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HOUSE BILL 433
57
TH LEGISLATURE
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STATE
OF
NEW
MEXICO
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FIRST SESSION
,
2025
INTRODUCED BY
Anita Gonzales and Joy Garratt and Meredith A. Dixon
AN ACT
RELATING TO EDUCATION; PROVIDING FOR THE HIGHER EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE PUBLIC EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT, THE WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS DEPARTMENT AND THE
LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION STUDY COMMITTEE, TO CONDUCT A
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF CAREER AND
TECHNICAL EDUCATION COURSES AND COURSE INSTRUCTORS AND THE
SALARIES AND COMPENSATION PACKAGES FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL
EDUCATION INSTRUCTORS; REQUIRING A REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS;
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. TEMPORARY PROVISION--HIGHER EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT--STUDY--CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION COURSES--
INSTRUCTORS--SALARIES AND COMPENSATION--RECOMMENDATIONS--
REPORT.--
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A. The higher education department, in
collaboration with the public education department, the
workforce solutions department and the legislative education
study committee, shall conduct a comprehensive study regarding
the availability of career and technical education courses and
course instructors and the salaries and compensation packages
of career and technical education instructors in the state.
B. The study required pursuant to this section
shall:
(1) identify and evaluate the availability of
career and technical education courses offered in the state,
with a focus on ways to address and meet current and
anticipated future needs and demands for students and industry,
including:
(a) whether a known or identified demand
for a course exceeds the course availability or the course is
not available;
(b) whether the courses offered
adequately address the needs of the students seeking specific
skills for workforce jobs or the industry employers seeking
workers with those specific skills;
(c) whether the courses offered
adequately address the current or future industry workforce
needs, including shortages that may be identified during the
evaluation or by industry employers;
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(d) the reason for any course shortages
or anticipated future course shortages;
(e) whether there is an opportunity to
work with industry employers to identify ways to incorporate
industry employer incentives to help address workforce
shortages and future needs; and
(f) whether any other current or future
matters or concerns exist related to career and technical
education courses, particularly any matters or concerns
indicated by industry employers;
(2) evaluate the salaries and compensation
packages for career and technical education instructors in the
state, including:
(a) an in-depth review of the salaries
paid to instructors, with a focus on instructors teaching at
community colleges;
(b) the number of instructors currently
employed, including the number of career and technical
education courses each instructor teaches;
(c) whether there is a shortage of
career and technical education instructors and an indication of
any area of career and technical education in which a shortage
exists and the reason for any shortage identified; and
(d) a comparison of the salaries and
compensation packages for career and technical education
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instructors with those of higher education instructors in the
state; and
(3) create a comprehensive report from the
study that includes the findings from the evaluation of the
career and technical education courses in Paragraph (1) of this
subsection and the findings from the evaluation of the career
and technical education instructors in Paragraph (2) of this
subsection.
C. In addition to the findings required in
Subsection B of this section, the comprehensive report shall
include all matters or concerns identified from the study,
including any known reasons for the findings, issues identified
or anticipated, input from industry employers and
recommendations for immediate steps to take and longer-term
actions to address matters or concerns identified in the study.
D. The study required in this section shall be
completed no later than October 1, 2025, at which time the
study shall be provided to the governor, the legislative
finance committee and any other appropriate legislative
committees.
E. As used in this section, "industry employers"
means employers or businesses identified by the workforce
solutions department to provide input and recommendations to
that department as part of that department's collaboration with
the higher education department and the legislative education
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study committee for the study required pursuant to this
section.
SECTION 2. APPROPRIATION.--One hundred thousand dollars
($100,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the higher
education department for expenditure in fiscal year 2026 to
conduct the study required pursuant to Section 1 of this act.
Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of
fiscal year 2026 shall revert to the general fund.
SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
provisions of this act is July 1, 2025.
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