TITLE 6 PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
CHAPTER 60 SCHOOL PERSONNEL - GENERAL PROVISIONS
PART 7 EDUCATOR LICENSURE APPLICATION
FEE
6.60.7.1 ISSUING AGENCY: Public
Education Department (PED)
[6-15-98, 7-30-99; 6.60.7.1
NMAC - Rn, 6 NMAC 4.2.4.7.1, 10-13-00; A, 08-31-04; A, 10-31-07]
6.60.7.2 SCOPE: Chapter 60,
Part 7 governs the collection of an application fee for initial and renewal
applications for educational licensure and for adding licensure endorsements.
[6-15-98; 6.60.7.2 NMAC - Rn,
6 NMAC 4.2.4.7.2, 10-13-00; A, 04-29-05]
6.60.7.3 STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Sections
22-2-1, NMSA 1978, 22-8-44 NMSA 1978 and 22-10A-3, NMSA 1978.
[6-15-98; 6.60.7.3 NMAC - Rn,
6 NMAC 4.2.4.7.3, 10-13-00; A, 09-30-03]
6.60.7.4 DURATION: Permanent
[6-15-98; 6.60.7.4 NMAC - Rn,
6 NMAC 4.2.4.7.4, 10-13-00]
6.60.7.5 EFFECTIVE DATE: June 15, 1998,
unless a later date is cited in the history note at the end of a section.
[6-15-98; 6.60.7.5 NMAC - Rn,
6 NMAC 4.2.4.7.5 & A, 10-13-00]
6.60.7.6 OBJECTIVE: This rule establishes
specific requirements for the payment of an application fee for initial and
renewal applications for educator licensure and for adding licensure
endorsements.
[6-15-98; 6.60.7.6 NMAC - Rn,
6 NMAC 4.2.4.7.6, 10-13-00; A, 04-29-05]
6.60.7.7 DEFINITIONS: “Indigency”
means the inability, as determined by the professional licensure bureau (PLB)
of the (PED), to pay a licensure fee from available present income and assets
without due hardship.
[6-15-98; 6.60.7.7 NMAC - Rn,
6 NMAC 4.2.4.7.7 & A, 10-13-00; A, 08-31-04; A, 10-31-07]
6.60.7.8 REQUIREMENTS:
A. Beginning
June 30, 2010, applicants seeking an initial educator license shall pay by
money order or certified check or other form acceptable to the PED the
following fees at the time of submission of their applications.
(1) All applicants, except those described in
Paragraphs (2) or (3) below, shall pay an application fee of $125.
(2) Applicants for educational assistant,
school health assistant licensure or substitute teacher certification shall pay
an application fee of $35.
(3) Applicants for athletic coaching licensure
who are seeking a coaching license only shall pay a fee of $35.
B. Beginning
June 30, 2010, applicants seeking the renewal of an existing educator license
through the PED shall pay by money order or certified check or other form
acceptable to the PED the following fees at the time of submission of their
applications.
(1) All applicants, except those described in
Paragraphs (2) or (3) below, shall pay an application fee of $95.
(2) Applicants for educational assistant,
school health assistant licensure or substitute teacher certification shall pay
an application fee of $35.
(3) Applicants for athletic coaching licensure
who are seeking a coaching license only shall pay a fee of $35.
C. Beginning
June 30, 2010, applicants seeking advancement to higher levels of teacher
licensure by initial submission of a professional development dossier (PDD) as
provided in 6.69.4.11 NMAC shall pay $320 by money order, certified check or
other payment method acceptable to the PED or its contractor at the time of
submission of their PDD. Applicants who
resubmit previously failed PDD strands shall pay a fee of $110 for one (1)
strand, $220 for two (2) strands and $320 for three (3) strands. If submission of the PDD corresponds with the
renewal of licensure, the fee for renewal in Subsection B of this section shall
be waived.
D. Beginning
June 30, 2010, applicants seeking to add an endorsement or endorsements to an
existing license shall pay by money order or certified check or other form
acceptable to the PED a fee of $95.
E. Beginning
June 30, 2010, applicants seeking alternative teaching licensure by way of
portfolio review in Paragraph (3) of Subsection B of 6.60.3.8 NMAC shall pay
upon registration by money order, certified check or other payment method
applicable to the PED or its contractor a $320 fee, which shall be
non-refundable. Applicants who resubmit
previously failed portfolio strands shall pay a fee of $110 per strand for a
resubmission of one (1) or two (2) strands and $320 for a resubmission of three
(3) strands.
[6-15-98; 6.60.7.8 NMAC - Rn,
6 NMAC 4.2.4.7.8 & A, 10-13-00; A, 09-30-03; A, 08-31-04; A, 04-29-05; A,
05-31-06; A, 10-31-06; A, 10-31-07; A,
06-30-10]
6.60.7.9 IMPLEMENTATION:
A. An
applicant for initial or renewal educator licensure or for adding an
endorsement may apply for multiple licenses or endorsements through one
application and pay one application fee.
Subsequent initial or renewal applications for additional licenses or
endorsements will require the payment of another full fee.
B. An
applicant for initial licensure shall pay a single application fee. Additional application fees will not be
charged when an intern license is changed to a five-year level 1 standard
license after the applicant has completed the requirements for licensure.
C. An
applicant whose license has been expired for more than one year must submit an
initial application for a new license and pay the initial application fee
established in Subsection A of Section 6.60.7.8 NMAC.
D. All
application fees are non-refundable.
[6-15-98; 6.60.7.9 NMAC - Rn,
6 NMAC 4.2.4.7.9, 10-13-00; A, 04-29-05;
A, 10-31-07]
6.60.7.10 EXEMPTIONS:
A. An
application fee shall not be charged for changing name or address, or for
replacing lost or misplaced licenses.
B. An
application fee shall not be charged to an individual who qualifies as being
indigent. An applicant can qualify for
relief from the application fee on the grounds of indigency by providing the
PED with documentation which establishes that the applicant is not now, nor was
in the previous year, the dependent of another person and that the fee
represents more than three percent of the applicant’s total income for the
previous year.
[6-15-98; 6.60.7.10 NMAC -
Rn, 6 NMAC 4.2.4.7.10, 10-13-00; A, 08-31-04; A, 04-29-05; A, 10-31-07]
HISTORY
OF 6.60.7 NMAC: [RESERVED]