TITLE 5 POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION

CHAPTER 6 POST-SECONDARY ENROLLMENT AND DATA REPORTING

PART 3 VARIABLE SCHEDULING

5.6.3.1 ISSUING AGENCY: State of New Mexico Higher Education Department.

[12/31/98; 5.6.3.1 NMAC - Rn & A, 5 NMAC 6.3.1, 7/31/05]

5.6.3.2 SCOPE: All public post-secondary educational institutions operating within and receiving financial support from the state of New Mexico.

[12/31/98; 5.6.3.2 NMAC - Rn, 5 NMAC 6.3.2, 7/31/05]

5.6.3.3 STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Authority for 5.6.3 NMAC is found in the Post-Secondary Educational Planning Act (NMSA 1978, Sections 21-2-1 et seq.).

[12/31/98; 5.6.3.3 NMAC - Rn, 5 NMAC 6.3.3, 7/31/05]

5.6.3.4 DURATION: Permanent.

[12/31/98; 5.6.3.4 NMAC - Rn, 5 NMAC 6.3.4, 7/31/05]

5.6.3.5 EFFECTIVE DATE: December 31, 1998, unless a later date is cited at the end of a section.

[12/31/98; 5.6.3.5 NMAC - Rn & A, 5 NMAC 6.3.5, 7/31/05]

5.6.3.6 OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the variable scheduling rule is to clarify guidelines for the funding of courses that start after the semester census date.

[12/31/98; 5.6.3.6 NMAC - Rn, 5 NMAC 6.3.6, 7/31/05]

5.6.3.7 DEFINITIONS: [RESERVED]

5.6.3.8 PRINCIPLES GUIDING VARIABLE SCHEDULING: The following guidelines govern the funding of courses that start after the semester census date:

A. Courses may be offered intensively over a period less than a semester, starting and ending at any convenient time within the semester calendar, provided that:

(1) the courses be proposed to and reviewed by the same faculty committees and administrative offices as are any other courses, and that the courses be listed in the appropriate catalog of the public postsecondary education institution;

(2) the courses are acceptable for credit toward degrees or certificates at the appropriate level in the public postsecondary education institution;

(3) the credit award be consistent with academic council for higher education policy on contact hours/credit hours.

B. Formula funding credit for the student credit hours generated by courses offered under these guidelines which start after the census date will be obtained by including the student credit hours as an addendum, separately identified, in the course file submitted following the semester during which the courses are offered.

C. The intention is to include courses in which the only difference from other main-campus courses is their starting and ending times.

[12/31/98; 5.6.3.8 NMAC - Rn & A, 5 NMAC 6.3.8, 7/31/05]

History OF 5.6.3 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 620, Variable Scheduling, 2/27/85.

History of Repealed Material: [RESERVED]