The commission [department] may adopt rules, regulations and procedures as necessary or appropriate to implement the provisions of the Graduate Scholarship Act. A financial aid officer may exercise professional judgment when special circumstances exist to adjust the cost of attendance or the 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 1988, ch. 111, § 11; 1991, ch. 262, § 17.
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 "Graduate Scholarship Act" for "Graduate Fellowship Act" in the first sentence; added the second sentence; and made a minor stylistic change.
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 21 - State and Private Education Institutions
Article 21G - Graduate Fellowship
Section 21-21G-1 - Short title.
Section 21-21G-2 - Purpose of act.
Section 21-21G-3 - Definitions.
Section 21-21G-4 - Creation of scholarship.
Section 21-21G-5 - Conditions for first-year eligibility.
Section 21-21G-6 - Conditions for continuing eligibility.
Section 21-21G-7 - Amount of scholarships.
Section 21-21G-8 - Duration of scholarship.
Section 21-21G-9 - Distribution of scholarship funds.