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Licensure Processing Fees / Fee Schedule

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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 fe

  • 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 – $59.00 ($67.00 on October 1, 2026)

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).