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• multiple Ed Fellows that graduated from Belen High School in the CTE program in early childhood, went to UNM
• Educator Rising to get them and to be able to get that audience so that we can... ...to get them into UNM
• Are you working with UNM main campus?
• We work a lot with UNM, CNM, and then for accreditation purposes, and to get them licensed, then we have
• We work a lot with UNM, CNN, and then for accreditation purposes, and we, or to get them licensed.

Summary: The committee first heard a presentation on strategic resource management in public education. LESC staff and PED officials argued that New Mexico has increased school funding, but local budgeting and planning remain fragmented and overly compliance-driven. They described long-term pressures including declining enrollment, rising special education costs, falling cash balances, changes in federal funding, and leadership turnover, and said schools need more intentional multi-year planning tied to student outcomes. They also outlined the many disconnected planning requirements schools must complete, compared New Mexico’s current approach with Ohio’s three-year budget forecasting model, and recommended continuing multi-year appropriations, adding $2.5 million for state grants in the unified application, and directing LESC, LFC, and PED to develop a long-term financial planning proposal. PED said it is working to reduce administrative burden through school accreditation, a unified application for federal and state funds, and internal alignment of guidance and coaching, with pilot schools reporting time savings and better alignment. Members raised concerns about four-day school weeks, the burden on small districts, the need for outcomes and return on investment, and whether the state should move toward a two-year or three-year planning cycle; staff clarified that the proposal was to streamline or eliminate redundant requirements, not add another layer. The committee then received an update on the Educator Fellows program. PED described it as a Grow Your Own pipeline that employs candidates as supplemental educational assistants while they work toward licensure, providing salary, benefits, paid leave, mentoring, and coursework support. Officials said the program helps address teacher shortages, improves student-to-teacher ratios, increases workforce diversity, and supports the Martinez-Yazzie action plan. They reported 370 current fellows across 86 LEAs and about 180 schools, with many fellows being people of color, first-generation college students, or second-career educators; roughly 85 are expected to become certified this year. A local HR director from Belen testified that the program has been especially valuable in small communities, where fellows are already rooted in the community and several have moved into teaching roles. Members asked about high school recruitment, tuition, retirement and benefits, the relationship to the Higher Education Department’s Grow Your Own scholarship, and the role of university partners. PED said fellows choose among accredited higher education partners, the program is separate from the scholarship but complementary, and the state is also building an apprenticeship model and seeking to expand the program to more LEAs, though some districts are on a waiting list because of funding and local match requirements.

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• And so we know that the expenses—the recent study by UNM showed 29% of New Mexico families are barely
• We've been working closely with UNM on that project all year.
• Okay, on page six, line 166, you can see the UNM School of Medicine. of Medicine there, and you can see
• And then on line, or sorry, on page four, starting on line 112, you can see requests for UNM Main and
• And then on line 124, the Health Sciences Center at UNM makes separate requests from the main campus.

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• What UNM, Sandia, and Los Alamos have been doing over the last decade has positioned us in a very special
• The last thing is, you talked about when we were at UNM during the interim, very specifically about how
• there's not a single significant quantum company in the United States that does not employ at least one UNM
• UNM was one of the leaders in that from the beginning and has all the programs and education.
• The reason we're so good with UNM is there's been an agreement with Sandia National Labs, which has a

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• But I'm concerned about people who, like UNM students, probably can't afford a very new car, so they're
• I mean there are UNM students and there are NMSU students and there are people that are living on fixed

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• And so we know that the expense is the recent study by UNM that shows 29% of New Mexico families are
• We've been working closely with UNM on that project all year.
• On page six, line 166, you can see the UNM School of Medicine there, and you can see details there, two
• And then on page four, starting on line 112, you can see requests for UNM main and its branch campuses
• And then on line 124, the Health Sciences Center at UNM kind of makes...

