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Links to: Find and Contact Your Legislator Session Calendars and Schedules
Session Dates The Legislative Education Study Committee's 2006 Bill Analysis and Short (Blurbs) Education Bill Descriptions LESC Bill Analysis for 2006 Regular Session (FTP Site) |
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Monday January 23 Legislative Hotline The major part of the state public school appropriation goes to local school districts school equalization guarantee monies. That appropriation, contained in the General Appropriations Act (know as House Bill 2), funds the basic operations of school districts. The various proposals currently under consideration are summarized below: The
New Mexico Education Partners and NEA-New Mexico have recommended: The
Legislative Education Study Committee has Recommended: Governor
Richardson has Recommended: The
Legislative Finance Committee has Recommended: This funding begins its journey though the legislature as House Bill 3, the Education Appropriations Act. This Bill will be before the House Education Committee (HEC) on Monday, January 23 at its 8:00 AM hearing. After the HEC makes its final recommendations for school funding, the bill will move to the House Appropriations and Finance Committee on Tuesday, January 24 at a 3:00 PM hearing.
Ask HEC and HAFC members as well as your own Representative, to fund the New Mexico Education Partners recommendations, including the average 8% salary increases! Links to Help You Craft Your Message Follow this link to Materials from the 2006 Joint Legislative Training. Click on this link for our funding message kit. Click on this link for a PowerPoint presentation on our retirement message! Follow this link for sample messages on funding and retirement! Follow these links to contact Your Representative and Senator Use the links below to contact legislators now. Follow this link to tell Legislators to Support 8% salary increases and adequate funding! Send a message asking legislators to support an 8% average salary increase for all categories of school employees and the funding recommendations of NEA-NM and the New Mexico Education Partners. Some legislators plan to propose harmful changes to educational retirement! Send early messages encouraging legislators not to try to "fix" what isn't broken! Follow this link to Send an Email to Your Legislator About Protecting Educational Retirement! Legislation will once again be introduced to include instructional support providers and educational assistants in tiered licensure systems with minimum salaries attached. Both of these efforts are long-time goals of our joint legislative platform and goals. Click on this link to ask legislators to provide salary equity to all education employees. Ask legislators to provide minimum salaries and tiered licensure systems for Educational Assistants and Instructional Support Providers.
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