Education had a rough go in this just-ended New Mexico legislative session:
- HB331 failed, so the state school funding formula will not get revamped.
- HB346 and SB412 both failed, so there will be no increase in the gross receipts tax which would have funded the new formula.
- HB577 never even got out of the Senate Finance Committee, so the Senate never got a chance cast their vote on it. It would have authorized purchase of the College of Santa Fe campus by a state university.
- And even though the House approved $3 million for operation of a future college at the CSF campus, the Senate removed the funding.
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