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Representative Mark Murphy (R‑Roswell) introduced the bill and explained that NMMI’s unique financial structure — including tuition revenue and lack of property valuation for school districts — makes the standard PSCOC phase‑2 formula difficult or impossible to apply. He said the change would be “another tool in the toolbox” to help the institute address facilities needs such as restrooms, athletic facilities, and other building updates.

Colonel David West, an expert witness for NMMI, told the committee the change would still require matching funds and assessments for particular projects but would “aid the Institute in being able to address some key issues with facilities,” and he specifically referenced Title IX considerations tied to equity in athletics and facilities.

Local supporters testified in favor. Vince Martinez, an alumnus, and Hope Morales, an educational advocate from Roswell, described the institute’s role in local economic and educational opportunities. Morales said NMMI “provides a rigorous academic environment combined with structured leadership training” and argued capital funding would help modernize historic buildings and support dual‑credit and postsecondary pathways.

Committee members asked detailed questions about the institute’s budget and revenue sources. Colonel West provided figures during questioning: NMMI’s approximate annual budget was stated as $42,000,000; scholarships account for roughly 5–10% of revenues depending on the year; the Knowles scholarship program was described as approaching $2,000,000 and was credited with increasing the share of New Mexico resident students; and the campus provides about 965 beds with third-quarter student counts around 782 students, roughly split 50/50 between junior college and high school students.

Members also raised questions about how local match requirements would be met because NMMI cannot levy taxes. Witnesses described possible match sources as existing fund balances, legislative allocations, severance tax or GO bond mechanisms, and permanent land‑grant fund allocations. The committee moved a do‑pass recommendation; the vote was unanimous.

The committee record shows the bill advanced with bipartisan support and no recorded opposition at the committee vote. If enacted, the change would permit NMMI to apply for PSCOC capital outlay funding under a special‑school pathway, subject to matching and program rules.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","House - Education Mar 12, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Senate Bill 280, to add the New Mexico Military Institute to the constitutional special schools eligible for Public School Capital Outlay funding, received a unanimous do‑pass recommendation from the House Education Committee.","taxTitle","House of Representatives, Legislative, New Mexico","taxId",78418,"location","New Mexico","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6285193,"House Education Committee backs bill to require multi-year plans and outside review for Public Education Reform Fund",0,3108000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2573842-67cd130fc25f24f6a96db0c2f1d87008&start=3108&end=3108","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2573842-67cd130fc25f24f6a96db0c2f1d87008/thumbnail_3108000.jpg","/articles/6285193/New-Mexico/House-Education-Committee-backs-bill-to-require-multi-year-plans-and-outside-review-for-Public-Education-Reform-Fund","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6285193-d0a71c9b22ef0c6d5a03e9549f9fc614/orig.mp4?Expires=1771015530&Signature=CIGTlkZyXEwewTIatSg1S8Il6RunHH3z23iHCP-rJmBtvlYqTZI3KmfCgwHHhWnAfyE9o3mwOcwA0~a2GOBfgg3byOUstxvn9JQeXkZCkuipBALU8T~iJoa-OfYtkVvDi9GsXqLyEdZKg52RdYiUM3ppqV85nv8pp1c7W6SFbI9V4iKaQNgbMzslz8cGBokR1cXC2SH-LJIEh2L38KIRu-idlOnmGDylAuW~bKiPXgFALazTGOBqt1RwJjAVuZ4F1hYGQMV2M2LcY01WuyZOl1SRV7x5ihzIDKLRmbLGzltJcTkvcQJmlD~FDkw7j8HcYuoCPyKfKxQNIIvygTVFIQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Senate Bill 201 would require the Public Education Department to develop accountability and evaluation plans for initiatives funded through the Public Education Reform Fund and have those plans approved by the Department of Finance and Administration (DFA), the Legislative Finance Committee (LFC) and the Legislative Education Study Committee (LESC). The House Education Committee voted 11–1 to give the bill a “do pass” recommendation to the full House.

The bill sponsor, Senator Gonzales, told the committee the measure ties funding for six major initiatives — including supports for unhoused students, secondary literacy training, math achievement, attendance supports, innovative staffing strategies and school transformation efforts — to a three-year funding window. The sponsor said the appropriations contingent on the bill total $82,500,000 over three years.

The bill would also move the submission deadline for public school support budget requests to Sept. 1 to align with other state agencies. Kirsty Tyson, director of K–12 education at the LANL Foundation, testified in support and said, “Having multiyear budgets would create for better planning and development of programs utilizing per funding.” Tyson told the committee that one-year, nonrecurring appropriations have created sustainability challenges for districts.

The Public Education Department (PED) opposed the bill in part. Greg Frost, assistant secretary of education at PED, said the department already provides evaluation information in its public school support requests and expressed concern that the bill imposes an unnecessary new requirement. “We are already doing this work,” Frost said, adding that the agency submits evaluation plans and research bases with its budget requests and that additional statutory requirements may be redundant.

Sonny Lou of the LFC described the bill as an attempt to create a consensus process, comparing it to the consensus revenue estimating group that jointly sets revenue assumptions. Lou said the proposal would have DFA, LFC and LESC “providing instructions along with PED on what the measures of success are gonna be for these appropriations, how the department is going to monitor and track progress, and then whether or not in the course of studying these initiatives, there should be changes to what we're measuring.”

