Senator pushes new PED overhaul legislation after original resolution loses favor
By: Esteban Candelaria at Santa Fe New Mexican
Published on: March 4, 2025


“It’s a significant change in direction on how we accomplish this, and we have a real great interim committee focused on education issues that have figured out some pretty big things,” he said, apparently referring to the Legislative Education Study Committee. “… We think they’re up to the challenge of figuring out the best path forward with this.”

Others took issue with the lack of clarity in the resolution as it stands over who exactly would serve on the panel, including Amanda Aragon, executive director of the education policy organization NewMexicoKidsCAN.

“It asks a lot of stakeholders, of residents of the state of New Mexico, to say ‘Vote on this, and then later, we’ll decide exactly who would be qualified to serve, who gets a seat,’ ” she said.

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