Senate Bill 171 To Give New Mexico School Boards Authority To Decide When To Reopen Classrooms Stalls In Committee
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A bill that would give local school boards in New Mexico the authority to decide when students could return to the classroom amid a state-issued public health emergency order stalled Monday in the Senate Education Committee after a 4-4 vote.
But the proposed legislation, which garnered the support of one Democrat on the committee, hasn’t been expelled.
“Let’s just leave it there for a while and see if [committee members] go back and read some of the information that’s been sent,” one of the primary sponsors, Sen. Gay Kernan, R-Hobbs, said. “Who knows? Maybe it’ll revive itself”.
By Daniel J. Chacón, Santa Fe New Mexican |
February 9, 2021
The seal of the state of New Mexico in the House
A bill that would give local school boards in New Mexico the authority to decide when students could return to the classroom amid a state-issued public health emergency order stalled Monday in the Senate Education Committee after a 4-4 vote.
But the proposed legislation, which garnered the support of one Democrat on the committee, hasn’t been expelled.
“Let’s just leave it there for a while and see if [committee members] go back and read some of the information that’s been sent,” one of the primary sponsors, Sen. Gay Kernan, R-Hobbs, said. “Who knows? Maybe it’ll revive itself.”
A proposed amendment to the New Mexico Constitution to protect the state’s natural resources and environment passed the Senate Rules Committee Monday on a party-line vote. Senate Joint Resolution 3, sponsored by Democratic state Senators Antoinette Sedillo Lopez of Albuquerque, Bill Soules of Las Cruces and Harold Pope Jr. of Albuquerque, would provide residents of […]
In her role as director of African American Student Services at The University of New Mexico, Brandi Stone has many conversations with students about their personal, academic, educational, and social development throughout their college years. Among the conversations are the ramifications of having Black hair styles.
Perhaps no other ethnic group has hair so imbued with cultural and historical legacies. In addition, there are practical aspects to caring for and styling Black hair. Thus, Black women and men alike style their hair in locs, twists, braids, or natural styles to accommodate both the cultural and practical. But these styles have met resistance from schools and businesses.
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Making history: New Mexico’s first Black state senator, Air Force veteran Harold Pope Jr., appeared in a one-page color spread in the spring issue of Black EOE Journal, which describes itself as America’s leading African American business and career magazine.
The publication recognized the Albuquerque Democrat for his history-making win in November, when he defeated incumbent Republican Sen. Sander Rue.
“I just want to set the example and take a lot of pride in it,” Pope, who represents Northwest Albuquerque’s District 23, told the magazine. “But because I am the first, I don’t want to be the last. I just want to be that voice and have that seat at the table.” The magazine featured Kamala Harris, the first woman of color to serve as the nation’s vice president, on its cover.