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Judge extends temporary block on 180-day school rule

Push to resurrect board of education, eliminate PED secretary gains traction

By Daniel J. Chacón, The Santa Fe New Mexican Voters would be asked whether they want to resurrect a statewide board to oversee New Mexico’s beleaguered public schools under a proposed constitutional amendment the Senate Rules Committee endorsed Monday. Senate Joint Resolution 1 would eliminate the Cabinet position of public education secretary, and a 15-member […]

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Republican Senator Blasts Appointment Of Former Las Cruces Schools Chief In Place Of School Board

New Mexico education leaders tell legislative panel of needs

Educational leaders say the short-term future of New Mexico’s public schools revolves around two words: hold harmless. The terminology refers to school districts’ push to keep funding levels based on an average of the past three years’ budgets, rather than enrollment figures from the 2020-21 school year — a time when public schools have seen thousands of students withdraw during the COVID-19 pandemic. “We’re looking for stability,” Dennis Roch, president of the New Mexico Superintendents’ Association and a former state representative, told members of the Legislative Education Study Committee on Wednesday. A drop in funding in the 2022 fiscal year will leave school districts “scrambling this spring to reduce staffing to get down under the new budget numbers,” Roch said, adding that when the pandemic subsides and students begin returning to schools, “We will have to scramble to staff up to accommodate their needs.”