Governor Greg Gianforte spent Monday morning at Bryant Elementary in Helena, reading to a group of children in Kinder Sprouts, promoting early childhood literacy.
Governor Greg Gianforte spent Monday morning at Bryant Elementary in Helena, reading to a group of children in Kinder Sprouts, promoting early childhood literacy.
HB 352 would provide statewide intervention options to early-aged kids across the state while HB 393 would allow additional funding opportunities for families with special needs students. Both passed on
“But a way forward on this issue so many in New Mexico care about,” Romero said.
Rep. Linda Serrato, D-Santa Fe, who is the lead sponsor on HB 352, said the private prison population has “skyrocketed” since 2000, even as incarceration rates have declined.
According to the Prison Policy Initiative, the numbers of those in local county jails has increased due to more people being arrested for minor crimes and the inability of people to make bail.
Rep. Stefani Lord, R-Sandia Park, who voted, along with Rep. Randall Pedigrew, R-Hobbs, against the bill, said she was concerned about the town of Estancia.