New Mexico Register / Volume XXXIV, Issue 1 / January
18, 2023
This is an amendment to 6.60.7 NMAC, Sections 2, 3, 6, 7, 9 and
11, effective 01/18/2023.
6.60.7.2 SCOPE: [Any and
all applicants and applications for obtaining a department license, renewing or advancing a license, certification, and/or
license endorsement] Individuals submitting initial and renewal
applications for educational licensure and adding endorsements.
[6.60.7.2 NMAC - Rp, 6.60.7.2
NMAC, 8/13/2019; A, 1/18/2023]
6.60.7.3 STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Sections 9-24-8,
22-2-1, 22-2-2, 22-8-44, and 22-10A-3 NMSA 1978.
[6.60.7.3 NMAC - Rp, 6.60.7.3
NMAC, 8/13/2019; A, 1/18/2023]
6.60.7.6 OBJECTIVE: [This rule
establishes fees for applicants and applications] This rule establishes
requirements for the payment of fees that apply to initial and renewal
applications for educational licensure and additional endorsements.
[6.60.7.6 NMAC - Rp, 6.60.7.6
NMAC, 8/13/2019; A, 1/18/2023]
6.60.7.7 DEFINITIONS:
A. “Applicant” means a person who has submitted [an application
or who] or intends to submit an application
to the department.
B. “Application” means a formal written or
online request, on a department-approved form, to the department for issuance
of a department license, license renewal, license continuation, license
advancement, certification, or license endorsement.
C. “Application
fee” means all fees, monies, remittances, or charges owed for the
processing of a department application but does not include any additional
fees, monies, or charges owed for the processing of a background check.
D. “Indigence”
means the financial inability to pay or afford, without extreme hardship,
an application fee.
E. “Micro-credential”
means a competency-based process made up of several courses, each focused on a
discrete skill or area aligned with the educator evaluation system.
[E] F. "Military member" means an
active duty member or reservist, or spouse or dependent of a person currently
serving in the armed forces or armed forces reserve, of the United States.
[F] G. “PDD”
means the professional development dossier defined in 6.69.4.11 NMAC for
advancing from a level one to level two license or from a level two to level
three license.
[G] H. “PDD
strand” means one of three categories used to measure evidence of teacher
competency on the professional development dossier. Submission of any of the following strands
will incur fees:
(1) the instruction strand;
(2) the student learning strand; and
(3) the professional learning strand.
[H] I. "Veteran" means an
individual who has received an honorable discharge or separation from the armed
forces of the United States.
[6.60.7.7 NMAC - Rp, 6.60.7.7
NMAC, 8/13/2019, A, 6/9/2020; A, 1/18/2023]
6.60.7.9 FEE
SCHEDULE:
A. Initial licensure applications. Applicants for initial licensure shall pay an
application fee of one hundred fifty dollars ($150) unless another application
fee is specified below:
(1) applicants for initial licensure
as an educational assistant shall pay an application fee of fifty dollars
($50);
(2) applicants for initial licensure as a
school health assistant shall pay an application fee of fifty dollars ($50);
(3) applicants
for initial licensure as a substitute teacher shall pay an application fee of
fifty dollars ($50);
(4) applicants
for initial licensure as an athletic coach shall pay an application fee of fifty
dollars ($50); and
(5) applicants
for initial licensure for Native American language and culture certification shall
pay a fee of fifty dollars ($50).
B. Renewal applications of an existing
educator license. Applicants for renewal
of an existing educator license shall pay an application fee of one hundred
twenty dollars ($120) unless another application fee is specified below:
(1) applicants for renewal of an existing
educator license as an administrator shall pay an application fee of one
hundred thirty dollars ($130);
(2) applicants
for renewal of an existing educator license as an educational assistant shall
pay an application fee of fifty dollars ($50);
(3) applicants for renewal of an existing educator license as a school
health assistant shall pay an application fee of fifty dollars ($50); and
(4) applicants
for renewal of an existing educator license as a substitute teacher shall pay
an application fee of fifty dollars ($50).
C. Renewal applications of an existing certification.
(1) Applicants for renewal of an existing
educator certification shall pay a renewal application fee of one hundred twenty
dollars ($120).
(2) Applicants for renewal of Native American language and culture
certification shall pay a fee of fifty dollars ($50).
D. Advancement applications by completion of the PDD.
(1) Applicants
who have not previously submitted an application for
advancement to a higher level of teacher license for the level of license
sought shall pay three hundred twenty dollars ($320).
(2) Applicants
who have previously submitted an application for
advancement to a higher level of teacher license for the level of license
sought shall pay:
(a) one hundred ten
dollars ($110) for an application that includes one PDD strand;
(b) two hundred
twenty dollars ($220) for an application that includes two PDD strands; or
(c) three hundred
twenty dollars ($320) for an application that includes three PDD strands.
(3) Applicants who concurrently submit a renewal of existing educator
license application and an advancement application shall pay no renewal of
existing application fee.
(4) In
order to concurrently submit a renewal of existing educator license application
and an advancement application the following must occur:
(a) the
advancement application must be submitted on the same date or before the
renewal of an existing educator license application;
(b) the
advancement application fees must be received upon the date of the advancement
application submission; and
(c) the renewal of existing educator license application must be received
by the department within five business days of the advancement application.
E. Applicants
seeking advancement to higher levels of licensure by completion of a series of micro-credentials
shall pay a fee of $60 per micro-credential.
[E] F. Endorsement applications. Applicants seeking to add an endorsement to
an existing license shall pay a fee of one hundred twenty dollars ($120).
[6.60.7.9 NMAC - Rp, 6.60.7.9
NMAC, 8/13/2019, A, 6/9/2020; A, 1/18/2023]
6.60.7.11 STANDARD
OF INDIGENCE:
A. An indigence determination shall be made according to the following
process:
(1) The request for indigence:
(a) shall
be made on a form approved by the department;
(b) shall include
any supporting documentation and be submitted to the department within five
business days of any application submission; and
(c) a
request for indigence shall include a signed statement, certifying that the
licensee is indigent.
(2) The department’s review:
(a) the
department shall review and make a determination of
indigence within 30 days;
(b) the
determination shall not consider any potential loss or gain of income
associated with a department license, renewal, license continuation, license
advancement, license, certification, or license endorsement;
(c) the determination of indigence shall be solely within the discretion of
the department; and
(d) the
determination of indigence shall be final and not subject to review.
B. An
applicant is presumed indigent if the applicant is a current recipient of one
or more of the following:
(1) medicaid;
(2) supplemental security income [(SSI)];
(3) public assisted housing;
(4) department
of health case management services [(DHMS)]; or
(5) temporary assistance for needy families [(TANF)].
[6.60.7.11 NMAC - N,
6.60.7.11 NMAC, 8/13/2019; A, 1/18/2023]