N.M. Admin. Code § 6.30.13.9 - QUALIFICATIONS

To be designated a department-approved ECHS, a school shall meet the following qualifications:

A. Integrates state standards into courses within a structured pathway that meets local and state graduation requirements.

B. Follows a pathway that results in a workforce recognized credential without tuition cost to the student or the student's family.

C. Focuses on efforts to reach youth underrepresented in higher education by establishing outreach and recruiting processes striving for equitable access. Focused recruiting efforts shall encourage applicants from underrepresented populations to enroll in an ECHS.

D. Accelerates student learning through the use of dual credit courses beginning no later than grade ten. Dual credit courses shall:

(1) accelerate the timeline for high school students to complete college;

(2) be delivered through one or more postsecondary partners;

(3) be tuition free;

(4) be taught by instructors who meet the higher learning commission qualifications for college instructors;

(5) use innovative, interactive, research-based support structures; and

(6) align with:

(a) the pathway indicated on the student's next step plan;

(b) the established New Mexico higher education general education curriculum; and

(c) either the student's declared CTE pathway or declared major or meta major.

E. Operates in partnership with one or more workforce partners. Partnerships shall include:

(1) meaningful work-based learning experiences in alignment with student pathways; and

(2) CTE courses that use career and technical education standards to support core academic growth.

Notes

N.M. Admin. Code § 6.30.13.9

Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXIX, Issue 09, May 15, 2018, eff. 5/15/2018