Online Licensure Application System 

ONLINE APPLICATION PROCESSING FEES 

• • • Initial and Renewal Support Provider License – $50
      • Substitute Teachers, Educational Assistant, School Health Assistant, and Native Language/Cultural Certificate
    • Initial and Renewal Athletic Coach and Attendance Coach Licenses – $35
    • Initial Teacher and Instructional Support Provider Licenses – $150 
    • Renewal Teacher and Instructional Support Provider Licenses – $120 
      • Teachers [same level] and Instructional Support Providers

NOTE: If you are renewing a level 2 or 3 expired license (expired for more than a year), you will be required to submit a New (Initial) Online Application, meet current licensure requirements and submit a $150 processing fee

• • • Initial Administrator License – $150
    • Renewal Administrator License – $130
    • Adding an Endorsement(s) to a Teaching License – $120
    • Initial Teacher Resident License – $40

(Two or more applications may be submitted for the price of one. The higher application fee will be due.)

***REVISED FEE SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE 8/13/19***

DOSSIER/ OPAL FEE SCHEDULE

Teacher Licensure Advancement through the Professional Development Dossier (PDD) or Online Portfolio for Alternative Licensure (OPAL)

Professional Licensure Bureau – NMPED Licensure System (state.nm.us)

• • •  Initial Submission Fee – $320
    • 1 Strand Resubmission – $110
    • 2 Strand Resubmission – $220
    • 3 Strand Resubmission – $320

CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK FEE THROUGH IDEMIA

• • • Background check through IdentoGO – $59

All processing fees submitted are NON-REFUNDABLE, and the application and fee are valid for one (1) year from the original submission date (i.e., if you applied on 7/23/22, your application and fee are valid until 7/23/23).