Apr 5, 2021 | Press Releases
SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Monday signed into law measures that prohibit discrimination, discipline or disparate treatment of New Mexico students based on their hair style or cultural or religious headdress.
Apr 5, 2021 | Press Releases
SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Monday visited Aspen Elementary School in Los Alamos as more students, educators and school staff prepare to safely re-enter the classroom this week as part of New Mexico’s return to full in-person learning.
Apr 5, 2021 | Press Releases
SANTA FE — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Monday signed legislation establishing the Family Income Index, an innovative strategy to direct additional funding to schools with concentrated poverty, which is known to contribute to low academic performan...
Apr 5, 2021 | Press Releases
SANTA FE — Alongside tribal leaders from all across New Mexico, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Monday afternoon signed historic legislation ending credits for impact aid payments in the public school funding formula, providing school districts with f...
Apr 5, 2021 | Press Releases
SANTA FE — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Monday signed into law a measure establishing an office within the Developmental Disabilities Council to advocate for the educational rights of students seeking special education services.
Mar 31, 2021 | Press Releases
SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Wednesday issued the following statement on the breakthrough in the New Mexico Legislature that will make New Mexico the next U.S. state to legalize adult-use cannabis and comprehensively address past low-lev...
Mar 30, 2021 | Press Releases
SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Tuesday signed into law a measure that removes from criminal statute certain fines and fees relating to offenses committed by youth, aligning with the juvenile justice reform efforts of the Children, Youth an...
Mar 26, 2021 | Press Releases
SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday announced she will call the New Mexico Legislature into a special session on Tuesday, March 30, to take up a pair of economic and job creation items that were left unfinished in the 60-day session: leg...
Mar 24, 2021 | Press Releases
SANTA FE – The New Mexico Department of Health on Wednesday announced the updated statewide COVID-19 map for the two-week period beginning March 24, with 13 New Mexico counties at the Turquoise Level and 10 at the Green Level, at which there are fewe...
Mar 20, 2021 | Press Releases
SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham will call the New Mexico Legislature into special session roughly Wednesday, March 31, to finish the work of legalizing adult-use cannabis.