New Mexico Replace Public Education Commission with Public Education Department Amendment (2024)
| New Mexico Replace Public Education Commission with Public Education Department Amendment | |
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| Election date November 5, 2024 | |
| Topic Education | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The New Mexico Replace Public Education Commission with Public Education Department Amendment was not on the ballot in New Mexico as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 5, 2024.[1]
The amendment would have replaced the state public education commission with a public education department. The state school board would have had 15 members, 10 elected and five appointed by the governor. Board members would have served staggered six-year terms. In 2003, New Mexico voters approved an amendment that made the public education commission a cabinet department headed by the secretary of education who serves in the state's executive cabinet. The proposed amendment would have repealed the 2003 amendment.[2]
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- See also: Amending the New Mexico Constitution
To put a legislatively referred constitutional amendment before voters, a simple majority vote is required in both the New Mexico State Senate and the New Mexico House of Representatives.
This amendment was introduced as Senate Joint Resolution 1 on January 19, 2023. On March 1, 2023, the state Senate passed SJR 1 in a vote of 36-1 with five excused. The amendment did not receive a vote in the state House before the state legislature adjourned on March 18, 2023.[1]
| Vote in the New Mexico State Senate | |||
| Requirement: Simple majority of all members in each chamber | |||
Number of yes votes required: 22  | |||
| Yes | No | Not voting | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 36 | 1 | 5 |
| Total percent | 85.72% | 2.38% | 11.90% |
| Democrat | 22 | 1 | 4 |
| Republican | 14 | 0 | 1 |
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