New Mexico Amendment 1, Creation of a Public Education Commission (September 2003)

New Mexico Amendment 1, also known as the Public Education Act, was on the September 23, 2003 special election ballot in New Mexico as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved.

Question 1 created a Public Education Commission in New Mexico. The pre-existing Department of Public Education was elevated to a cabinet department headed by a New Mexico Secretary of Education who serves in the state's executive cabinet.

Election results

Amendment 1
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		101,542	54.98%
No		83,155	45.02%

Text of measure

New Mexico Constitution
Preamble
Articles
I • II • III • IV • V • VI • VII • VIII • IX • X • XI • XII • XIII • XIV • XV • XVI • XVII • XVIII • XIX • XX • XXI • XXII • XXIII • XXIV

Question

	Transfers the state Department of Public Education to a cabinet department headed by a secretary of public education who shall serve in the executive cabinet. Creates a Public Education Commission.

Constitutional changes

Question 1 amended Section 6 of Article 12 of the New Mexico Constitution.

See also

• List of New Mexico ballot measures

External links

• Text of Amendment 1
• 2003 New Mexico constitutional amendment election results