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Students Write Their Ideas For Education Reform Into A Bill

NMiF: student testifies in the Senate Education Committee

March 10, 2017 – Education reform is often a topic of fierce debate during the legislative session. This year, lawmakers passed a bill that eliminated evaluation penalties for teacher absences. Teachers are allowed 10 sick days each year but are penalized for taking more than three. On Marcy 9th, Governor Susana Martinez vetoed that legislation.…

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The Line: At The Roundhouse This Week

NMiF: The Line Panel

March 10, 2017 – There are just a few weeks left in the 2017 legislative session. Host Gene Grant and this week’s Line opinion panelists look at some bills that have failed this year and discuss why “dummy bills” reduce transparency in the legislative process. Line Panelists Janice Arnold-Jones, former state representative Tom Garrity, The Garrity…

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