The commission [department] may make reasonable regulations, consistent with the purposes and policies of the Student Choice Act, to carry out the purposes of and to efficiently administer the Student Choice Act. Those rules and regulations shall be promulgated in accordance with the provisions of the State Rules Act [Chapter 14, Article 4 NMSA 1978]. A financial aid officer may exercise professional judgment when special circumstances exist to adjust cost of attendance or expected family contribution or to modify other factors that make the program responsive to a student's special financial circumstances and for which documentation exists in the student's file within the parameters authorized for this program.
History: Laws 1983, ch. 240, § 8; 1991, ch. 262, § 3.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
For designation of the commission on higher education as the higher education department, see 9-25-4.1 NMSA 1978.
The 1991 amendment, effective June 14, 1991, substituted "commission" for "board" in the first sentence and added the final sentence.
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 21 - State and Private Education Institutions
Article 21C - Student Choice Grants
Section 21-21C-1 - Short title.
Section 21-21C-3 - Definitions.
Section 21-21C-4 - Fund created.
Section 21-21C-5 - Grants; procedures.
Section 21-21C-6 - Eligibility.
Section 21-21C-7 - No funds for sectarian purposes.
Section 21-21C-8 - Promulgation and distribution of regulations.