{"data":{"id":"us-nm/21-29-2","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"21-29-2","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in the WICHE Loan for Service Act:\nA. \"commission\" [department] means the commission on higher education [higher education department]; and\nB. \"student\" means a New Mexico resident who is a graduate of a New Mexico high school or has resided in New Mexico for three consecutive years immediately preceding application to the program and who attends or is about to attend a graduate or professional program of education through the auspices of the Compact for Western Regional Cooperation in Higher Education [11-10-1 NMSA 1978].","path":["Chapter 21 - State and Private Education Institutions","ARTICLE 29 Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education Loans 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":"66c53e52f211c3061177c56a8d0af05816ed8e26e56af17c1e0a866ad67a14c7","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/21-29-1","next":"us-nm/21-29-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}