{"data":{"id":"us-nm/21-24-2","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"21-24-2","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in the Out-of-State Proprietary School Act:\nA. \"course\" means any course, plan or program of instruction, conducted in person, by mail or by other methods;\nB. \"student\" means any person within this state who is above compulsory school age and eligible for one or more courses of instruction;\nC. \"agent\" means any person who solicits in person and for a fee the enrollment of a student in a course of instruction offered by a proprietary school;\nD. \"proprietary school\" means a nonpublic out-of-state school, academy or similar institution offering within New Mexico a course of instruction or training through correspondence or similar methods or offering within New Mexico a course of instruction or training to be conducted outside New Mexico, but does not include a private out-of-state post-secondary educational institution offering instruction or training within New Mexico, to any student within this state; and\nE. \"commission\" [department] means the commission on higher education [higher education department].","path":["Chapter 21 - State and Private Education Institutions","ARTICLE 24 Out-of-State Proprietary Schools"],"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":"c97a4b20fd17cd45c4ccd8f52ab1fe396c88b09e036757d9bfb37d71409784fd","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/21-24-1","next":"us-nm/21-24-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}