N.M. Stat. § 22-4-4
[Consolidation of district without junior or senior high
schools; governing board.]
Where consolidation is ordered under Subsection B hereof [22-4-3B NMSA 1978],
the governing board of the district maintaining the junior and senior high school
programs shall become the governing board of the consolidated district, the board of the
district consolidated shall be dissolved, and the provisions of Sections 22-4-10 through
22-4-14 NMSA 1978 relating to appointment of an interim board and the holding of
special elections shall not be applicable.