Committee members were divided on the need for the bill. Representative Baca, who moved the do-pass motion, said the measure would give the interim committees more oversight and help align legislative priorities with large budget items. Representative Liu and others questioned whether the added oversight layer was necessary because, as they said, PED currently works with DFA, LFC and LESC on performance measures and reporting. Greg Frost described existing checks as: HB 2 appropriation language, interim presentations to LESC/LFC staff, and regular meetings on key performance indicators with DFA, LESC and LFC.

On the floor of the committee, Representative Baca moved a do-pass recommendation, with Representative Chatfield seconding. The roll call produced an 11–1 vote in favor. The committee’s recommendation does not itself change law; it sends the bill to the next step in the legislative process.

Clarifying details recorded during testimony included the bill’s explicit linkage to $82,500,000 of contingent appropriations over three years and the six initiative categories named by the sponsor. Witnesses and committee members repeatedly framed the proposal as establishing an early, cross-agency process to agree on evaluation measures and program timelines rather than as creating a new line‑item program manager.","The committee approved Senate Bill 201, which would require the Public Education Department to develop multi-year accountability and evaluation plans for initiatives funded through the Public Education Reform Fund and align school support budget requests to a September 1 deadline; the measure passed the committee 11–1.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6285183,"Committee backs licensure reciprocity for instructional support providers; medical licensure excluded",904,4129000,5033000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2573842-67cd130fc25f24f6a96db0c2f1d87008&start=4129&end=5033","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2573842-67cd130fc25f24f6a96db0c2f1d87008/thumbnail_4129000.jpg","/articles/6285183/New-Mexico/Committee-backs-licensure-reciprocity-for-instructional-support-providers-medical-licensure-excluded","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6285183-54cc84b12c4e4d2afd2426b910f5c437/orig.mp4?Expires=1771015530&Signature=FFwqaYylyRml-i7oo2c7VBLx-JcFgOMAu0XUtvgkuwsFhS4BFWwWElHp0l-MOhva5paDB~biU-JLikNXsMJFQ1L7VtvfiFMEC7kZsDsNnOOHosbibtePn-Cgv5J6aQ56VRp0~o705jg7uw9gRAvhD5tuoQ5D4QTbKOiKvYqajBTc9jolbf0R~sbIexnt22gGXDVPTDxC5T8ZuwPZvkUWdMgweIRPYt65T3il-0LmVMoeCxgnDfZwAU5vYR0KJJk92iqCGgsAwmz8xEZoll-rR3uvhHLSdjxeupB9s0y8InRTCtj6b7H7DLW-2x8KJDRkwh-ATO~Rnh1XCXsfcuAMKA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Senate Bill 345 would extend licensure reciprocity to instructional support providers so that educational licensure earned in other states could be accepted in New Mexico. Sponsor Senator Figueroa described the change as mirroring existing teacher reciprocity language but applying it to the broader class of instructional support roles, which includes coaches, counselors, psychologists and occupational therapists.

Deputy Secretary Amanda Bell and other education officials stood as expert witnesses to explain the bill’s scope. The bill’s language would allow reciprocity only for the educational licensure component; it would not create interstate medical‑licensure reciprocity for professions that require a separate medical or clinical license. Senator Figueroa noted that medical reciprocity is a separate issue because interstate compacts and compacts’ membership vary by profession and state.

Greg Frost, assistant secretary of education at PED, testified in strong support and said the state needs instructional support providers in addition to teachers. “Anything we can do to make sure that our students are able to receive the services they need to be successful in school will help our academic outcomes,” Frost said.

The bill also preserves local authority to require site mentorship periods: a local superintendent may require a mentorship period for a reciprocal licensee if the superintendent deems it necessary. Committee members asked about how reciprocity would handle variant titles and differing scopes of work from other states (for example, early‑childhood classroom assistants or special‑education paraprofessionals). Witnesses said licensure officers in the relevant state agencies would review reciprocity requests on a case‑by‑case basis and that both early‑childhood and K–12 licensing experts would be involved when necessary.

The committee recorded a do‑pass motion on Senate Bill 345 with no opposition recorded during the committee action. Supporters included the New Mexico School Board Association, AFT New Mexico and Public Charter Schools of New Mexico, who told the committee the change would expand the pipeline of eligible instructional staff and support recruitment and retention.

Committee discussion clarified that some licenses still require examinations or additional state‑specific requirements (for example, reading examinations for elementary teachers), and that teacher preparation programs may use either end‑of‑program examinations or a portfolio/dossier pathway for some licensure routes. The bill’s sponsors and witnesses emphasized that reciprocity for the educational license will speed hiring but will not eliminate professional or medical licensure requirements when those are separately required.","Senate Bill 345 would extend licensure reciprocity to instructional support providers (coaches, counselors, psychologists, occupational therapists) so they can obtain New Mexico educational licensure more quickly; the bill passed committee with no recorded opposition.","actionData","errors"]

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Committee recommends allowing New Mexico Military Institute access to state capital outlay funds

House Education Committee backs bill to require multi-year plans and outside review for Public Education Reform Fund

Committee backs licensure reciprocity for instructional support providers; medical licensure excluded