New Mexico § 21-1-26.7 - Annual accountability report
Full text of New Mexico New Mexico Statutes Annotated § 21-1-26.7 — Annual accountability report, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 21-1-26.7. Annual accountability report
A. The higher education department shall submit an annual accountability report to
the governor and to the legislature by December 31. Prior to publication, the department shall distribute a draft of the accountability
report to all public post-secondary educational institutions and shall allow comment
upon the draft report. B. The department in consultation with each public post-secondary educational institution
shall develop and adopt the content and a format for the report, including the following
information: (1) student progress and success disaggregated by gender and by ethnicity and race
as follows: (a) Caucasian, non-Hispanic; (b) Hispanic; (c) African American; (d) American Indian or Alaska Native; (e) Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander; (f) Asian; (g) two or more races; and (h) other; provided that if the sample of students in any category enumerated in
Subparagraphs (a) through (g) of this paragraph is so small that a student in the
sample may be personally identifiable in violation of the federal Family Educational
Rights and Privacy Act, the report may combine that sample into the “other” category; (2) student access and diversity; (3) affordability and cost of educational services; (4) public and community service by the institution; and (5) faculty, compensation and benefits practices, including: (a) number and percentage of part-time and full-time faculty; (b) per-credit-hour pay rate for full-time instructors or lecturers and per-credit-hour
pay rate for part-time faculty; (c) percent salary increase for full-time faculty and percent salary increase for
part-time faculty; and (d) description of the institution's policy for offering benefits to full-time faculty
and to part-time faculty. C. The department shall make no funding recommendation, capital outlay recommendation,
distribution or certification on behalf of any public post-secondary educational institution
that has not submitted the information required pursuant to this section.
Source: official New Mexico text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 21-1-26.7 ("Annual accountability report") 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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