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| 28 | + | HOUSE BILL 167 | |
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| 30 | + | TH LEGISLATURE | |
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| 33 | + | STATE | |
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| 35 | + | OF | |
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| 37 | + | NEW | |
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| 39 | + | MEXICO | |
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| 42 | + | FIRST SESSION | |
| 43 | + | , | |
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| 45 | + | 2025 | |
| 46 | + | INTRODUCED BY | |
| 47 | + | Joy Garratt and E. Diane Torres-Velásquez | |
| 28 | 48 | AN ACT | |
| 29 | 49 | RELATING TO EDUCATION; PROVIDING THAT THE HIGHER EDUCATION | |
| 30 | 50 | DEPARTMENT SHALL PAY THE COST OF HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY | |
| 31 | - | CREDENTIAL TESTS AND ASSOCIATED TEST PREPARATION COSTS FOR | |
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| 51 | + | CREDENTIAL TESTS AND ASSOCIATED TEST PREPARATION COSTS FOR NEW | |
| 52 | + | MEXICO RESIDENTS; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION. | |
| 33 | 53 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | |
| 34 | 54 | SECTION 1. A new section of Chapter 21, Article 1 NMSA | |
| 35 | 55 | 1978 is enacted to read: | |
| 36 | - | "HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY CREDENTIAL TESTS-- | |
| 37 | - | MEXICO RESIDENTS.--The higher education department | |
| 38 | - | provide free high school equivalency credential tests to | |
| 39 | - | Mexico residents who: | |
| 56 | + | "[NEW MATERIAL] HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY CREDENTIAL TESTS-- | |
| 57 | + | FREE FOR NEW MEXICO RESIDENTS.--The higher education department | |
| 58 | + | shall provide free high school equivalency credential tests to | |
| 59 | + | New Mexico residents who: | |
| 40 | 60 | A. are at least sixteen years of age; | |
| 41 | 61 | B. are not currently enrolled in secondary school; | |
| 42 | 62 | C. have not graduated from an accredited high | |
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| 43 | 90 | school or received a high school equivalency certificate or a | |
| 44 | 91 | diploma; and | |
| 45 | 92 | D. have passed an official practice test with | |
| 46 | 93 | scores indicating test readiness." | |
| 94 | + | SECTION 2. APPROPRIATION.--Two million dollars | |
| 95 | + | ($2,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the | |
| 96 | + | higher education department for expenditure in fiscal year 2026 | |
| 97 | + | for costs to provide free high school equivalency credential | |
| 98 | + | tests to New Mexico residents and to pay associated test | |
| 99 | + | preparation costs incurred by the department. Any unexpended | |
| 100 | + | or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year | |
| 101 | + | 2026 shall revert to the general fund. | |
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| 103 | + | .229555.2SA |