Summary: The committee heard first from LFC staff on a brief about New Mexico’s universal child care expansion. Staff said child care assistance has clear benefits for parents and families, but LFC has not found evidence in New Mexico that it improves children’s educational outcomes; they argued pre-K is the better tool for that goal. The brief highlighted four concerns with universal access: an estimated annual cost of about $849.7 million, a sharp decline in registered homes, possible crowding out of lower-income families, and reduced access for children under age two. Staff also suggested possible mitigations such as prioritizing slots for low-income and at-risk families, reinstating sliding-scale co-pays, and tying quality improvements to workforce wages. Members raised questions about the cost estimate, funding sources, provider quality, and whether the data showed actual crowding out. Several lawmakers expressed support for child care generally but concern about the fiscal impact and whether universal access would divert resources from the families most in need. Others emphasized the importance of child care for workforce participation, rural communities, and family stability, and questioned how registered homes are counted and regulated. LFC staff clarified that the cost estimate was for child care assistance only, not the entire ECECD budget, and that the data showed declines in the share of lowest-income children and infants/toddlers served, though not causation. The ECECD secretary then presented the department’s response, saying universal child care is intended to complete a cradle-to-career system and that the department has already seen strong uptake, increased capacity, and rising workforce participation. She said 6,206 families were found eligible in the first month, the share of infants and toddlers served rose, and new provider applications and licensed slots increased after the November rollout. The department also emphasized wage increases, quality improvements, and a new wage scale/career lattice, while projecting a lower near-term cost than LFC’s estimate and requesting additional funding for child care, early pre-K, home visiting, workforce systems, and capacity-building. No votes or formal actions were taken in the portion provided; the discussion was informational and focused on questions and testimony.

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• quickly, under agencies, and this was a GO bond package under New Mexico Highlands University. 3016 UNM
• Senator, I know we're putting together a comprehensive package of over $500 million for the expansion of UNM
• New Mexico Small Business Assistance Program, which I got to work on while I was a grad student at UNM

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• And so if I can do this off the top of my head, so that you know those institutions are UNM Gallup, UNM
• Go out for post-doctoral and dissertation fellowships in Native American Studies at UNM, so it does sound

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• The University of New Mexico (UNM) is embarking on an evaluation of the NM Grown Program as we speak.
• UNM, like I said, is starting an evaluation on this topic.
• I do know that this body passed a A Senate memorial last year that's asking PED and I believe UNM to

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• I then wanted to be a family doctor, and so I went to college at UNM, and I also wanted to live in Chicago
• There's this BA to MD program at UNM.
• Let's grow UNM. Let's grow Burrell College. Let's do more residency programs. And do you know what?
• Let's grow UNM. Let's grow Borrell College. Let's do more residency programs. And do you know what?

Summary: The committee first approved the minutes from its fourth meeting, held October 27-28 in Santa Fe, with Representative Duncan moving approval and no opposition. The chair then introduced a panel on the cost of providing medical care in New Mexico, focusing on physician shortages, rising practice costs, and access problems, especially in southern New Mexico and Las Cruces. Panelists included family physicians, a pediatrician, a cardiologist/electrophysiologist, and a community health center medical director, who described their backgrounds and practices before turning to the policy discussion. The doctors argued that New Mexico is losing physicians because of three main pressures: medical malpractice exposure, gross receipts tax on medical services, and low Medicaid reimbursement. They said malpractice premiums are much higher than in neighboring states, punitive damages and venue shopping increase risk, and the patient compensation fund and attorney fee structure create additional costs. They also described administrative burdens from insurance billing and referrals, the high debt and long training period for physicians, and the effect of corporate medicine and private equity on practice decisions. One panelist emphasized the economic impact of each physician on jobs and local spending, while another noted that shortages force patients into emergency rooms and delay specialty care. The panel presented a list of proposed solutions: reform punitive damages, limit venue shopping and stacking, restore lifetime medical payments from the patient compensation fund, enact apology protections, cap attorney fees, continue Medicaid funding improvements, and eliminate gross receipts tax on medical and dental services. Committee members generally agreed the presentation was thorough and useful, but several noted that some proposals fall outside this committee’s jurisdiction and would likely need to move through other committees, especially judiciary and tax. Some members supported drafting legislation or working on separate bills, while others urged caution, requested more input from hospitals and economists, and raised concerns about local government revenue impacts from GRT changes. The chair concluded by encouraging members to continue discussions offline and noted that the tax-related issue would be taken up further in the next day’s work.

