The 2019 NM Legislature that just ended Mar. 16th, passed various education bills, increasing funding for teachers and various programs… including Community Schools at the very very last minute before the legislature session ended.
A bill that strengthens the community school model, cleared the Senate after contentious debate on a bipartisan vote of 24-15 and and is headed to Lujan Grisham’s desk. A priority of the governor, the community school model provides social supports for struggling students and makes schools a community hub.
Sen. Mimi Stewart, a retired teacher who chairs the Legislative Education Study Committee, put up a spirited defense of the legislation. The community schools idea had been long studied by the LESC, she said.
PSA will be tracking information about the community school bill, as it becomes available. How much $$$ support is actually included?
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