N.M. Stat. § 21-21G-11
Rules and regulations.
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.