As used in the WICHE Loan for Service Act: A. 'commission' [department] means the commission on higher education [higher education department]; and B. '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]. History: Laws 1997, ch. 126, § 2; 1998, ch. 110, § 1. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. For designation of the commission on higher education as the higher education department, see 9-25-4.1 NMSA 1978. The 1998 amendment, effective May 20, 1998, in Subsection B, inserted 'or has resided in New Mexico for three consecutive years immediately preceding application to the program' near the middle of the subsection.
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