TITLE 5 POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION
CHAPTER 7 TUITION
AND FINANCIAL AID
PART 19 REDUCED
TUITION FOR SENIOR CITIZENS
5.7.19.1 ISSUING AGENCY:
State of New Mexico Higher Education Department.
[7/15/98; 5.7.19.1
NMAC - Rn & A, 5 NMAC 7.19.1, 7/31/05]
5.7.19.2 SCOPE:
Provisions of 5.7.19 NMAC apply to any public post-secondary
degree-granting educational institution in New Mexico.
[7/15/98; 5.7.19.2
NMAC - Rn, 5 NMAC 7.19.2, 7/31/05]
5.7.19.3 STATUTORY AUTHORITY:
Chapter 96, Laws of 1994.
[7/15/98; 5.7.19.3
NMAC - Rn, 5 NMAC 7.19.3, 7/31/05]
5.7.19.4 DURATION:
Permanent.
[7/15/98; 5.7.19.4
NMAC - Rn, 5 NMAC 7.19.4, 7/31/05]
5.7.19.5 EFFECTIVE DATE:
July 15, 1998, unless a later date is cited at the end of section.
[7/15/98; 5.7.19.5
NMAC - Rn & A, 5 NMAC 7.19.5, 7/31/05]
5.7.19.6 OBJECTIVE:
The objective and purpose of 5.7.19 NMAC is to provide a guideline for
implementing the Senior Citizens Reduced Tuition Act of 1984. The purpose of
the act is to provide educational opportunities for senior citizens in New
Mexico. Each public post-secondary degree-granting institution in New Mexico
must grant a reduction in tuition to senior citizens upon request by the
student. The charge will be $5 per credit hour.
[7/15/98; 5.7.19.6
NMAC - Rn, 5 NMAC 7.19.6, 7/31/05]
5.7.19.7 DEFINITIONS:
A. "Act" means the Senior Citizen Reduced Tuition
Act of 1984.
B. "Department" means the New Mexico higher education
department.
C. "Credit course" means a course that can be
applied toward the completion of a degree.
D. "Eligible institution" means any public
post-secondary degree-granting educational institution in New Mexico.
E. "Full-time equivalent credit" means credit in
courses which are included in the department's formula for funding purposes.
F. "Non-credit courses" means courses which
cannot be applied toward completion of a degree.
G. "Senior citizen" means a person who has reached
the sixty-fifth birthday by the third Friday of classes (by the census date).
H. "Space available" means that the maximum number
of students in a class has not been reached by the end of the first day of
registration, therefore providing room for enrollees.
[7/15/98; 5.7.19.7
NMAC - Rn & A, 5 NMAC 7.19.7, 7/31/05]
5.7.19.8 ELIGIBILITY
REQUIREMENTS: In order to be eligible for the reduction in
tuition which is stipulated in the act, students shall:
A. request the reduction in tuition;
B. demonstrate evidence that they have met the age required;
C. be resident in New Mexico according to existing criteria
for residency set by the department;
D. enroll for six credit hours or less during the semester
of enrollment;
E. meet all course requisites;
F. pay for any course fees, including extraordinary course
fees in continuing education programs;
G. enroll at an eligible institution for credit or noncredit
courses offered either on or off campus; and,
H. enroll if there is space available.
[7/15/98; 5.7.19.8
NMAC - Rn & A, 5 NMAC 7.19.8, 7/31/05]
5.7.19.9 ADMINISTRATION
OF PROGRAM:
A. Institutions must allow students to register under
provisions of this act if there is space available.
B. If a minimum number of students is required by the
institution to offer a class, students registered under this act may not be
counted toward the minimum. For noncredit courses, a maximum of two students
will be allowed to register for each class under provisions of the act.
C. Students enrolling under provisions of this act are
eligible for all grading options for the same courses, including audit, as
permitted by the institution.
D. Students are required to comply with all rules and
regulations of the institution related to registration, withdrawal from
courses, transaction deadlines, academic performance and decorum.
E. Students enrolled under this act are entitled to all
rights and privileges afforded all students including receipt of an I.D. card,
use of library, and access to other campus facilities in accordance with
institutional regulations affecting all students.
F. No full-time equivalent credit may be given to the
institutions by the department for any courses taken by students under the
provision of this act.
G. Institutions must exclude student credit hours registered
under this act from enrollment reports to the department.
[7/15/98; 5.7.19.9
NMAC - Rn & A, 5 NMAC 7.19.9, 7/31/05]
History
OF 5.7.19 NMAC:
Pre-NMAC
History: The material in this part was
derived from that previously filed with the State Records Center and Archives
under:
BEF Rule 920,
Reduced Tuition For Senior Citizens - Administrative Regulations, 2/27/85.
History of
Repealed Material: [RESERVED]