First-time License Applicants
First time applying for a NMPED license? Please first register here:
Applicants new to the Updated Licensure Portal
Register here if you have not created a portal account since April 2020:
Existing users using the Licensure Portal
If you have already registered you may enter the Licensure Portal here:
If you are having any difficulty with the licensure portal, please view:
Licensure Updates
We Need You (To Be a Substitute Teacher)! – New Mexico Public Education Department (state.nm.us) LINK
The PDD submission period begins July 15 at 12:01 am and will remain open until 11:59 pm, May 15 the following year.
All personnel required to hold NMPED licensure must have an appropriately cleared background submitted for the NMPED code TEACHER LICENSURE ORI # NM920140Z, before entering the virtual and/or in-person. School employment backgrounds may not be submitted in lieu of the required licensure background. For more information and step-by-step guidance please visit the Licensure Background Information subpage or follow this link Licensure Background Information.
Apply, pay and track your digital application status online in the new licensure portal. Paper applications will be returned to the sender. To obtain a copy of your license please login to your portal account to download/save and print.
Disqualifying Conditions
The following criminal convictions under the New Mexico Criminal Code could constitute grounds for denial of an application for licensure issued by the Public Education Department.
CONTACT INFORMATION
300 Don Gaspar
Room 103
Santa Fe, NM 87501
Email: LicensureUnit@state.nm.us
Licensure Complaints and Investigations Contact:
If you need to file a licensure complaint, please download the following form and follow the directions on the page. Licensure Complaint Form (DOC) OR Formulario de Quejas (DOC)
Parking: Metered parking is in front of the Jerry Apodaca Building and costs 25 cents per 15-minute interval.
Licensure Front Desk Phone: 505-827-5800
Licensure Menu
Links below may also be accessed on the right sidebar.