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Sen. Jerry Ortiz y Pino, D-Albuquerque, called it "not a terribly productive session. We did what we had to do — the budget."

SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico legislators would create a unique educational endowment of at least $50 million to help Native American communities create their own student programs, including efforts to teach and preserve Indigenous languages, under a proposal endorsed Feb. 8 by the state House.

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Approving the trust fund and getting the legislation to the governor must be a priority in the waning days of this 30-day session.

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New Mexico legislators want to create a unique educational endowment of at least $50 million to help Native American communities create their own student programs, include efforts to teach and preserve Indigenous languages

Native lawmakers and tribal community leaders helped deliver a decisive victory for tribal autonomy in public education as House Bill 134, the tribal education trust fund, passed the House in a 68-0 vote.

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico legislators would create a unique educational endowment of at least $50 million to help Native American communities

House Bill 129 is one of several gun control measures dominating discussion during this years 30-day legislative session.