A. The respective boards of regents of New Mexico state university, New Mexico institute of mining and technology, the university of New Mexico and the New Mexico military institute at Roswell shall determine and fix the standard of requirements for admission to their respective institutions. B. In determining the standard of requirements for admission to […]
The boards of regents of state educational institutions may delegate authority or functions to officers or subordinate bodies within the state educational institutions as the boards deem proper for the efficient functioning of their respective educational institutions. History: Laws 1889, ch. 138, § 58; C.L. 1897, § 3635; Code 1915, § 5167; C.S. 1929, § […]
Whenever there shall be any money in the hands of the state treasurer to the credit of any of the specific funds set apart for said institutions deemed sufficient by such board to commence the erection of any of the necessary buildings or improvements or pay the running or other expenses of such institution, the […]
All of the managing boards of the said institutions shall annually, on or before the first day of December, make a full and true report in detail under oath, of all their acts and doings during the previous year, their receipts and expenditures, the exact status of their institution and any other information that they […]
The governor of the state and the superintendent of public instruction, if there be one, shall ex officio be advisory members of all boards of the said institutions, but shall not have the right to vote or be eligible to office therein. History: Laws 1889, ch. 138, § 62; C.L. 1897, § 3639; Code 1915, […]
The regular meeting of all said boards shall be held quarterly: provided, that they may hold as many special sessions as they shall deem necessary. History: Laws 1889, ch. 138, § 64; C.L. 1897, § 3641; Code 1915, § 5171; C.S. 1929, § 130-1406; 1941 Comp., § 55-2816; 1953 Comp., § 73-30-10. ANNOTATIONS Bracketed material. […]
At least one member of the said several boards shall be a resident of the town or city at or near which the institution is located. History: Laws 1889, ch. 138, § 66; C.L. 1897, § 3643; Code 1915, § 5172; C.S. 1929, § 130-1407; 1941 Comp., § 55-2817; 1953 Comp., § 73-30-11. ANNOTATIONS Bracketed […]
The records of the said boards shall be open at all reasonable times for the inspection of any citizen. History: Laws 1889, ch. 138, § 67; C.L. 1897, § 3644; Code 1915, § 5173; C.S. 1929, § 130-1408; 1941 Comp., § 55-2818; 1953 Comp., § 73-30-12. ANNOTATIONS Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted […]
A. Public records containing the identity of or identifying information relating to an applicant or nominee for the position of president of a public institution of higher education are exempt from inspection under the Inspection of Public Records Act [Chapter 14, Article 2 NMSA 1978]. B. At least twenty-one days before the date of the […]
No employee or member of a board of regents of a state educational institution shall have direct or indirect financial interest in any contract for building or improving any of that state educational institution or for the furnishing of supplies or services to that institution except as permitted pursuant to the University Research Park and […]
Members of the boards of regents of the educational institutions of the state shall not be held personally liable in any action at law based upon a claim for damages arising out of any act or failure to act of that board of regents. History: 1953 Comp., § 73-30-13.1, enacted by Laws 1957, ch. 156, […]
Each and every member of the said boards shall, before entering upon their respective duties, take and subscribe an oath to faithfully and honestly discharge their duties in the premises and strictly and impartially perform the same to the best of their several abilities. Said oath shall be filed with the secretary of state. History: […]
All of the said institutions, including the New Mexico military institute, shall be entitled to receive all the benefits and donations made and given to similar institutions of learning and charity in other states and territories of the United States, by the legislation of the congress of the United States, or from private individuals or […]
No expenditure shall be made by any state educational institution confirmed by Article 12, Section 11 of the state constitution for the purchase of real property or the construction of buildings or other major structures or for major remodeling projects without prior approval of the proposed purchase or construction or remodeling by the board of […]
The staff architect of a university, or the commission on higher education [higher education department] in the case of state educational facilities that do not employ a staff architect, shall review all plans for the construction or major enlargement of a state educational facility prior to the execution of a contract for such work and […]
All the said institutions shall forever remain strictly nonsectarian in character, and no creed or system of religion shall be taught in any of them. History: Laws 1889, ch. 138, § 71; C.L. 1897, § 3648; Code 1915, § 5177; C.S. 1929, § 130-1412; 1941 Comp., § 55-2822; 1953 Comp., § 73-30-16. ANNOTATIONS Bracketed material. […]
Public funds shall not be expended for the purpose of paying compensation to any faculty member or employee of a state higher educational institution for any period of absence from his assigned duties with such state higher educational institution unless the period of absence: A. is a holiday or vacation period established in the published […]
None of the funds appropriated in the general appropriations act to the state educational institutions confirmed by Article 12, Section 11 of the state constitution may be used for the support of any program or programs of graduate study beyond the level of the bachelor’s degree other than programs that were maintained by each institution […]
ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 1979, ch. 273, § 7, repealed 21-1-25 NMSA 1978, relating to out-of-state travel by personnel of state educational institutions.
A. The higher education department shall be concerned with the problems of finance of those educational institutions designated in Article 12, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico and other public post-secondary educational institutions in the state. The department shall: (1) be concerned with the adequate financing of these institutions and with the equitable […]
