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N.M. Stat. § 21-2-2 (2026)

Definitions.

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As used in the Post-Secondary Educational Planning Act:

   A. "post-secondary education":
       (1)   means education, training or retraining for persons sixteen years of age or
older who have graduated from secondary school or left elementary or secondary
school without graduating from secondary school, which is designed to provide for such
persons:

           (a) adult basic education;

           (b) high school equivalency education;

           (c) prevocational education;

           (d) vocational education;

           (e) technical education;

           (f) general academic education;

           (g) undergraduate academic education leading to associate's and bachelor's
degrees;

           (h) graduate academic education leading to master's and doctor's degrees;

          (i) undergraduate and graduate professional education leading to
professional degrees;

           (j) continuing education; or

           (k) some combination of the above; and

      (2)   includes public, private, nonprofit and proprietary educational institutions
and programs of the following types, among others:

           (a) technical and vocational institutes;

           (b) junior colleges;

           (c) branch community colleges;

           (d) colleges and universities;

           (e) post-secondary military institutes;

           (f) post-secondary vocational schools;

           (g) adult vocational and prevocational manpower and training programs;
         (h) programs designed to identify persons who can benefit from post-
secondary education and to assist them in enrolling in appropriate programs; and

          (i) programs providing guidance, counselling and placement services for
persons in connection with their participation in post-secondary education; and

   B. "state commission" means the state commission on post-secondary education.

History: 1953 Comp., § 73-44-2, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 233, § 2.

                                   ANNOTATIONS

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 15A Am. Jur. 2d Colleges and
Universities §§ 1, 2.

14A C.J.S. Colleges and Universities §§ 2, 5; 78 C.J.S. Schools and School Districts §
66.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1967–1971 · leading case: Anderson v. Jenkins Constr. Co., 487 P.2d 1352 (N.M. Ct. App. 1971).
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Anderson v. Jenkins Constr. Co., 487 P.2d 1352 (N.M. Ct. App. 1971). · cites it 2× “Section 21-2-2, N.M.S.A.1953 (Repl.Vol. 4).”
State v. Maples, 474 P.2d 718 (N.M. Ct. App. 1970). · cites it 2× “Defendant now claims error in the denial of his motion for rehearing.”
Perry v. Staver, 473 P.2d 380 (N.M. Ct. App. 1970). “”The statement by defendants, that the dismissal of plaintiff’s complaint did not prevent decedent’s personal representative “ * * * from taking any action separate and apart from this cause,” could only be construed as their opinion as to the legal effect of the words “with…”
State Ex Rel. Townsend v. Court of Appeals, 428 P.2d 473 (N.M. 1967). “” This court has not, by any rule, authorized the court of appeals “to issue writs necessary or appropriate in aid of its appellate jurisdiction,” although we did, by rule effective April 1, 1966 (§ 21-2-2, N.M. S.A. 1953, 1966 Interim Supp.”
Baca v. Ceballos, 469 P.2d 516 (N.M. Ct. App. 1970). “By order of our Supreme Court, compiled as § 21-2-2, N.M.S.A.1953 (Supp. 1969), the rules of practice and procedure in the Supreme Court are made applicable to the Court of Appeals, where pertinent.”
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