N.M. Admin. Code § 5.2.4.7 - DEFINITIONS

A. "Department" means the New Mexico higher education department.

B. "Existing programs" means academic, career-technical, and remedial programs leading to a certificate or associate degree that was offered by a two-year public postsecondary institution within a geographic area of responsibility as of January 1, 2006.

C. "Geographic area of responsibility (GAR)" is an assigned geographic region encompassing one or more public school districts where a public postsecondary educational institution has the exclusive right to meet the lower division postsecondary educational needs of the area, subject only to the limitations imposed by its enabling legislation and consistent with the provisions of this policy.

D. "Two-year postsecondary institution" is a publicly supported postsecondary educational institution that has the exclusive right to meet the lower division postsecondary educational needs of this assigned geographic region, subject only to limitations imposed by its enabling legislation and consistent with the provisions of this policy, including the two-year programs of western New Mexico university and northern New Mexico college.

E. "Host institution" means the public postsecondary educational institution that has been assigned to a geographic area of responsibility.

F. "Partner institution" means a public two-year postsecondary educational institution that agrees through a formal memorandum of understanding to provide educational programs and services within a geographic area of responsibility assigned to another public two-year postsecondary educational institution.

G. "Right of first refusal" means that an institution assigned to a geographic area of responsibility must first decline, in writing, to the New Mexico higher education department within 60 days, to provide requested educational services before another New Mexico public postsecondary institution may offer those services in that service area. This provision shall not apply to existing programs as defined in this policy.

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N.M. Admin. Code § 5.2.4.7

5.2.4.7 NMAC - N, 05/01/07