HOUSE BILL 1089

47th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2005

INTRODUCED BY

Daniel R. Foley

AN ACT

RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION; ENSURING THAT MILITARY RECRUITERS HAVE ACCESS TO NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE CAMPUSES.

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

     Section 1. MILITARY RECRUITERS AND ORGANIZERS PERMITTED ON PUBLIC CAMPUSES--EQUAL ACCESS.--In order to avoid loss of federal funds for higher education:

          A. a public institution of higher education shall not institute a policy or practice that prohibits entry to campus or access to enrolled students aged seventeen and older or their directory information by United States armed services representatives for purposes of employment recruitment, placement assistance or organizing a senior reserve officer training corps organization; and

          B. a campus non-discrimination policy shall not be interpreted to authorize exclusion of a legally operating representative of a United States armed services organization from employment recruitment, placement assistance efforts or organization of a senior reserve officer training corps. 

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