A. The state educational institutions set forth in Article 12, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico and their branches, community colleges as provided in Chapter 21, Article 13 NMSA 1978 and technical and vocational institutes as provided in Chapter 21, Article 16 NMSA 1978 shall not charge tuition or fees pursuant to Section 21-1-4 NMSA 1978 to a student for whom the children, youth and families department provides certification that the student was in the legal custody of the children, youth and families department pursuant to the Children's Code [Chapter 32A NMSA 1978] or for whom a New Mexico Indian nation, tribe or pueblo or the United States department of the interior bureau of Indian affairs division of human services provides certification that the student was in the legal custody of a New Mexico Indian nation, tribe or pueblo or the United States department of the interior bureau of Indian affairs division of human services on or after the day of the student's fourteenth birthday, who enrolls in one of the state educational institutions set forth in Article 12, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico and their branches, community colleges as provided in Chapter 21, Article 13 NMSA 1978 and technical and vocational institutes as provided in Chapter 21, Article 16 NMSA 1978 no later than the day of the student's twenty-fifth birthday.
B. The higher education department shall collaborate with the children, youth and families department, the New Mexico Indian nations, tribes or pueblos and the United States department of the interior bureau of Indian affairs division of human services to ensure that middle school and high school students who are or have been in the legal custody of the children, youth and families department, a New Mexico Indian nation, tribe or pueblo or the United States department of the interior bureau of Indian affairs division of human services learn about the provisions of this section.
History: Laws 2014, ch. 62, § 1; 2019, ch. 163, § 1.
The 2019 amendment, effective June 14, 2019, provided foster children greater access to tuition and fee waivers at state educational institutions; in Subsection A, deleted paragraph designation "(1)", deleted former Subparagraph A(1)(a) and subparagraph designation "(b)", after "fourteenth birthday", deleted "and the student's parents' rights were relinquished or terminated at that time", and deleted former Subparagraph A(1)(c) and paragraph designation "(2)".
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