New Mexico Register / Volume XXXI, Issue 11 / June 9,
2020
This is an amendment to 6.60.7 NMAC,
Sections 7, 9, and 10, effective 6/9/2020.
6.60.7.7 DEFINITIONS:
A. “Applicant” means a person who has submitted an application or
who intends to submit an application to the department.
B. “Application” means a formal written or
online request, on a department-approved form, to the department for
issuance of a department license, license renewal, license continuation,
license advancement, certification, or license endorsement.
C. “Application
fee” means all fees, monies, remittances, or charges owed
for the processing of a department application but does not include any
additional fees, monies, or charges owed for the processing of a background
check.
D. “Indigence”
means the financial inability to pay or afford, without extreme hardship,
an application fee.
E. "Military member" means
an active duty member or reservist, or spouse or dependent of a person
currently serving in the armed forces or armed forces reserve, of the United
States.
[E.]
F. “PDD” means the
professional development dossier defined in 6.69.4.11 NMAC for advancing from a
level one to level two license or from a level two to
level three license.
[F.]
G. “PDD strand” means one
of three categories used to measure evidence of teacher competency on the
professional development dossier. Submission
of any of the following strands will incur fees:
(1) the instruction
strand;
(2) the student
learning strand; and
(3) the
professional learning strand.
H. "Veteran" means an
individual who has received an honorable discharge or separation from the armed
forces of the United States.
[6.60.7.7 NMAC - Rp, 6.60.7.7 NMAC, 8/13/2019, A, 6/9/2020]
6.60.7.9 FEE
SCHEDULE:
A. Initial licensure applications. Applicants for initial licensure shall pay an
application fee of one hundred fifty dollars ($150) unless another application
fee is specified below:
(1) applicants
for initial licensure as an educational assistant shall pay an application fee
of fifty dollars ($50);
(2) applicants
for initial licensure as a school health assistant shall pay an application fee of fifty dollars
($50);
(3) applicants for initial licensure as a substitute teacher
shall pay an application fee of fifty dollars ($50);
(4) applicants for initial licensure as an athletic coach shall
pay an application fee of [thirty five dollars ($35)] fifty dollars
($50); and
(5) applicants for initial licensure for Native American language
and culture certification shall pay a fee of fifty dollars ($50).
B. Renewal applications of an existing
educator license. Applicants for renewal
of an existing educator license shall pay an application fee of one hundred
twenty dollars ($120) unless another application fee is specified below:
(1) applicants
for renewal of an existing educator license as an administrator shall pay an
application fee of one hundred thirty dollars ($130);
(2) applicants for renewal of an existing educator license as an
educational assistant shall pay an application fee of fifty dollars ($50);
(3) applicants
for renewal of an existing educator license as a school health assistant shall pay an application fee of fifty dollars
($50); and
(4) applicants for renewal of an existing educator license as a
substitute teacher shall pay an application fee of fifty dollars ($50).
C. Renewal applications of an existing
certification.
(1) Applicants for renewal of an existing
educator certification shall pay a renewal application fee of one hundred twenty
dollars ($120).
(2) Applicants for renewal of Native American language and culture
certification shall pay a fee of fifty dollars ($50).
D. Advancement applications.
(1) Applicants
who have not previously submitted an application for advancement to a higher
level of teacher license for the level of license sought shall pay three
hundred twenty dollars ($320).
(2) Applicants
who have previously submitted an application for advancement to a higher level
of teacher license for the level of license sought shall pay:
(a) one
hundred ten dollars ($110) for an application that includes one PDD strand;
(b) two
hundred twenty dollars ($220) for an application that includes two PDD strands;
or
(c) three hundred
twenty dollars ($320) for an application that includes three PDD strands.
(3) Applicants who concurrently submit a renewal of existing educator
license application and an advancement application shall pay no renewal of
existing application fee.
(4) In
order to concurrently submit a renewal of existing educator license application
and an advancement application the following must occur:
(a) the advancement application must be submitted on the same date
or before the renewal of an existing educator license application;
(b) the advancement application fees must be received upon the
date of the advancement application submission; and
(c) the
renewal of existing educator license application must be received by the
department within five business days of the advancement application.
E. Endorsement applications. Applicants seeking to add an endorsement to
an existing license shall pay a fee of one hundred twenty dollars ($120).
[6.60.7.9 NMAC - Rp, 6.60.7.9 NMAC, 8/13/2019, A, 6/9/2020]
6.60.7.10 LICENSURE APPLICATION FEE EXEMPTIONS:
A. An application fee shall not be
charged for any of the following applications:
(1) application
for name change;
(2) application
for address change;
(3) application
for replacing lost or misplaced licenses; and
(4) applicants
with an alternative license who meet the requirements to transition their
license to a standard level one license.
B. An application fee shall not be
charged to an individual who qualifies as indigent.
C. An application fee charged to an
individual who qualifies as indigent may be returned.
D. An application fee shall not be
charged for the first three years a license is issued to an individual who
qualifies as a military member or veteran and who has provided one of the
following:
(1) DD Form 214;
(2) United States uniformed services
identification card; or
(3) marriage
license and a copy of spouses' orders for mobilization or deployment.
E. A license issued to an applicant
identified as a military member or veteran with an expired educator license
shall not be valid for more than one year.
[6.60.7.10 NMAC - Rp, 6.60.7.10 NMAC, 8/13/2019, A, 6/9/2020]
HISTORY OF 6.60.7 NMAC: [RESERVED]
6.60.7 NMAC, Educator
Licensure Application Fee, filed 10/13/2000, was repealed and replaced by
6.60.7 NMAC, Educator Licensure Application Fee, effective
8/13/2019.