As used in Sections 22-14-2 through 22-14-16 NMSA 1978:

A. "vocational education" means vocational or technical training or retraining conducted as part of a program designed to enable an individual to engage in a remunerative occupation. Vocational education may provide but is not limited to guidance and counseling, vocational instruction, training for vocational education instructors, transportation and training material and equipment;

B. "person with a disability" means a person with a physical or mental disability that constitutes a substantial handicap to employment but that is of such a nature that vocational rehabilitation may be reasonably expected to enable the person to engage in a remunerative occupation;

C. "vocational rehabilitation" means services or training necessary to enable a person with a disability to engage in a remunerative occupation. Vocational rehabilitation may provide but is not limited to medical or vocational diagnosis, vocational guidance, counseling and placement, rehabilitation training, physical restoration, transportation, occupational licenses, customary occupational tools or equipment, maintenance and training material and equipment; and

D. "federal aid funds" means funds, gifts or grants received by the state under any federal aid for vocational education or vocational rehabilitation.

History: 1953 Comp., § 77-12-1, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 16, § 191; 2007, ch. 46, § 11.

Cross references. — For technical and vocational institute districts, see 21-16-1 NMSA 1978 et seq.

For development training, see 21-19-7 NMSA 1978 et seq.

The 2007 amendment, effective June 15, 2007, amended the section to change a 1953 compilation reference and to make other non-substantive language changes.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Physical or mental illness as basis of dismissal of student from school, college, or university, 17 A.L.R.4th 519.

When does change in "educational placement" occur for purposes of § 615(b)(1)(C) of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 (20 USCS § 1415(b)(1)(C)), requiring notice to parents prior to such change, 54 A.L.R. Fed. 570.

What constitutes services that must be provided by federally assisted schools under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) (20 U.S.C.A. § 1400 et seq.), 161 A.L.R. Fed. 1