A. The department of military affairs shall establish a scholarship program for students who are in the New Mexico national guard. The adjutant general of the department of military affairs shall provide for the administration of the scholarship program and shall establish criteria for scholarship eligibility and award in accordance with rules adopted and promulgated by the department of military affairs. Scholarships awarded may be used at any New Mexico public post-secondary educational institution. Scholarships shall be awarded in an amount and for a duration to be determined by the department.

B. The board of regents of each public post-secondary educational institution shall designate a representative of the institution to coordinate the scholarship program.

History: Laws 1996, ch. 64, § 1; 2001, ch. 269, § 1; 2001, ch. 274, § 1.

The 2001 amendment, , effective June 15, 2001, added Subsection B and the Subsection A designation; in Subsection A, substituted "in the New Mexico national guard" for "New Mexico guard or the New Mexico air national guard" and inserted "in accordance with rules adopted and promulgated by the department of military affairs".

Laws 2001, ch. 269, § 1, effective July 1, 2001, and Laws 2001, ch. 274, § 1, effective June 15, 2001, enacted identical amendments to this section. The section was set out as amended by Laws 2001, ch. 274, § 1. See 12-1-8 NMSA 1978.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Validity, construction, and application of statute, regulation, or policy governing home schooling or affecting rights of home-schooled students, 70 A.L.R.5th 169.