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Governor Signs Impact Aid Legislation, Boosting Financial Support For Many New Mexico Public Schools
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Measure provides certain school districts with access to more than $60 million; tribal leaders herald the long-awaited breakthrough
SANTA FE Alongside tribal leaders from all across New Mexico, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Monday afternoon signed historic legislation ending credits for impact aid payments in the public school funding formula, providing school districts with federally impacted land access to more than $60 million to better serve their students, including many Native Americans.
In addition, a recurring $67 million appropriation from the general fund ensures that no district will be financially harmed from the change.
New Mexico governor signs impact aid legislation boosting financial support for many schools
Measure provides certain school districts with access to over $60 million; tribal leaders herald the long-awaited breakthrough
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Measure provides certain school districts with access to over $60 million; tribal leaders herald the long-awaited breakthrough
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Office of New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham
Alongside tribal leaders from all across New Mexico, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Monday afternoon signed historic legislation ending credits for impact aid payments in the public school funding formula, providing school districts with federally impacted land access to more than $60 million to better serve their students, including many Native Americans.
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“I’ve always said that this bill is not perfect,” state Rep. Javier Martínez, D-Albuquerque, proclaimed during Wednesday’s Senate debate on groundbreaking state legislation legalizing recreational marijuana for adults 21 and older.
With myriad unanswered questions, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham acknowledged in her victory statement Wednesday night the “work will go on.”
Martínez, the lead sponsor and a longtime advocate of legalized pot, is all too right: What passed isn’t even in the ballpark of perfect. And let’s hope Lujan Grisham holds to her pledge. While marijuana legalization supporters are doing their victory lap, critics are feeling steamrolled. There were myriad cannabis legalization bills introduced during the regular session without one winning enough votes for approval. The legislative machine then moved a bill through the Roundhouse in two days before Easter week
AZTEC A house memorial focused on infrastructure investment for Native American communities received unanimous support from the House State Government, Elections and Indian Affairs Committee.
The house memorial, known as Native American Infrastructure Investment, would encourage New Mexico’s congressional delegation to introduce legislation that would assist the Bureau of Indian Affairs with efforts like expanding infrastructure accessibility, reducing poverty rates, increasing economic opportunities and improving educational access for Native American communities in the state.
If passed, copies of the memorial will be sent to the delegation as well as members of the U.S. Congress, the secretary of the Department of the Interior, the BIA director as well as the Navajo Nation president and council and the 23 Native American nations, tribes and pueblos in New Mexico.