Legislative & Community Relations Bureau
Frequently Asked Questions about the New Mexico Public Education Department

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• Where do I go to receive a transcript from my high school, which is now closed?

Under state rule (available by clicking http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/nmac/parts/title01/01.020.0002.htm), all schools and school districts must retain transcript records, even when a school closes.  The rule includes the following:

1.20.2.101       STUDENT CUMULATIVE EDUCATION RECORD FILE
            D.        Retention:

(1)     Transcript.  Cumulative achievement record equivalent for elementary and secondary school including information on school entry, withdrawal, graduation, subjects taken, grades received, high school proficiency exam score etc.:  90 years after date of high school graduation or 90 years after student concerned would normally have graduated from high school, whichever applies.