SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – During the COVID-19 pandemic, education largely switched to online classes. Since then, New Mexico’s higher education institutions have yet to return to pre-pandemic levels of in-person classes. Online higher education in New Mexico peaked in 2020, according to a new report from the Legislative Finance Committee. The latest available data from the […]
A new report from the New Mexico Legislative Finance Committee shows that New Mexico is in the bottom third of states for special education student proficiencies.
The report found many public schools failed to fully utilize state and federal dollars for students with disabilities and that the department failed to adequately oversee and standardize the implementation
Thousands of New Mexicans depend on the Lottery and Opportunity scholarships. In a Legislative Finance Committee (LFC) meeting on Tuesday, August 22, analysts with the state highlighted the changes needed to keep the scholarships from running out of money.