New Mexico Public Education Department is committed to strengthening our support to military personnel, veterans and military families in New Mexico. We thank you for your service and are pleased that you are interested in working with New Mexico children.
We have added to our application an area specifically for our veterans and military personnel including their spouses. By checking off that you are an active military personnel/spouse or veteran, our department will process your application in accordance with Section 22-10A-12.1 NMSA. You will need to attach a copy of military identification card, your marriage license and a copy of your spouse’s current orders for mobilization/deployment.
If you have any questions, the point of contact for Veteran, Military Service Members and Military Service Spouses, please contact Jenna.Jaquez@ped.nm.gov.
Update 2/20/2025:
Scholarships America is currently accepting applications for the Scholarship America Veteran Scholarship for Educators. This scholarship offers up to $10,000 in funding, renewable annually, to help veterans who are pursuing degrees in career and technical education certification, teaching, education, counseling, psychology or social work and who plan to work in the K-12 school system.
You can learn more about the scholarship at https://learnmore.scholarsapply.org/veteranscholarship/, and there is a downloadable flyer available at https://learnmore.scholarsapply.org/wp-content/uploads/Veteran-Scholarship-for-Educators-flyer.pdf. They will be awarding up to 100 scholarships this spring.
Contact Information:
Jacquelyn Bengfort (she/her) | Program Marketing Specialist
Scholarship America® | ScholarshipAmerica.org
952.830.7381
jbengfort@scholarshipamerica.org
With $5 billion in distributions to students since 1958, Scholarship America is the leading administrator of private scholarships in the United States.