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New Mexico governor Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday signed into law the New Mexico Opportunity Scholarship Act, making college tuition-free for many New Mexicans, which she said would establish “the most wide-reaching tuition-free scholarship program in the United States.”
The Las Cruces Sun News said that with an initial appropriation of $75 million, the law covers tuition and fees for undergraduate students at two- or four-year higher education institutions, including tribal colleges, in the state. Students are required to enroll in at least six and no more than 18 credit hours and maintain a 2.5 grade point average.
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