{"data":{"id":"us-nm/21-1-26.9","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"21-1-26.9","heading":"Limitation; higher education department; review of proposed campuses.","body":"Effective January 1, 1998, no new public post-secondary educational institution, branch campus or off-campus instructional center shall be created except as specifically created by the legislature. The higher education department shall review any proposal for the establishment of a new public post-secondary educational institution or campus and submit its recommendations to the legislature. In reviewing proposals, the department may consider:\nA. provisions for a local mill levy of at least two mills;\nB. population base to provide at least five hundred full-time students;\nC. whether at least fifty percent of the costs of initial construction comes from private or local sources;\nD. governance structure;\nE. means for acquisition of property, including purchase, lease, donations or any other means;\nF. eligibility and level of funding request of the state; and\nG. brokering of extended learning provisions.","path":["Chapter 21 - State and Private Education Institutions","ARTICLE 1 General Provisions Relating to State Educational Institutions"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18521/index.do","current_through":"2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"8678646d101f583fc0712461862779dfbfcdc7f6bfdcb256f746344a945c6d0c","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/21-1-26.8","next":"us-nm/21-1-26.10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}