's | 0005| first year of enrollment, provided that the recipient has | 0006| maintained residency in New Mexico and maintained a grade-point average of 2.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale during his | 0007| first semester of full-time enrollment. | 0008| C. The commission on higher education shall | 0009| prepare guidelines setting forth explicit student | 0010| continuing eligibility criteria and guidelines for | 0011| administration of the tuition scholarship program. | 0012| Guidelines shall be distributed to the boards of technical | 0013| and vocational institutes to enable a uniform availability | 0014| of the resident student tuition scholarships." | 0015| Section 7. A new section of Chapter 21, Article 17 | 0016| NMSA 1978 is enacted to read: | 0017| "[NEW MATERIAL] TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS AUTHORIZED.-- | 0018| A. To the extent that funds are made available | 0019| by the legislature from the lottery tuition fund, the | 0020| board of an area vocational school shall award tuition | 0021| scholarships for qualified resident students attending its | 0022| area vocational school. | 0023| B. The tuition scholarships authorized in this | 0024| section shall apply only to full-time resident students | 0025| who, immediately upon completion of a high school | 0001| curriculum at a public or accredited private New Mexico | 0002| high school, are accepted for entrance to and attend an | 0003| area vocational school. Each tuition scholarship shall be | 0004| awarded for up to two consecutive years beginning the | 0005| second semester of the recipient's first year of | 0006| enrollment, provided that the recipient has maintained | 0007| residency in New Mexico and maintained a grade-point | 0008| average of 2.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale during his first | 0009| semester of full-time enrollment. | 0010| C. The commission on higher education shall | 0011| prepare guidelines setting forth explicit student | 0012| qualification criteria and guidelines for administration | 0013| of the tuition scholarship program. Guidelines shall be | 0014| distributed to the boards of all area vocational schools | 0015| to enable a uniform availability of the resident student | 0016| tuition scholarships." | 0017| - - | 0018| | 0019| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | 0020| SECOND SESSION, 1996 | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| JANUARY 23, 1996 | 0024| | 0025| Mr. President: | 0001| | 0002| Your COMMITTEES' COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0003| | 0004| SENATE BILL 31 | 0005| | 0006| has had it under consideration and finds same to be GERMANE, PURSUANT | 0007| TO CONSTIUTIONAL PROVISIONS, and thence referred to the EDUCATION | 0008| COMMITTEE. | 0009| | 0010| Respectfully submitted, | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| __________________________________ | 0016| SENATOR MANNY M. ARAGON, Chairman | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________ | 0021| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0022| | 0023| | 0024| Date ________________________ | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| | 0003| S0031CC1 | 0004| | 0005| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | 0006| SECOND SESSION, 1996 | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| February 3, 1996 | 0010| | 0011| Mr. President: | 0012| | 0013| Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0014| | 0015| SENATE BILL 31 | 0016| | 0017| has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that | 0018| it DO PASS, and thence referred to the FINANCE COMMITTEE. | 0019| | 0020| Respectfully submitted, | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| | 0024| __________________________________ | 0025| Carlos R. Cisneros, Chairman | 0001| | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________ | 0005| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| Date ________________________ | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| The roll call vote was 7 For 0 Against | 0012| Yes: 7 | 0013| No: 0 | 0014| Excused: Benavides, Carraro, Scott | 0015| Absent: None | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| S0031ED1 | 0019| | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | 0023| SECOND SESSION, 1996 | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| February 5, 1996 | 0002| | 0003| Mr. President: | 0004| | 0005| Your FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0006| | 0007| SENATE BILL 31 | 0008| | 0009| has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that | 0010| it DO PASS. | 0011| | 0012| Respectfully submitted, | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| __________________________________ | 0017| Ben D. Altamirano, Chairman | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| | 0021| Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________ | 0022| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| Date ________________________ | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| The roll call vote was 8 For 0 Against | 0005| Yes: 8 | 0006| No: 0 | 0007| Excused: Donisthorpe, Duran, Ingle, Kidd, Kysar | 0008| Absent: None | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| S0031FC1 | 0012| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | 0013| SECOND SESSION, 1996 | 0014| | 0015| December 17, 1997 | 0016| | 0017| SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENT number to SENATE SENATE BILL 31 | 0018| | 0019| AMENDMENT sponsored by SENATOR LEONARD LEE RAWSON | 0020| | 0021| 1. On page 7, line 9, after the comma, insert "or upon | 0022| receiving a graduate equivalent diploma,". | 0023| | 0024| 2. On page 7, line 21, after the comma, insert "or upon | 0025| receiving a graduate equivalent diploma,". | 0001| | 0002| 3. On page 10, line 4, after the comma, insert "or upon | 0003| receiving a graduate equivalent diploma,". | 0004| | 0005| 4. On page 11, line 4, after the comma, insert "or upon | 0006| receiving a graduate equivalent diploma,". | 0007| | 0008| 5. On page 12, line 5, after the comma, insert "or upon | 0009| receiving a graduate equivalent diploma,". | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| Senator Leonard Lee Rawson | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| Adopted Not Adopted | 0021| | 0022| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| Date | 0001| S0031FS1 State of New Mexico | 0002| House of Representatives | 0003| | 0004| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | 0005| SECOND SESSION, 1996 | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| February 12, 1996 | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| Mr. Speaker: | 0012| | 0013| Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0014| | 0015| SENATE BILL 31, as amended | 0016| | 0017| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0018| recommendation that it DO PASS. | 0019| | 0020| Respectfully submitted, | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| Samuel F. Vigil, Chairman | 0001| | 0002| | 0003| Adopted Not Adopted | 0004| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0005| | 0006| Date | 0007| | 0008| The roll call vote was 7 For 0 Against | 0009| Yes: 7 | 0010| Excused: Dolliver, McSherry, Nicely, Weeks, WC Williams | 0011| Absent: None | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| S0031EC1 |