General Travel Policy

An individual is in travel status when traveling on official business for SJC whether or not expenses will be reimbursed by the College. A Travel Requisition must be prepared, approved & submitted to the Business Office at least 30 days in advance of the travel date.

There are three categories of travel:

In-county travel covers all travel within San Juan County. In-county travel is the only type of travel which does not require a Travel Requisition.

In-State travel covers all travel within the State of New Mexico, but outside of San Juan County. Levels of approval are indicated on the 'Purchasing Approval Signature Process' chart.

Out-of-state travel covers all travel outside of New Mexico.

In order to be reimbursed for mileage, it is required that the College employee is on the College's approved driver's list. To be an approved driver, the College employee must complete the online defensive driving course (F:\Admin Public\Travel\DDC LOGIN Instructions.doc); once that is completed with a passing grade, the traveler should then take their certificate along with an original signed waiver (F:\Admin Public\Travel\SJCDRIVEWAIVER4-17-08.doc) to Clara Archuleta, Risk Management. Clara will determine if the College employee can be added to the College's approved drivers list.