New Mexico § 21-1-42 - Public post-secondary educational institutions; student identification number
Full text of New Mexico New Mexico Statutes Annotated § 21-1-42 — Public post-secondary educational institutions; student identification number, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 21-1-42. Public post-secondary educational institutions; student identification number
A. The higher education department shall, in collaboration with public post-secondary
educational institutions, use the same student identification number issued to a New
Mexico public school student pursuant to Section 22-2C-11 NMSA 1978 for a student enrolled in a public post-secondary educational institution, including
an off-campus instructional program or learning center. B. In collaboration with the public education department, the higher education department
shall: (1) develop a system for assigning a unique student identifier to a student who did
not attend a New Mexico public school; (2) add an additional identifier to the student identification number for those students
who enter a teacher preparation program; and (3) adopt the format to report individual student data into the public education department's
student teacher accountability reporting system. C. The higher education department shall promulgate rules to carry out the provisions
of this section.
Source: official New Mexico text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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