0001| HOUSE BILL 268 | 0002| 43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| LEO C. WATCHMAN JR. | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| FOR THE INDIAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION; EXPANDING LOTTERY TUITION | 0012| SCHOLARSHIP PROVISIONS; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. | 0013| | 0014| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0015| Section 1. Section 21-1-4.3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1996, | 0016| Chapter 71, Section 3) is amended to read: | 0017| "21-1-4.3. TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS AUTHORIZED--CERTAIN | 0018| EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.-- | 0019| A. To the extent that funds are made available by | 0020| the legislature from the lottery tuition fund, the |governing| | 0021| boards of ~[regents of New Mexico state university, New Mexico | 0022| institute of mining and technology, eastern New Mexico | 0023| university, western New Mexico university, the university of | 0024| New Mexico, New Mexico highlands university and northern New | 0025| Mexico state school]~ |four-year post-secondary educational | - 1 - 0001| institutions| shall award tuition scholarships for qualified | 0002| |New Mexico| resident students attending their respective | 0003| institutions and branches of those institutions |in New | 0004| Mexico|. || B. Except as authorized in Subsection C | 0005| of this section, the tuition scholarships authorized in this | 0006| section shall apply only to full-time resident students who, | 0007| immediately upon completion of a high school curriculum at a | 0008| public or accredited private New Mexico high school or upon | 0009| receiving a graduate equivalent diploma, are accepted for | 0010| entrance to and attend ~[one of the state]~ |a four-year post- | 0011| secondary| educational ~[institutions set forth in this | 0012| section ||or one of the branches of those institutions]~ | 0013| |institution|. Each tuition scholarship shall be awarded for | 0014| up to four consecutive years beginning the second semester of | 0015| the recipient's first year of enrollment, ~[provided that]~ | 0016| |if| the recipient has maintained residency in New Mexico and | 0017| maintained a grade-point average of 2.5 or higher on a 4.0 | 0018| scale during his first semester of full-time enrollment. | 0019| C. The tuition scholarships authorized in this | 0020| section shall also apply to full-time resident students who, | 0021| immediately upon completion of a high school curriculum at a | 0022| public or accredited private New Mexico high school or upon | 0023| receiving a graduate equivalent diploma, attend a two-year | 0024| ~[public]~ post-secondary educational institution ~[in New | 0025| Mexico]~ and who, upon the completion of that curriculum or at | - 2 - 0001| the end of two years, whichever is sooner, transfer to ~[one | 0002| of the]~ |a four-year| post-secondary ~[state]~ educational | 0003| ~[institutions]~ |institution| ~[set forth in this section]~. | 0004| Those students shall be eligible for a tuition scholarship for | 0005| two consecutive years, ~[provided that]~ |if| those students | 0006| maintain residency in New Mexico, maintain a grade-point | 0007| average of 2.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale and attend the | 0008| institution full time during the regular academic year. | 0009| D. The commission on higher education shall | 0010| prepare guidelines setting forth explicit student continuing | 0011| eligibility criteria and guidelines for administration of the | 0012| tuition scholarship program. Guidelines shall be distributed | 0013| to the|| governing board ~[of regents]~|| of each institution | 0014| to enable a uniform availability of the ~[resident student]~ | 0015| tuition scholarships. | 0016| |E. As used in this section: | 0017| (1) "four-year post-secondary educational | 0018| institution" means New Mexico state university, New Mexico | 0019| institute of mining and technology, eastern New Mexico | 0020| university, western New Mexico university, the university of | 0021| New Mexico, New Mexico highlands university, northern New | 0022| Mexico state school, any of their branches or any New Mexico | 0023| branch of an independent nonprofit nonsectarian four-year | 0024| college or university with a campus located in New Mexico and | 0025| accredited by the north central accrediting association; and | - 3 - 0001| (2) "two-year post-secondary educational | 0002| institution" means a two-year public post-secondary | 0003| educational institution located in New Mexico or a New Mexico | 0004| campus of a two-year post-secondary educational institution | 0005| created by an Indian nation, tribe or pueblo or the federal | 0006| government.|" | 0007| Section 2. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public | 0008| peace, health and safety that this act take effect | 0009| immediately. | 0010|  |