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• get tested through a clear blood test or through a PET scan in connection with the Cancer Center at UNM
• You'll see different items in NMSU and UNM for a similar purpose.
• I mentioned the athletics appropriations on line 236; you'll see that for UNM.
• I'm trying to find out with UNM what line of request here is for the database that UNM has.

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• Chair, I just want to add, as a graduate of engineering, a graduate of UNM and New Mexico State, I'll
• Claire, I just want to add, as a graduate of engineering graduate of UNM in New Mexico State, I'll admit

Bills: SB29, SB64

Keywords: SB29, math requirements for teaching license, teacher licensure, teacher endorsement, mathematics methods, elementary education, secondary education, special education, early childhood education, reciprocity, Public Education Department, Mathematics and Science Education Act, mathematics instructional leadership framework, professional learning plan, K-3 screening, mathematics screening assessment, mathematics difficulty, support plan, multilevel support, intervention

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• And then I also want to note that Rosalind Remke Hurley gave a $2.5 million gift to UNM to help the College
• University Libraries, Learning Sciences, and the Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections at UNM
• He's a student at UNM, and he is interested in political theory, social justice, and public policy.
• serving in the ASUNM Senate, where he works to represent and serve his community and the student body at UNM
• She's on the patient family advisory committee at UNM Hospital.

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• The University of New Mexico (UNM) is embarking on an evaluation of NM Grown as we speak.
• NMSU and UNM and their culinary programs in order to build the food service workforce across the state
• There was a meeting at UNM, and I think you were there, along with a couple of other people, trying to
• I can see the difference between the UNM hospital and a fairground project in Curry County.

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• our Community Governance Attorney Act established in 2020 as a tuition waiver program for third year UNM
• Judiciary Substitute, which is a collaboration by the Community Governance Attorney Commission, the UNM
• and he's filling in for, my primary expert who was Adrian Oglesby from the Utton Center there at the UNM
• So now the responsibility for advertising the programs to students comes from the UNM School of Law rather

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• And then we continue to contract with third-party researchers such as UNM and the Santa Fe Institute
• We have these studies that we pay for at UNM that they do, and we say if an individual offends, then
• So I let that contract go, and since then I've had a judgment against the state, namely UNM Hospital,
• The jury thought the damages that should be paid by UNM Hospital were four million dollars.

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• Understand that it is very difficult to get in the school of nursing in CNM and UNM, and they...
• It is very difficult to get into the school of nursing in CNM and UNM, and they turn away many applicants
• Madam Chair, Representative Chavez, UNM did a study under the request of the Health Care Authority last

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• So he will be going on to college at UNM and probably grad school, and hopes to be involved... ...involved
• Care Authority, the Department of Health, Long-Term Care and Aging, and then we had Mike Richards from UNM
• Care Authority, the Department of Health, Long-Term Care and Aging, and then we had Mike Richards from UNM

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• You can go now for UNM specific Some gaps too.
• That's with UNM, Sandia, and Los Alamos National Labs. That's a huge number of people.
• interested in starting a new program in medical physics, and this will be a great partnership with UNM

Bills: HB1

Keywords: feed bill, legislative appropriations, legislative branch, New Mexico Legislature, general fund, legislative council service, legislative finance committee, legislative education study committee, house chief clerk, senate chief clerk, per diem, mileage, session expenses, interim committees, district staff, capitol complex, capital outlay data system, legislative processing system, redistricting, census redistricting

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• He's a student at UNM pursuing business administration and technology.
• In addition, he's the president of the UNM College Democrats.
• He is a fourth-year student at UNM in the political science department, also majoring in philosophy,

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• Which is the CNM-UNM base area in Albuquerque in the southeast and northeast part of the city.
• Gabe is a Kelleher and McLeod Professor at the UNM Law School. He's taught for eight years.
• I'm a distinguished professor at UNM.