{"data":{"id":"us-nm/21-21h-3","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"21-21H-3","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in the New Mexico Scholars Act:\nA. \"academic year\" means any consecutive period of two semesters, three quarters or other comparable units commencing with the fall term each year;\nB. \"award recipient\" means a student awarded a New Mexico Scholars Act scholarship;\nC. \"department\" means the higher education department;\nD. \"eligible institution\" means any degree-granting educational institution in New Mexico accredited by the north central association of colleges and secondary schools;\nE. \"satisfactory academic progress\" means completion of at least twenty-four credit hours per year and maintenance of a cumulative grade point average of a minimum of 3.0 or higher on a scale of 4.0; and\nF. \"scholarship\" means a scholarship awarded pursuant to the New Mexico Scholars Act.","path":["Chapter 21 - State and Private Education Institutions","ARTICLE 21H New Mexico Scholars"],"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":"db501cfb51d36fe13441896d5b86c2cfd002af0f1ab2ad6171e44ee8dd608c65","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/21-21h-2","next":"us-nm/21-21h-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}