New Mexico § 21-1-4.7 - Foster child tuition and fee waiver eligibility; notification
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§ 21-1-4.7. Foster child tuition and fee waiver eligibility; notification
A. The state educational institutions set forth in Article 12, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico and their branches, community colleges as provided in Chapter 21, Article 13 NMSA 1978 and technical and vocational institutes as provided in Chapter 21, Article 16 NMSA 1978 shall not charge tuition or fees pursuant to Section 21-1-4 NMSA 1978 to a student for whom the children, youth and families department provides certification
that the student was in the legal custody of the children, youth and families department
pursuant to the Children's Code or for whom a New Mexico Indian nation, tribe or pueblo
or the United States department of the interior bureau of Indian affairs division
of human services provides certification that the student was in the legal custody
of a New Mexico Indian nation, tribe or pueblo or the United States department of
the interior bureau of Indian affairs division of human services on or after the day
of the student's fourteenth birthday, who enrolls in one of the state educational
institutions set forth in Article 12, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico and their branches, community colleges as provided in Chapter 21, Article 13 NMSA 1978 and technical and vocational institutes as provided in Chapter 21, Article 16 NMSA 1978 no later than the day of the student's twenty-fifth birthday. B. The higher education department shall collaborate with the children, youth and
families department, the New Mexico Indian nations, tribes or pueblos and the United
States department of the interior bureau of Indian affairs division of human services
to ensure that middle school and high school students who are or have been in the
legal custody of the children, youth and families department, a New Mexico Indian
nation, tribe or pueblo or the United States department of the interior bureau of
Indian affairs division of human services learn about the provisions of this section.
Source: official New Mexico text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 21-1-4.7 ("Foster child tuition and fee waiver eligibility; notification") is part of the New Mexico Statutes Annotated, the codified statutory law of New Mexico. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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