{"data":{"id":"us-nm/21-22e-3","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"21-22E-3","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in the Teacher Loan for Service Act:\nA. \"commission\" [department] means the commission on higher education [higher education department];\nB. \"loan\" means a payment of money under contract between the commission [department] and a student that defrays the costs incidental to a teacher preparation program offered in a regionally accredited post-secondary educational institution in New Mexico and that requires repayment in services;\nC. \"student\" means a United States citizen who is enrolled in or accepted by an undergraduate or graduate teacher preparation program at a regionally accredited post-secondary educational institution in New Mexico; and\nD. \"teacher preparation program\" means a program that has been formally approved as meeting the requirements of the public education department and that leads to initial licensure or to additional licensure endorsements, including a program in a two-year post-secondary educational institution that meets the requirements for a teacher education transfer module established pursuant to Subsection C of Section 21-1B-4 NMSA 1978.","path":["Chapter 21 - State and Private Education Institutions","ARTICLE 22E Teacher Loan for Service"],"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":"521c85dad0771aa8255b3af09787e00b79a9fe572bb044247062b865a39d9d76","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/21-22e-2","next":"us-nm/21-22e-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}