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- ↑ "New Mexico SM41 | 2016 | Regular Session". LegiScan. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
- ↑ "Luna CC Faces Loss of Accreditation - Inside Higher Ed".
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-08-08. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ https://www.hlcommission.org/download/_PublicDisclosureNotices/20191122%20PDN%20Luna%20Community%20College%20Probation.pdf [ dead link ]
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