# New Mexico — Special education initial evaluation deadlines by state — days, day type, and what starts the clock

For New Mexico, evaluation deadline is The initial evaluation and written evaluation report shall be completed within 60 calendar days of receiving parental consent for evaluation; day type is calendar days; clock starts on is receiving parental consent for evaluation; differs from federal 60 days is same; statute or rule is 6.31.2.10 NMAC, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.

- **State:** New Mexico _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Evaluation deadline:** The initial evaluation and written evaluation report shall be completed within 60 calendar days of receiving parental consent for evaluation. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Day type:** calendar days _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Clock starts on:** receiving parental consent for evaluation _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Differs from federal 60 days:** same _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Statute or rule:** 6.31.2.10 NMAC _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Eligibility or IEP deadline:** the public agency shall convene a meeting of the eligibility determination team, which shall include the parent and a group of qualified professionals, within 15 school days _(also on this page, in the second passage quoted below)_

## What the source says

> (2) The initial evaluation and written evaluation report shall be completed within 60 calendar days of receiving parental consent for evaluation.

## The same source also states

> (1) Upon completing the full and individual evaluation and written evaluation report, the public agency shall convene a meeting of the eligibility determination team, which shall include the parent and a group of qualified professionals, within 15 school days to determine whether the child is a child with a disability and requires special education and related services, as defined in 34 CFR Sec. 300.8 and Paragraph (2) of Subsection B of 6.31.2.7 NMAC.

Source: https://www.srca.nm.gov/parts/title06/06.031.0002.html

## Source

- https://www.srca.nm.gov/parts/title06/06.031.0002.html

Last verified: 2026-08-31. Review by: 2027-04-28.
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