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+FIFTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE
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+SECOND SESSION, 2026
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+February 9, 2026
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+Mr. Speaker:
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+    Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
+
 HOUSE MEMORIAL 47
-57TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 2026
-INTRODUCED BY
-G. Andrés Romero and Joseph L. Sanchez
-and E. Diane Torres-Velásquez
-A MEMORIAL
-REQUESTING THE LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION STUDY COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT
-A STUDY EXAMINING REQUIREMENTS AND PRACTICES RELATED TO TEACHER
-WORKLOADS AND THE STRUCTURE OF INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS AND TO
-DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS TO SUPPORT HIGH-QUALITY INSTRUCTION AND
-TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS THAT INCLUSIVELY BENEFIT ALL NEW MEXICO
-STUDENTS.
-WHEREAS, research consistently identifies quality teachers
-as the single most important in-school factor to positively
-influence student achievement and outcomes; and
-WHEREAS, New Mexico teachers are responsible for providing
-tailored instruction to students with varied cultural,
-linguistic, developmental and socioeconomic backgrounds, as
-well as a wide range of individual learning needs across the
-state's urban, rural, frontier and tribal communities; and
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-WHEREAS, to support student learning, achievement of
-instructional goals and local community needs and priorities,
-New Mexico teachers are responsible for core instructional
-duties and professional responsibilities requirements at both
-state and local levels; and
-WHEREAS, research indicates that teachers in New Mexico
-and across the nation spend a substantial and increasing
-portion of their working time on non-instructional duties,
-including lesson preparation; professional development and
-self-review; student assessments; development and monitoring of
-individualized education plans; compliance activities; and
-various other duties; and
-WHEREAS, teachers are increasingly responsible for
-administering multiple summative, formative and interim
-assessments and specialized assessments across instructional
-areas, as well as ensuring students' well-being by
-understanding and addressing students' needs for both current
-and long-term academic success; and
-WHEREAS, fragmented and disconnected education data
-systems, including school accountability and student assessment
-data, require teachers to devote substantial efforts to non-
-instructional tasks, such as data analysis and reporting, to
-inform responsive student interventions and differentiation,
-reducing teachers' available time for instruction,
-collaboration and professional learning; and
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-WHEREAS, proposals that could further increase teacher
-workload, such as literacy and mathematics screening, family
-and parent notification and development of individualized
-student plans, continue to be considered by the legislature;
-and
-WHEREAS, the 2023 legislative education study committee
-report "Leveraging Learning Time in New Mexico" noted that
-improving and protecting educators' professional work time is
-directly connected to the necessary conditions in school
-environments for improved student outcomes; and
-WHEREAS, according to the publication "No Time to Lose" by
-a study group of the national conference of state legislatures,
-international research on high-performing education systems,
-including those in Finland, Singapore and Japan, indicates that
-balanced teaching loads and high-quality teacher development,
-such as collaboration, mentorship and effective professional
-development and embedding professional work into the school
-day, support both teacher growth and student learning; and
-WHEREAS, research indicates that teacher workload and job
-demands are associated with elevated levels of stress and
-burnout, which can affect student learning, teacher retention
-and instructional continuity; and
-WHEREAS, New Mexico continues to experience high vacancy
-rates for teachers and other educational positions, with New
-Mexico state university's southwest outreach academic research
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-evaluation and policy center reporting in its 2025 "New Mexico
-Educator Vacancy Report" a staggering one thousand one hundred
-eleven vacancies across the state, including six hundred four
-teacher and two hundred eighty-nine educational or
-instructional assistant vacancies, and New Mexico's school
-leaders continue to communicate the growing challenge statewide
-of recruiting and retaining qualified teachers, especially in
-rural communities and among teachers with specialized training
-in serving students with disabilities; and
-WHEREAS, increasingly, teachers report viewing their
-profession as unsustainable within their allotted contract
-hours, and survey results show teachers often work
-substantially more hours than their contracts require,
-attributing the increased work hours primarily to non-
-instructional tasks; and
-WHEREAS, a legislatively authorized study could evaluate
-how time is allocated to teachers during the school day,
-including instructional and professional work and how state and
-local requirements, professional learning requirements and
-available resources impact teacher schedules and instructional
-time, and the study could provide analysis and recommendations
-on structuring teacher time to balance workload and support
-teacher effectiveness, thereby improving student achievement
-and outcomes;
-NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF
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-REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the legislative
-education study committee be requested to conduct a study
-examining the statutory requirements and current practices
-related to teacher workload and the structure of the
-instructional day and to develop recommendations to support
-high-quality instruction and teacher effectiveness to benefit
-and serve New Mexico's student population, including students
-with disabilities, economically disadvantaged students, English
-learners and Native American students who are named in the
-Martinez/Yazzie consolidated lawsuit; and
-BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the legislative education
-study committee be requested to conduct the study by working
-with a representative group of educational leaders; educators
-representing numerous grade levels, areas of instructional
-expertise and communities across New Mexico; school personnel;
-teacher unions; the legislative finance committee; and the
-public education department; and
-BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the legislative education
-study committee be requested to publish a report of the study,
-including its research and recommendations, by December 31,
-2026; and
-BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
-transmitted to the director of the legislative education study
-committee, the director of the legislative finance committee
-and the secretary of public education.
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+has had it under consideration and reports same with
+recommendation that it DO PASS.
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+                         Respectfully submitted,
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+G. Andres Romero, Chair
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+Adopted                            Not Adopted
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+           (Chief Clerk)                            (Chief Clerk)
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+Date
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+The roll call vote was  11  For  0  Against
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+Yes:      Baca, Garcia, M., Garratt, Gonzales, Gurrola, Lara,
+Mirabal Moya, Romero, GA, Roybal Caballero, Torres-Velásquez, Vincent
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+No:       0
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+Excused:  Chatfield, Cullen
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+Absent:   None
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