N.M. Stat. § 9-6-3.1
The office of education in the department of finance and administration is abolished. On the effective date of this act, all powers and duties conferred by law upon the office of education shall be exercised by the state department of public education. All powers and duties conferred by law upon the director of the office of education or the chief of the public school finance division shall be exercised by the superintendent of public instruction. On the effective date of this act, all references in law to the office of education of the department of finance and administration shall be construed to be references to the state department of public education. All references in law to the director of the office of education or to the chief of the public school finance division shall be construed to be references to the superintendent of public instruction.
NMS § 9-6-3.1