SENATE BILL 492

57th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2025

INTRODUCED BY

George K. Muñoz

 

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

RELATING TO POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION; CREATING A CENTRALIZED HUB AT NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY FOR ONLINE ENROLLMENT IN ALL PUBLIC POST-SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     SECTION 1. A new section of Chapter 21, Article 1 NMSA 1978 is enacted to read:

     "[NEW MATERIAL] ONLINE ENROLLMENT HUB FOR PUBLIC POST-SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.--

          A. A centralized hub is created at New Mexico state university to provide for online enrollment in all public post-secondary educational institutions. The center shall be managed by a chancellor appointed by the president of New Mexico state university.

          B. The center shall provide the following services to each public post-secondary educational institution:

                (1) marketing and recruiting;

                (2) admissions and student success support services;

                (3) faculty training;

                (4) course quality review and instructional design; and

                (5) technology and platform support.

          C. The hub shall establish service-level agreements with each public post-secondary educational institution with specified performance measures based on the specific needs of each institution.

          D. On or before December 1 of each year, the hub shall provide a report to the legislative finance committee that compares its actual performance with the performance measures it has agreed to with each public post-secondary educational institution."

     SECTION 2. APPROPRIATION.--Forty million dollars ($40,000,000) is appropriated from the government results and opportunity program fund to the board of regents of New Mexico state university for expenditure in fiscal years 2026 through 2028 to establish a centralized hub for online enrollment and support services for all public post-secondary educational institutions. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2028 shall revert to the general fund.

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