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Superintendent briefs board on multiple state education bills, warns of watch items
Summary
Superintendent Dempsey outlined several New Mexico bills under consideration — including the funding bill (HB2), literacy and math bills, a proposal tied to special education structure, and a spaceport‑funding measure that was tabled after local advocacy — and discussed a pending appeal about district calendar requirements.
Superintendent Dempsey updated the Gadsden ISD board on a series of legislative measures that could affect school funding, instruction and operations.
Dempsey told the board that House Bill 2, the state funding bill, has cleared the House and is moving in the Senate; it includes increases to secondary funding factors and a 4% educator salary increase, though administration will watch language to see how the changes will affect district allocations. He also highlighted bills moving quickly in the Legislature to strengthen math instruction (Senate Bill 235) and expand structured‑literacy approaches and the…
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